Anthea Genevia Thornley

Anthea Genevia Thornley is the main protagonist in The Rose Legacy Series.

Early Years
When Thea was about 4/5 years old, her father was killed in a train accident. She was sent to live with various relatives, who passed her around after a year, until she was sent to live with Uncle Daniel and Aunt Deirdre. After three years she was sent to live with another Uncle, her father's brother Andrew Thornley.

She had always assumed that her mother had died at the same time as her father.

The Rose Legacy
Thea learns that she is being sent past "The Wall" to live with a new Uncle. When she arrives by train to the wall, a strange man wearing a kilt meets her and she is taken The Last Farm.

Once she arrives her upset is added to over and over again, first she finds out that there are Horses at The Last Farm, an animal that she had been taught in school were disease carriers but had died out many, many years in the past. Then she finds out that her Mother had not died but was very much alive. Her cousin Jilly is a shock to her as well all of the strange people around her. She ends up by writing to her Aunt Deirdre asking for advice.

Then she meets the horse Florian and everything is much better, because Florian is the horse that she had bonded with when she was a child living at The Last Farm. She also learns about "The Way" and that she is very strongly gifted. The Way allows her to mentally connect with horses and to communicate with the one that she bonded with.

The Queen's Secret
In The Queens Secret, Anthea is a a member of the Horse Brigade, lead by her Uncle Andrew Thronley can old friend Callian MacRennie. Finn and Jilly are also part of the group but are often split up do to Finn being the king of Leana and Jilly being Jilly. When a plague breaks out in Leana and Cornami Anthea is put to the test by using her smarts and intelligence to save the day.

When the plague medication is created she and Finn bring it to the Queens village to bring the medicine, and during that time while Anthea and Finn are in a hut, she kisses him on the cheek, and from them on they become closer and continue to care for each other in more of a romantic way.

At the end of The Queens Secret Constantine, Finn's horse is stolen by Anthea's mother, Geniva along with a handful of others.

The Rider’s Reign
In The Rider’s Reign ....