# Dramatis Personae (Northflame)

# Entities (Northflame)

Characters Introduced in A Coward's End

# Darlhía Morley

-Also known as: the Tarnished Key, [Valeska ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/valeska "Valeska")(to [N](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/n "N"), borrowed name from Darlhía's friend, who had passed away several years prior)  
-Daughter of [Sarhía Morley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sarhia-morley-deceased "Sarhía Morley"), Granddaughter of [Lhash Morley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley")  
-Friend and partner in crime of [Ridley Donahue](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ridley-donahue "Ridley Donahue"); romantic partner of [Khella Airus](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus").

-Thief by trade, specializing in cat burglary and infiltration.

*<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**Personal Timeline:**</span>*

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1165:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darlhía Morley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is born to </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sarhía Morley </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(21)</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1170:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darlhía’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(5) father dies at sea; her mother </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sarhía</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (24) is presumed dead in the same wreck, but in fact kidnapped by Pryors; </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lhash</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (44) adopts her orphaned granddaughter</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1189:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(26) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (24) meet investigating the murder of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> friend </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Valeska</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (24, deceased), have adventures, and begin dating</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1191:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the wake of his falling out with [Dunlat](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran") (33), </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (31) nearly kills himself in his despair, but the act is averted by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (26). He soon becomes her friend and partner in crime.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1194:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Raid on Tarengheth:</span>**

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eramis</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-justiciar-eramis-dhorum "Lord Justiciar Eramis Dhorum")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[ ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-justiciar-eramis-dhorum "Lord Justiciar Eramis Dhorum")(60) orchestrates an attack on [Tarengheth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/tarengheth "Tarengheth") using </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[P’lharin](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/plharin-cras-status-uncertain "P'lharin Cras") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(90, appearing 20s or so) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sarhía </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(50, appearing 30s or so), bringing them in via </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gaelyn’s </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(41) smuggling contacts; [The Tarnished Spade and Shears](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished") are killed.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Ultimately, the attempt is thwarted by</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Lodin Volsyr](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lodin-volsyr "Lodin Volsyr") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(3000+) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darlhía</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (29); however, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is licked, leading to a cascade of misery for her friends and family; the [Host of the Tarnished Key](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished") sacrifices herself so that Darlhía may inherit it, which lets her retain moments of lucidity as [Corrigan](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/corrigan "Corrigan") attempts to undo the damage</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is taken into the care of the [Church](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/page/haghethik-religion "Haghethik Religion"), with visitations from her Grandmother and friends; however, tormented by her lack of <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">physical and metaphysical</span> freedom, she asks </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to break her out. When they do so, with </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assuming her identity as part of the operation, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">escapes from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and throws herself into [the Ghant](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/the-ghant "The Ghant"); as a natural born [witchling](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/witchlings-explained "Witchlings (Explained)"), of sorts, bearing a Tarnish, she is bound to the fate of an enduring spirit, to eventually reform as a revenant.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The cause of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> death is kept secret between </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; the latter returns to [Kerwhick](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/kerwhick "Kerwhick"). </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is unable to face </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lhash</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and breaks contact without explanation.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1195:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> spirit begins to re-solidify, connecting her to other [Norn](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-norn "The Norn") spirited witchlings like</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> [N](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/n "N")</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Lacking some parts of her memory, she introduces herself as Valeska. Eventually, she is able to reach her loved ones as well, though only in states of altered consciousness, including their dreams.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1196:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (31) helps </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">N</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (12) to escape </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grimshaw</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/hyde-grimshaw "Hyde Grimshaw")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (62), early in the year</span>

# Ofhelia Dyre

-Also known as: Mother Melody, [the Tarnished Song](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished").

-Killed [Ezik](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ezik-ahlsund-deceased "Ezik Ahlsand"), traumatized and caused brain damage to [Flitch](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/flitch-ahlsund "Flitch Ahlsund"), nearly killed [Rhaze](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/rhaze "Rhaze") and [Esher](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/esher "Esher").

