Before the both of Psyche, Redival is the most beautiful daughter of the King and she is the one who is considered as being the most beautiful princess. Redival is the name given to Orual’s sister and she is the middle child in the royal family.

Even after Orual releases him, he still decides to remain by her side until he dies. The Fox is the King’s advisor for a while and then, after he dies, he becomes Orual’s mentor and closest friend. When the King fails to produce a son, the Fox becomes a predominant figure in the girl’s lives and he is the only father figure they knew because the King was too preoccupied with other things. The Fox is a Greek slave bought by the King and the reason he was bought was because the King wanted to have a tutor for his future son. The Fox is an important character in the novel and he is the girl’s mentors. Towards the end, Psyche is rewarded by being transformed into a Goddess after completing a series of various tasks. Scared, her father agreed and Psyche agreed to go as well, thinking that it was her destiny to become a God’s wife. This enraged the Priest at the temple of Ungit who claimed that she must be sacrificed to the God of the Mountain. From an early age, Psyche was extremely beautiful and kind and when she grew up, the people in her father’s Kingdom began to worship her like she was a goddess. Psyche’s mother died during childbirth so Psyche was raised almost entirely by Orual who loved her more than anything else and by the Fox. Psyche is the King’s daughter from his second marriage. Because of this, towards the end of her life, Orual tries to make things better by writing in a positive way about the Gods. Despite hating the Gods, Orual also fears them and she feels that she will be one day punished for the feelings of hatred she has towards them. Orual grow up blaming the Gods for her physical appearance and her hatred becomes even more pronounced when her little sister is taken away from her and sacrificed to the God of the Mountain. She was then told constantly by her father and by those around her that she is worthless because she does not fit in with the rest of her sisters and because no one would ever want to marry her. While Orual was born as a member of the royal family, she suffered all her life because he was ugly.

The reason why she wanted to write in the first place was because she felt the need to express her anger against the Gods that in her opinion made her life harsh from birth. Orual begins writing her story when she is close to death but she recalls all her life and her experiences. Orual is the main character in the novel and she is also the narrator of the story.

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