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=== Phedre no Delaunay ===
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The heroine and narrator of the first three books, her most distinguishing feature is a scarlet mote in her eye. Phedre is sold into indentured servitude as a child and her bond is eventually purchased by Anafiel Delaunay. Delaunay recognizes what the scarlet mote in her eye means: Phedre is an ''anguisette'', one who is cursed to experience pain and pleasure as one. He teaches her how to listen and observe as well as the "arts of the bedchamber." Phedre frequently uses her skills as both courtesan and spy to save Terre d'Ange from various deadly plots.
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* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Both meanings.
* [[Son of a Whore|Daughter of a Whore]]: Her mother was an adept of the Night Court.
* [[Ethical Slut]]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]
* [[The Fashionista]]: She does care quite a bit about clothing, and eventually becomes a fashion trendsetter.
* [[Friends
* [[Yuri Genre|Girls Love]]: Most notably with Melisande and Nicola.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: She heals quickly, an added bonus of being an ''anguisette.''
* [[High
* [[Hooker
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Phedre goes through a stage in ''Avatar'' when she wishes she were no longer Kushiel's Chosen. There are also other times in the books when she hates the fact that she's an ''anguisette.''
* [[Made a Slave]]
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=== Anafiel Delaunay ===
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Phedre's mentor. Delaunay is a nobleman with a mysterious past and an important mission. He adopts Phedre into his household, trains her, and uses her to spy on his enemies. Eventually it is revealed that {{spoiler|Delaunay was once the consort of long-dead Prince Rolande. He swore a vow to protect Rolande's daughter Ysandre, the Dauphine. His choice to honor this vow leads to his death on Isidore d'Aiglemort's orders.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Bury Your Gays]]}}
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Death
* [[Enemy Mine]]: He decides to make peace with Barquiel L'Envers, who's been his enemy for years, since they both have an interest in protecting Ysandre.
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: {{spoiler|He swore a vow to protect Ysandre.}}
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=== Joscelin Verreuil ===
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Joscelin is a member of the Cassiline Brotherhood, a celibate order of warrior-priests, who is hired by Delaunay to protect Phedre on her assignations. At first Joscelin is very prudish and uptight, but he gradually relaxes. He and Phedre dislike each other initially, but they eventually fall in love. He is one of the most skilled and dangerous warriors in the series.
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not, DO NOT try to harm Phedre near him. Imriel's also off limits.
* [[
* [[Celibate Hero]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|His biggest one comes in ''Chosen'' when he fights and kills David de Rocaille, the traitor Cassiline, in a duel.}}
** Also, when he {{spoiler|challenges Waldemar Selig to a duel as a distraction so he can perform a [[Mercy Kill]] on himself and Phedre.}}
* [[Duel to
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: In-universe inversion: the Skaldi men think he's a pretty boy and not a real man because he doesn't have a beard, but the Skaldi women certainly find him attractive.
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=== Melisande Shahrizai ===
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The main villainess of the series. Melisande is ambitious, sadistic, and utterly lacking in any sort of conscience. Her great ambition is to be queen, and so she concocts several Machiavellian plots to help her achieve this. She becomes a patron of Phedre's, and Phedre falls in love with her. Phedre, as an ''anguisette,'' is the perfect outlet for her sadistic desires.
Imriel is her son.
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* [[In the Blood]]: Its implied that her father's method of raising her deeply affected her character. As seen above its a minor excuse.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Manages to escape all punishment, and gets to live out her days in a villa on a Mediterranean isle. Although it is implied in canon that Imriel's torture at the Mahrkagir's hands is Kushiel's punishment for her.}}
* [[Jedi Truth]]: Melisande claims she'd never commit blasphemy personally, but {{spoiler|looks the other way when Marie-Celeste corrupts the Serenissiman priestesses. She's also forbidden by Kushieline doctrine to kill the bearer of Kushiel's Dart, but has no problem sending Phedre into dangerous situations where she'd be indirectly responsible for her death.}}
* [[Likable Villain]]
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: See the Jedi Truth section.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]]: And how!
