It was after Eric left Amber, and left Lise alone, that she started to make her way around the nearby shadows. Her only means of transportation at that point was her 42 foot sailboat, the Aquitaine. She found herself in Begma, and there earned lands and title, with the charge to restore them to their former glory. It was during this time that she met her cousin, Cade. Rumor has it they were more than friends.

February 1999 : Lisle moves to Stillwater, then acquires the lands called Kethiuy. She meets Mason, who is prince regent, and his children.

February 2001 : Dalt returned to rule in Begma, deposing Coral. Lisle went to see him with an honor guard, and offered her help. Dalt increased her lands and gave her the title of Baroness Kethiuy. She served Dalt as a lady of Begma, and also as a liason between Begma and Amber, a strange situation approved by him and Desdinova.

August 2001: Lisle meets Mason's son, Dalton, again and finds he's nearly eighteen. She encourages him to go to Amber.

November 2001: Dalt kills Lisle's cousin, Caivar. Lisle looses interest in helping Dalt. Around this time Lisle's Aunt Jasra takes over as Regent in Begma. Lisle offers her support, sending a letter and offering aid.

Barony of Kethiuy:

Weeping Willow trees frame a dirt and terra-cotta colored flag stone drive that winds its way a good mile through steeply rolling hills. The place used to be well-tended, formal-gardened, but time and lack of attention has given it a wilder grace, natural flowers springing up in tall unmowed grasses, a million shades of green. A forest is to the south, while a taller hill appears to the north.

A stone bridge leads the drive toward the Manor house itself that sits on a gentle rise overlooking a deep blue pond that opens into a trout stream.

A wide circular disk of polished stone is filled with water, the source being a well-spring about a half a mile from the manor house. Stone benches sit around it, the tiny purple, white, and yellow wild flowers fighting for purchase against the fountains crumbling stone foundation. Half a dozen tall, very old Chestnut trees provide shade in the summer, and chestnuts in the winter.