Helda

Katsa, Po, Giddon, Helda, and other characters from Graceling will be part of the fabric of the book.

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Motioning to the others to follow Princess Helda led the way across the kitchen to a door, which she opened and began to descend a flight of stone stairs.

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Across the wide hall went Helda and down one of the long narrow passages until she reached a door at the very end.

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Prince Redmond insisted upon accompanying him, and little Princess Helda begged to be allowed to go too, as she was sure she could help them, and she wished so much to see her parents even if they were stones.

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Daimur at first had hopes that Princess Helda and Redmond might find them and perhaps be able to open the door, as it was only bolted on the outside, but then he remembered that the day was now well advanced and that they must either have been trapped themselves long before this or had crept back to the ship while it was still dark.

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It was Princess Helda who first spoke as she stepped out on the quay.

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Helda, was not forgotten, but received a handsome lace shawl.

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"I am Princess Helda of Oaklands," she said in a very timid voice.

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The Princess Helda, who of course knew nothing of the magic key, was already fumbling at the lock with a hairpin, and after poking at it for several minutes it flew back with a snap.

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The Duchess refused this honor, as she told them her niece was still alive, and Daimur then came forward and related what Princess Helda had told them of Queen Amy's capture and that he was going to rescue her and bring her back, and in the meantime that the Duchess would act as

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