Adriale

Having been abandoned and disowned by her powerful (VERY) chaosite mother (no names will be named) with powerful connections, Adriale had to depend on her other bloodline, Benedict. But Benedict didn't know of her for several years, and she was left literally parentless. Or was she?

There was a young man, a cousin, her great nephew who happened to be in the Courts.....a young lord of Chaos named Merlin. A cousin who took a fancy to his young great Aunt (his mother Dara's aunt), and who brought her up, teaching her the arts of painting, dancing, horseback riding....all. In a way, Merlin was Adriale's father just as much as Benedict. She loved him just as much as well.

Benedict came during later years, and brought her up, as well. Her and her young friend, Christian, whom Benedict trained in the arts of warfare and found skilled. Occasionally they were visited by another of the Blood, Maurice, but that one was a smartass, and too quick with his mouth for his own good. But only Adriale knew that Christian was also Blood Amber, and she went behind her father to get him to one of the 3 Patterns to walk. Since, she has seen almost nothing of either of the two.

Later, she went away herself, and acted with impudence and carelessness, running all over shadow......and fell in love with an man in a savage shadow in a savage tribe. And was kicked out as she, a women, fought in their war. She vowed she would return.....

but spent the days drinking quite a bit, if not to the point of drunkeness, and running havoc through shadow like the days of her youth..... And was strapped down in another war. A resistance. From then on, though she still enjoyed life, she took it more seriously. Too many deaths. Too many. And one thought now focused in her mind. Revenge. To the first woman she ever had any connections with..............

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