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Prince Charles LV Bourbon

Lord of Verehaut, King of France, Duke of Anjou, Lion of Earth.

—His father, PRINCE CHARLES LIV BOURBON.

—His uncle, PRINCE PHILIPPE BOURBON

—His cousin, LORD AUGUSTIN BOURBON, Minister of War and member of the Lion Party.

How Bourbon could manage to be so exalted a palatine and yet so corpulent was a mystery, yet corpulent he was: as round of body as he was of face, with thick sideburns and a thicker mustache that recalled some species of walrus or manatee such as swam in the royal aquaria. He was a man of evil reputation, treacherous and venal. I’d heard it said that Augustin had sold out his own father, Philippe, when House Bourbon turned against itself centuries ago, backing his uncle—Prince Charles LIV*—for the throne.

* The Dramatis Personae references Prince Louis LIV as Prince Philippe's brother and Prince Charles LIV as Augustin's cousin. To match text provided in Demon in White and Ashes of Man, this should say Prince Charles LIV and Prince Charles LV, respectively.

Demon in White, Chapter 3: The Empire of the Clouds

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Demon in White

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Kingdoms of Death

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Ashes of Man

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Disquiet Gods

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Lord Andrew Curzon

A minor lord of House Curzon of Dhaka. Distantly related to HADRIAN MARLOWE through Hadrian's mother's side.

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Ashes of Man

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Prince Marius Hohenzollern

Lord of Swabian Prime, King of the Germans, King of Prussia and Brandenburg. A member of the Lion Party.

—His wife, PRINCESS WILHELMINA HOHENZOLLERN.

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Howling Dark

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Demon in White

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Chapter 28

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Kingdoms of Death

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Ashes of Man

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Vianello the Painter

Imperial portraitist, court artist, fugue-bound immortal, chronicler of triumphs

Legendary court painter of the Sollan Empire; creator of The Triumph of the Devil of Meidua and the official portraits of Emperors from RAPHAEL VII to WILLIAM XXIII. Decanted from fugue only to complete commissions, Vianello spans nearly five millennia of Imperial history.