Zaria Fierce Themes: The Balance of True Friendships

NOTE: This post series may include spoilers from the Zaria Fierce Trilogy. If you hate spoilers, please read about the themes in Zaria Fierce after you have read the books.

Friendships are important to the story of Zaria Fierce. For a girl whose best friends were usually books, the cast of her story grows from one to six by the end of the trilogy. Everyone brings something to the table. Each friend is important to the telling, because they do not face off against dragons alone. They must fight together. All along the journey they support one another and are true friends. They cheer each other up, tease one another, learn from each other, and stick together through thick and thin.

If I were to say the main characteristic or attribute they shared with the group, it would be this:

• Zaria – Kindness
• Christoffer – Goodwill
• Aleks – Direction
• Geirr – Rationality
• Filip – Loyalty
• Henrik – Patience

Not to mention the other characters the children interact with along the way who were equally important to the journey, good or bad. I’ve included some of these characters below and their main characteristic:

• Hector – Wisdom
• Madam Brown – Service
• Helena – Altruistic
• Oskar – Prudence
• Olaf – Trickery
• Kafirr – Opportunistic
• Floki – Disloyalty
• Koll – Evil

This isn’t to limit any of these characters from any other attributes, but it’s a starting place to understand what drives them throughout the books. How would you define these characters? Share in the comments!