Garden at the Roof of the World

	arden at the Roof of the World
Home The History The Locations The Mythology The Spirituality The Characters	In Order of Appearance: The Women Gwenaella Adelie Élise Garcenda Galiana Kavundi The Men Wigandus David al Rashid Jigme	Gwenaella starts the story as a student in a convent in the city of Vannes in Bretonny. She is not cut out for the cloth. Her father intends that she should become well educated so that she might marry a wealthy merchant, and she is a good student. She's become well versed in Latin, French and Greek, and knows how to balance her sums. Like many of the young women studying in the convent, she frequently climbs down an old vine which has grown along the walls to enter the city and enjoy the music, food and dance to be found in the festivals and daily life of Vannes. It is at one of the city's many festivals that Gwenaella meets a young poet from Paris, Guillaume. He is handsome and witty, she is beautiful and wise and they fall in love in the spring of the year. Guillaume composes a poem for her which he gives her when he declares his love for her.