Dark and Troubled Past: Lost all of his brothers and his father in the feud with Northwoods, leaving him (the seventh son) to inherit Sevenwaters.Break the Badass: Oonagh succeeds doing this to him, by keeping him under her spell and making all of his children disappear.

Blood Knight: After his wife's death Colum turns to war and campaigning to deal with his grief.Badass in Distress: He is trapped by Oonagh's spell, and it takes the breaking of the swan-curse for him to be freed from it.By the time Oonagh flees with Ciaran Colum is a shadow of himself and sunk deep into despair. Because he can't, he starts to hate himself and blames himself for his children's loss. Awful Wedded Life: Though at first life as Oonagh's husband seems lovely at first soon after the wedding (especially after losing the children) Colum begins to realise just how evil Oonagh is and attempts to free himself from her control, without success.Action Dad: Has seven (later eight) children, and he is known as one of the most fierce chieftains fighting in battle.Lord ColumChieftain of Sevenwaters in Daughter of the Forest. And she will need the strength to stand up to those she loves best, for in the finding of her own true love, Liadan's course may doom them all.or be their salvation.Consisting of Lord Colum, his first wife and the seven children. Liadan will need all of her courage to help save her family, for there are forces far darker than anyone could have guessed and ancient powers conspiring to destroy this family's peace-and their world. Beloved child, dutiful daughter, she embarks on a journey that opens her eyes to the wonders of the world around her.and shows her just how hard-won was the peace that she has known all her life. It is left to Sorcha's daughter Liadan who will take up the tale that the Sevenwaters clan is destined to fulfill. But not all the brothers were able to escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and those who did were all more-and less-than they were before the change. It is from Sorcha's sacrifice that her brothers were brought home to Sevenwaters and her life has known much joy. It continues the saga of beautiful Sorcha, the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. Son of the Shadows is the sequel to Juliet Marillier's evocative first novel Daughter of the Forest.

Sorcha sevenwaters