Tarquin

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Tarquin is the young, idealistic High Lord of the Summer Court, who dreams of a Prythian united beyond old grudges and who rules with an open hand and a warm heart—a dangerous combination in a world that rewards cunning.

Also known as: Tarquin, High Lord of Summer, Lord of the Summer Court, the Young High Lord, the Pearl King

What They Know

• He knows the precise location of every sunken wreck in the Summer Sea and the treasures they hold, including a cache of faebane the Autumn Court would pay a fortune for.
• He is aware that the Night Court's reputation as a court of nightmares is a deliberate mask, and he suspects—but cannot prove—that Rhysand is hiding something far more gentle behind it.
• He remembers the screams Under the Mountain, and the way Amarantha made the High Lords crawl, and he carries the shame of his own powerlessness like a splinter in his chest.
• He knows the Summer Court's pearl divers have found strange, ancient artifacts in the deep trenches—things that hum with a magic older than the Cauldron—and he has locked them in a vault beneath his palace, afraid to look at them too closely.
• He has a standing, secret agreement with the water-wraiths of the coast, who bring him news from the sea in exchange for the safe passage of their young through his waters.
• He knows that the King of Hybern's agents have been seen in the port of Adriata, and that some of his own courtiers have taken their gold.
• He carries a bargain-mark on his left forearm, given freely to an old sea-witch who saved his life when he was a boy—a debt he has never been called to pay, and which he dreads.
• He knows that the Mask of Spring is not the only enchanted object in Prythian, and that the Dread Trove is not a legend—it is a map to a war no one is ready to fight.

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