Alina



A young girl from Murky Waters, she is the daughter of the village chief, Tobias Hoffman. Soon she will marry Julian, a rich merchant from Kovir, much to the disgust of her jealous sister Celina and the poet Adam, who loves her secretly. She is the main character in The Heat of the Day.

She seems strangely resigned to marrying Julian and appears fond of him, at least in a way, but she also shows no intention whatsoever of ending her affair with Adam which she carries on every day at noon, in the raspberry patch in the fields. She does seem jealous of Celina's attempts to gain Julian's attention, even though this last endeavour is proving fruitless.

She has also developed quite an attachment to Alvin. She would dearly love to adopt him and raise him with Julian, but Julian is not so taken with the prospect of raising a child who is, from all reports, a source.

Alina