![]() ![]() "You were probably sent here by your family, to get food, weren't you?" I have seen the Book, the Book that will turn darkness, into light." I have seen suffering in the darkness.yet I have seen beauty thrive in the most fragile of places. I have seen the Northmen, invading Ireland, destroying all in search of gold. "I have lived through many ages, through the eyes of salmon, deer, and wolf. Aisling also used Pangur Ban to help Brendan escape from his room when Abbot Cellach locked him, and Pangur Ban didn't even hesitate. Aisling didn't have to do anything to gain Pangur Ban's trust. Aidan and his cat are good friends, though.Īisling and Abbot Cellach had never interacted, thus the fact that Abbot never went outside the walls of Kells. Brendan, for his part, has not been able to effectively balance the scales of assistance, but he is supportive of her.Īisling and Aidan had never interacted. Aisling helped Brendan escape his room when he was locked inside by his uncle, and helped him enter the cave of Crom. At first, Aisling didn't want to even interact with Brendan because he came into her forest uninvited, but they spent more time together and became friends. For a short time, however, she appears in her human form when the grown Brendon returns to Kells.īrendan and Aisling have a very, very strong friendship. She appears as a salmon in the Origins prequel for Brendan, and appears to be mode-locked to her wolf form by the end of the film. ![]() She may be able to become other animals as well, but no evidence of this was shown in the movie. It is also revealed that Aisling can disguise herself into animals such as wolves, deer, and fish. ![]() She helped Brendan escape his room when his Uncle locked him in for disobeying him, and assisted Brendan in attacking Crom at great peril to herself. However, Aisling is also fiercely loyal and supportive once she gets to know and befriend people. She is very caring of her forest, reacting with hostility to Brendan when they first meet. Her exact age is uncertain, but she is hundreds of years old. She is a protector of the forest, and doesn't like unwelcome guests. Characteristics Īisling is a fairy-like creature, a member of the now destroyed Tuatha Dé Danann, living in the woods outside of Kells. She doesn't seem to have aged at all since the time of Kells. Aisling could be seen siting on the left side. ![]() She is not seen again for the reminder of the film.Ĭenturies later, she makes a brief cameo appearance in Song of the Sea, when Ben and Saoirse board a bus full of Trick-O'-Treaters. Years later, she help guides an adult Brendan back to Kells, seemingly happy that he'd returned. Aisling was not seen afterwards except in her wolf form, when she saves both Brendan and Brother Aidan from the Vikings. The two then go to Crom's cave where Aisling seemingly sacrifices herself so that Brendan can get in, telling him to complete the book and "turn darkness into light." Later, when Brendan returns to where he last saw her, all he finds is his cape and flowers sprouting out of the ground. However, Brendan assures Aisling that it is necessary for completing the book, and that without the eye it will be impossible. A desperate Aisling begs him not to go, saying that Crom will kill him just as he killed her mother and her people. He says that he must retrieve Crom's other eye. After breaking Brendan out of his room, the pair retreat to the forest where Brendan explains to Aisling why he was locked up. Later, when Abbot Cellach locked Brendan into his room, Aisling turned Pangur Ban into a spirit-like creature to slip through the keyhole into the tower and free Brendan, which she used a magical song to do. Aisling pushed against a statue standing beside the entrance, making it collapse and block the cave. Despite her warnings not to speak his name, Brendan called Crom several times, still believing that he was not real, which resulted in branches of darkness emerging from the open entrance of the cave. On the way back she lost Brendan accidentally, finding him near Crom Cruach's dwelling. Aisling led Brendan to the top of a huge old oak tree, where she told him her name. She agreed to show him where he could find what he was looking for, but made him promise that he and Pangur Ban, the cat who accompanied him, would never again enter the forest. She watched him from a hidden place, but as Wolves attacked Brendan, she called them back and talked with the boy. Aisling lived alone in the forest surrounding Kells, until Brendan entered the forest in search of ingredients for ink. An unspecified amount of time ago, Crom Cruach killed the rest of her people. She changes forms, but switches primarily between wolf and girl. Aisling is a fairy-like creature with magical abilities. ![]()
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