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Description edit
Enough time has passed for the young girl Jaenelle, heir to the magical Darkness.
Her physical wounds have healed while amnesia keeps her frightening memories at bay.
But with Saetan--a Black-Jewelled Warlord Prince and Jaenelle's foster father to protect her, she will continue to...
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Characters edit
- Jaenelle Angelline: Black Jeweled Queen. Natural Black Widow and Healer. Rare Combination. Saetan is her adoptive father.
- Saetan Daemon SaDiablo: Black-Jewelled Warlord Prince, Jaenelle's adoptive father and protecter. High Lord of Hell. High Priest of the Hourglas Coven. Daemon Sadi and Lucivar Yaslana's father.
- Karla: Sapphire Jewled Queen. Natural Black Widow and Healer. Rare combination. From Glacia.
- Daemon Sadi: Black Jeweled Warlord Prince. Lucivar Yaslana's half brother. Saetan's son
- Gabrielle: Queen. Natural Black Widow and Healer. Rare Combination. Dea al Mon. Children of the Wood. Titian's kinsman.
- Lucivar Yaslana: Eyrien Ebon-grey Warlord Prince. Daemon Sadi's half brother. Saetan's son.
- Cassandra: Black Jeweled Queen and Black Widow. Former Witch. Guardian.
- Andulvar Yaslana: Eyrien Ebon-grey Warlord Prince of Ebon Askavi. Lucivar's great many times removed grandfather and Prothvar's grandfather as well. Demon-dead.
- Tersa: Daemon Sadi's mother. Shattered Black Widow. Skirts the edges of reality and the inner landscape of madness that the Blood call the Twisted Kingdom.
- Hekatah: Self-proclaimed High Priestess of Hell. Saetan's former wife: divorced.
- Mari: Half landen, half Blood. She lives on the outskirts of both society because she's too powerful to be accepted by the landen and too week in even basic Craft to be accepted by the Blood. Jaenelle has taken her under her wing to help her out.
- Mephis SaDiablo: Warlord Prince. Saetan's eldest son. Demon-dead.
- Lord Magstrom: Summer-Sky Jeweled male. Sent by the Dark Council to investigate Jaenelle's living arrangements with Saetan.
- Dorothea SaDiablo: Red-Jeweled Priestess. The spreader of the poison that's slowly destroying what it means to be Blood. Doesn't want any witches, Queen, Prietess, Black Widow or otherwise to be a threat, so she has them destroyed. All dark Jeweled males are leashed with a Ring of Obediance around their penis. This is the only way for Dorothea's people to control them.
- Morton: Warlord Karla's cousin.
- Khevin: Half landen, half Blood. He lives on the outskirts of both society because he's too powerful to be accepted by the landen and too week in even basic Craft to be accepted by the Blood. Jaenelle has taken him under her wing to help him out.
- Greer: Dorothea's pet assassin. Demon-dead. Now works for Hekatah.
- Chaosti: Green Jeweled Warlord. Prince Dea al Mon. Children of the Wood.Titian's kinsman.
- Geoffrey: Librarian/Historian at the Keep Ebon Askavi. Guardian.
- Luthvian: Black Widow. Lucivar's mother. Has a huge grudge against Saetan.
- Roxie: A witch who is one of Luthvian's students.
- Prothvar Yaslana: Eyrien Warlord. Demon-dead. Grandson to Andulvar.
- Mrs. Beale: Head cook at SaDiablo Hall in Kaeleer. Married to Beale the butler.
- Sylvia: Queen of Halaway.
- Draca: Senechal of Ebon Askavi.
- Lord Khardeen: Warlord Prince of Scelt.
- Prince Aaron: Dharo
- Dujae: Blood artist. Demon-dead.
- Kaelas: Arciean Warlord. Kindred. Arciean cat.
- Rose: Demon-dead child. Cildru dyathe. Was murdered at Briarwood because she wouldn't lick the "lollipop".
