Barquiel L'Envers
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In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Duc Barquiel L'Envers is an important nobleman, the full brother of the dead Isabel L'Envers. Barquiel is pale-skinned, with white-blond hair that he keeps cropped quite short, and violet eyes. He has become fond of the Akkadian style of dress.
An adept politician, Barquiel spends a great deal of time in the Khalifate, and weds his daughter to the Khalif's son. He sends Rogier Clavel to the City of Elua to ask King Ganelon to allow him to return to Terre d'Ange after this.
Barquiel remains loyal to his niece Ysandre during the Skaldic invasion crisis. When the Skaldic troops begin flooding in from Camlach, Barquiel leads two hundred Akkadian-taught horsemen against them. He is present at the Battle of Troyes-le-Mont, and is in fact the one to bring Phèdre nó Delaunay and Joscelin Verreuil behind the safety of the walls.
