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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3103560" data-attributes="member: 3448">Dame Brionna cleared her throat.  “I also thought that, with the upcoming meeting with the Duke of Brightspan, we might spend a little time thinking about his children.  There aren’t just Sir Derrick and the corrupted heir-apparent.”“Who else are there?” asked Kit.Alistair thought for a while, remembering lessons from his childhood.  “There are four legitimate sons.  The heir-apparent we know about, and Sir Derrick is the third.  The second son was sickly as a child, unlike his warrior brothers.  If I remember correctly, he was turned over to a Glor’diadelian school at a young age, on Khamista.  It’s sufficiently far away that I’m not sure I’ve ever met him.”“And then the youngest son is fostered and clearly fine,” said Kit.  She paused and thought about him for a moment.  “There’s an awfully wide gap between the youngest son and his oldest brothers.  The heir-apparent must be nearly 25 years older than him…”“Remember, his mother isn’t fully human,” replied Alistair.  “In all likelihood, she’ll still be fertile for another decade, at least.”“Lovely,” said Kit, malice in her voice.“And then there are five Brightspan daughters.”“Right.  My research has turned up some information on them,” said Kit.  “At least two of them are involved in demonism, while another is a diabolist.”Dame Brionna muttered darkly about why the Archduchess let such a mess develop.“What about the other two?”“One of them ran off into the woods,” said Kit.  “I don’t quite know what her deal is.  I think she may have had some religious revelation-- maybe she’s the connection to Mider?  And then the youngest is in Tarsh at the same school her mother attended as a child.”“Let me guess,” said Dame Brionna sourly.  “The diabolist older sister went there as well.”“Yes, but not either of the two demonists.”“How charming.  A finishing school and diabolism academy, all in one,” said Alistair, although he had heard of the school but never of that reputation.  “We should ask Lady Constance about its reputation.  She’ll know if it is orthodox and well-regarded.”“But only by Paranswarmian standards,” seethed Dame Brionna.  “We really need to build those new schools you’ve mentioned.  Its bad enough that nobles are sending their children to Khamista for education, but to Paranswarmian schools…  Is that all of the Brightspan children?  Any illegitimate children?”“Two acknowledged sons, if I recall correctly,” said Alistair.  “Both are older-- from before the Duke’s marriage to the Duchess.  I haven’t even heard of rumors of any bastards since the marriage.”“What do we know about the illegitimate sons?”“Not a lot.  Both have been given minor positions in the court and seem contented.”“I think we need to do some scrying on the Brightspan sewers or undercity,” said Kit.  “We can ask Lady Constance to both perform the scrying and to tell us about the school.”</blockquote>

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