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">***Personal Timeline:***</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1144:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ofhelia Dyre</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is born a Witchling</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1164:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ofhelia </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(20) inherits the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tarnished Song</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by chance, when the former host is killed during a solar storm and thus unable to revive through the swarm.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1171</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Major Plague Event sweeps through [Dimirha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/dimirha "Dimirha"); [Ehlíath](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/ehliath "Ehlíath") is ravaged by the epidemic</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1172:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-[Mother Melody events](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/history-northflame/page/the-mother-melody-killings "The Mother Melody Killings"), involving </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flitch </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(10), </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rhaze</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (11), </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Esher</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (10), and </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lhash</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (46), who comes to the children's’ aid; </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ofhelia</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (28) is killed, but her combined triple spirit remains and continues to haunt the night on the anniversary of her death; as her Tarnish is not passed on, the host is reduced to nine</span>

# Nheo (Deceased)

-Also known as: Ne; The Dead God

-Friend of [Corrigan](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/corrigan "Corrigan")

# Corrigan

-Also known as: Kor; the Rust

-Core sentience of [the Tarnished](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished")

# Lodin Volsyr

-Pryori dissident, follower of [Corrigan](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/corrigan "Corrigan")

***<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Personal Timeline:</span>***

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1200 BC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-1900:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Lodin Volsyr</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> born</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1150 BC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-1850:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Dominion launches an operation to control its unruly citizens through magic; however, the device does not account for the resonance that occurs between the spirits and minds of its targets, which triggers and uncontrolled catatonia of all life in Kheld, and begins spreading across the planet.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Death of </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nheo</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/nheo-deceased "Nheo (Deceased)")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; the entity ignites itself into an equivalent of a coronal mass ejection; this unexpected even damages the satellite array that acts as a relay for the device, and ends the engine’s effect.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Kor is devastated by the loss of its only friend, and shatters; the pieces that try to follow Nheo intermingle with other spirits over the next few decades, and form the basis of the [Tarnished](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/chapter/ranks-of-the-tarnished "Ranks of the Tarnished") lineages: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coin </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Hope/Bargaining)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Chain </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Yearning/Dwelling)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Shroud</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Fear/Panic)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Mask</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Denial/Abandon)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Ring </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Shock/Numbness)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Key</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Determination/Acceptance)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Mirror </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Loneliness/Isolation)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Adze </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Rage/Retaliation)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Grail</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Confusion/Helplessness)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Shears </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Rest/Surrender)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Spade </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Guilt/Shame)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Song</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Despair/Sorrow)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and finally</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Crown </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Control)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1100 BC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-1800:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Revenge of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Corrigan; </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Tarengheth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/tarengheth "Tarengheth") is built as a haven for the dissidents Witches and Tarnished; </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orë the Tarnished Crown</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ore-the-tarnished-crown "Orë, the Tarnished Crown")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[ ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ore-the-tarnished-crown "Orë, the Tarnished Crown")begins their eternal vigil below the fortress.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">854:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Jharik</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (40) is sent to [Ehlíath](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/ehliath "Ehlíath") as an agent of the Pryors, having agreed to do so to save </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Drhani](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-captain-drhani "Lord Captain Drhani") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(24); he has since been trained to better harness his abilities. There he</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> meets </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lodin</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and learns the truth of Corrigan and the Tarnished, as well as his personal history with the order.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1194:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eramis</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (60) orchestrates an attack on [Tarengheth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/tarengheth "Tarengheth") using </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[P’lharin](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/plharin-cras-status-uncertain "P'lharin Cras") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(90, appearing 20s or so) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Sarhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sarhia-morley-deceased "Sarhía Morley (Deceased)") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(50, appearing 30s or so), bringing them in via </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gaelyn’s </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(41) smuggling contacts; [The Tarnished Spade and Shears](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished") are killed.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Ultimately, the attempt is thwarted by</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Lodin Volsyr](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lodin-volsyr "Lodin Volsyr") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(3000+) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darlhía</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (29); however, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is licked, leading to a cascade of misery for her friends and family; the [Host of the Tarnished Key](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished") sacrifices herself so that Darlhía may inherit it, which lets her retain moments of lucidity as [Corrigan](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/corrigan "Corrigan") attempts to undo the damage</span>

# Vani Taalesin

-[Pryori](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/chapter/pryori-dominion "Pryori Dominion") Witch; created the concept of the [Second Engine](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/the-second-engine "The Second Engine") and later became part of it

