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Yet more background for those who may be interested.
This is an excerpt from Part II, Chapter Eight of the original Seraphim Applorant, not Declan’s retelling. Part II is told from Sylvie’s perspective, and this bit is the scene where Etienne explains Xavier’s feelings for her. Sylvie is eighteen at the time, nearly nineteen, and Kincaid Blair has just come to her family home for the first time. So, I suppose it goes right along with the last
stagesoflove drabble. In fact, what occurs in the drabble happens immediately after this scene.
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This is an excerpt from Part II, Chapter Eight of the original Seraphim Applorant, not Declan’s retelling. Part II is told from Sylvie’s perspective, and this bit is the scene where Etienne explains Xavier’s feelings for her. Sylvie is eighteen at the time, nearly nineteen, and Kincaid Blair has just come to her family home for the first time. So, I suppose it goes right along with the last
stagesoflove drabble. In fact, what occurs in the drabble happens immediately after this scene.( Sylvie, Chapter Eight excerptCollapse )
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Some notes on The Healer
For those who may be following Invocatus Rex ontamingthemuse or here, I've put together some information from Triplex Coniunctio help explain The Healer... what it is he does, how, and how it all fits in the larger picture.
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For those who may be following Invocatus Rex on
tamingthemuse or here, I've put together some information from Triplex Coniunctio help explain The Healer... what it is he does, how, and how it all fits in the larger picture.( Some Notes on The HealerCollapse )
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Some notes on The Uninitiated
For those who may be following Invocatus Rex ontamingthemuse or here, I've put together some information from Triplex Coniunctio that will hopefully flesh out the prophecy oriented portions of Lucie's character. Much of this is lifted directly from the first book with some ancillary explanation. Having put this together, I can see that it's probably pretty necessary information.
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For those who may be following Invocatus Rex on
tamingthemuse or here, I've put together some information from Triplex Coniunctio that will hopefully flesh out the prophecy oriented portions of Lucie's character. Much of this is lifted directly from the first book with some ancillary explanation. Having put this together, I can see that it's probably pretty necessary information.( On The UninitiatedCollapse )
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One really only need read down to the line dividing the sections, but the next part is nifty, too. *g*
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Developing Canon from Coadeyder, Ancillary Novel to The Witch War Histories
General Storyline
After the conclusion of Invocatus Rex, Declan O'Leary leaves England and those he loves behind in search of a new beginning. At twenty-eight, Declan is university educated, but he's never settled down to earn a quiet living and see what a normal life might bring his way. Having devoted the short years of his adulthood to Kincaid Blair and having lost nearly everything of value to himself with one bitter betrayal, he needs time alone to heal.
Scotland seems just the place. During a brief span of time when he lived in London alone, he met Aleck Lindsay of Inverness, and the two had struck an immediate friendship. Declan decides to renew the acquaintance now and make his home in the distant hills of Alba rather than remaining close to the painful memories of all that's so recently taken place.
A quiet life. An honest occupation. Perhaps a nice lass - eventually - to round it all out. Declan wants nothing more than to live the life of an ordinary man. But Aleck harbors secrets of his own, clandestine activities that may be related to what Declan is so committed to leaving in the past, and Aleck's sister, the lovely Lady Colina Lindsay, well, she has ideas of her own about how Declan should be living his life... and with whom.
Suddenly, Declan finds himself fighting in yet another war, with yet another enemy intent on harming all he holds dear. Only this time, orders come from a different leader. This time, he fights back-to-back with a new friend. This time, a new woman stands at his side. This time, they just might have more at stake... all of them.
Are all of Declan's careful plans for naught?
Dramatis Personae
Declan O'Leary: Irish-born and orphaned as a toddler, Declan spent his childhood as a ward in a Dublin orphanage run by the Catholic Church. Drafted as a teenager into service to defeat Sylvie Peyton Solon (see prior post on The Witch War Histories, Declan has served his leader and friend Kincaid Blair well and has earned his much needed departure from England. Damaged by love's betrayal, Declan is wary of new entanglements but unable to entirely resist the charms of Colina Lindsay.
Aleck Linsday: Lord Aleck Lindsay is Declan's single friend when Declan arrives in Inverness to take up his new life. Handsome and charismatic, Aleck seems unaware of his effect on others around him, particularly young women. This amuses and, occasionally, confounds the more tentative Declan. As the man of the family since the accidental death of their parents four years ago, Aleck is fiercely protective of his younger sister Colina.
Colina Lindsay: Lady Colina Lindsay is Aleck's younger sister. Currently pursuing her second in archeology, she is a quiet, brilliant girl who seems completely unaware of her effect on Declan O'Leary, although she is well aware of his effect on her. Besotted and miserable with it, she has recently confessed her feelings during a night of reckless inebriation, much to her later mortification.
Darwin Welles: Resurrected from Triplex Coniunctio, Darwin Welles has returned to mysteriously entwine his life with Declan's. As the leader of a group of nighttime warriors dubbed Coadeyder, Welles spends his waning years twarting the efforts of his wife Delia, who seeks access to the greater magics available through Sylvie Peyton Solon.
