Welcome to Terre d'Ange

Terre d'Ange is an unofficial fan site based on the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. We exist as a community linked by similar interests and a desire to connect with other people around the world who love the world of Terre d'Ange as much as we do. This common love will be the foundation for friendships and relationships extending into the future.

Our Terre D'Ange is set 200 years before the events in the Kushiel saga take place. We chose to set our community at this time to enable freedom of expression and to bring in the Court of Night Blooming Flowers in its prime, rather than its decline.

Jacqueline Carey has given her consent for the existence of this site which is run by its members for its members. Site members bear pseudonyms which are representative of the series. Terre d'Ange is not a RPG site, although light role playing may be used amongst its members.

We have a very active community within our forums, and would welcome you as a new member. 
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Other News

Eglantine House hosted a wildly popular fête this month, showcasing their many talents.
January 2010

Our Terre d'Ange celebrated its second annual Mid-Winter Masque in December.  All involved had a fantastic time.  The festivities ended with a history-making double coronation ceremony.  We are now led by co-rulers Queen Xaviara de la Courcel and Royal Guardian Tallare Ma'haut.
December 2009

Check out our new Community Map.  With it, you can see where in the world our most active members live.
November 2009

Jasmine House hosted a wildly successful Masquerade Ball.  Their first fete, Jasmine House did a fantastic job and a great time was had by all.
October 2009

The forums have been successfully updated to the latest software version.  Come join us and have a great time!
September 2009

The Palace has been busy tending lots of applications for raising by our members.  Our community is so active and growing it's amazing!  Come be a part of it....join us!
August 2009

Our online carnival held in mid-June was a roaring success!  Winners of the various games now display winners tokens on their signatures in our forums.  
July 2009

Patron Gift Galleries are now open for all Houses on Mont Nuit.  Each House has their own.  You can reach them by visiting the main page for each House.  Check them out, they're stunning!
June 2009

We have a new website!  Take a thorough look around, a lot has changed!
May 2009

Jacqueline Carey News
February 2010

A pensive post this month!

During the long years when I was a struggling, unpublished writer, my day job was working as the administrative assistant for the Art Department of Hope College. The best part of the job was the people I met there. I made a number of life-long friends among the students and faculty, and I met many wonderful artists through the gallery program.

Last month, I learned that one of the latter, Nigerian wood-sculptor Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, passed away in Ile-Ife.

The retrospective of his work, and the accompanying catalogue and autobiography, was the biggest project I worked on during my time at Hope. It was held during the fall of 1996, when our esteemed gallery director was on sabbatical, and I was filling in as interim director. Hope College's administration was (and probably is) quite conservative and patriarchal in nature, and I wasn't taken seriously in the role or acknowledged for overseeing what was a fairly massive endeavor. Before Lamidi's arrival to serve as artist-in-residence during the exhibition, I was concerned that he might be offended to find a young woman of no particular status in charge of a retrospective of his life's work.

Nothing could have been farther from the truth.

The master Nigerian wood-carver, named a UNESCO Living Human Treasure prior to his death, was unfailingly gracious and appreciative. The memory of the credit and respect Lamidi accorded me for a job well done still warms my heart when I think of it. The memory of Lamidi greeting my startled, reticent parents with a beaming smile and an open-armed embrace still makes me smile.

Lamidi Fakeye touched many lives during his long and illustrious career. For me, the encounter is a reminder that to be great-hearted and generous of spirit means always according people the respect they're due. It is also a reminder that wherever we go, we are unwitting ambassadors. Lamidi was a devout Muslim, and I'm glad that his was one of the first faces of Islam I came to know well, embodying the tenets of all that's best in his faith.

To my regret, I was unable to see Lamidi on his last visit to the U.S., but I'm told he asked about me, and was delighted to hear of my success as an author. I wouldn't have expected anything less from him. And I hope that I'm able to honor his memory by conducting myself with half as much grace throughout the course of my own career.

Updates reprinted with Ms. Carey's permission.  For more information regarding our favorite author, please visit her website.