***<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Personal Timeline:</span>***

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1200 BC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-1900:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-[Lodin Volsyr](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lodin-volsyr "Lodin Volsyr")</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vani Taalesin</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are born</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(600-700 AD)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-100-0:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The tenuous peace between [Karda](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/kardarnl-empire-karda "Kardarnl Empire (Karda)") and [Lhakhar](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/lhakhik-empire-lhakhar "Lhakhik Empire (Lhakhar)") snaps, leading to a war that lasts roughly a century. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The war is brought to an end when a group of [Lisidionites](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/chapter/lisidionite-ethnic-group "Lisidionite Ethnic Group") and refugees from mixed backgrounds encounter a pryor, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vani Taalesin</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, on [Lisidion](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/lisidion "Lisidion"); Vani proposes a possible, supernatural means of bringing an end to the animosity between nations, and setting a standard for peace that may continue its influence for generations to come.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(700 AD) </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">0:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Country of [Aracon](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/aracon "Aracon")—named for the fictional paradise created in bedtime stories by the group for a child ([Kloë](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/kloe "Kloë")) in their care—is established by survivors of those who summoned the [Norn](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-norn "The Norn"); the forest, still containing the engine created by those who sacrificed themselves (</span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sabelleus of Lisidion</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sabelleus-of-lisidion "Sabelleus of Lisidion")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave himself for the future of children; </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tyrhía Odrhin</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/tyrhia-odrhin "Tyrhía Odrhin")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave herself for history to mark; </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marin Arkshaw</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/marin-arkshaw "Marin Arkshaw")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave themself in defiance of power; and </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vani</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/vani-taalesin "Vani Taalesin")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, their Pryor companion, who believed staunchly in the end of all tyranny)</span>

# The Second Engine

-[Sabelleus of Lisidion](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sabelleus-of-lisidion "Sabelleus of Lisidion")

-[Marin Arkshaw](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/marin-arkshaw "Marin Arkshaw")

-[Tyrhía Odrhin](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/tyrhia-odrhin "Tyrhía Odrhin")

-[Vani Taalesin](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/vani-taalesin "Vani Taalesin")

# Ehlíath Criminal



# Ridley Donahue

-Also known as: Rhed Donnaley (alias)  
-Son of [Eldin](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/eldin-sofra-donahue-deceased "Eldin Sofra Donahue (Deceased)") and [Iyana](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/iyana-donahue-deceased "Iyana Donahue (Deceased)"); younger brother of [Prilha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prilha-donahue "Prilha Donahue"), older brother of [Merser](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/merser-donahue "Merser Donahue"). Adopted father of [N](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/n "N").  
-Friend and partner in crime to [Darlhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/darlhia-morley "Darlhía Morley") and [Jackdaw](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sark-jackdaw-moran "Sark "Jackdaw" Moran"); previous employee and friend of [Dunlat](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran").  
-Generally amicable associate of [Lhash](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley"), [Khel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus"), and others, due to his natural charisma; poor choices and insecurity, however, cause these bridges to be burned from time to time.

