#edmee de rocaille

[nanshe-of-nina]

Kushiel’s Legacy GIF sets || Edmée de Rocaille

It was the death of Edmée de Rocaille that had caused a rift between them, after the University, after Delaunay had been castigated by his father and formally taken his mother’s name. Hyacinthe and I had not been too far wrong; there was a longstanding bond between the Houses Rocaille and Montrève—strange, still, to think of Delaunay as aught but Delaunay—and Edmée had been a childhood friend to Delaunay in Siovale, betrothed to Rolande out of goodwill and because her family had ties to the royal House of Aragon. A good arrangement, it seemed; there was fondness between all of them, and Edmée understood that she was trading passion to be the eventual Queen of Terre d’Ange, mother of heirs. Then came her hunting accident. It was obvious that Rolande genuinely grieved for her, and obvious too that he was blind to the possibility that Isabel L’Envers had been involved, attributing Delaunay’s vehemence to a mix of grief and jealousy. It is a human failing, to attribute the best of motives to those we know the least, and the worst to those we love best; he loved too well, Rolande did, and feared to be lenient in his judgment and favor Delaunay because of it. He heeded Isabel, who flattered and bewitched him. And they were betrothed, for House L’Envers was powerful; betrothed, and wed.

[white-queen-lacus]

“"Good day, near-brother," she murmured without opening her eyes.”  How lovely that both Edmée and Ysandre use a similar appellative for Anafiel and Phédre respectively! <3

[nanshe-of-nina]

Kushiel's Legacy Characters ❧ Edmée de Rocaille "Do you know how Prince Rolande’s first betrothed died?" he asked. It had happened before we were born, but thanks to Delaunay’s ceaseless teachings, I was well-versed in the history of the royal family. "She broke her neck in a fall," I said. "A hunting accident." "So they say," he said. "But after Rolande wed Isabel L’Envers, a song came to be heard in the stews and wineshops about a noble lady who seduced a stableboy and bid him to cut the girth on her rival's saddle the day she went a-hunting with her love."