Continuing the theme of my previous post, about
the fictional setting of Valdemar in the context of Quakerism, I’m
going to look at another fictional setting and see what parallels
there might be. Today, you get to read my thoughts on Quakers and the
setting of the ‘Paksenarrion’ books. This was introduced to the
world through the three-volume fantasy novel
The Deed of
Paksenarrion (the volumes being
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter,
Divided Allegiance,
and Oath of Gold), a
Tolkienesque fantasy epic with a female protagonist, Paksenarrion
(shortened to ‘Paks’), an asexual soldier (and yes, the
asexuality is plot relevant, which is pretty good going for the late
eighties), who goes on to bigger and better things (while still being
a fighter) and saves, well, not the world exactly (at least not
directly – that comes with other people in the sequels) but at
least the way of life of people of her own culture. That’s a
familiar line for those who would take people to war in the modern
world, but she is not fighting against people of another culture, but
for good against evil.
