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Yeah, Laurent likely wouldn't know Melisande purely by her merits alone, but most likely through Jezebel (and potentially, Eirwen) instead, being basically the village elder's first child.

Regarding the Court Mage mentioning Melisande's talents to the Duke, I'll let [@LunarParadox] decide, as I'd imagine the Society of Young Magic has many other talented proteges as well for obvious reasons. Whether Mel counts as noteworthy even amongst the exceptional is up for Lunar to decide as the author of both Eirwen and the Society.

As for Jezebel pulling favors from Laurent, I like that idea, perhaps you can even assume that the Duke is aware that the Matriarch is pretty miffed by the Wizard Queen giving exclusive privileges to the Royal Gardeners to manage the Glasic Fields even though the coven exists. Perhaps he also knows that the Tearmoon matriarch ultimately answers to no one but herself, but if they can come to a mutual cooperation, having good rapport with an enclave full of naturally talented mages would do well for his master plan. And supporting who's basically their 'princess' seems like the obvious way to start.

The politics stuff all sounds good to me, yeah, it'd make sense for them to have various deals and agreements over the centuries of being neighbors.

If there's anything I'd like to add, the not-so-pleasant side of the coin is that amongst their detractors, the coven is known as a bunch of husband (and sometimes, wife) snatchers who willingly shelter adulterers in their enclave. Due to this, the race has a controversial reputation as beautiful, eternally youthful nymphettes who're naturally talented with all things magical, but on the other, they're decried as depraved temptresses who corrupt honest men and women with their “wicked charms”.

Additionally, since the glade was indirectly mentioned in [@Click This]' part, it's a good opportunity to mention that other feys (nymphs, pixies, dryads, sylphs, etc.) generally respect the lilim, and vice versa, due to their shared ancestry. So if someone wants to deal with anything fey-related, you really can't go wrong with a lilim guide / companion. Much less likely to be pranked and all.

Related, changelings are fey too, but I'll let [@Donut Look Now] decide how they stand with their sibling races since her PC is one and I think it'll be prudent to refer to her opinion for this.