Daughter of the Blood
What is the setting of the novel, Daughter of the Blood?
Daughter of the Blood
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Daughter of the Blood
The story is set in a fantasy world made up of three Realms. The first Realm is Terreille, where most of the characters live and where Jaenelle's home is located. Terreille is split into Territories ruled by Queens. Jaenelle lives in the Territory of Chaillot, in the capital city Beldon Mor. She lives in a large manor house with extensive grounds and gardens, which belongs to her grandmother, Lady Alexandra Angelline, the Queen of Chaillot. This is where Daemon is sent halfway through the story, and where he meets Jaenelle and begins to serve her. The manor house is externally very pretty, but it hides secrets, abuse, neglect, and misery. The gardens reflect this idea, as they are beautiful and perfectly maintained, but they hide a secret alcove in which Witchblood grows, marking the deaths of Jaenelle's young friends. Briarwood is another example of a place that looks benign and pretty, but hides horrifying violence and abuse. It is the 'hospital' for disturbed young children that Jaenelle is sent to, in which older men secretly rape and torture the young girls. Everything in Chaillot is not quite what it seems. The civilized exterior hides a dark, corrupt underbelly.
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