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Truyde is a maid of honour working in Sabran’s household. Originally from Mentendon, her time in the Inysh court is meant to teach her to become less wild and impulsive before she inherits her father, Oscarde’s, duchy. She shares her grandfather Jannart’s thirst for knowledge, which ultimately sends her down a dangerous path. Truyde has followed and attempted to continue several of Jannart’s historical research projects, and she concludes that the Berethnet queens have nothing to do with the Nameless One, and that East and West must ally to defeat him—viewpoints that are considered outlandish and heretical. She conspires first with her lover, Sulyard, to reach out to the East on her own. Later, she concocts a plot to try and scare Sabran into opening relations with the East, but which Igrain Crest usurps and which results in Aubrecht’s murder. Igrain ultimately executes Truyde without Sabran’s permission, though Truyde is only 17 years old. Learning of her death devastates Niclays, and it also sours Mentendon’s relationship with Inys.
Lady Truyde utt Zeedeur Quotes in The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Chapter 9 Quotes
‘You want to broker a military alliance with the East,’ she murmured. ‘You want to call their wyrms…to help us deal with the awakenings.’ […] ‘Fool. Headstrong fool. When the queen discovers you wish to deal with wyrms—’
‘They are not wyrms! They are dragons, and they are gentle creatures. I have seen pictures of them, read books about them.’
‘Eastern books.’
‘Yes. Their dragons are one with air and water, not with fire. The East has been estranged from us for so long that we have forgotten the difference.’ When Ead only looked at her in disbelief, Truyde tried a different tack: ‘As a fellow outsider in this country, hear me. What if the Inysh are wrong, and the continuation of the House of Berethnet is not what keeps the Nameless One at bay?’
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Chapter 34 Quotes
‘You believe,’ Ead said, frustrated.
‘As others believe in gods. Often with less proof,’ Truyde pointed out.
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Chapter 43 Quotes
‘There has not been a meteor shower since the end of the Grief of Ages—and understand, Eadaz, that the shower was the end of the Grief of Ages. It was not coincidence that it came when the wyrms fell. The Easterners believe the comet was sent by their dragon god, Kwiriki.’ Kalyba smiled. ‘The shower closed an era when siden was stronger, and forced the wyrms, who are made of it, into their slumber.’
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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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Lady Truyde utt Zeedeur Character Timeline in The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Chapter 2
...utt Zeedeur, the Mentish ambassador, arrives today. Ead’s job is to find his daughter, Lady Truyde, and make sure she’s dressed appropriately—she had a leaf in her hair at prayers yesterday....
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Truyde is still asleep in the Coffer Chamber, where maids of honor sleep, when Ead finds...
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Ead leaves Truyde and finds Lady Oliva, the Mother of the Maids, to ask for Truyde’s dress. Disdainfully...
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Chapter 4
...or poison. Then, since everyone else is at the feast, she investigates whatever was between Truyde and Triam Sulyard. Ead pays Oliva Marchin’s spy, a talking bird, off with candy. Then...
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Chapter 5
...Niclays laughs before Sulyard can say why. Sulyard reveals that his lover at court is Truyde. Niclays laughs again: he knew Truyde’s grandfather, and Sulyard is not worthy of her. He...
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...though Niclays hates Sabran, she certainly doesn’t want Sulyard to die. And Sulyard should tell Truyde to leave dangerous matters alone. Sulyard insists on staying.
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Chapter 6
...blasphemous tale and angering Sabran. Ead lets herself into her private room, undresses, and studies Truyde’s Eastern book. It must’ve been published before the Grief of Ages, given that such books...
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...were a Lady of the Bedchamber, so Ead has to mind her behavior. Ead hides Truyde’s items and then writes a letter to Chassar, telling him in code about the attack...
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Chapter 7
...morning, and Ead plans to use it as an opportunity. On her way, she passes Truyde and tells her to meet her tomorrow evening—or she’ll pass Truyde’s letters to Sabran. Truyde...
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The meal arrives. As usual, though her ladies (including Truyde) offer Sabran 18 dishes, Sabran chooses just one. Ead tastes the wine, butter, and bread,...
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Chapter 8
...due to 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...
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Chapter 9
After dark, Ead meets Truyde in an alcove. Truyde tries to insist that she and Sulyard simply planned to run...
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...Sulyard has gone to treat with the Eastern rulers on his own, and she tells Truyde that he’ll be executed promptly. And Sabran, Ead knows, will never agree to speak with...
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...Drawing on the last of her siden, Ead casts a protective wreath around Sabran—just as Truyde comes into the room and sees Ead. Fýredel douses his flame, and Sabran appears from...
