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Kushiel's Chosen
byJacqueline Carey
Copyright © 2002
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To all my friends, kith or kin, near or far—for understandingthe struggle, for forgiving the lack of time,
for space givenand grace granted, for sharing in the joy ( and joie), for asking,for listening, for notes
written and sent, for evenings on theporch, for champagne drunk and toasts given, for reading, for letting
the wings of story soar, for spreading the word: Thank you. A thousand times, thank you.
phèdre's household
Anafiel Delaunay de Montrève—mentor of Phèdre
(deceased)
Alcuin no Delaunay—student of Delaunay (deceased) Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève—Comtesse de
Montrève;
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anguissette
Benoit, Gemma—household staff
Fortun, Remy, Ti-Philippe—chevaliers, a.k.a. Phèdre's BoysEugenie—kitchen-mistressJoscelin
Verreuil—Cassiline Brother (Siovale)Purnell Friote—seneschal of MontrèveRicheline Friote—wife of
Purnell
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY: TERRE D'AnGE
Ysandre de la Courcel—Queen of Terre d'Ange; wed to
Drustan mab NecthanaGanelon de la Courcel—former King of Terre d'Ange;
grandfather of Ysandre (deceased) Isabel L'Envers de la Courcel—mother of Ysandre
(deceased)
Rolande de la Courcel—father of Ysandre (deceased) Barquiel L'Envers—brother of Isabel; Duc
L'Envers
(Namarre) Baudoin de Trevalion—son of Lyonette and Marc; Prince of
the Blood (deceased) Bernadette de Trevalion—daughter of Lyonette and Marc;
wife of Ghislain de SomervilleLyonette de Trevalion—great-aunt of Ysandre; a.k.a. Lioness
of Azzalle (deceased)
Marc de Trevalion—husband of Lyonette; former Duc of
Trevalion (Azzalle)Nicola L'Envers y Aragon—cousin of Ysandre
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY:laSERENISSIMA
Benedicte de la Courcel—great-uncle of Ysandre; Prince of
the BloodMaria Stregazza de la Courcel—wife of Benedicte
(deceased)
Etaine de Tourais—second wife of Benedicte de la CourcelImriel de la Courcel—son of Benedicte and
second wife Marie-Celeste de la Courcel Stregazza—daughter of
Benedicte and Maria; Princess of the Blood; wed to
Marco StregazzaSeverio Stregazza—son of Marie-Celeste and Marco; Prince
of the BloodThérèse de la Courcel Stregazza—daughter of Benedicte and
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Maria; Princess of the Blood; wed to Dominic Stregazza
(deceased)
D'ANGELINEpeerage
Isidore d'Aiglemort—son of Maslin; Duc d'Aiglemort
(Camlach) (deceased) Marquise Solaine Belfours—noble; Secretary of the Privy
Seal Cecilie Laveau-Perrin—wife of chevalier Perrin (deceased);
adept of Cereus House; tutor to Phèdre and Alcuin Roxanne de Mereliot—Lady of Marsilikos
(Eisande)Quincel de Morhban—Duc de Morhban (Kusheth)
Lord Rinforte—Prefect of the Cassiline BrotherhoodEdmée de Rocaille—betrothed of Rolande
(deceased) Paragon Shahrizai—Duc de Shahrizai (Kusheth) Melisande Shahrizai—noble (Kusheth)
(Tabor, Sacriphant, Persia, Marmion, Fanchone—members
of House Shahrizai; Melisande's kin)Ghislain de Somerville—son of Percy; wed to Bernadette de
TrevalionPercy de Somerville—Comte de Somerville (L'Agnace);
Prince of the Blood; Royal CommanderTibault de Toluard—Marquis de Toluard (Siovale) Gaspar
Trevalion—Comte de Forcay (Azzalle); cousin of
MarcApollonaire and Diànne—joint holders of the Marquisate de
FhirzeVivienne Neldor, Marie de Flairs—ladies-in-waiting to
Ysandre
Lord Amaury Trente—Captain of the Queen's Guard Lady Denise Grosmaine—Secretary of the
Presence
NIGHTcourt
Moirethe Lereux—Dowayne of Eglantine House
Favrielle no Eglantine—seamstress
Raphael Murain no Gentian—adept of Gentian House
three sisters
Master of the Straits—controls the seas between Alba and
Terre d'AngeHyacinthe—apprentice to Master of the Straits; Phèdre's
