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Lady Mirdath the Beautiful

The beautiful lady of Kent whose laughter first answered the narrator's at dusk, and whose death haunts his spirit across ages.

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Also known as Mirdath, the Lady Mirdath, Mirdath the Beautiful

First appearance: I: Mirdath the Beautiful

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The narrator's lost love from a previous life, whose memory drives his quest.

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Lady Mirdath the Beautiful is the neighbor and cousin the narrator meets by chance on a country road at sunset, when her voice answers his half-believing laugh with 'And thou also!' Their love grows into a union he later describes as the especial glory of Love, a fire burning all Littleness. When she dies, he is left alone with only the memory of her grace, and that loss becomes the wound driving his later quest.

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The Night Land
The narrator's lost love from a previous life, whose memory drives his quest.
I: Mirdath the Beautiful
The beautiful lady known throughout Kent; she meets the narrator, saves him from a mad hound, marries him, and dies after childbirth.
II: The Last Redoubt
Mentioned as the Narrator's lost love whose death left him in anguish, and with whom he hopes to reunite in future lives.
The Quiet Calling
The narrator's lost love from a past age, whose memory and love-name are invoked by Naani's call.
X: The Maid of the Olden Days
Her voice is heard in Naani's call, merging with Naani's identity in the narrator's perception.
The Homeward Way
Recalled in a moment of shared memory when Naani and the narrator repeat a childhood gesture.

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