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The Protector of the Small quartet is a series of books written by Tamora Pierce that tells the story of Keladry of Mindelan, a heroine in the fictional kingdom of Tortall.[1] This is the third series written in the Tortallian Universe, but fourth in the in-universe timeline. It follows Keladry (also known as Kel), the first girl to openly seek knighthood in centuries. In her website, Tamora Pierce confirmed that Kel is aromantic asexual.[2]
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Ten-year-old Keladry (Kel) is the first girl who is determined to become an official knight of the realm in over a 100 years. Conservative elements of Tortall's nobility are reluctant to let this happen for fear that it will derail training for the boys. One of the realms most outspoken conservatives, Wyldon of Cavall, insists that Kel is put on a year of probation to determine her fitness for the program. While Kel is bitterly resentful of this additional burden atop the many other challenges that she has to face as the only girl in the entire training program, she is determined to prove to him that she is as good as any boy.
Thanks to her only friend Nealan (Neal) of Queenscove and with the assistance of a mysterious benefactor who occasionally sends her useful "gifts", Kel slowly finds her way. Her determination, skill at arms and inborn sense of justice gain her both friends and enemies. Her primary opponent is fellow page, Joren of Stone Mountain, who has been marked by Wyldon as the best page in his year. Joren hates Kel's subversion of traditional practices. His unspoken antagonism takes physical form when Kel declares an unofficial war against the hazing of the first-year pages, something that Joren and his gang revel in. As Kel 'rescues' more and more victims, her circle of allies widens, and others join her in both fighting and friendship.
At the summer camp for pages which takes place at the end of the year, Kel and her friends assist Lord Raoul[4] and the King's Own on a Spidren hunt. Her role in the skirmish that ensues showcases her natural ability as a leader. Her successes do not go unnoticed and at the end of the year Lord Wyldon surprises everyone by allowing Kel to continue to train to become a knight.
While Joren has backed away, another antagonist comes to the fore. Vinson is a member of Joren's gang and also a squire. Kel catches him attacking her timid maid Lalasa Isran. Kel successfully stops the assault, but is left with a dilemma. She is torn between following the rules and reporting Vinson, or staying silent to protect Lalasa's reputation. Eventually, she chooses silence, but this decision weighs heavily upon her.
Despite these internal personal struggles, Kel's aptitude with weaponry and her skills as a leader continue to grow. Over the course of the book, Kel's prowess with the lance, staff and bow is refined, and her knowledge of battle strategy is developed through mock fights. Her expertise serves her well when she and her friends are attacked by bandits whilst camping in the Royal Forest. Despite the overwhelming odds, Kel keeps a cool head and leads her friends to safety until Lord Wyldon and his troops can arrive, once again demonstrating natural leadership abilities.
Her new knight-master, Raoul of Golden Lake and Malorie's Peak and Lord Commander of the King's Own, is as different from her original master, Lord Wyldon, as a man could be. He introduces Kel to a new way of life, one that's as much fun as it is challenging. With his help, she becomes a formidable new force on the tournament field, sending shock waves through the world of young Tortallan knights-in-training, and intriguing young lady nobles, who are exposed to the genuine possibility of women training successfully to become knights.
As Kel travels with Raoul and his regiment, she encounters Neal's handsome cousin Domitan, as well as other interesting folk. When Raoul finds himself pressed into escorting the "progress," a group of noblemen and women who are travelling across the entire realm to celebrate Prince Roald and Princess Shinkokami's wedding, Kel has a chance to reunite with her childhood Yamani friends, including the Princess.
Old friends and foes appear: Neal of Queenscove, Owen of Jesslaw, Cleon of Kennan, and the still-bullying Joren of Stone Mountain. Through it all, Kel never allows herself to forget what awaits her after her night-long vigil in Midwinter of her fourth year as a squire: the Chamber of the Ordeal. All her work eventually pays off and she eventually successfully emerges from the Chamber as Tortall's second Lady Knight.
As war with the neighboring country of Scanra is declared, Kel finds herself in charge of a refugee camp. While she fears that her district commander, Lord Wyldon, has given her this assignment because he views her combat skills as inferior to those of other men, he disproves this notion. He explains that she was chosen for her post because she is the only knight Wyldon knows that wouldn't discriminate against the poor and disenfranchised, using noble status for power rather than to help. Kel soon comes to realize that these refugees are her responsibility and she is able to be a hero, even off the battlefield, and demonstrates her abilities as a leader independent of any mentors or knight masters.