***<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Personal Timeline:</span>***

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1160:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley Donahue</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> born</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1171</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Iyana Donahue](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/iyana-donahue-deceased "Iyana Donahue (Deceased)") </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(44) dies of the plague, leaving her family devastated</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1175: </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-War between [Kadar](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/kadar-the-second-kardarnl-empire "Kadar (The Second Kardarnl Empire)") and [Aka’thei](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/akathei-states "Aka'thei States") summons aid from [Dimirha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/dimirha "Dimirha"), [Endhar](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/endhar "Endhar"), and [Lifáraen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/lifaraen "Lifáraen")—</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (15) goes to war</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1176: </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (16) returns from War as a deserter</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1181:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (21) comes to [Ehlíath](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/ehliath "Ehlíath"); he unwittingly saves </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dunlat</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[ ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran")(23) from an attempted assassination, and is offered a place on his crew. Over time, the two become friends.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1182:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (22) becomes more properly acquainted with </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jackdaw</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sark-jackdaw-moran "Sark "Jackdaw" Moran")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (20), becoming friends with him through the necessities of his work despite the knowledge that he is estranged from his brother.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1184:  
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (24) personal friendship with </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dunlat</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (26) leads to his steady promotion through the organization, until he is one of his more trusted advisers. Some romantic feelings start to develop, though Dunlat refuses to act upon them.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1188:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (28) discovers the illegal slave trade being run by the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eisovs </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(30), who work in [the City Watch,](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/page/the-ehliath-city-watch "The Ehlíath City Watch") and exposes the matter with </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel’s</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (25) assistance; however, </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gaelyn Dauth</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelyn Dauth")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (35) covers up the incident and recruits the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">twins</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> through coercion. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, disillusioned by the event, leaves the [Overseers](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/page/the-overseers "The Overseers") and [the Watch](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/page/the-ehliath-city-watch "The Ehlíath City Watch") for private investigation</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> experience reignites his PTSD, and he begins to spiral.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Jackdaw </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(26) offers to help medicate his mental condition, leading to his eventual addiction to [Crasuith Tar](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/drugs-northflame "Drugs").</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1191:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (31) addiction worsens and begins to affect his work. As the mistakes and fallout begin to pile up, causing </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to spiral into self-loathing and further drug abuse, he nearly overdoses, at which point he and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dunlat </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(33) suffer a falling out.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> nearly kills himself in his despair, but the act is averted by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (26). He soon becomes her friend and partner in crime. Dunlat remains unaware that his former friend attempted suicide over their falling out.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1194:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is licked, leading to a cascade of misery for her friends and family; she is taken into the care of the [Church](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/page/haghethik-religion "Haghethik Religion"), with visitations </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from her [Grandmother](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley") and friends; however, tormented by her physical and metaphysical lack of freedom, she asks </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to break her out. When they do so, with </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assuming her identity as part of the operation, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">escapes from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and throws herself into [the Ghant](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/the-ghant "The Ghant"); as a natural born [witchling](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/witchlings-explained "Witchlings (Explained)"), of sorts, bearing a [Tarnish](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-tarnished "The Tarnished"), she is bound to the fate of an enduring spirit, to eventually reform as a revenant.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The cause of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dar’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> death is kept secret between </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; the latter returns to [Kerwhick](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/kerwhick "Kerwhick"). </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is unable to face </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lhash</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and breaks contact without explanation.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dunlat</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> contacts </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to express his condolences for</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dar’s</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passing, and the two begin to reconnect, saving Ridley from utterly deteriorating following the loss of Dar.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1195:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (35) begins working for </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dunlat</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> again. </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1196:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lhash</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (70) and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisl</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (36) set their plans into motion: See [the Conspiracy](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/history-northflame/page/the-conspiracy-to-kill-dunlat-moran-1196 "The Conspiracy to Kill Dunlat Moran (1196)").</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">N</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (12) arrives in the Clag; she meets and saves </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1202:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ridley</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (42) is seemingly killed when </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eramis</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (68) attempts to capture </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">N</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (18); in reality, he is put into secret and protective custody by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sovereign Askha</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (44)</span>

# Esher

-Survivor of the [Mother Melody Incident](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/history-northflame/page/the-mother-melody-killings "The Mother Melody Killings"); currently employed by [Dunlat Moran](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran") as his spymaster. Friend of [Flitch](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/flitch-ahlsund "Flitch Ahlsund") and [Rhaze](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/rhaze "Rhaze").

# Sark "Jackdaw" Moran

-Brother of [Dunlat Moran](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran")

-Drug Dealer, Fence

-Friend of [Ridley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ridley-donahue "Ridley Donahue"); romantic partner of [Khella Airus](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus")

# Flitch Ahlsund

-Older brother of [Ezik](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ezik-ahlsund-deceased "Ezik Ahlsund (Deceased)"); enforcer of [Dunlat Moran](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/dunlat-moran "Dunlat Moran")

-Blade expert

-Survivor of the [Mother Melody Killings ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/history-northflame/page/the-mother-melody-killings "The Mother Melody Killings")(partially—suffered serious brain damage)

# Lhash Morley

-Legendary thief and mentor of thieves

-Mother of [Sarhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sarhia-morley-deceased "Sarhía Morley"), grandmother of [Darlhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/darlhia-morley "Darlhía Morley")

-Employer of [Lisl](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lisl-banr "Lisl Banr")

# Lisl Banr

-Also known as: Lisl Arkshaw

-Younger sister of [Silan](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/silan-arkshaw "Silan Arkshaw"), older sister of [Col](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/col-arkshaw "Col Arkshaw")

-Friend of [Anya Bekker](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/anya-bekker-8ce "Anya Bekker"), currently employed by [Lhash Morley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley")

-Previously employed by (and in an abusive relationship with) [Gaelyn Dauth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelen Dauth")

-Friend of [Darlhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/darlhia-morley "Darlhía Morley") and [Khella](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus")

-Lisl has a pattern of coming to practically worship whoever she ties herself to, following their will and perspective to the point of losing herself along the way. Though Lhash tried to help her overcome this, she ultimately succumbed to the same instinct during the [Conspiracy to Kill Dunlat](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/history-northflame/page/the-conspiracy-to-kill-dunlat-moran-1196 "The Conspiracy to Kill Dunlat Moran (1196)").

