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Éowyn (/ ˈ eɪ oʊ w ɪ n /) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.She is a noblewoman of Rohan who describes herself as a shieldmaiden.. With the hobbit Merry Brandybuck, she rides into battle and kills the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Demonsbane (2000, ISBN 0743418999) is an e-novella written by Robert B. Marks.It appears in print in the Diablo Archive (2008, ISBN 9781416576990).. In the book, Siggard, the only survivor of the battle of Blackmarch, unable to remember the battle's final hours—is driven to avenge those slain by the army of darkness.
Our Lady of Darkness (1977) is an urban fantasy novel by American author Fritz Leiber. The novel is distinguished for three elements: the heavily autobiographical elements in the story, the use of Jungian psychology that informs the narrative, and its detailed description of "megapolisomancy", a fictional occult science.
The Black Raven — A noblewoman of the false king's clan with dweomer talent has cursed Prince Maryn. Her daughter rebels and becomes Nevyn's apprentice. In the present, the daughter has been reincarnated as Jahdo's older sister, while the noblewoman herself is reincarnated as the dweomer-talented priestess of the false goddess.
A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility. Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time. Ennoblement of women has traditionally been a rare occurrence; the majority of noblewomen were linked to the nobility by either their father or their husband. However, women of the nobility assumed political functions, participated ...
Staircase in the Brinvilliers home. The Marquise was born in 1630 to the relatively wealthy and influential household of d'Aubray. [1] Her father, Antoine Dreux d'Aubray (1600–1666), held multiple important governmental and high-ranking positions such as the Seigneur of Offémont and Villiers, councillor of State, Master of Requests, the Civil Lieutenant and prévôt of the city of Paris ...
The husband of the noblewoman and a doctor step out of the calèche, but the noblewoman refuses to leave her carriage. As the husband and the doctor discuss privately the noblewoman's unfavorable outlook, the posting-master's daughter, Masha, and her friend, Aksusha, run out to look at the Lady Shirkinskaya, vocally noting her sickly appearance.
Maud de Braose, Lady of Bramber (c. 1155 – 1210) was an English noble, the spouse of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful marcher baron and court favourite of King John of England.