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High Lord of the Summer Court · The Youngest High Lord

Tarquin

The nicest High Lord in Prythian, and we repaid him with a Book theft. Youngest of the seven, crown shaped like a cresting wave, a kinder Prythian on his mind. We feel terrible about it.

Rich brown skin, white hair, turquoise eyes, a reformer's heart in a sea-king's body. The one ally Feyre and Rhys genuinely liked — and wronged anyway. We're not over it.

At a glance

Title
High Lord of the Summer Court · former Prince of Adriata
Court
Summer Court — seat at Adriata, a mountain-island city in a half-moon bay
Power
Water and tide manipulation; winnowing; High Lord magic shielding the drowned tide-temple
Look
Rich brown skin, white hair, turquoise-blue eyes; crown of sapphire and white gold shaped like a cresting wave
Allegiance
Joined the seven-court alliance against Hybern (ACOWAR)
Token
The blood ruby — egg-sized and blood-pure — a Summer Court declaration of mortal enmity
Fate
Betrayed over the Book of Breathings, then reconciled — rescinds the rubies, fights for the war

His circle

Bonds and rifts

Swipe to meet them all

The guest he befriendedFeyre ArcheronOffered her warmth and a black-diamond gift; she repaid it with the Book theft. Later, he refuses to betray her when she spies in Spring.Enter Feyre Archeron →
Fellow High Lord, uneasy allyRhysandThe one High Lord who saw past Rhys's mask and wanted his friendship — wronged, then reconciled by ACOWAR.Enter Rhysand →
Sent a blood rubyAmrenTook the Book half with Feyre; central to the breach — yet her bond with Varian later helps thaw Summer and Night.Enter Amren →
Captain of the Guard, Prince of AdriataVarianTarquin's right hand and former armada co-commander; his romance with Amren bridges the two courts.Enter Varian →
Princess of AdriataCresseidaOf Tarquin's court and family, present when the Night Court visits Adriata.Enter Cresseida →

His register

Sun on turquoise water

  • A fairer Prythian

    Closing the gulf between High Fae and lesser faeries. The conviction that made him worth allying with, and the one nobody else was saying out loud.

  • Adriata

    His sea-city of canals and shell-flecked halls, sea-glass chandeliers swaying on the warm breeze. Yes, we'd live there.

  • The high summer day

    Salt-spray and sun, white-sand bright, the dry suffocating heat broken only by the breeze off the water.

  • Hospitality given freely

    Warmth before wariness. He greeted the Night Court as the ones who saved his court's neck, not as a threat. We did not deserve him.

The long versionRead his whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story
Summer Court His sea-city Summer CourtAdriata rises white out of turquoise water — a sea-city built for light, ruled by the youngest of the seven and one of the only ones who still believes things can be better. Feyre and Rhysand came as guests and robbed him blind. He had every reason to burn the bridge, and he offered his hand for peace instead. That's who he is.Enter the Summer Court

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