Bazhevada

The Bazhevada are a major noble house of the Ethuveraz. Their head is Count Bazhevel, first name not given.

His timid daughter Stano Bazhevin was engaged to Ciris Drazhar, Varenechibel IV’s third son, who was killed in the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo along with his father, brother, and half-brother. This initially leaves her in an  ambiguous position, as explained by Csevet Aisava: “She had signed the marriage contract with the Archduke Ciris, so she was no longer considered a daughter of the Bazhevada, but the marriage had been neither sworn nor consummated; she had never become Ciris’s wife, so she was not now his widow.” That said, she is still considered Drazhadeise. Maia takes pity on her and allows her to take the place that Princess Sheveän Drazharan, widow of Prince Nemolis Drazhar, offered her in her household.

Bazhevel, meanwhile, schemes unsubtly to arrange a marriage between his nephew Dalera and the Archduchess Vedero Drazhin. Maia rejects this, as Vedero does not wish to marry. He is pressured by Ulevis Chavar, who tells him, “An alliance with the Bazhevada was one of Varenechibel’s dearest wishes.” Meanwhile, Eshevis Tethimar furiously confronts Maia over his belief that Maia favors the Bazhevada over the Tethimada for Vedero’s hand.

When it is revealed that Stano Bazhevin was aaware of the Princess’s plot to overthrow Maia yet did not speak up about it, Maia, angry that she had rewarded his kindness to her with betrayal, relegates her to Bakhoree with the Princess.