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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.