- Zuultah: Queen of Pruul. Holder of Lucivar Yaslana's Ring of Obediance.
- Kartane SaDiablo: Red Jeweled Warlord. Dorothea SaDiablo's son. Suffering from mysterious illness that's infecting all the Uncles from Briarwood.
- Mikal Daemon: Sylvia's youngest son.
- Morghann: Queen. From Scelt.
- Dannie: Ghost. Dead girl from Briarwood. When she wouldn't cooperate with the Uncles, they severed her leg and served it for dinner to the other "patients".
- Kalush: Queen. From Nharkhava
- Kaetien: Opal Jeweled Warlord Prince. Kindred. Unicorn
- Smoke: Purple-Dusk Jeweled Warlord. Kindred. Wolf.
- Astar: witch. Centaur.
- Sceron: Warlord Prince. Centaur.
- Titian: Queen of the Harpys. Dea al Mon. Children of the Wood. Kinswoman to Chaosti and Gabrielle. Demon-dead. Surreal's mother.
- Ladvarian: Warlord. Kindred. Sceltie. Small dog similar to a terrier breed.
- Beron: Add a description of this character.
- Erika
- Khary
- Lord Friall
- Lord Beale
- Moonshadow
- Elan
- Lorn
- Lady Duana
- Lord Adler
- Jonah
- Zylona
- Philip Alexander
- Lord Menzar
- Surreal
- Lord Jorval
- Katrine
- Dea
- Lord Valrik
- Manny
- Deje
- Grezande
- Sabrina
- Daffodil
- Helene
- Andulvar
- Mistral
- Banard
- Sundancer
- Lord Randahl
- Char
- Tarl
- Hobart
- Lord Marcus
- Arnora
- Sceval
Setting & Locations edit
- Little Terreille: People immigrated to Kaeleer and named the Territory Little Terreille. It still has many links to its original counterpart in the Realm of Light Terreille.
- Twisted Kingdom: The inner landscape of the mind that the Blood call the Twisted Kingdom. Where a person goes when their mind is shattered.
- Ebon Askavi: The Black Tower. It exists in all three Realms. It is the home of the library for the Blood and is also the hereditary home of Witch.
- Halaway: Capital of Dhemlan.
- Pruul: Desert Kingdom.
- Dhemlan
- Nharkhava
- Sceron
- Amdarh
- SaDiablo Hall: Exists in all three Realms. Built by Saetan SaDiablo.
First Sentence edit
The Dark Council reconvened.
Glossary edit
- landen: non-Blood of any race
- Blood male/female: a general term for all males/females of the Blood; mostly refers to any Blood male/female who doesn't wear Jewels
- Warlord: a Jeweled male equal in status to a witch
- Prince: a Jeweled male equal in status to a Priestess or a Healer
- Warlord Prince: a dangerous, extremely aggressive Jeweled male; in status, slightly lower than a Queen
- witch: a Blood female who wears Jewels but isn't one of the other hierarchical levels; also refers to any Jeweled female
- Healer: a witch who heals physical wounds and illnesses; equal in status to a Priestess and a Prince
- Priestess: a witch who cares for altars, Sanctuaries, and Dark Altars; witnesses handfasts and marriages; performs offerings; equal in status to a Healer and a Prince
- Black Widow: a witch who heals the mind; weaves the tangled webs of dreams and visions; is trained in illusions and poisons
- Queen: a witch who rules the Blood; is considered to be the land's heart and the Blood's moral center; as such, she is the focal point of their society
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 9 in Black Jewels. (standard series)
Preceded by Daughter of the Blood, and followed by Queen of the Darkness.
This is book 3 of 9 in The Realms of the Blood. (standard series)
Preceded by Daughter of the Blood, and followed by Queen of the Darkness.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Bishop (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Roc
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 1999
ISBN: 978-0451456724
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Roc
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 1999
ISBN: 978-0451456724
Page Count: 496
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- Dewey: 813.54
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