Tarquin

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The young High Lord of the Summer Court, idealistic and open-handed, who inherited a throne of sun-warmed stone and pearl-divers and is determined to rule it with honor rather than fear.

Also known as: Tarquin, High Lord of Summer, Lord of Adriata, the Young High Lord, the Pearl Lord, the Sun-Blessed

What They Know

• Tarquin knows the precise location of every sunken wreck and hidden reef in Summer's waters, and he can call the currents to his aid in battle or in trade.
• He knows that his cousin, the previous High Lord, was killed not by Amarantha's hand but by a betrayal from within Summer's own court — a secret he has never fully uncovered.
• He knows that the mortal queens to the south are not as weak as they pretend, and that some of them have made bargains with powers that predate the Wall.
• He knows that the Night Court's reputation as a court of nightmares is a mask, and that Velaris exists — though he has never been invited, and he respects the secret enough not to press.
• He knows that the sea itself remembers things the land has forgotten, and that there are creatures in the deeps that answer to no High Lord.
• He knows that the King of Hybern's agents have been seen in the ports of the Summer Court, offering gold and promises for information about the Wall's weaknesses.
• He knows that his own idealism is a weapon his enemies will try to use against him, and he is learning — slowly — how to be both kind and shrewd.

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