Alina The Scaffold Character Analysis

“The stag had been showing me my strength--not just the price of mercy but the power it bestowed” (Bardugo 344). This quote demonstrates Alina’s (the main character) inner strength. At the beginning of the book she was an ordinary soldier, with the nickname “Stick,” in the army, which was about to cross the Fold. The Fold is a stretch of blackness across the country that cuts the heart of the country off from the sea. Now as Alina crosses the Fold, she finds she has a hidden power with the ability to control light. The catch is she has trouble calling/controlling the light. The whole book she feels as though she isn 't good enough or special enough. The stag showed her that she has the ability to do anything because she is able to do one thing the Darkling can’t, show mercy. She was also able to discover that she has many hidden strengths; she just needs to believe in herself. Then in book two of the series, Alina has left the country and is captured by the Darkling. The Darkling loads her on a ship to be brought back to their homeland. At the last second the pirate captain of the ship they are on betrays the Darkling and frees her. We meet several other main characters throughout the series as well such as Alina’s childhood friend Mal and of course the Darkling. We also meet the captain of the ship in book two,

Sturmhond was from the second book in the series Siege and Storm. Sturmhond is a sophomoric character, and as the book explains: “he is cocky and brash, and always used ten words when two would do” (Bardugo). He is transporting Alina in the sea with the Darkling when he turns on the Darkling and frees Alina. Alina, Sturmhond, Mal, and several crewmembers board another ship that Sturmhond planted for the ambush. Sturmhond likes to do things his own way just as the song Bad Reputation says: “Don’t tell me what I should do or say ‘cause I want to do it my own way”