""— Aly (while teasing her father)

Alianne of Pirate's Swoop—normally called Aly—is the daughter of George Cooper, Baron of Pirate's Swoop, second-in-command of his realm's spies; and Alanna the Lioness of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, lady knight, King's Champion of Tortall, and a living legend.However, far from wanting to follow in her mother's footsteps, the career Aly wishes to follow is her father's; that of a spy.