Identity and portrayal
Appearance
A politically ambitious Kalton noble of House Rufus; exact physical description is not safely established in the current Bible.
Voice and manner
Reassuring when seeking trust, vague when pressed about action, increasingly focused on opportunity and patrons.
Skills, Essan and limitations
Court networking, persuasion and political opportunism rather than demonstrated battlefield power.
Knowledge limits
Knows Olivia's message, Stelix's location/value and the new regime's ambitions; he knows too little or does too little about her missing siblings.
Core psychology
External goalConvert Olivia's discovery into political advancement.
Internal needNo redemptive need is locked; he must face the human cost of ambition.
FearLosing standing under Kalton's new regime.
Defining flaw or pressureHe values the old socially legible Olivia more than the transformed person she becomes.
Arc by story stage
HopeOlivia believes contacting him will lead to rescue.
BetrayalUses or shares her information as Kalton moves toward Stelix.
ReunionIs unsettled by her shaved head, runes, staff and panther and wants the old Olivia back.
BreakOlivia rejects him and chooses Stelix's defence.
