![]() The king had died some years previously, and Crown Prince Siegfried has not yet come of age to take the throne. ![]() ![]() The Baron makes a promise to Odette that if she can win the love of a man, who will remain faithful to her for a month, all the girls will be freed from the spell.Ĭlothilde is the Queen Regent of a small European kingdom. She is learning magic herself, and sometimes takes the form of a black swan. She is naive and trusting of her father, always seeking her father’s approval, and not realising his real treachery. Odile is the sorcerer’s daughter, generally left in charge of the captured girls at the sorcerer’s manor. ![]() The leader of the group of girls turned into swans is the princess Odette. In reality these girls have committed minor sins compared to their husbands or fathers, often being mistreated, and married off to men against their will. ![]() This book is a fantasy story retelling the story of Swan Lake.īaron von Rothbart is a powerful sorcerer, who captures young women he believes to have betrayed or been unfaithful, enchanting them to take the form of swans, so that they only take their human form in the moonlight. ![]()
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