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Encyclopedia > Kushiel's Legacy

Kushiel's Legacy is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Jacqueline Carey, comprising Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, and Kushiel's Avatar. Kushiel's Scion is set in the same world. Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history. Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Jacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and novelist, primarily of fantasy fiction. ... Jacqueline Careys first novel, it takes place in a variant of post-mideaval frace. ... Kushiels Chosen is a science fiction novel by Jacqueline Carey. ... The final book in Jacqueline Careys Kushiel Trilogy. ... Kushiels Scion is the 2006 novel by Jacqueline Carey, following on from the Kushiels Legacy trilogy (Kushiels Dart, Kushiels Chosen, and Kushiels Avatar). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The Accolade by British painter Edmund Blair Leighton exhibits an idealized view of history common in historical fantasy. ... Alternate history (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Contents

Novels

Kushiel's Legacy consists of the following novels (with release dates). This is also the chronological order within the story.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jacqueline Careys first novel, it takes place in a variant of post-mideaval frace. ... Kushiels Chosen is a science fiction novel by Jacqueline Carey. ... The final book in Jacqueline Careys Kushiel Trilogy. ... Kushiels Scion is the 2006 novel by Jacqueline Carey, following on from the Kushiels Legacy trilogy (Kushiels Dart, Kushiels Chosen, and Kushiels Avatar). ...

Background

The main setting of Kushiel's Legacy is the country of Terre d'Ange (resembling France), the "Land of the Angels". D'Angelines, as the citizens are called, believe they are descended from Blessed Elua and his band of fallen angels. Elua was born when the blood of the crucified Yeshua ben Yosef, the son of the One God, mixed with the tears of the Magdalene and then was quickened by Mother Earth. Scorned by his grandfather, the One God, Elua wandered the Earth with eight companion angels, who had rejected God to follow him. The eight were Naamah, Anael, Azza, Shemhazai, Camael, Cassiel, Eisheth, and Kushiel. The companions finally settled in the land that would be become Terre D'Ange. Elua espoused the precept Love as thou wilt and he and his companions inter-bred with the native populace, creating the D'Angeline people. Terre dAnge In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Terre dAnge is the nation of focus, a fantasy equivalent of France. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... It has been suggested that Evil Angels be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... In Jacqueline Careys work, he is called by the Yeshuites Adonai, and is the equivalent of God in modern Christianity, with Yeshua (Jesus) as his son, messiah, and prophet. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ...


Kushiel's Legacy is set about one thousand years after the time of Elua, and the D'Angeline people worship him and his eight companions as gods. They live by his precept and, since Naamah sold her body at times to support Elua during their wanderings, consider prostitution to be a sacred service. This service is regulated by its own guild. Furthermore, to serve in the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers, composed of several Houses, each with their own interpretation of Naamah's reasons for prostituting herself, is regarded as the highest pinnacle in Naamah's Service. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers refers to the thirteen Houses of Mont Nuit in the City of Elua, home to the Servants of Naamah, the most elite cadre of religious prostitutes. ...


Terre d'Ange is divided into seven provinces, each with a companion as its patron deity. Cassiel, who eschewed mortal love and never fully rejected the One God, is the only companion without a province. Naamah (goddess of the Night Court) is the patron of Namarre, Anael of L'Agnace, Azza of Azzalle, Shemhazai of Siovale, Camael of Camlach, Eisheth of Eisande, and Kushiel of Kusheth. In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Namarre is one of the seven provinces of Terre dAnge, occupying the land south of Azzalle. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Kushiels Legacy. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Azzalle is one of the seven provinces of Terre dAnge, running along the northern coast. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Siovale is one of the seven provinces of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Camlach is the eastern province of Terre dAnge, bordering the territories of Skaldia. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Eisande is the smallest of the seven provinces of Terre dAnge, founded by the angel Eisheth. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Kusheth is one of the seven provinces of the realm of Terre dAnge. ...


