Perhaps, but precisely how would Jeanne marrying Garm benefit the Noble at all? If it were only a minor house, there wouldn't be much profit, if at all. XD
And him acting like a street Urchin really annoyed Jeanne, if I recall correctly.
Actually it would have been pretty beneficial for everyone involved if a lesser noble like Garm ended up as Jeanne's husband. Recall that as an adopted daughter, Jeanne's children would not actually have any blood-rights to Gryphon land and title. To acquire such rights, all Jeanne would have to do is ask, but if a noble married her for power and claim (true colors showing only after the ceremony) they'd either need to win over her parents or successfully kill both her brothers to get it. A most daunting task in either case. This basically meant that Jeanne was free to marry for love and needn't concern herself with the trials of a political relationship, but also that if she married into another noble family it could expand the actually rather narrow line of Gryphons without leaving it susceptible to power-plays by the other House. Marrying into a lesser noble line like Garm's would end up beneficial for both families by both expanding the Gryphon family, putting noble blood (still important to many) into Jeanne's children by way of their father, and adding a great deal of legitimacy to the fledgling House Bernard (Garm's father being the start of it) by binding it to House Gryphon.
I freaking loved the depth that went into the backstory and politics of that world.
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