In her work, she receives help in the shape of her old friends Neal and Merric, the horses Peachblossom and Hoshi, the dog Jump, and her personal sparrow flock. Moreover, she receives the aid of a myriad group of others, including: the Wildmage Daine;[8] Daine's lover, the great mage Numair;[9] Neal's own father, the healer Duke Baird of Queenscove; and a stolid, unusual boy named Tobe who, after Kel frees him from indentured servitude, dedicates himself to watching out for her.
While Kel struggles with her responsibilities and the urge to simply abandon the camp and find a real fight, another obligation hangs over her. Before the war began, she was given a task by the Chamber of the Ordeal: to find and destroy the mage who is using foul, evil magic to create the rat-like, swift-moving, deadly metallic things known as "killing devices." But, tied to the camp, she cannot pursue it. However, as the summer wears on and the war intensifies, Kel crosses paths with that perverted mage and his conscienceless war leader.
At last, her resolve is tested, and she and all of Tortall find out if she is truly worthy of her shield. Kel tricks her guards into letting her slip away from them, and pursue a journey to bring back her stolen refugees. She is quickly accompanied by her friends, and once and for all, given the chance to earn her name as a Lady Knight, protector of the small.
In November of 2018, the first line of officially licensed merchandise was created in partnership with Dual Wield Studio, featuring a selection of pins, apparel and accessories developed in collaboration with creators from the Tamora Pierce fanbase.[10] The collection expanded in 2020 to include a rendition of the map of Tortall and continues to grow.[11]
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The Protector of the Small quartet is the fourth series published by Tamora Pierce and the third set in the Tortallan Universe. The books follow the story of Keladry of Mindelan, who wants to follow in the footsteps of the famous Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau. The books detail Kel's way to knighthood.
The first book follows Kel through her first year of training. She has resently returned from the Yamani Islands. Keladry is the first female who officially wants to try for knighthood. However, she encounters much resistance in her plan. The training master is just as opposed to her being a page as are most of the boys. The training master even convinces the King to impose a probational period on Kel.
This book follows Kel through the rest of her Page years. Kel succeeded in convincing the training master that she was to be allowed to remain in the palace and continue her training as a page. But still the training master doesn't like her and makes no secret of it. In addition to her lessons, which grow ever more difficult, Kel has declared war on the hazing-practices of many older boys. At the end of her time as a page stand the big examinations, in which she has to prove that she has the abilities needed to become a squire.
The third Protector book describes Kel's next four years in training as a squire. Raoul of Goldenlake has choosen to become her knight-master. Raoul is as different from her first training master, Lord Wyldon, as a man could be. He introduces Kel to a new way of life, one that's as much fun as it is struggle. He not only allows her to carry and use her chosen weapon, the Yamani glaive, but he helps her to take her skill at jousting to the next level. With his help, she becomes a formidable new force on the tournament field, sending shockwaves through the world of young Tortallan knights-in-training, and intriguing young lady nobles.
But combat isn't the only thing she has to consider. In this novel, she takes a new foundling under her wing, as well as faces matters of the heart. Kel meets a wide panorama of faces, old and new, including the Yamani princess Shinkokami and her ladies, a very troubled squire, a baby griffin, and a metal creation like nothing she has ever seen before. Old friends and foes appear: Neal of Queenscove, Cleon of Kennan, Owen of Jesslaw, and the still-bullying Joren of Stone Mountain. Through it all, Kel never allows herself to forget what awaits her after her night-long vigil in Midwinter of her fourth year as a squire: the Chamber of the Ordeal.
In her work she receives help in the shape of her old friends Neal and Merric, the horses Peachblossom and Hoshi, the dog Jump, and her personal sparrow flock, as well as from mixed a myriad group of others: the Wildmage Daine; Daine's lover, the great mage Numair; Neal's own father, Duke Baird of Queenscove; Kel's former knight-master Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak; men of the King's Own (including Kel's friend and Neal's cousin Sergeant Domitan of Masbolle); convict soldiers who have been given the choice to fight in the army or to die at hard labor; several hundred disillusioned refugees who have received too many empty promises from nobles; smugglers, and a stolid, unusual boy named Tobe.
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