The Queen Doesn't Have Relatives From Her Birthplace, Does She? She Looks Completely Alone.

The Queen doesn't have relatives from her birthplace, does she? She looks completely alone.

I don't think her relatives are ever mentioned, no. She does seem very isolated. It's possible that she was allowed to bring some of her maids to Pars with her, but I don't know what happened to her family or whether any of them are still alive. It's very Tanaka to just not mention them, but in Tahamenay's case it feels likely that she really is alone, and that's probably part of why she is so desparate to believe that Layla really is her daughter.

In the second half, Tahamenay ends up living in the Badakhshan region again, in a mansion that used to be the palace. She doesn't seem to be close to anyone other than Layla, but there's at least one familiar face: a white-haired old man named Katorneus, who is nearly seventy years of age and who has known Tahamenay for almost thirty years. He has managed the place since before Badakhshan was annexed by Pars, so perhaps they met there?

Tahamenay, who is ~41 at this point (Book 12), would have been roughly 10 years old when he first met her. I don't know any further backstory details for her childhood but presumably she must have been from a family with high status.

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Describe Gieve in five words or less!

……but of course he would show up in my first ask. Very well

Though his presence as an ally with Lord Arslan isn’t unwanted, the rest of him is most unappreciated.

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