How Does Niniane Protect Ambrosius And Merlin

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Niniane is shown as a passive, loving and loyal individual throughout the book. She lives a loveless life to protect Ambrosius and Merlin. She shows great loyalty not just to Ambrosius, but also to her father when she refuses to leave with Ambrosius. She never reveals Ambrosius’s identity to her father or Camlach to protect both Ambrosius and Merlin. She endures her father’s scorn over her and her bastard Merlin with hopes that once he dies, she can enter the nunnery so no one would need to question Merlin’s heritage anymore. She never thinks of loving another man for she is loyal to Ambrosius.The character Niniane lives an altruistic life, which seems like a way everyone should be living at first, but actually shouldn’t. If everyone were to

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