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Deceased in the novel’s present, Jannart was Aleidine’s companion and Oscarde’s father, as well as Niclays’s secret lover. He was an artist with a keen interest in history, and particularly in trying to recover knowledge that was lost during the Grief of Ages. He spent much of his life attempting to unravel the mystery behind a scrap of silk from an Eastern scroll an aunt left him, which Niclays ultimately realizes contains the directions to Komoridu and the mulberry tree there. During their 30-year romance, Jannart regularly promised Niclays that he’d leave Aleidine and they’d go away together, but he always postponed due to wanting to spend more time with his granddaughter, Truyde. When Jannart dies as a result of his thirst for knowledge before he and Niclays can run away, Niclays is enraged. After visiting ruins near the Dreadmount known to be dangerous, he was found ill with the Draconic plague. He died after poisoning himself.
Jannart utt Zeedeur Quotes in The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Chapter 39 Quotes
‘Of course,’ Ragab said, ‘the Melancholy King was not dreaming at all, but following a mirage. The desert had played a trick on him. He died there, and his bones were lost to the sand. And the desert had its name.’ He patted his camel when it snorted. ‘Love and fear do strange things to our souls. The dreams they bring, those dreams that leave us drenched in salt water and gasping for breath as if we might die—those, we call unquiet dreams. And only the scent of a rose can avert them.’
Gooseflesh freckled Ead as she remembered another rose, tucked behind a pillow.
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Chapter 69 Quotes
‘I have no soul to sell, honoured Miduchi. But I may yet earn one,’ Niclays said. Saint, he was hot. ‘You see, Jan did leave someone behind, someone who I still care for. Truyde utt Zeedeur, his granddaughter. I want to be what he was to her, and to do that, I must be better. I must be good. And this is the way.’
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Jannart utt Zeedeur Character Timeline in The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Chapter 8
...Sulyard’s snoring and the typhoon raging outside. He feels he owes it to Truyde—and to Jannart, her grandfather—to protect Truyde. Back when Jannart was in his early 20s, he asked to...
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Chapter 12
...maintains his position. Only then does he realize how young the woman is—and he knows Jannart would be ashamed.
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Chapter 13
In Cape Hisan, Niclays wakes in the middle of the night, clammy and certain that Jannart would’ve lied to protect Susa. Then again, Jannart spent his life lying to his son...
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...utter nonsense, and he’s shocked that Truyde is obsessed with the exact same thing that Jannart was. But Sulyard won’t give up, so Niclays lies. He promises to try and speak...
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Chapter 17
...Aleidine to share how she knew Aubrecht. Aubrecht was friendly with her late companion (spouse), Jannart.
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Suddenly overcome with emotion, Aleidine sits. Ead sits with her. Aleidine shares how like Jannart Truyde is—she’s so curious and loves books—and she notes that Jannart left all his manuscripts...
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Chapter 27
...he’s reading, a scrap of silk falls out of his book. The scrap was from Jannart, who died trying to decipher the fragment’s meaning (it’s part of a bigger book that...
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Chapter 29
...smoke billows. It’s firecloud. Nayimathun’s tail whips around, knocking Niclays to the ground. He hallucinates Jannart, and then someone asks if Niclays can do anything for the Fleet of the Tiger...
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Chapter 33
In a flashback, Niclays is with Jannart at Brygstad Palace, their favorite hideout when Prince Edvart is gone. Other times, they go...
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Niclays suggests they seek out the Milk Lagoon, which Jannart insists he’s found evidence actually exists. Jannart says Aleidine will be fine without him, but...
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Chapter 34
...in Niclays Roos’s books, and she also once traveled to Gulthaga to continue her grandfather Jannart’s research. He died there of the Draconic plague after telling everyone he was visiting a...
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Chapter 40
...whomever gave it to Niclays. Niclays says it came from “the love of [his] life,” Jannart. He wishes he knew more about it.
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Outside the cabin, Niclays tells Laya he’ll be dead soon. Laya tells him Jannart wouldn’t want him to give up, but Niclays admits that he resents Jannart for leaving...
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Chapter 42
...book to a star chart. Nayimathun rocks the ship, annoying Niclays, and Laya asks how Jannart died. Niclays trusts Laya. He tells her Jannart died of plague and how he loved...
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...Outside the cabin, Laya hugs Niclays. They laugh, and Niclays is thrilled to be finishing Jannart’s work.
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Chapter 54
...where home is for now, but he insists he has to keep going and finish Jannart’s work. Laya proposes a plan to sneak away once the ship returns to Kawontay and...
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Chapter 60
...the Golden Empress which way to go while Laya and Niclays watch. Niclays mentally tells Jannart that he’s coming.
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Chapter 61
...stair. Niclays feels ready to die. Then, everyone stops—an ancient mulberry is on the ground. Jannart’s dream, Niclays realizes, died long ago. But the Golden Empress calls Laya forward, points to...
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Chapter 67
...She explains that she knows about immortality and knows how to share it. Turning into Jannart, she says she’ll teach Niclays if he does her a favor.
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Chapter 69
...has promised that killing Ead will hurt Sabran and that she’ll resurrect both Niclays and Jannart if Niclays is successful. Now, Niclays describes just how much he hates Sabran. Sabran insists...
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...the celestial jewels, which intrigues Niclays. Feeling feverish, Niclays reveals that Kalyba promised to resurrect Jannart—but Niclays knows that’s unnatural and impossible. When Jannart died, Niclays says, he began to face...
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...ulterior motive. Niclays insists his only motive is to be the grandfather to Truyde that Jannart wasn’t able to be. Silence follows, and Sabran sends her knights away. Ead tells Niclays...
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Chapter 73
...entire history-making battle in which the Nameless One died—a thought that he knows would’ve made Jannart laugh. Niclays thinks about his old friends, and he’s thankful that at least Laya survived...
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Jannart is buried in the cemetery usually reserved for Lievelyn family members. Niclays approaches his lover’s...
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