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friend; Tsingano
alba and eire
Drustan mab Necthana—Cruarch of Alba, wed to Ysandre de
la Courcel
Eamonn mac Conor—Lord of the Dalriada (deceased) Grainne mac Conor—sister of Eamonn; Lady of
the DalriadaNecthana—mother of Drustan
(Breidaia, Moiread (deceased), Sibeal—daughters ofNecthana)
la serenissima
Cesare Stregazza — Doge of La Serenissima
Marco Stregazza — eldest son of the Doge
Ricciardo Stregazza — younger son of the Doge
Allegra Stregazza — wife of Ricciardo
Benito Dandi — noble, member of the Immortali
Orso Latrigan — noble, candidate for Dogal election
Lorenzo Pescaro — noble, candidate for Dogal election
Bianca — Priestess of the Elect; Oracle of Asherat
Vesperia — Priestess of Asherat; Oracle-in-training
Giulia Latrigan — noble
Magister Acco — astrologer
Serena Pidari — wife of Phanuel Buonard
Felicity d' Arbos — former lady-in-waiting to Maria Stregazza
The Warden of La Dolorosa
Constantin, Fabron, Malvio, Tito — prison guards
illyria
Vasilii Kolcei—Ban of Illyria, a.k.a. the Zim Sokali Zabèla Kolcei—wife of the Ban Pjètri
Kolcei—middle son of the BanCzibor—commander of the Ban's GuardKazan Atrabiades—pirate
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captain(Epafras, Gavril, Lukin, Nikanor, Oltukh, Pekhlo, Spiridon,
Stajeo, Tormos, Volos, Ushak—Kazan's men)Daroslav—Kazan's brother (deceased)
Glaukos—Kazan's man, fonner Tiberian slaveZiJje—wife of GlaukosMarjopí—Kazan's housekeeper
Njësa Atrabiades—mother of KazanJanàri Rossatos—Ambassador to La Serenissima
kriti
Oeneus Asterius—Hierophant of the TemenosPasiphae Asterius—the Kore of the TemenosDemetrios
Asterius—Archon of Phaistos Timanthes—noble, Archon's lover Althaia—noble, sister of Timanthes
others
Maestro Gonzago de Escabares—Aragonian historian;
Delaunay's former teacher Thelesis de Mornay—Queen's PoetQuintilius Rousse—Royal Admiral
Emile—member of Hyacinthe's former crew Jacques Brenin—Phèdre's factorNahum ben Isaac—the
Rebbe Hanna—Yeshuite womanMicheline de Parnasse—Royal Archivist Tarren d'Eltoine—Captain of
the Unforgiven, Southfort
(Camlach)(Octave, Vernay, Svariel, Fitz, Giles—soldiers of the
Unforgiven)
Phanuel Buonard—guardsman of Troyes-le-Mont Louis Namot—Captain of the ship Darielle Brys nó
Rinforte, David nóRinforte—Cassiline BrothersGregorio Livinius—Principe of PaventoDuke and
Duchess of MilazzaGilles Lamiz—apprentice-poet
Micah ben Ximen, Sarae, Teppo—Yeshuites; Joscelin's allies Cervianus—attendant in Temple of
Asherat
ONE
No one would deny that I have known hardship in mytime, brief though it has been for all that I have
done in it.This, I think, I may say without boastfulness. If I answernow to the title of Comtesse de
Montrève and my name is listed in the peerage of Terre d'Ange, still I have knownwhat it is to have all
that I possess torn from me; once,when I was but four years of age and my birth-mother soldme into
servitude to the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers,and twice, when my lord and mentor Anafiel Delaunay
wasslain, and Melisande Shahrizai betrayed me into the hands of the Skaldi.
I have crossed the wilds of Skaldia in the dead of winter,and faced the wrath of the Master of the Straits
on the teem-ing waters. I have been the plaything of a barbarian warlord,and I have lost my dearest
friend to an eternity of lonelyisolation. I have seen the horrors of war and the deaths ofmy companions. I
have walked, alone and by night, into thevast darkness of an enemy encampment, knowing that I gave
myself up to torture and nigh-certain death.
None of it was as difficult as telling Joscelin I was re-turning to the Service of Naamah.
It was the sangoire cloak that decided me; Melisande'schallenge and the badge of my calling that
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