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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3197240" data-attributes="member: 3448">“Dame Brionna, what do we know of Lady Deborah Brightspan’s mother?  After Lady Deborah’s unusual death, her mother seems like the best lead we have.”“Lady Deborah was the daughter of a cousin of the Duke of Brightspan and Lady Yvonne Caldra, the Earl of Caldra’s aunt.  Lady Yvonne wasn’t precisely discarded by the Earl of Caldra, but…  There were rumors that she was involved with the Unseelie Court, and that she had captured and tortured elves and even the occasional fey.  She was conveniently married off to move her out of the family, and away from the attention of either her family or the Duke of Furrows.  This would have been when Furrows was still more active, of course.”“I’m surprised that my grandmother would have tolerated that.  She may have escaped Furrows attention, but surely…”“As far as I can tell, your grace, the late Archduchess had her investigated at some point, but was unable to turn up anything actionable.  Because of Lady Yvonne’s rank, Her Grace the Archduchess would have needed firm evidence to take any official action.  In any event, Lady Yvonne lived essentially alone after the death of her husband and disappeared many years ago.  It is believed that she still maintains a small manor near the border of Brightspan.”“How old would she be?” asked Kit.  “I mean, assuming she’s all human and not a changeling or something.”“She would be about 60.  And everything we know suggests that she’s still human, although myth says that people with a particularly close association with the fey sometimes live longer than humans would naturally.”“We need to check out her manor,” said Mahler.“But we can’t do that directly,” replied Alistair.  “Brightspan would consider it a mortal insult.  We’ll have to ask him to investigate.  I wonder if Bishop Hogsworthy can perform a Sending?”Bishop Hogsworthy brightened at the honor of being called in to assist the Archduke, but then regretfully admitted that he had not asked for Sending that morning.  Father Waters had, however, so after some discussion of the phrasing and careful word counting, Alistair handed the priest a written version of the message. <<From Archduke.  Believe Yvonne Caldra plotting with molydeus, dangerous.  Suggest you search her manor in force.  Expect danger and Unseelie support.  Would appreciate any intelligence.>>Father Waters then recited the Duke of Brightspan’s response.  “He sends, ‘Your Grace.  Message received.  Wife informed.  Reconnoiter with priestly support.  Will inform of anything found.  Brightspan.’”  Father Waters shook his head at that last.  “If he ever signs a message ‘Gary,’ you will know that you have his personal support, not just his allegiance.”They thanked Father Waters and concluded that there was not much more to be done about Lady Yvonne until Brightspan reported the results of his raid.</blockquote>

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