Maji who can create and manipulate fire.
Burner Quotes in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Children of Virtue and Vengeance quotes below are all either spoken by Burner or refer to Burner. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Twenty-Seven
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“These rebels burned your city to the ground. They wanted you and your people to starve. They are the poison of Orïsha! If you do not cut off the hand now, eventually you will be forced to sever the entire limb.”
I clamp my mouth shut, digesting her words. I know as long as these rebels terrorize us, every maji in Orïsha will be seen as a criminal. The Iyika have to go.
But despite knowing this, my insides twist as Ojore grabs the Burner by her hair.
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Chapter Seventy-One
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I look back, not recognizing the monster that wears Ojore’s face. We did this to him. We poisoned him with all our hate.
Now we shall pay the price. I can’t even pretend he isn’t justified. He deserves retribution for all the blood on our hands. All of Orïsha does—
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Burner Term Timeline in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The timeline below shows where the term Burner appears in Children of Virtue and Vengeance. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Fourteen
...He escapes the guards and thinks that the last time the palace looked like this, Burners killed Saran’s family and Saran went on to conduct the Raid.
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Chapter Seventeen
...on his neck. It feels like Ojore is a brother, even though he hates Inan’s magic—Burners killed his parents before the Raid. Inan points out that there are tîtáns in Ojore’s...
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Chapter Twenty
...sends him to go find Kenyon, an old friend who’s now the elder of the Burner clan. Khani and Imani are here too; Khani is the elder of the Healers.
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Chapter Twenty-Six
...shame. In a pained voice, he says he doesn’t know why the Iyika attacked with Burners when they have Reapers and Cancers too. Inan looks at Ojore’s burns and sees how...
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
...as she watches Ramaya sit amongst her other Connectors. A sharp bell rings and a Burner runs over a bridge. She says that their fighters in Lagos are gone; Inan struck...
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Chapter Sixty-Four
Delicately, Inan points out that Burners assassinated the king and killed the peace talks, but Nehanda says that she had to...
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