Aldorian characters
Everyone on the Aldorian side of the mountains, at the start of Campaign Three (autumn 909 AP). For Tristen, see his own page.
The Crown
| Name |
Who |
| Queen Lyra |
Queen of Aldoria in her own right, and the last of House Aldor. |
| King Aldor IV |
The last king of Aldoria. |
| Queen Isolde |
Queen consort to King Aldor IV and mother of Queen Lyra. |
| King Aldor I |
The founder of House Aldor and first king of Aldoria. |
| Lord Marshal Vaelen |
Grey, scarred and scrupulously loyal. Killed holding the way when Solis fell. |
The inner circle
| Name |
Who |
| Vesper |
Spymaster of the Crown, wearer of the Ring of Ghost-Zero, and the person who pulled Tristen out of the river. |
| Crow |
A mute Kaelen master locksmith, and Tristen's silent right hand. Would die for him. |
Oren, Vane's former Ledger-man, served the Crown until he died at Hollowpass.
The Church
| Name |
Who |
| Father Hollis |
A gentle, honest old priest who turned from Archon Solaris's informer into the reluctant leader of the reformed Order of the Sun. |
| Archon Solaris |
Head of the Order of the Sun, poisoner of his King, and one of the three men who burned Ghost-9. |
| Brother Cobb |
The Church provisioner who starved Hollowpass to feed a hidden Kaelen army. |
| Sir Aldric Pell |
Archon Solaris's chamberlain, who broke and testified. |
The Marches
| Name |
Who |
| Captain Dorne |
The old commander of Hollowpass. Crippled in the first assault, now drinking in occupied Thornford. |
| Bram Ironfoot |
A loud, warm, red-bearded dwarf caravan-master from Stonedeep, and the first man who ever hired "Trevor". |
| Tobb |
Bram's young nephew, the caravan's horseman, good with an axle. |
| Pip |
Tobb's wife. |
| Nella |
A sharp widow who keeps the Ford & Firkin inn at Thornford, the best gossip hub in the Marches. |
| Dun |
Brother Cobb's former clerk, who wrote every line of Greyrock's real ledger and traded it for his life. |
| Sir Cassian Corvane |
The disgraced heir of House Corvane. |
| Captain Vance |
Commander of the Oakhaven militia, and Oakhaven's magistrate too. |
| Harbourmaster Finch |
The corrupt harbourmaster of Blackwater, who serves whoever holds power. |
The great houses and the court
| Name |
Who |
| Margery, Duchess of Thessaly |
The iron Duchess of the northern plains, loyal to the crown by arithmetic, not sentiment. |
| Lord Gareth Ardent |
Head of House Ardent. |
| Captain Dunmore |
An officer of House Ardent. |
| Edric Morrow |
Head of House Morrow, grandson of the murdered Trade Prince, and the most despised collaborator in Aldoria. |
| Master Aldous Ash |
House Morrow's factor, who runs the daily river trade under imperial licence. |
| Lord Ambrose Corvane |
Head of the banking house of Corvane, who follows the money. |
| Lucan Morrow, the Trade Prince |
Head of House Morrow and Aldoria's Trade Prince. |
| Lord Chancellor Bertram Hale |
An old courtier who keeps the seal and the law, and follows the strongest wind. |
| Lord Treasurer Simon Clery |
The realm's Treasurer, and an ally of House Corvane. |
| Lord Marshal Geoffrey Stane |
The elderly veteran who held the Lord Marshal's seat before Vaelen. |
| Master Sallow |
The river Warden-General, exposed as a Kaelen paymaster's man and found dead in a locked palace room. |
Others
| Name |
Who |
| Sella |
A Coldfell shepherd girl, archer guard of Bram's caravan, and Alyssa's best friend. Gone south. |
| Pellam Reed |
A warden-captain at Rivebridge, appointed by House Morrow. |
| Steward Venn |
The steward behind the false toll at Kestrel Gap. |
| Valerius |
A collared inquisitor: "the last man who knew the name". |
| Elian |
A figure from Campaign One's Cragmaw Hollow chapter. |
| Dario Castellane |
A mercenary. |
| Hesketh |
A guard. |