# Vhílath Rhenna

-Also known as Maevelyn Dauth

-Younger sister of [Gaelyn Dauth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelen Dauth")

-Employed by [Haedn Callowhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/haedn-callowhen "Haedn Callowhen")

# Mercy Knox

-Also known as Trisetta Larkland

-Daughter of [Marl Larkland](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/marl-larkland "Marl Larkland"); younger sister of [Enford Larkland](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/enford-larkland "Enford Larkland"); granddaughter of [Alma Larkland](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/alma-larkland "Alma Larkland")

-Friend of [Jackdaw](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sark-jackdaw-moran "Sark "Jackdaw" Moran")

# Minor Characters (Northflame)



# Dunlat's Crew

-Rheggit

# Previous Rulers and Princes Palatine



# Previous Crime Lords

**The Noble Line:**

-Sarhía Rheve Lhe'Greylen

-Klhoster Marius vin Lhasker

-Latisha Hargrave Lhe'Aldwhick

-Aizn Morgoss n'Bardl

-Khethlyn Kite vin Dresdon

**The Merchant Line:**

-Ghul Hanley

-Sirhensa Klane

-Ord Rindell

-Imhelda Dorsey

**The Murks Line:**

-Vhanse Davrich

-Nulhen Pine

-Kinley Davrich

-Rhoko

-Hish

**The Athurley Line:**

-Halsh Athurley

-Grint Athurley

-Brhen Athurley I

# Notorious Witchlings

# Law Enforcement (Northflame)



# Khella Airus

-Former Watch Captain, currently private investigator.

-Romantic partner of [Darlhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/darlhia-morley "Darlhía Morley") and [Jackdaw](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sark-jackdaw-moran "Sark "Jackdaw" Moran"), separately

-Friend of [Ridley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ridley-donahue "Ridley Donahue"), [Lisl](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lisl-banr "Lisl Banr"), and [Lhash](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley")

-Previously employed by [Gaelyn Dauth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelen Dauth")

# Gaelyn Dauth

-Undercover Overseer; employs [Atyana](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/atyana-eisov "Atyana Eisov") and [Muri ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/muri-eisov "Muri Eisov")Eisov, previously employed [Khella ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/khella-airus "Khella Airus")and [Lisl](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lisl-banr "Lisl Banr")

# The Witch Hunter



# COMMANDER OF THE EHLÍATH CITY WATCH



# Muri Eisov

-Twin brother of [Atyana Eisov](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/atyana-eisov "Atyana Eisov"), employed/exploited by [Gaelyn Dauth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelyn Dauth")

# Atyana Eisov

-Twin sister of [Muri Eisov](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/muri-eisov "Muri Eisov"), employed/exploited by [Gaelyn Dauth](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/gaelyn-dauth "Gaelyn Dauth")

# Witchlings



# N

-Also known as: Nessra Hirne Gallise; Enthia Donahue

-Daughter of [Fienna](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/fienna-hirne "Fienna Hirne") and [Malnr](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/malnr-gallise "Malnr Gallise"), younger sister of [Alida](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/alida-hirne-gallise "Alida Hirne Gallise") and [Carlim](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/carlim-hirne-gallise "Carlim Hirne Gallise"). Adopted daughter and partner in crime of [Ridley Donahue](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ridley-donahue "Ridley Donahue").

# Lord Justiciar Eramis Dhorum

-Head of the Overseers

# Sarhía Morley (Deceased)

-Daughter of [Lhash Morley](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lhash-morley "Lhash Morley"), mother of [Darlhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/darlhia-morley "Darlhía Morley")

-The only Witchling to have been capable of having a child

# Nikodareus Mharsh

-A genius inventor, especially with regard to electricity based technologies

# Empress Erida Vyke, the Burning Star (Deceased/Historical)

-An influence Empress of Kadar

# Jharik (Deceased/Historical)

-A famous writer, poet, and adventurer. Son of [Zheyda](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/zheyda-the-tarnished-coin-deceased "Zheyda, the Tarnished Coin (Deceased)")

# P'lharin Cras (Status Uncertain)

-A northern reach guide and adventurer

# Hyde Grimshaw

-A doctor and chirurgeon; veteran of the Kardarnl Army.