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]
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=== Ysandre de la Courcel ===
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Queen of Terre d'Ange, daughter of Prince Rolande de la Courcel and Isabel L'Envers. Both of her parents die when she is very young, and she inherits the throne after her grandfather's death. She has to deal with numerous plots to overthrow her (mostly orchestrated by Melisande) and family members who want to take her place. Ysandre is a lot tougher than she appears, which frequently causes people to underestimate her. She marries Drustan mab Necthana, the Cruarch of Alba, and they have two daughters: Sidonie and Alais.
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* {{spoiler|[[Bodyguard Betrayal]]: One of her Cassiline guards, David de Rocaille, tries to assassinate her to avenge his sister, who was killed by Ysandre's mother.}}
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Riding through the ranks of the Unforgiven to confront Percy de Somerville in ''Chosen.''}}
* [[Death
* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: Other members of House Courcel attempt to take her throne ''twice.''
* [[Engagement Challenge]]: She gives one to Imriel: Bring your mother to justice if you wish to marry Sidonie.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: She is generally a wise ruler and beloved by her people, but in ''Mercy'' {{spoiler|she declares war on them while under Carthage's spell.}}
* [[The High Queen]]
* [[
* [[Ice Queen]]: Can be this at times.
* {{spoiler|[[Offing the Offspring]]: While enchanted during ''Mercy,'' she declares war on Alais.}}
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* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: Her engagement to Drustan started out as a political match, but they happened to fall in love.
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[Raised
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]
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=== Barquiel L'Envers ===
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Duc of the province of Namarre and maternal uncle of Ysandre. He is both a shrewd politician and a feared warrior and general. He and Delaunay were old enemies due to a poem Delaunay wrote implicating his sister Isabel in the death of Edmee de Rocaille. He appears as both antagonist and reluctant ally at different times throughout the series, but {{spoiler|he is always loyal to Ysandre.}}
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* [[Jerkass]]: Especially to Imriel.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: He is one of very few people Melisande is wary of and views as a threat to her plans.
* [[Master Swordsman]]: He impressed the [[Proud Warrior Race]] Akkadians with his skills.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: He is the only great lord who ''isn't'' in the City of Elua when the Carthaginians put their spell on the city.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Ysandre.
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=== Nicola L'Envers y Aragon ===
Cousin of Ysandre and Barquiel. Nicola is married to an Aragonian nobleman, but she frequently visits the court of Terre d'Ange. She becomes a patron of Phedre's, and they have a [[Friends
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: She likes tying people up.
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]
* [[A Friend in Need]]: In ''Chosen,'' {{spoiler|Nicola gives Phedre the secret password of House L'Envers which compels any member of the house to give aid if it is spoken to them. She does this even though Phedre does not trust her.}}
* [[Friends
* [[Girls Love]]
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: It doesn't seem this way at first, but she and her husband do love each other.
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* {{spoiler|[[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Selig was believed to be immune to weapons, but Isidore killed him anyway.}}
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]
* [[Duel to
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: See [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] above.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
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* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The Camaelines count as a proud warrior race.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* [[Taking You
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
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* [[Barbarian Hero]]
* [[Braids of Barbarism]]
* [[Duel to
* [[Famed in Story]]: The Skaldi have many songs about him.
* [[Genghis Gambit]]: Uses one to unite the Skaldi.
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=== The Mahrkagir ===
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The ruler of Drujan, the Mahrkagir is extremely sadistic and completely evil. Imriel is sold to him, and he subjects the boy to horrific abuse. {{spoiler|Phedre comes to save him, and the Mahrkagir ends up falling in love with her (although his definition of love is rather different from most people's). She kills him with a hairpin.}}
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* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]
* [[Rape Is Love]]: {{spoiler|His idea of love is to rape Phedre with a spiked rod.}}
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The religion of Angra Mainyu, which the Mahrkagir is head of.
