What Ever Happened to Cadsuane Melaidhrin?

A reader asked what has been happening in the life of Cairhienin socialite, Cadsuane Melaidhrin, in the nearly a year hiatus of our news reports. As it turns out Melaidhrin recently sent off her second daughter, Tamsin, to the university. There are also reports that she has allegedly left Tamsin with the Melaidhrin manor and all the estate’s funds, sans a paltry sum for her first born, Caitlin.

After much digging and prodding the Cairhienin Police Department and District Attorney have both acknowledge that no charges or arrests are expected in the mysterious drowning death of Tamsin’s father, Leo, or in the burning death of the Count. Leo, as you may recall, was Melaidhrin’s gardener turned lover who meet with an unfortunate end in Melaidhrin’s own pool.  The Count died after being in the sun for an extended period, something that neighbors found strange being that most vampires avoid daylight. No one can explain why he was living with Melaidhrin in the first place.  Melaidhrin herself has been silent about the incidents.

Today Melaidhrin is single and living alone and seems to be holding the fort until her youngest daughter returns from college.

How to Succeed at Failing

Yesterday there was tears of happiness at Université de Cairhien, as well as the old fashioned ones. Caitlin Melaidhrin – daughter of Rand al’Thor and Cadsuane Melaidhrin – graduated with a 3.9 GPA. She promptly moved back to Cairhien with fiancé Owyn Damodred.

Elayne al’Meara, however, was expelled from the university. Sources claim this was due in part to the hardships of her upbringing, specifically, her lack of knowledge about her birth-mother. Clay al’Meara wasn’t very forthcoming about where his daughter’s mother was, except to say “in space”.

Elayne isn’t all sorrow though. She did marry her longtime sweetheart Kevin al’Thor. al’Thor himself dropped out of college, and was very understanding to his wife’s situation. The two are now proud parents of a baby girl named Tigraine.