-[N's](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/n "N") mentor, protector, and abuser

-Friend of [Malnr Gallise](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/malnr-gallise "Malnr Gallise")

# Jhin "The Ashtaker" Arghast (Deceased)

-A Witchling arsonist; when her lover Jamis was killed by the Tarnished in an attempt on her life, though she had done nothing against the city or Corrigan, she sought retribution.

-In 1156, her arson spree caused massive chaos in Ehliath; she even set the Ghant aflame. She was finally captured and killed by [Eramis Dhorum](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-justiciar-eramis-dhorum "Lord Justiciar Eramis Dhorum").

# Silmon "the Braylhich Ripper" Wald (Deceased)

-A serial killer witchling driven mad by the Pryors and sent into Ehlíath to make contact with [Eramis Dhorum](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-justiciar-eramis-dhorum "Lord Justiciar Eramis Dhorum"). Killings occurred in 1160.

# Captain Mharika "Lovely Mhari" Rhaldon (Deceased/Historical)

-Witchling pirate captain of supernatural charisma, leading to a somewhat inflated sense of self, as she was not immune to her own powers.

# Olandr Vyke (Deceased/Historical)

-Twin brother of [Erida,](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/empress-erida-vyke-the-burning-star-deceasedhistorical "Empress Erida Vyke, the Burning Star") psychically gifted; held strong contact with the Pryors and used his abilities to guide his sister.

-Following Erida's retreat from the north, the two suffered a falling out, and Olandr left her service to continue fighting the Rust. He eventually found and became the mentor of [Captain Lovely Mhari.](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/captain-mharika-lovely-mhari-rhaldon-deceasedhistorical "Captain Mharika "Lovely Mhari" Rhaldon")

# The Dancer, the Mourner, and the Nightmare (Deceased/Historical)

-Three Witchlings born in the same year who were brought together by [Mharika](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/captain-mharika-lovely-mhari-rhaldon-deceasedhistorical "Captain Mharika "Lovely Mhari" Rhaldon") and [Olandr](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/olandr-vyke-deceasedhistorical "Olandr Vyke") to form a terrifying pirate crew.

# The Time-Eater/The Wisp

-The Time-Eater came about from the persisting soul of a witchling, and became an energetic parasite that attached itself to living hosts, consumed their lives and memories, and moved on when they died. Remnants of voices and lives from its victims would remain as it changed forms. It would feed on other victims to sustain itself, and eventually learned how to erase people from collective memory via mechanism similar to the Resonance Engine.

-The Time-Eater came to Ehlíath in 1128, and attached itself to a host with remarkable dissociative aptitude. This host, through their attempts to track down the Time-Eater and recover their own memory, eventually learned that they were the source, and were able to master the anti-memetic abilities of the witchling spirit. This individual became the first Wisp.

-Whenever the Wisp dies, the spirit possesses its next host, similar to how Tarnishes can be inherited. Fortunately, the original Wisp remains largely in control, and has been able to hold back the Time-Eater's hunger through their machinations as a crime lord.

# Historical (Northflame)



# Sabelleus of Lisidion

-A member of [the Second Engine](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/the-second-engine "The Second Engine"); known for seriousness and practicality

-[Kloë's](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/kloe "Kloë") primary guardian

# Tyrhía Odrhin

-A member of the Second Engine; known for boldness and presence.

# Marin Arkshaw

-A member of the Second Engine; known for determination and ruthlessness.

# Kloë

-The collective adopted child of several refugees during the Unending War; primary guardian was [Sabelleus of Lisidion](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sabelleus-of-lisidion "Sabelleus of Lisidion").

# Sovereign Dimir

-First Ruler of Dimirha, who took over after the initial disappearance of her brother, [Lord Captain Drhani](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/lord-captain-drhani "Lord Captain Drhani"), and refused to abdicate the throne upon his return, leading to the civil war that caused Endhar to secede.

# Lord Captain Drhani

-Once the Crown Prince of the Lhakhik Empire; a long disappearance during a voyage to the far north caused him to be presumed dead, during which his sister, [Sovereign Dimir](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-dimir "Sovereign Dimir"), ascended the throne.