=== Thelesis de Mornay ===
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=== Imriel de la Courcel ===
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The hero and narrator of the second trilogy. Son of Prince Benedicte de la Courcel and Melisande Shahrizai, the realm's most infamous traitors. Imriel spends his childhood innocent and unaware of his parentage until he is kidnapped by slave traders and sold to the Mahrkagir. Imriel suffers all sorts of horrific abuse until {{spoiler|he is rescued by Phedre and Joscelin. They take him back to Terre d'Ange and adopt him into their household.}} Imriel's trilogy focuses on his struggles to accept his own nature, his attempts to find a place for himself, and his forbidden romance with Sidonie de la Courcel, Ysandre's daughter and heir.
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* [[Love Potion]]: It's not an actual potion, but the Carthaginians put a spell on Sidonie to make her fall in love with General Astegal.
* [[Missing Time]]: While under the spell the Carthaginians put on her, she has no memories of anything related to Imriel.
* [[Naughty
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Wears one during the Midwinter Masque in ''Justice.''
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* [[Bastard Bastard]]: Starts off as this due to his resentment/jealousy of Imriel.
* [[Better
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]
* {{spoiler|[[Fire-Forged Friends]]: He & Imriel become friends during their time together in Vralia.}}
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* [[The Casanova]]
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: While not malicious, Mavros ''is'' a Shahrizai.
* [[Good
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]
* [[Token Evil Teammate|Token Depraved Teammate]]: Is, easily, the kinkiest member of Imriel's immediate circle of friends at court. He rather delights in this.
== '''Moirin's trilogy''' ==
[[File:Naamahs_Blessing_front_cover_9800.jpg|frame|Moirin]]
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=== Moirin mac Fainche ===
The protagonist of the third trilogy. She begins the story as something of a [[
* {{spoiler|[[Babies Ever After]]}}
* [[Bi the Way]]: Most of her relationships in the Naamah novels involve women but her two most recurring paramours are both men.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Her status during Kiss.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Inherited from her father.
* [[Green Thumb]]: One of the abilities her bloodline gives her is the ability to talk to plants and make them grow.
* [[Halfbreed]]: Half Alban and half D'Angeline.
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]]}}: Becomes this at the end of Blessing.
* [[Les Yay]]: Most of her relationships in the Naamah novels involve women.
* [[Lineage Comes From the Father]]: Inverted. In Alban custom children inherit through the female line. This is why her surname is mac Fainche, meaning ''"from Fainche"''.
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: What her powers from Naamah give her. Every time she feels the pull of her ''diadh-anam'' towards a certain person she ''will'' end up having sex with them.
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* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Her mother's line is descended from Princess Alais of the second trilogy, giving her the powers of an ''ollamh'' a type of combined seer and priestess. On that note, she also has descent from fallen angels Elua and Naamah through Princess Alais' own combined Courcel/L'Envers heritage. Her father's line is descended from Anael, the fallen angel who gave d'Angelines their farming skills. This gives Moirin the power to turn herself invisible, talk to plants, incite lust in other characters and access the powers of the ''Maghuin Donn'' or "bear-witch" in the Alban language.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Readers often accuse Moirin of being this for Phedre.
▲* [[Wild Child]]: At the beginning of the first book.
* [[Yuri Genre]]
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* [[Grumpy Bear]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]}}: Becomes this at the end of Blessing.
* [[Jerkass]] later develops into a [[Jerk
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[The Quiet One]]: Hardly says a word in Kiss. He [[Character Development|begins]] to talk more from Curse onwards.
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=== Master Lo Feng ===
* [[Badass Grandpa]] / [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Old Master]]
* [[Trickster Mentor]]
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King Daniel's considerably younger second wife and step mother to Prince Thierry. She was once a famed courtesan in Cereus House before giving up her profession to become queen. At first at odds with Moirin due to a shared rivalry over Raphael de Mereliot, she later becomes a friend and trusted confidante as well as lover to Moirin.
