Malène Jaquemond

Lady Malène, born 1:1044, was the second child to the prominent Jaquemond family. Despite being only 19 years old at the time of her marriage with king Lambert, she proved to be a skilled queen. She was very intelligent, a skilled diplomat and a very good strategist. Malène, despite being promised to the king from birth, grew to love her husband very much, and he grew to rely on her intelligence and wisdom.

It was due to Malène's strategies that king Lambert and his army managed to conquer Caradh after having besieged the capital of Ald Ruhn for two months. During this time it was Malène that ruled Valonde. But beneath her firm ruling hand, she was also a loving mother to her son, Etienne. In 2:01 she found her husband dead in their bedroom, and as their son was crowned king, she began her Year of Mourning.

When her son later was assassinated in 2:12, and during the following war, Malène barricaded herself in the castle, hoping to avoid the hostilities. But when Anastasie, leader of the Covenant, appeared in her bedroom with a contract and said that she had a choice; either she abdicated in favor for Anastasie, or she was killed right there and then, Malène chose to leave the throne. She went back home to Antilliers and remained there for the rest of her life.