-He returned with a mission from the Pryori Council, which he was unable to fulfill due to his sister's refusal to step down from power. In the civil war that followed, Drhani would emerge as the ruler of a new, seceded country, Endhar.

-Friend of [Jharik](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/jharik-deceasedhistorical "Jharik"); falling out occurred after Drhani was converted to the Pryori mission.

# Lumie Davenport

-An author

# Shole Hearth

-An author

# Elhash the Great

-The conqueror responsible for uniting the Lhakhik nations into a single empire

# Saint Belorv

# Royal Court (Dimirha)



# Sovereign Askha III

-Current Sovereign of Dimirha

-Parent (paternal) of Princes [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel"), [Dhevira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira"), [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), and [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma"); secretly the adoptive, not genetic, parent of [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha").

-Romantic partner of [Jhira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-jhira-kellun-vin-addhar "Consort Jhira Kellun vin Addhar"), [Kanhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-kanhia-marius-lhegreylhen-deceased "Consort Kanhía Marius Lhe'Greylhen (Deceased)"), [Neantha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-neantha-parrhack-vin-krowley "Consort Neantha Parrhack vin Krowley"), and [Tharl](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-tharl-lawray-nrothe "Consort Tharl Lawray n'Rothe").

# Crown Prince Mareshi

-Daughter of [Sovereign Askha III ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III")and [Consort Kanhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-kanhia-marius-lhegreylhen-deceased "Consort Kanhía Marius Lhe'Greylhen (Deceased)"); second eldest of the Princes.

-Full sister of [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), half sister of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel"), [Dhevira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira"), and [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma"), foster sister of [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha")

-Will inherit the throne of Dimirha

# Mol the Hunter

Also known as: Prince Ashira

# Prince Khivarel

-Son of [Sovereign Askha III ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III")and [Consort Jhira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-jhira-kellun-vin-addhar "Consort Jhira Kellun vin Addhar"); third/fourth eldest of the Princes alongside twin sister [Dhevira.](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira")

-Full brother of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), half brother of [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), and [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma"), foster brother of [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha").

# Prince Dhevira

-Daughter of [Sovereign Askha III](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III") and [Consort Jhira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-jhira-kellun-vin-addhar "Consort Jhira Kellun vin Addhar"); third/fourth eldest of the Princes, alongside twin brother [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel").

-Full sister of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), half sister of [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), and [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma"), and foster sister of [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha").

# Prince Ílhen

-Daughter of [Sovereign Askha III](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III") and [Consort Kanhía](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-kanhia-marius-lhegreylhen-deceased "Consort Kanhía Marius Lhe'Greylhen (Deceased)"); second youngest Prince.

-Full sister of [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), half sister of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel"), [Dhevira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira"), and [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma"), foster sister of [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha")

# Prince Noma

-Son of [Sovereign Askha III](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III") and [Consort Neantha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-neantha-parrhack-vin-krowley "Consort Neantha Parrhack vin Krowley"); youngest of the Princes.

-Half brother of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel"), [Dhevira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira"), [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), and [Esparha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-esparha "Prince Esparha").

# Prince Esparha

-Child of [Consort Tharl ](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-tharl-lawray-nrothe "Consort Tharl Lawray n'Rothe")and [Consort Neantha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/consort-neantha-parrhack-vin-krowley "Consort Neantha Parrhack vin Krowley"), though [Askha](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sovereign-askha-iii "Sovereign Askha III") has claimed the child as theirs. Fifth eldest of the Princes.

-Foster sibling of [Ashira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/mol-the-hunter "Mol the Hunter"), [Mareshi](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/crown-prince-mareshi "Crown Prince Mareshi"), [Dhevira](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-dhevira "Prince Dhevira"), [Khivarel](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-khivarel "Prince Khivarel"), and [Ílhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-ilhen "Prince Ílhen"), half sibling of [Noma](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/prince-noma "Prince Noma").

