Why does Mrs Coulter smell metallic?

But woe betide those blinded by her beauty, which is almost literally skin-deep – one of the most frightening things about her is that she smells “metallic” when she's angry, as though a secret interior furnace blazes up, burning off her soft outward semblance.

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What is Lyra's great betrayal?

Lyra and the gyptians successfully rescue Roger from Bolvangar at the end of Part 2, but ultimately Roger will become a character of sacrifice and a symbol of Lyra's (accidental) betrayal. Though Lyra's goal is to save Roger, she ends up getting him killed when she brings him along to see Lord Asriel. Why is Lyra so special? Lyra, who is more or less raised as an orphan, has a streak of adventurousness that makes her the perfect heroine for Pullman's story. Lyra is hungry for experience. She is rebellious and willful and obeys no one unless she thinks she has good reason to do so.

Do Pan and Lyra reunite?

After liberating the residents of the world of the dead, who happily join with the universe, Will and Lyra return and the latter is eventually reunited with Pantalaimon, while Will discovers that he finally has a daemon who appeared when he too went to the land of the dead. What happens if you touch someone's daemon? There is the matter of touching. It is totally taboo to touch another human's daemon — even in the heat of battle. Daemons can, on occasion, touch other daemons, usually when their respective humans are physically touching: they nuzzle when their humans embrace, they fight when their humans are fighting, etc.

What is Mary Malone's daemon?

Serafina told Mary that her dæmon was an Alpine Chough. Ahead of Mary's departure, Serafina taught her to see her dæmon by simultaneously holding the state of mind she used to speak to the Shadows with the Cave and seeing ordinarily. Is Mrs Coulter a witch? One explanation that some fans have turned to in trying to make sense of Mrs Coulter is that she is actually a witch – that would certainly explain her ability to separate from her daemon, if nothing else.

Is Lord Asriel a good guy?

In other stories, Asriel would almost certainly be the villain. In Pullman's trilogy, Asriel is complicated, arrogant, and unlikable, but in many ways he is also a heroic figure. The name Asriel is derived from Asrael, the name of a biblical angel. In the Bible, Asrael's appearance heralds the apocalypse. Is Lord Asriel an anti hero? Dark, dashing, and thirsty for power, Lord Asriel is The Golden Compass's anti-hero in chief.

Is Lord Asriel an angel?

Asriel, also spelt as Azrael, is the name of the Archangel of Death in some extrabiblical traditions. He is also the angel of death in Islamic theology.