As one of the two points of view in Seventhblade, Elraiche brings an outsider’s narrative to the story. An outsider who is from a foreign land. An outsider who a god walking amongst mortals. His experiences and point of view allow the reader to take a step back from the story and learn from an “unbiased” point of view.
Unbiased, in a very loose sense of the word. Elraiche very clearly has his own agenda, but he is not emotionally or physically tied to any of the factions and peoples in Kaspine, so his opinions are more clinical when it comes to the colonization of the land, the Ibinnas, and the Iqounicha. It also helps that he is very long lived, so his memories act as a witness to the sweeping changes to the governance forced by the Ecrelian monarchy, in their far away lands.
Elraiche’s goals are rarely clear to even those closest to him, but one thing is for sure: anyone caught in his orbit best keep their wits about them, because the exiled god will take any advantage he can to regain what is his.
tonia laird 