The Castle of Llyr [SEP] series
The Castle of Llyr
The Castle of Llyr (1966) is a high fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander, the third of five volumes in "The Chronicles of Prydain". The story continues the adventures of Taran "Assistant Pig-Keeper", primarily on the Isle of Mona west of Prydain, far from the forces of Arawn, Lord of Death.
Princess Eilonwy "faces the unavoidable (and in her view absolutely unnecessary) ordeal of becoming a young lady", says Alexander.
Taran joins her escort
the Prydain books". Originally he "planned to write one or two – three at the very most". The series was later planned to be four volumes, but the editor felt that something was missing between the third and fourth volumes, so "Taran Wanderer" was written one month after "The Castle of Llyr" was published, making it a five-volume series.
According to Alexander, nearly all of the proper names in Prydain are from Welsh myth or history, perhaps all except Eilonwy and Taran