The royal House Courcel rules Terre D'Ange from the City of Elua in L'Agnace. Relations are generally good with the neighboring countries of Aragonia (Spain), Caerdicca Unitas (Italy), and Alba and Eire (the British Isles). But Skaldia (Germany) has long sought to conquer the D'Angelines. In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, House Courcel is the reigning family of Terre dAnge, descended in a straight, unbroken line from Blessed Elua. ... The geography of Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series are modeled on that of medieval Europe. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Caerdicca Unitas is the name given to a coalition of loosely-allied city-states in the peninsular region south of Terre dAnge and Skaldia. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Alba and Eire are the names given to the countries that lie across a northern strait from Terre dAnge; Alba is a fantasy equivalent of early medieval mainland Britain, with lots of historical references from the most northerly part,Scotland; Eire... Location of the British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands off the north west coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Skaldia is a nation roughly equitable to Nordic and Teutonic cultures. ...


The heroine of the series is anguissette Phèdre nó Delaunay, whose unique talents lead her to save her nation from several terrible fates. In Jacqueline Careys Kushiel novels, an anguisette is one of Kushiels Chosen mortals, picked out of all the others to balance the scales, and who will forever feel pain and pleasure as one. ... Phèdre nó Delaunay The main character of Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series. ...


Elua and His Companions

See Elua and His Companions for the full article.

Elua is the most important deity of Terre d'Ange, the misbegotten son of Yeshua and the Magdalene. Elua's Companions are seven angels who forsook the One God to follow Elua. In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, Elua is the most important deity of Terre dAnge. ... For the article on the person, teaching, and acts of Jesus Christ, see the Jesus article. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... In Jacqueline Careys work, he is called by the Yeshuites Adonai, and is the equivalent of God in modern Christianity, with Yeshua (Jesus) as his son, messiah, and prophet. ...


Elua's only commandment to his followers was to love as thou wilt. The nation of Terre d'Ange takes it as their guiding philosophy, and as such embrace all forms of love.


Major Characters

Phèdre nó Delaunay The main character of Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiel novels, an anguisette is one of Kushiels Chosen mortals, picked out of all the others to balance the scales, and who will forever feel pain and pleasure as one. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Anafiel Delaunay is a clever spymaster and poet, the man who buys Phèdre nó Delaunays marque and trains her. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Joscelin Verreuil is a member of the Cassiline Brotherhood whom Anafiel Delaunay contracts to guard Phèdre. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, the Cassiline Brotherhood is an order of priests who swear allegiance to the Precepts of Cassiel. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Hyacinthe is a half-breed Tsingani boy who befriends heroine Phèdre nó Delaunay. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, the Tsingani are a largely nomadic race of people, the fantasy equivalent of Gitanos or Tsiganes in French, similar in many respects to their real life counterparts. ... Melisande Shahrizai is the primary villainess of Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series. ... Ysandre de la Courcel is the Queen of Terre dAnge in Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy saga, a member of House Courcel and thus a scion of Elua. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Drustan mab Necthana is the temporarily deposed leader of Alba, a descendant of the Black Boar people, and he is known elsewhere as the Prince of the Picti. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Alba and Eire are the names given to the countries that lie across a northern strait from Terre dAnge; Alba is a fantasy equivalent of early medieval mainland Britain, with lots of historical references from the most northerly part,Scotland; Eire... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Waldemar Selig is the self-made King of the Skaldi. ... In Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series, Skaldia is a nation roughly equitable to Nordic and Teutonic cultures. ...

See also

It has been suggested that Evil Angels be merged into this article or section. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is a list of minor characters who appear in Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series; as the narrative is complex and spans an entire world, many characters are important, though they appear seldom or are only referred to in the text. ... The geography of Jacqueline Careys Kushiels Legacy series are modeled on that of medieval Europe. ...

Kushiel's Legacy MUX

There is also a MUX based on the Kushiel's Legacy setting, called KushielMUX. The login screen from M*U*S*H, the centre of development for PennMUSH. A MUSH (sometimes said to be an abbreviation for Multi-User Shared Hack, Habitat, Holodeck, or Hallucination, though these are backronyms) is a text-based online social medium to which multiple users are connected at the...



 

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