# Consort Jhira Kellun vin Addhar



# Consort Kanhía Marius Lhe'Greylhen (Deceased)



# Consort Neantha Parrhack vin Krowley



# Consort Tharl Lawray n'Rothe



# Lord Protector Sir Anvephonë Rennahue Smythe vin Krowley



# Lord Protector Sir Tark Rennahue vin Krowley (Deceased)



# Lord Seneschal Grethir Fayd vin Halhance



# THE FOOL



# VOICE OF NHEO

# Civilians (Northflame)



# Clovis Norandr Hald n'Rothe (Deceased)



# Eldin Sofra Donahue (Deceased)



# Iyana Donahue (Deceased)



# Merser Donahue



# Prilha Donahue



# Enford Larkland



# Malnr Gallise



# Fienna Hirne



# Carlim Hirne Gallise



# Alida Hirne Gallise



# Ezik Ahlsund (Deceased)

-Younger brother of [Flitch](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/flitch-ahlsund "Flitch Ahlsund"), killed by [Mother Melody](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ofhelia-dyre "Ofhelia Dyre")

# Valeska



# Anatol Garnett

# Kadar Criminal



# Silan Arkshaw

Also known as: Enford (erroneously, to Alma Larkland)

# Col Arkshaw



# Alma Larkland



# Anya Bekker

# Crime Lords (Northflame)



# Dunlat Moran

-Crime Lord; primary territory in North Riverside/the Trade District. Ally of [Rhaze](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/rhaze "Rhaze") and [Haedn Callowhen](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/haedn-callowhen "Haedn Callowhen").  
-Brother of [Sark "Jackdaw" Moran](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sark-jackdaw-moran "Sark "Jackdaw" Moran"); employer of [Flitch](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/flitch-ahlsund "Flitch Ahlsund") and [Esher](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/esher "Esher"); complex relationships with [Ridley Donahue](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/ridley-donahue "Ridley Donahue") and [N](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/n "N").

-Dunlat has a strong sense of personal integrity, and values loyalty very highly among both his personal and professional acquaintances. He is not known for giving second chances to those who have betrayed his trust, or have generally lost his good will. He is unlikely to admit that there are exceptions to this rule, namely his brother and Ridley.

-Dunlat has both patience and ambition, and wants to take more power within [Ehlíath's government](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/government-of-ehliath "Government of Ehlíath"); he has been moving towards a goal of being appointed Lord Magistrate, and eventually being elected Chancellor. He intends to leverage his economic power and general popularity to gain the necessary allies in the Patrician Council for this to occur.

# Rhaze



# Brhen Athurley II



# Haedn Callowhen



# Gulr Draylock



# Cassian Boyle Lhe'Aldwhick

Also known as Rhosus

# The Wisp

[\[REDACTED\]](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/the-time-eaterthe-wisp "The Time-Eater/The Wisp")

# Marl Larkland

# Ranks of the Tarnished

Important current and past members of Corrigan's circle, the Tarnished.

# Orë, the Tarnished Crown



# Thorus, the Tarnished Ring (Deceased)



# Keitof Surashen, the Tarnished Chain



# Nhílus, the Tarnished Mask



# Serelat, the Tarnished Mask (Deceased)



# Zheyda, the Tarnished Coin (Deceased)

# Character Connections (Northflame)

[![1000016170.jpg](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/scaled-1680-/1000016170.jpg)](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/1000016170.jpg)

Name Color to Role Key (Primary Fill, Secondary Edge):  
-Black: Criminal  
-Indigo: Crime Lord  
-Red: Professionally Dangerous  
-Green: Witchling  
-Maroon: Tarnished  
-Brown: Civilian  
-Blue: Second Engine  
-Teal: Historical or Cultural  
-Turquoise: Pryori  
-Purple: Royalty  
-Gold: Royal Court

Connection Color to Relationship Key:  
-Green: Friend  
-Navy Blue: Professional Alliance  
-Red: Enemy  
-Blue: Employed by (Arrow Point)  
-Cyan: Hive Mind or Telepathic Connection  
-Maroon: Killed (Arrow Point)  
-Yellow: Parent or Guardian of (Arrow Point)  
-Brown: Abuser of (Arrow Point)  
-Salmon: Siblings  
-Grey Purple: Succeeded by (Arrow Point)  
-Hot Pink: Strong Romance and/or Married  
-Pink: Possible Romance  
-Teal: It's Complicated/Dynamic

Symbol Key:  
-X: Deceased (For Most Relevant Times)  
-Gear: Hive Mind Participant  
-Question Mark: Status/Fate Unknown  
-Hourglass: Definitely going to Die  
-Underline: Leadership Position  
-Italicized: Main/Perspective Character  
-All Caps: Name Yet to Be Determined