A Court Of Wings And Ruin, By Sarah J. Maas

“No wonder you made her high lady.” (Maas 441) In the book A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas presents the problems of having great power in position and great physical power. Feyre was made High Fae, by the high lords that ruled the land. With being made, she was given a small piece of all the lord's powers. Later, her mate Rysand grants her the option of becoming High Lady of the Night Court. Feyre first struggles to enter the new world of High Fae, which comes with knowing how to use the new power in the right ways, and she is forced to learn how to navigate the power of being the first High Lady. Ferye was born a human and was reborn into the world of the High Fae by all the High Lords. She learns the struggles of becoming a High Fae

Feyre’s powers are a combination of small pieces of each High Lord's power. This causes conflict between the former owners of the power and Feyre. “‘It seems she took more than that,’ Helion argued, ‘ if she could be within seconds of drowning Beron despite the wards.’” (Maas 444) Feyre was part of a meeting with the high lords when the high lord of Autumn brought up useless talk about her mate that did not need to be shared. She shut him down with her power, revealing to everyone the true gifts she had received. Feyre was given such diverse power by the high lords, which, in itself, was a fear that she had to face. Because Feyre gained power from all the high Lords, combined her power could be considered stronger than some of them themselves. As you might presume, Feyre being so young in the world that the high lords live in, and then gaining greater power than them might cause fear from them or cause them to want their power back, making her power both helpful and potentially dangerous to her

In the previous book, Rhysand asked her to become the high Lady of the night court, which she had accepted. There had never been such a thing as a high lady before or a fae that was made. Because of this, the hundreds of-year-old High Lords struggle to see her with the same authority as them. “‘No wonder you made her High lady.’ ‘I made her High lady,’ Rhys said simply, lowering his hand from my face but not leaving my side,’ because I love her. Her power was the last thing I considered.’” (Maas 441) From this, we can see that the other high lords assume that Rhysand made her high lady just for her power when in reality she earned her spot by being who she is. All the High Lords fought their siblings to death for hundreds of years for the spot on the throne. So when Feyre shows up with immense power they immediately think that her power is the reason she stands at the high lord's side just as equal in authority to him, in their court. Feyre is given the gift of high-ranking authority but is challenged with being the first and along with that, being very powerful. Having great power physically and positionally is not always a