Rhoe’s shield. Aedion had never told Aelin. Had wanted to wait until they returned to Orynth to reveal that the shield he’d carried, had never lost, had belonged to her father. And so many others before that. It had no name. Even Rhoe had not known its age. And when Aedion had spirited it away from Rhoe’s room, the only thing he grabbed when the news came that his family had been butchered, he had let the others forget about it, too. Even Darrow had not recognized it. Worn and simple, the shield had gone unnoticed at Aedion’s side, a reminder of what he’d lost. What he’d defend to his final
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I feel like it’s kind of fitting that Aedion’s prized possession isn’t a sword or a weapon, but a shield. It fits his character so well since all he has ever wanted is to protect Aelin and protect Terrasen. And what better way to do it than with her father’s shield.