Delia Welles: Wife of Darwin Welles, former member of the Dark Coven, Delia has lived in America for decades, having perfected a turning spell to suck the lifeforce out of the very wounded souls The Healer seeks to mend.
Hadrian Welles: Darwin and Delia Welles' son.
Coadeyder: Welles' group of warriors trained to hunt and kill those demi-demons turned by Delia's spell.
Cian: The demi-demons turned by Delia Welles' spell, those fought by the Coadeyder.
Mairi Munro: Lady Mairi Munro, daughter of Robert Munro. Aleck is in love with Mairi.
Robert Munro: The Duke of Rothes. Mairi's father.
Brian: Previously of Devonshire (and associated with a very young Sylvie), Brian is currently living in Inverness. Supplier of magical weapons to Welles and the Coadeyder.
General Storyline
After the conclusion of Invocatus Rex, Declan O'Leary leaves England and those he loves behind in search of a new beginning. At twenty-eight, Declan is university educated, but he's never settled down to earn a quiet living and see what a normal life might bring his way. Having devoted the short years of his adulthood to Kincaid Blair and having lost nearly everything of value to himself with one bitter betrayal, he needs time alone to heal.
Scotland seems just the place. During a brief span of time when he lived in London alone, he met Aleck Lindsay of Inverness, and the two had struck an immediate friendship. Declan decides to renew the acquaintance now and make his home in the distant hills of Alba rather than remaining close to the painful memories of all that's so recently taken place.
A quiet life. An honest occupation. Perhaps a nice lass - eventually - to round it all out. Declan wants nothing more than to live the life of an ordinary man. But Aleck harbors secrets of his own, clandestine activities that may be related to what Declan is so committed to leaving in the past, and Aleck's sister, the lovely Lady Colina Lindsay, well, she has ideas of her own about how Declan should be living his life... and with whom.
Suddenly, Declan finds himself fighting in yet another war, with yet another enemy intent on harming all he holds dear. Only this time, orders come from a different leader. This time, he fights back-to-back with a new friend. This time, a new woman stands at his side. This time, they just might have more at stake... all of them.
Are all of Declan's careful plans for naught?
Dramatis Personae
Declan O'Leary: Irish-born and orphaned as a toddler, Declan spent his childhood as a ward in a Dublin orphanage run by the Catholic Church. Drafted as a teenager into service to defeat Sylvie Peyton Solon (see prior post on The Witch War Histories, Declan has served his leader and friend Kincaid Blair well and has earned his much needed departure from England. Damaged by love's betrayal, Declan is wary of new entanglements but unable to entirely resist the charms of Colina Lindsay.
Aleck Linsday: Lord Aleck Lindsay is Declan's single friend when Declan arrives in Inverness to take up his new life. Handsome and charismatic, Aleck seems unaware of his effect on others around him, particularly young women. This amuses and, occasionally, confounds the more tentative Declan. As the man of the family since the accidental death of their parents four years ago, Aleck is fiercely protective of his younger sister Colina.
Colina Lindsay: Lady Colina Lindsay is Aleck's younger sister. Currently pursuing her second in archeology, she is a quiet, brilliant girl who seems completely unaware of her effect on Declan O'Leary, although she is well aware of his effect on her. Besotted and miserable with it, she has recently confessed her feelings during a night of reckless inebriation, much to her later mortification.
Darwin Welles: Resurrected from Triplex Coniunctio, Darwin Welles has returned to mysteriously entwine his life with Declan's. As the leader of a group of nighttime warriors dubbed Coadeyder, Welles spends his waning years twarting the efforts of his wife Delia, who seeks access to the greater magics available through Sylvie Peyton Solon.
Delia Welles: Wife of Darwin Welles, former member of the Dark Coven, Delia has lived in America for decades, having perfected a turning spell to suck the lifeforce out of the very wounded souls The Healer seeks to mend.
Hadrian Welles: Darwin and Delia Welles' son.
Coadeyder: Welles' group of warriors trained to hunt and kill those demi-demons turned by Delia's spell.
Cian: The demi-demons turned by Delia Welles' spell, those fought by the Coadeyder.
Mairi Munro: Lady Mairi Munro, daughter of Robert Munro. Aleck is in love with Mairi.
Robert Munro: The Duke of Rothes. Mairi's father.
Brian: Previously of Devonshire (and associated with a very young Sylvie), Brian is currently living in Inverness. Supplier of magical weapons to Welles and the Coadeyder.
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More (bits of) Canon from The Witch War Histories
Okay, Part Two. After the cut is (mostly) a series of brief character sketches illustrating who people are (as they keep popping up in my TTM posts, and I seem intent on confusing folks over there). I promise that's not my intent. {g} I have attempted to cover all three novels in this post, primary and rather-frequently-mentioned secondary characters. I may amend this list, but it won't be anytime soon.
Also, I will most likely add a
If I have grossly under- or overstated things in these two posts, please feel free to let me know. My hope was to give just enough background to stem most of the confusion while not spoiling absolutely the entire three story arcs.
Stephanie
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