Montrève
is a small holding located in Siovale. It is administered by the
seneschal Purnell Friote and his wife Richeline. By
Scion, they have several children: Denis is the oldest,
while Katherine and Charles are roughly Imri's age.
Katherine is "a year and some months" Imri's elder (KS 15).
Montrève's banner is "green, a crescent moon in argent upper right,
and sable crag lower left" (KC 9). Phèdre added Kushiel's Dart to one
quadrant: a gold dart piercing a ragged crimson circle (KJ 253).
Montrève's colors are forest green and gold (KM 413, 557). Artus Labbé is Phèdre's kennel-master (KS 142).
Members of House Montrève
**spoilers for Kushiel's Dart** Comte de Montrève: Anafiel's father, Sarafiel Delaunay's
husband. A minor Siovalese lordling.
Sarafiel Delaunay de Montrève: Anafiel's mother, an Eisandine
noblewoman. She sent Anafiel to Marsilikos to be fostered with Roxanne
de Mereliot, and Anafiel took her name after his father abjured him.
Roxanne mentions that Sarafiel knew an old Eisandine tale about Elua
and a fisher-lad named Delaunay (KD 565).
Anafiel Delaunay de Montrève
**major spoilers for Dart and a tiny nearly irrelevant plot
point from Scion**
Anafiel fell in love with Rolande de la Courcel and chose to
join his life to the Dauphin's. His father abjured him, but Anafiel
left anyway. He studied at the University of Tiberium and was trained
by the Unseen Guild, although he refused their offer to join. Rolande
and Anafiel quarrelled bitterly after Rolande married Isabel; Anafiel
wrote a poem naming her a murderess. When Ysandre was born, the two
men reconciled, and Anafiel swore Cassiel's Oath to protect Ysandre.
Then Rolande died.
Anafiel found himself closed out of the upper echelons of the court,
so he adopted Alcuin and Phèdre and trained them to serve as Servants of
Naamah, as bedroom spies. After Alcuin made his marque, he and Anafiel
enjoyed a brief interlude of a love affair. Then they were both
murdered.
