Spring Court Manor
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Once the heart of Prythian's most fertile court, the Spring Court Manor now stands as a gilded cage of spies, wilted beauty, and Hybern's creeping influence.
Tamlin's seat of power is a manor of impossible grace, built to showcase the Spring Court's endless bounty: grand halls with vaulted ceilings painted with scenes of the hunt, sun-drenched courtyards, and gardens that shift with the seasons at their master's whim. But since the High Lord bent his knee to Hybern, the manor has become a nest of whispers and hidden blades, where every servant may be a spy and every feast a trap.
Appearance
A sprawling estate of pale stone and glass, wrapped in climbing roses and wisteria that bloom even in winter—but the blooms are thinner now, the petals bruised. Ivy crawls over cracked windows, and the air smells of overripe fruit and something faintly metallic, like blood beneath perfume.
Also known as: Tamlin's Estate, The Manor at the Heart of Spring, The Rose-Covered Halls
What They Know
- The manor's gardens are enchanted to bloom year-round, sustained by Tamlin's own power—but the magic has frayed since his bargain with Hybern, leaving some patches barren.
- Wards woven into the very stones prevent winnowing directly inside the manor; all arrivals must pass through the main gates or the hidden postern door.
- The great hall's throne is carved from a single block of rose quartz, said to have been pulled from the earth by the first High Lord of Spring.
- Hybern's agents—including the priestess Ianthe—move freely through the manor, and Feyre Archeron walks its halls under the guise of Tamlin's betrothed, gathering secrets.
- A network of tunnels beneath the manor connects the main house to the stables, the greenhouses, and a hidden grove where Tamlin sometimes meets with his most trusted spies.
- The manor has its own armory, stocked with ash-wood spears and iron-tipped arrows—weapons meant for the fae, now turned against them.
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