Kinneret Felice duMonde Phillippe

Before Myrken Wood Born to Severin Auguste Phillippe and Donatienne Felice duMonde Phillippe, Kinneret was afforded every luxury as the only child of wealthy parents. No amount of money, however, can purchase a happy childhood. When Severin Phillippe disappeared one winter's eve, assumed the unfortunate victim of brigands, the matriarch of the Phillippe family, his aunt, moved in to Whitewick Manor to console the young wife he'd left behind and help her with the three-year-old daughter she was now meant to raise alone. But Helene Phillippe was not the only family member at Donatienne's disposal. A cousin, with whom Donatienne had remained close over the years, became more of a presence in the household, much to the dismay of Kinneret's great aunt Helene. She disapproved of the time the two spent together, despite the fact that Varian duMonde was a calming influence upon an overwrought widow, and the older woman's remonstration was anything but silent. Rumours in the maison-forte were in no short supply with regard to the relationship that the kinsmen shared. Was it friendship alone which kept the two behind closed doors of an evening? Or accompanied them on long walks about the estate? The household staff assumed the two were having an affair in the months following Severin's death, their suspicions likely fueled by the aging Helene, who had come to manage the affairs of the manor in the wake of Donatienne's initial inability to attend to such matters and her eventual disinterest in the undertaking of the responsibility. A disinterest that soon turned to depression with news of Varian's intent to take his leave of Whitewick.

Within six months, having succumbed to despondency, Donatienne Felice duMonde Phillippe was found in her bathing tub, her wrists slit by the calculating application of scissors from a sewing box. At the very young age of four, Kinneret duMonde Phillippe had lost both of her parents. How fortunate for the young woman that Helene was willing and able to assume the role of guardian and trustee of all that the child was to inherit. Family Ties (Under construction--please be patient!) The Gilded Lily Manager, The Gilded Lily, a position likely granted her due to nepotism--she is the proprietor's cousin, after all.