 Although Tamír is Queen, exercising real power, she cannot be formally crowned without the Sword of Gherilain, which is the Badge of Office of a Skalan Monarch (as well as being a formidable weapon, still sharp after centuries, and effectively used by Queens and Kings in battle).Tamír needs to retrieve this sword from Korin.At the same time, she is extremely reluctant to fight Korin, who had always been on good terms with his cousin.