Kristel Blackspeare

Kristel Blackspeare (Née Reyd) is a major character in the series and is the wife of Yaron and the mother of Laurelle, Arther and Willhem and is currently pregnant with his unborn child.

Kristel is from House of Reyd and married into House of Blackspeare during the Obsidian war. Gracia is a strong woman who loves her children dearly and absolutely cherishes her daughter as she probably sees many of her own qualities reflected in Laurelle. They often discuss being women of powerful families when they are alone together, and Kristel gives her lectures on how a lady behaves. She also has a a keen sense for when something bad is about to happen.

 Biography 

Background:

Kristel was born in The Fork in The Castle of Troi to Valen and Laurella Reyd and was raised as a future valuable prospect of marriage for many of Armerlian nobles. After her uncle and father signed the marriage pact her and her cousin Aelyn both married into two other powerful families, her into the Blackspeares and Aelyn into the Goodyeres. When she was sixteen she gave birth to her first child and only daughter whom she named after her mother in the absence of her husband Yaron as he was away fighting in The Obsidian War. Two months after the birth of her daughter her husband returned to visit his newborn child, they had a month together and during that time she conceived her first son Arther. She named him after the founder of the Blackspeare Family, so that it was of some relevance to the family line. Now she has another son: Willhem and is currently pregnant with another of Yaron's children.

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