* {{spoiler|[[Death
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]
* [[High
* [[The High Queen]]
* [[Gold Digger]]: Averted. Some of the citizens in the City of Elua think this of her but she and Daniel truly love each other.
* [[In Love
* [[Les Yay]]
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: She even states that she follows the Elua's precept to the letter, in that she loves as she wilt but cannot continue to do so after getting pregnant for Daniel, as per their arrangement.
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=== Raphael de Mereliot ===
The [[Big Bad]] of the third trilogy and a former lover of both Jehanne and Moirin. He is a d'Angeline nobleman and the son of the current Lady of Marsilikos.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
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* [[Jerkass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hive Mind]]}} {{spoiler|Gains the power to control ants in the final book of the trilogy. Seemed like a lame power at first, but then he gets creative...}}
* [[Hoist
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Implied by Moirin to be the reason behind his actions. Always second best to his sister who would become the next Lady of Marsilikos and not being especially important in Marsilikos due to being male, his {{spoiler|plan to summon fallen angels was so he could give himself power and be able to take over the kingdom}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Falls short of being a true [[Magnificent Bastard]] so he's here.
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The king of Terre d'Ange at the beginning of the trilogy and a descendant of both Imriel and Sidonie de la Courcel from the previous trilogy.
* {{spoiler|[[Death
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}} {{spoiler|He was devastated by Jehanne's death and hearing a (false) rumour that his son had died drove him to commit suicide.}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Supports his wife's extra-marital affairs by way of an agreement made before they married; that she could keep her lovers for the first few years of marriage until they both agree to have a child. He even comments that her relationship with Moirin made her a better ruler.
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=== Thierry de la Courcel. ===
Son of Daniel de la Courcel and his first wife; he is the Dauphin to the throne of Terre d'Ange during Moirin's trilogy.
* {{spoiler|[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]}}: At the end of Blessing.
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=== Fainche ===
Moirin's mother and a [[
* [[Open-Minded Parent]]
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=== Liliane de Souverain and Pierre Cantrel ===
The biological parents of Phedre no Delaunay. Liliane de Souverain was part of a long line of women who served Naamah as adepts of the Night Court, namely Jasmine House. Due to the exotic tenets of Jasmine House, she is honey skinned, dark haired and black eyed. Pierre was the third son of a merchant of blond hair and blue eyed persuasion. Liliane ran away to elope with Pierre Cantrel because the Dowayne of the House forbade her marriage to Pierre on the basis that a child from their union would not fit the standards for Jasmine House and because Pierre could not afford to buy her marque. Phedre was born as a result of their union, but was "too pale for Jasmine House and too dark haired and dark eyed for Cereus House". Before the discovery of Kushiel's Dart, the mote in her eye is seen as a blemish and thus made Phedre unfit for any of the Houses in the Night Court. When the two are too poor to settle their debts, they sell Phedre as an indentured servant to the Dowayne of Cereus House.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Averted. Phedre finds the fact that they never tried to claim her after the ''Bitterest Winter'' unforgivable and prefers to think that they just died during that period.
* [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]: Liliane. One of the reasons Phedre as a child noticed Hyacinthe was because he resembled her mother complexion wise. Most adepts of Jasmine House are rumoured to have Bhodistani (analogous to Indian) ancestry in their heritage.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
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== Court of Night-Blooming Flowers ==
An elite cadre of prostitutes known as ''Servants of Naamah'' that are the highest ranked courtesans in Terre d'Ange. Prostitution is considered a religious act for adepts of the Court, as it is elsewhere in Terre d'Ange, and adepts make offerings to Naamah during their service. All thirteen houses are based in the City of Elua, the d'Angeline capital in the district known as ''Mont Nuit''. Each house has its own motto which both serves to provide their unique theory as to why Naamah offered herself to the King of Persis in d'Angeline folklore and to describe the tenets conveyed by each house.
=== ''The Houses'' ===
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=== Seth ben Yavin ===
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