~Molly is something
of an archetype--motherly, mild, honest and affable. In the midst of a flurry
of tumultuous temperaments and with the gravity of war looming overhead, she
manages to dig her heels firmly into the ground. She adapts to her circumstances
with the aid of a refreshingly simple, unequivocal insight--one that's not
only limited to being personally beneficial.
There's an earnest steadfastness underlying Molly's warm countenance and diminutive
stature--the core of her personality that makes her capable of tolerating
her precarious situation, bearing a sincere smile on her face all the while.
She's equipped with an intuition that allows her to mediate with a good deal
of success as well, knowing just how to confer with the troublesome personalities
that surround her.
She develops a particular fondness for Dustin and, in recognizing that even
a tenacious personality such as his may require some outside source of esteem,
she is graciously obliging. It's Regin who offers her the greatest challenge,
being oftentimes all together unapproachable. Intimidated and charmed by him
at the same time, she becomes frustratingly diffident in his presence.
The rather grandiose Faolan family home in Ainessa, Fithbae, is inundated
with romantic appeal for Molly
who becomes instantaneously affixed to
it. For someone half obsessed with all the sentimental ideals of home, it's
an impossibly perfect place. She indulges in it, deliriously happy when she
feels unburdened enough to be thoroughly enveloped. Her delight, though, is
frequently interspersed with sobering reminders that the outside conflict
threatens to make her residence a very temporary one.