"Kushiel's Scion", by Jacqueline Carey Quiz

Answer: to be good

The first sentence of Chapter One is "What does it mean to be good?" and the last sentence is "I will try to be good." We learn that Imriel hates his mother, Melisande, and is embarrassed about being the son of a traitor. Unlike his mother, he is not interested in having power or ruling a kingdom.

Imriel loves Joscelin: he learns to fight Cassilene-style from him and spends two Longest Night vigils with Joscelin at the temple of Elua, but there is no indication that he has any interest in being a Cassilene monk.

Answer: All of these

Lombelon is one of the holdings given to Imriel by Queen Ysandre. While on a visit there, he meets Maslin, an intense youth working in the apple orchard.

He notices Maslin's silver hair and correctly identifies him as Isidore d'Aiglemort's son. Maslin says that d'Aiglemort would have recognized him as his heir had he lived, and he would have inherited the property.

As the son of a traitor himself, Imriel feels a bond with Maslin and wishes they could be friends. Maslin, however, feels nothing but resentment for Imriel.

Imriel tells Phedre that he wants to give Lombelon to Maslin because he doesn't really want it and Maslin does. Phedre warns him that Maslin may not be grateful, but Imriel wants to do it anyway because it's the right thing to do.

Answer: Dorelei

Mavros, Roshana and Baptiste Shahrizai are Imriel's kin on his mother's side. They spend a summer with him at Montreve so that he can get to know his Shahrizai family.

Dorelei is an Alban princess and relative of Drustan, the Cruarch of Alba. Drustan and Ysandre have her brought to Terre D'Ange in hopes that Imriel and she will agree to get married. But Imriel has no romantic interest in Dorelei and has no ambition to be ruler of Alba or Terre D'Ange. By the end of the book, though, he does agree to marry her.

Answer: Imriel is in love with her.

Imriel and Alais do care for each other, but like brother and sister. (Imriel does feel some sort of attraction to her older sister, Sidonie, though.)

The other three things are true.

Answer: Quintilius Rousse

Eamonn is an Eiran prince, and Imriel's best friend. His mother is Grainne mac Conor of the Dalriada and his father is Quintilius Rousse, Royal Admiral of the D'Angeline navy. Eamonn is named after his uncle Eamonn, Grainne's twin brother, who was killed at the battle of Troye-le-Mont.

Drustan is the Cruarch (King) of Alba: he is no blood relation to Eamonn.

Answer: Nicola L'Envers y Aragon, Phedre's friend

Nicola is a good friend - and former patron - of Phedre's. She is married to an Aragonian noble, and Aragon is known for its fine horses. She gives Imriel a beautiful, spirited horse as a gift. Although Imriel loves the horse, he feels dislike and resentment towards Nicola due to the nature of her relationship with Phedre.

Answer: Balm

Phedre sends Imriel to Balm House, because she understands that he is still suffering from emotional trauma due to the abuse he suffered in Darsanga as a child. Balm is a House that specializes in healing. There, he spends the night with an adept named Emmeline, who helps him overcome some of his fears.

At a later time, Imriel does visit Valerian House with his Shahrizai relatives, but it is a little too much for him to handle.

Answer: From injuries sustained during the siege of Lucca.

Gilot is seriously injured during the student riots in Tiberium. He recovers, but his sword hand is permanently damaged, and he has pain when breathing.

Gilot accompanies Imriel to Lucius Tadius's wedding in Lucca and performs a heroic deed there: he un-jams the mechanism of the drawbridge during the attack so that the city can be sealed and protected. He is gravely wounded during the siege, and the bone chip from his previous injury during the riots becomes dislodged and pierces his lungs. He dies later that night.

Answer: Great Grandfather

Gallus Tadius was the great grandfather of Imriel's school friend, Lucius Tadius. When the city of Lucca is attacked, the bell tower is damaged and ghosts and spirits are released from the "mundus manes". Gallus comes back from the dead and takes possession of Lucius's body in order to lead the troops and defend Lucca from the invaders.

Answer: Melisande Shahrizai

When first we meet Canis, he is a beggar who lives in a barrel outside Imriel's lodging in Tiberium's student quarter. He gives Imriel a medallion that Claudia Fulvia identifies as the emblem of the Cynics.

Imriel suspects that Canis saved his life during the student riots, and he asks Claudia if Canis works for the Unseen Guild. She says she doesn't know.

Later, Canis turns up during the siege of Lucca, posing as a deaf-mute. Canis is fatally wounded in battle, and his dying words to Imriel are, "Your mother sends her love". He again confronts Claudia, but she denies any knowledge of him, so he concludes that Canis was hired by his mother to protect him. Claudia theorizes that Melisande has friends in high places and possibly even in the Unseen Guild.