Editing NR 40

=Niccol&ograve; Rising Chapter 40=
===Plot Summary===
<spoiler>Nicholas learns from Adorne that James II of Scotland was killed by the cannon sent from Damme. The explosion also killed Alan of Kilmirren, so Simon has inherited. Marian confronts him about his plotting and tells him that Jordan de Riberac has been caught betraying the King of France with his son: he has lost everything. Tobie, Gregorio and Julius have placed their doubts before Marian and she has supported Nicholas. Simon is in Bruges for the Mass for James II, along with his very pregnant wife Katelina. The reception afterwards is attended by all the great and good of Scotland and Bruges. Simon baits Nicholas, who does not fight back. Katelina - and we - discover that Simon was married to Nicholas's mother and may be his father. He wonders if Nicholas is trying to kill all his family members.</spoiler>

===Dates===
October, 1460. Some time after the events of NR 39.

===Fictional Characters===
(including references to characters not present)
* [[Claes vander Poele|Nicholas]]
* [[Marian de Charetty]]
* [[Julius]]
* [[Tobias Benventini of Grado]] 
* [[Gregorio]]
* [[Loppe]]
* [[Simon de St Pol]]
* [[Katelina van Borselen|his wife]]
* [[Wife of Guildolf de Gruuthuse|his wife]]
* [[Griete Mettenye|his wife]]
* [[Marian de Charetty|the demoiselle]] (referenced)
* [[Cornelis de Charetty]] (referenced)
* [[Jaak de Fleury]] (referenced)
* [[Felix de Charetty]] (referenced)
* [[Tilde de Charetty]] (referenced)
* [[Catherine de Charetty]] (referenced)
* [[Alan of Kilmirren]] (referenced)
* [[Jordan, vicomte de Riberac]] (referenced)
* [[Lionetto]] (referenced)
* [[Gelis van Borselen|the van Borselen girls]] (referenced)
* [[Gelis van Borselen]] (referenced)
* [[Muriella Reid]] (referenced)
* [[Mabelie]] (referenced)
* [[Guildolf de Gruuthuse]] (referenced)
* [[Tilde and Catherine de Charetty|your step-daughters]] (referenced)
* [[Esota de Fleury]] (referenced)
* [[Thibault de Fleury]] (referenced)
* [[Adelina de Fleury|his daughter]] (referenced)
* [[Lucia of Kilmirren]] (referenced)
* [[Sophie de Fleury|his mother]] (referenced)
* [[Sophie de Fleury|my wife]] (referenced)
===Non-Fictional Characters===
(including references to characters not present)
* [[Anselm Adorne]]
* [[Princess Mary of Scotland]]
* [[Henry van Borselen]]
* [[Jeanne de Halewyn]]
* [[Wolfaert van Borselen]]
* [[James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews]]
* [[Alexander, Duke of Albany]]
* [[Charles van Borselen]]
* [[Louis de Bruges, Seigneur de Gruuthuse]]
* [[Jehan Mettenye]]
* [[John of Kinloch]]
* [[Richard Wylie, Archdeacon of Brechin]]
* [[Michiel Losschaert|Mick Losschaert]]
* [[Edward Bonkle|the Bonkles]]
* [[John Bonkle|the Bonkles]]
* [[Alexander Bonkle|the Bonkles]]
* [[Daniel Sersanders]]
* [[Daniel Sersanders's wife|his married sister]]
* [[Anselm Sersanders]]
* [[Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston]]
* [[Stephen Angus]]
* [[Forrester of Corstorphine]]
* [[Sir William Monypenny]]
* [[Patrick Flockhart]]
* [[Senor João Vasquez|the Duchess's Secretary, his brother-in-law]]
* [[Margriet van der Banck|Margriet Adorne]] (referenced)
* [[Prosper Schiaffino de Camulio de Medici]] (referenced)
* [[Tomà Adorno]] (referenced)
* [[Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan]] (referenced)
* [[Louis, Daupin of France]] (referenced)
* [[James II of Scotland|the late James]] (referenced)
* [[Nicholai Giorgio de' Acciajuoli| Monsignore de' Acciajuoli]] (referenced)
* [[Gaston du Lyon]] (referenced)
* [[Francesco Coppini, Bishop of Terni]] (referenced)
* [[Ferrante of Naples]] (referenced)
* [[Giovanni Arnolfini]] (referenced)
* [[William, Governor of the English merchants in Bruges|the English Governor]] (referenced)
* [[Charles VII of France]] (referenced)
* [[Alexander, Duke of Albany|the small Scottish prince]] (referenced)
* [[Henry van Borselen|the lord of Veere]] (referenced)
* [[John Reid]] (referenced)
* [[Isabelle, Duchess of Brittany|the Duchess]] (referenced)
* [[Philip, Duke of Burgundy]] (referenced)
* [[Mary of Guelders]] (referenced)
* [[James II of Scotland|the late Scots King]] (referenced)
* [[Marguerite van Borselen|his wife, Wolfaert's sister]] (referenced)
* [[James III of Scotland|the new child king]] (referenced)
* [[Mary of Guelders|a Flemish Queen Dowager]] (referenced)
* [[Isabelle, Duchess of Burgundy|the Duchess]] (referenced)
* [[Piero Zorzi]] (referenced)
* [[Lorenzo Strozzi|poor Lorenzo]] (referenced)
===Locations===
(including references to other locations)
* [[Spangnaerts Street, Bruges]]
* [[Hôtel Jerusalem]]
* [[Marian's room]]
* [[Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Bruges]]
* [[the Gruuthuse Palace, Bruges]]
* [[the house of Veere, Bruges]]
* [[Venice]] (referenced)
* [[Genappe]] (referenced)
* [[Milan]] (referenced)
* [[Genoa]] (referenced)
* [[Roxburgh]] (referenced)
* [[Damme]] (referenced)
* [[Sluys]] (referenced)
* [[Loches]] (referenced)
* [[Silver Straete, Bruges]] (referenced)
* [[Brittany]] (referenced)
* [[Bruges]] (referenced)
* [[Veere]] (referenced)
* [[Brabant]] (referenced)
===Literature===
* (none)
===Other References===
* [[alum]]
* [[cannon – Meg and Martha]]
* [[Wars of the Roses]]
* [[the Lancastrians]]
* [[the White Bear Society]]
* [[hennin]]
* [[ostrich]]
* [[Book of Hours]]
===Quotes from Dunnett===
* [[He was cold with fear. He had been, for weeks]]
* [[But I told them, too, that you would have to be watched day and night because you had gifts more dangerous than Meg, or Martha, or any weapon of war yet invented. And you didn't know yet how to control them ... I also told them who you are]]
===Controversies===
* [[Can Nicholas be trusted?]]
===Previous/Next===
[[NR 39]] / [[NR 41]]

===References===
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