Pontia Jeggare
Countess
- For other meanings of "Pontia", please see Pontia (disambiguation).
Countess Pontia Jeggare was a noblewoman and scion of House Jeggare.45 She died in the early 47th century AR.632
Background
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Pontia was the daughter of Patroclus Jeggare, a widely respected member of House Jeggare.7 According to Varian, her conceiving and bearing Varian as a bastard aiuvarin son—at the age of 19 after a dalliance between her and the elf Variel Morgethai in Greengold, Kyonin8—had "broken (Patroclus') heart", and her declaration that she would not marry or bear more children further damaged her relationship with her father.7
Pontia had in fact fallen in love with Variel, and according to Variel she had asked him to travel with her from Kyonin to Cheliax, which he refused to do out of a desire to avoid becoming Forlorn and to continue his pursuit of the elven concept of the Brightness.9 Pontia had also kept Varian's existence a secret from Variel.10
Nonetheless, Patroclus educated Varian in House Jeggare's relations and holdings over three years, then legally and permanently declared Varian to be his legitimate heir, defying other branches of House Jeggare.7 Variel gifted the Red Carriage to Pontia, unknowingly on Varian's 16th birthday.1112 Pontia in turn gifted the carraige to Varian, suggesting to him that it was his father's "legacy" to him.10 She died approximately a decade later.13
References
- ↑ No source contains birth or death dates for Pontia Jeggare. However, per Queen of Thorns 88, Pontia was 19 years old when Varian was conceived. Per Queen of Thorns 91–92 and 384, he was 16 years old upon her gifting him the Red Carriage, and per several references in Queen of Thorns, particularly 252 and 274, she died about 10 years after that event.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 As "eighty years ago", with a publication date of 4709 AR. . The Devil-Wrought Disappearance, 17. Paizo Inc., 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 As "seventy years ago", with a publication date equivalent to 4712 AR. . Queen of Thorns, 255. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . “Pathfinder's Journal: Hell's Pawns 5 of 6” in Mother of Flies, 70. Paizo Inc., 2010
- ↑ . The Devil-Wrought Disappearance, 17. Paizo Inc., 2021
- ↑ . “Pathfinder's Journal: Hell's Pawns 1 of 6” in The Bastards of Erebus, 72. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 . Queen of Thorns, 90–91. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . Queen of Thorns, 88–89. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . Queen of Thorns, 255–256. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 . Queen of Thorns, 250. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . Queen of Thorns, 91–92. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . Queen of Thorns, 384. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ In Queen of Thorns 274, Radovan Virholt suggests the gift of the Red Carriage occurred 80 years prior to the novel's events of 4712 AR per its publication date, and in multiple passages Varian states that his mother died 70 years prior.