Items that play a significant role in the story

It's not just people and places that make up a story.  Certain objects also have huge importance.


In The Outcasts, the hero, Joachim de Montailhac, is an energetic young man, in charge of running his father's estate. Always busy with an outdoor life, his choice of ornaments is simple. However, he treasures this jade stickpin, given to him by his oldest brother, Henri. At one point in the story, this item takes on a huge importance.




His father, the Marquis de Fontanes, is heavily involved in local a...