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Chapter 11
...up to see if she could distract Fýredel and help Sabran. Then, Sabran says that Truyde has been saying that Ead is a sorceress who protected Ead from Fýredel. This, Sabran...
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Chapter 12
...is her, though he knows he’s being cowardly. But out of a desire to protect Truyde, he lies that he doesn’t know how or why Sulyard entered Seiiki. Sighing, the Governor...
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Chapter 13
...to protect Susa. Then again, Jannart spent his life lying to his son Oscarde, granddaughter Truyde, and most of all, his wife Aleidine about his relationship with Niclays.
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...life. Then, he begs Sulyard to tell him his plan. Sulyard explains that he and Truyde believe the Nameless One will wake soon, and that the Berethnets have nothing to do...
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Niclays deems this utter nonsense, and he’s shocked that Truyde is obsessed with the exact same thing that Jannart was. But Sulyard won’t give up,...
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Chapter 14
...came to Ascalon, the Prioress fears that the Nameless One will wake soon. Ead shares Truyde’s plan and that Fýredel said that “The thousand years are almost done.” Chassar muses that...
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Chapter 17
...Ead, insisting he’s her friend, but Ead is aloof and dismissive. Once he leaves, Aleidine, Truyde’s grandmother, comes over and says, to Ead’s shock, that she hopes that Aubrecht’s marriage to...
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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 to...
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Chapter 25
...he can make amends with Sabran. The other is a year old and is from Truyde. She asks Niclays about the Tablet of Rumelabar. It brings Niclays to tears. Over the...
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Chapter 26
...is entombed. Ead and Katryen step out and observe the crowd, and Ead notes that Truyde isn’t here. Katryen explains that Truyde has a headache. Aubrecht and Sabran exit their coach,...
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...and Ead pins this one against the wall with Aubrecht’s sword. Behind the mask is Truyde herself, insisting she didn’t want Aubrecht to die—she wanted Sabran to listen.
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Chapter 27
...(it’s part of a bigger book that Jannart didn’t have). Aleidine gave the fragment to Truyde, who gave it to Niclays before he was exiled and asked him to let her...
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Chapter 30
Truyde, imprisoned in the Dearn Tower, confesses her crimes. She hired a playing company to help...
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...it’s her fault that Aubrecht is dead. Ead grants her forgiveness. The conversation turns to Truyde, who Sabran insists should be executed. Ead privately disagrees—Truyde is only 17.
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Chapter 33
...he’d like to wait a bit longer so he can spend more time with five-year-old Truyde. Niclays tells himself Jannart is telling the truth—even though Jannart has been asking for just...
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Chapter 34
One night, Ead sneaks into Dearn Tower to talk to Truyde. Truyde looks awful, though she’s certain she won’t be executed due to her youth. Ead...
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Ead asks Truyde again to explain why she believes what she does. Truyde mentions the Tablet of Rumelabar...
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Chapter 37
...On instinct, Ead calls her siden and dislocates the man’s shoulder. This, Combe insists, confirms Truyde’s allegations that Ead is a sorceress. He knows now that she’s the “watcher in the...
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Chapter 39
...at the Dreadmount and could see the ruins of Gulthaga. She can’t stop thinking of Truyde’s words. Now, the caravan-master announces a storm is coming, so they’ll stop at a camp....
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Ead tells Mita and Chassar about Truyde and Truyde’s theory about cosmic balance. Chassar suggests it does make sense—the orange tree, for...
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Chapter 43
...came from the comet, the Long-Haired Star. Kalyba is shocked, but she says it’s true. (Truyde, Ead realizes, was right.) Kalyba agrees to tell Ead the rest, since Ead knows so...
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Chapter 49
...a few days later, they reach Ascalon. They ride past the palace gates and see Truyde’s head and another unrecognizable head on pikes. Disturbed, Ead leads Loth south, to an innkeeper...
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Chapter 50
...then she cries and falls into Ead’s arms, barely able to say that Igrain killed Truyde.
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Chapter 54
...But she too believes in Jannart’s work and their success. Niclays decides to return to Truyde when all this is over.
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Chapter 56
...return to court. In the afternoon, Sabran shares that High Princess Ermuna is enraged about Truyde’s execution and blames Sabran for Niclays Roos’s recent abduction by pirates. Still, she agreed to...
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...needs to ally with the East to be successful. Ead admits that she initially thought Truyde was ridiculous, but she now thinks Truyde was right, and she’s learned more about Eastern...
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Chapter 69
...have an 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...
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Chapter 73
...to hate Jannart for dying. He also hated himself for not being able to protect Truyde, and he considered taking his own life. But he knows to honor Jannart, he must...
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Aleidine and Niclays discuss Truyde’s burial place. Then, Aleidine asks Niclays for his plans. Niclays says he’d like to teach,...
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