Kushiel's Scion - Jacqueline Carey [1]
Alba
Drustan mab Necthana—Cruarch of Alba, wed to Ysandre de la Courcel
Necthana—mother of Drustan
Breideia—sister of Drustan, daughter of Necthana
Talorcan—son of Breideia
Dorelei—daughter of Breidaia
Sibeal—sister of Drustan, daughter of Necthana, wed to Hyacinthe
Hyacinthe—Master of the Straits, wed to Sibeal
Grainne mac Conor—Lady of the Dalriada
Eamonn mac Grainne—son of Grainne and Quintilius Rousse
Tiberium
Master Piero di Bonci—teacher of philosophy
Lucius Tadius, Aulus, Brigitta, Akil, Vernus—students of Master Piero
Deccus Fulvius—senator
Claudia Fulvia—wife of Deccus; sister of Lucius
Anna Marzoni—wido
Belinda Marzoni—daughter of Anna
Canis—beggar
Master Strozzi—teacher of rhetoric
Master Ambrosius—incense-maker
Erytheia of Thrasos—painter
Silvio—assistant to Erytheia of Thrasos
Denise Fleurais—DAngeline ambassadress in Tiberium
Ruggero Caccini—ruffian commander
Priest of Asclepius
Titus Maximius—princeps of Tiberium
Oppius da Lippi—captain of the ="" :st="on">Aeolia
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Publius Tadius—father of Lucius
Beatrice Tadia—mother of Lucius
Gallus Tadius (deceased)—great-grandfather of Lucius
Gaetano Correggio—Prince of ="" :st="on">:st="on">Lucca
Dacia Correggio—wife of Gaetano
="" :st="on">Helena—Correggio—daughter of Gaetano and Dacia
Bartolomeo Ponzi—enamored of ="" :st="on">:st="on">Helena
Domencio Martelli—Duke of Valpetra
Silvan us the Younger—commander of Valpetra's mercenary company
Arturo—captain of the Luccan guard
Orfeo, Pollio, Calvino, Matius, Adolpho, Baldessare, Constantin—soldiers in the Red Scourge
Quentin LeClerc—captain of the D'Angeline embassy guard
Romuald—soldier in the D'Angeline embassy guard
Marcus Cornelius—commander of the Tiberian contingent
Others
Maslin of Lombelon—unacknowledged son of Isidore d'Aiglemort (deceased)
Lelahiah Valais—Queen Ysandre's chirurgeon
Emile—proprietor of the Cockerel
Quintilius Rousse—Royal Admiral
Favrielle nó Eglantine—couturiere
Bérèngere of Namarre—head of Naamah's Order
Amarante of Namarre—daughter of Bérèngere
Brother Selbert—chief priest in the Sanctuary of Elua (Siovale)
Gilles Lamiz—Queen's Poet
Roxanne de Mereliot—Lady of Marsilikos (Eisande)
Gerard and Jeanne de Mereliot—children of Roxanne (Eisande)
Historical Figures
Baudoin de Trevalion (deceased)—cousin of Queen Ysandre; executed for treason
Isidore d'Aiglemort (deceased)—noble; traitor turned hero (Camlach)
Thelesis de Mornay (deceased)—Queen's Poet
Waldemar Selig (deceased)—Skaldi warlord; invaded Terre d'Ange
Fadil Chouma (deceased)—Menekhetan slaver
The Mahrkagir (deceased)—mad ruler of Drujan; lord of Daršanga
Drucilla (deceased)—Tiberian prisoner in Daršanga; chirurgeon
Kaneka—Jebean prisoner in Daršanga
Jagun (deceased)—chief of the Kereyit Tatars
Ras Lijasu—Prince of ="" :st="on">:st="on">Meroe in Jebe-Barkal
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Prologue
What does it mean to be good?
When I was a child, I thought I knew. It was easy then. I knew nothing of my birth or my heritage. My childhood was spent in the Sanctuary of Elua, where I was a ward. My days were spent in worklike play: scrambling the mountainsides and tending goats with the other children of the Sanctuary, climbing trees and swimming in the swift stream while our charges grazed.
I was steeped in the precept of Blessed Elua: Love as thou wilt. And I did. I loved without reserve, freely and easily—my playmates, the priests and priestesses of the Sanctuary, the goats I tended, the earth beneath my feet and the sky above my head. I am a D'Angeline; I loved Terre d'Ange, the country of my birth. With all my heart, I loved our gods, Elua and his Companions, and I knew myself loved in return. I was happy. I never thought to be anything else.
When I was ten years old, everything changed.
I was stolen by Carthaginian slave-traders and sent on a journey into hell. And I thought I'd die there, but I didn't. I was rescued. I was brought out of damnation into safety.
And everything changed again.
In a distant fortress on the far verges