The Noble Warriors trilogy is a fantasy series, written by British novelist William Nicholson . The first book, Seeker , was published in 2006, as was the second in the trilogy, Jango . The third book, Noman , was published in September 2007.
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93-450: Is a success but in the end, the Orlans are defeated and Similin meets an amusing end (he drinks some charged water in the belief it will make him all-powerful, it doesn't and when he is forced to relieve himself he explodes). In Noman, the city of Radiance has collapsed: overrun by thieves and bandits. Most of the wealthy citizens have fled from the city. Near the end of Noman, the spiker army and
124-467: Is destined to start a new generation of Savanters. The City of Radiance is ruled by Radiant Leader, the priest-king. The Royal guard of the city of Radiance is made up of Axers, who are very large, powerful men. In Radiance they worship the Sun, and in order to make the Sun rise the next day, every evening a sacrifice must be made by throwing a person from the cliff. In Seeker, Morning Star is almost sacrificed, as
155-412: Is destroyed, when we find that there are multiple gardens. The Noble Warriors do not use weapons or armour; they use only true strength, which is also called Lir . The vow of the noble warriors (which Noman wrote) says they cannot fight wars or conquer land or empires. They cannot love any person above all others, build a lasting home, or possess anything, but can only use their powers to bring freedom to
186-578: Is her mother, but fortunately they are saved by the Nomana, Seeker, and the Wildman. No sacrifice is made on that day, and although the Sun does come up on the next day, Radiant leader and all the other priests are blinded to this because they are true believers. Soren Simlin manipulates the situation, and has them all thrown off the cliff, claiming they have angered the Sun-God and it has only risen again to punish them. By
217-554: Is last seen drinking in an inn with bandits as company. In Noman , the Orlans reform under their new leader-Caressa, the Wildman's childhood friend. They are now 10 times smaller than at the beginning of Jango. Caressa first wants to attack the spiker army and get her revenge on Wildman for leaving her in Spikertown. But by now the spiker army has disbanded and are part of the Joyous, though Caressa does not yet realise this. When she attacks
248-550: Is led by Soren Similin. After a series of events taking up more than half the book, Similin manages to form an alliance between the Jahan and Radiance so they can destroy Anacrea with the use of charged water, which has huge explosive power. Neither the Jahan or Radiance intends to share the victory with the other. In his cell, Seeker is told by a Noma, Narrow Path, that the council of the Nom has decided to cleanse Seeker. Narrow Path believes this
279-456: Is over, it is discovered that Seeker has power without limits. Unlike the other Noble Warriors, he is able to suck the lir out of any living thing and doesn't get weary doing so. He fights and defeats Chance. Afterwards, he is told to stay in one place while the Elder and the council of the Nomana decide what to do with him, as they feel that they should not loose such power in the world, yet he might be
310-457: Is standing before a door. Jango says the door is open and he can enter if he wishes. Before he enters, he is told by Jango that there are many more Noms, and so he realises the All and Only is not dead. The book is ended when Seeker enters the strange door next to Jango and enters an exact replica of the Nom's Garden that he was used to. He kneels down and asks for forgiveness for disbelieving in him after
341-626: Is the wrong decision and, knowing that he himself will be cleansed for this act, sets Seeker free, and tells him that he must go and fight the true threat; the Savanters, whom live in the land cloud. Seeker heads off to the land cloud, which is on the opposite side of the Glimmen, and on the way there he meets Jango sitting by a strange door in a broken down wall. At first, Jango seems to be a crazy old man, until he begins citing many of Seeker's personal thoughts. He gives Seeker much cryptic advice on how to defeat
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#1733106739484372-401: Is told to go back by a black figure, pretending to be his shadow. Seeker feels that something bad is happening at the Nom so he runs back as fast as he can. When Seeker arrives back at the Nom, the army of Orlans has already attacked and the charged water bomb ready to blow up the city, although Seeker doesn't know this. Seeker drives his power into the ground, causing an earthquake that stopped
403-478: Is under their command, as is Filka, who used to be a goat boy. They correspond telepathically with their servants, and can reward them with euphoria , or punish them with terrible pain . They are "preparing for the harvest", in which they hope to take enough lir from other humans to become eternally young. They are very old and have sustained their lives up to now by feeding on the 'lir', or 'life force', of other humans. Seeker first hears about them from Narrow Path in
434-759: The Noble Warriors Trilogy , written by William Nicholson . The Noble Warriors, or Nomana, are members of a religious community called the Nom. The Nom was formed by a great warlord, Noman, to protect their God, The All and Only . The All and Only has many other names: the Lost Child, the Loving Mother, the Wounded Warrior and the Wise Father. The God lives in the Garden, located on the island of Anacrea, until it
465-529: The Goal.' Then the child changed form and became a woman, who called herself the Loving Mother. The figure changed form twice more, naming itself the Wounded Warrior and the Wise Father. The Wise Father spoke of an Assassin who would eventually kill him. Following the dream, the Brother built a garden for the Lost Child to live in, believing him to be the one true god. Others came to the island and they too pledged to protect
496-493: The Lost Child. One day, a powerful warlord named Noman came to the island. He forced his way into the garden to see the child. He stayed there for a day and a night and when he came out, he never spoke of what he saw. Soon after, he disbanded his army and formed a community to protect the god, which became known as the Nom, of which he was the leader. Noman learned the secret of true strength and he passed his knowledge to his brothers and sisters and they too became strong. Members of
527-483: The Nom are called Nomana, or the Noble Warriors. The Noble Warriors do not use weapons or armour; they use only true strength, which is the life force in all beings called Lir The vow of the noble warriors (which Noman wrote) says they cannot fight long wars or conquer land or empires. They cannot love any person above all others, build a lasting home, possess anything but can only use their powers to bring freedom to
558-414: The Nom. Narrow Path tells him that is very important to kill all the Savanters, "leave even one alive and it will all begin again". Seeker kills 5 of the Savanters at the end of Jango. The Sixth to be killed is Manlir, who makes peace with Noman, as they both die. Lastly, a Savanter who used to be called Hope has possessed Echo Kittle, and Seeker persuades this one to let herself die, but only because Echo
589-435: The Nom. They have similar powers to the noble warriors and they are referred to 'as noble warriors gone bad'. By the end of Noman we know that they were lords of knowledge, and that their leader Manlir (or 'Manny'), was Noman's brother. Noman appointed the Savanters as the necessary evil to oppose the Nomana - faith is the natural enemy of knowledge. It is only by fighting knowledge that faith is kept alive, for when Noman entered
620-469: The Orlan army, under Caressa Jahan, take over Radiance and restore order. The Orlans are first introduced in the second book Jango . They are a large army (ten thousand men and horses) and their leader is the great Amroth Jahan who is 'mesmerisingly ugly'. He has three sons, Sasha, Alva and Sabin who seem to be just as ugly as he is. The army is divided up into companies each with its own leader. The soldiers of
651-471: The Savanters and cites Noman's famous quote. (see Noman's experiment ). Seeker continues on his way through the Glimmen but is stopped by Echo Kittle who has escaped from the Orlans in Radiance. She pleads with Seeker to help her defend the Glimmen from the Orlans but Seeker, knowing that he has little time left, refuses and carries on his way into the land cloud. There he kills five out of seven savanters but he
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#1733106739484682-410: The army are skillful with their whips, which they use as weapons, and horses (which caused much consternation as they were the first horses to be seen in the area). Their goal is to conquer the world and when the noble warriors defy and shame the Jahan, they vow revenge. The Orlans join up with the new leader of Radiance, Soren Similin, and plot to destroy Anacrea. The Jahan and his army would first attack
713-409: The battle in an instant, but the charged water bomb had already been launched at Anacrea and destroyed it, along with the Garden and the Lost Child. Seeker gets angry and takes revenge on the Jahan by breaking his pride, forcing him to kneel to Echo Kittle. The army of Orlans breaks up and Soren Similin dies from a charged water explosion. Seeker heads out in search of a purpose and runs across Jango, who
744-412: The destruction of the Nom. Noman (novel) There are three books in the Noble Warriors series. A man named the Brother once resided on the island of Anacrea, and one night while he was sleeping, a lost child came to him, asking him for help. He let the Lost Child in, and later that night, in a dream, the Lost Child spoke to the Brother, proclaiming himself to be the 'All and Only', the 'Reason and
775-432: The enslaved and justice to the oppressed. In Jango , it is mentioned that Noman lived on Anacrea over 200 years ago. Nothing has been said of his death but one of Seeker's teachers said that Noman left them to "submit himself to his final test. He was never seen again". There are seven Savanters. The Savanters are the enemies and seemingly the main antagonists of the noble warriors in the series as they seek to destroy
806-474: The enslaved and justice to the oppressed. Jango begins with Seeker, Morning Star and Wildman who are all being taught in the Nom and are near the end of their training. Their teacher, Chance, mentions the secret skill of a Noble Warrior, and tells them a new teacher will be assigned to them to help them attain this secret skill. He then hands them over to Miriander, who puts them through training to learn how to control another's will by using lir. Once this training
837-454: The garden he knew that there was no God, so to keep the God alive he made sure everyone else' faith was kept alive. Noman told the Savanters to seek knowledge without limits. However, when the Savanters grew older and saw their deaths approaching, they grew angry at the thought that all their knowledge would die with them. They turned rogue and used their knowledge to pursue eternal youth. Soren Simlin
868-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jango&oldid=1162588273 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jango (novel) Jango (2006), is the second book in
899-399: The noble warriors and distract them from the bomb of charged water which Similin would send down a ramp and over the channel to blow up Anacrea. The plan works but Seeker, who arrives just after the bomb is launched, breaks the Jahan's pride but causing him to kneel to and kiss Echo Kittle's hand. The army is dispersed at the end of the second book and many warriors resort to banditry. The Jahan
930-438: The one the save the Nomana. In the trees of the forest called the Glimmen lives Echo Kittle who is described as being pale, slender and beautiful. She is captured by the Orlan leader, Amroth Jahan, who intends to arrange a marriage between her and one of his sons. She refuses to do so until the Jahan threatens to burn down the Glimmen and kill everyone in it. She decides to go along with them and soon they arrive in Radiance, which
961-478: The time Jango begins, Similin has become the new Radiant Leader. Every week or so, he does what he calls 'the Choosing'. His people believe that he has the power to look into their hearts and tell whether they are worthy of eternal life. In reality, he sends them to the Savanters who suck the lir out of them. When Amroth Jahan and his army invades Radiance, Similin persuades him into helping him destroy Anacrea. Their plan