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Male

Lost son, Janon Hane (assassin alias)

Teacher, mentor

Athletic and brawny

Scars on his chest and a 3 in. scar on his right cheek from fighting his brother that becomes more pronounced when he is more tan. His back is a mess of scars from when he had 35 lashes in Lian.

Tan, leathery from working in the fields and keeping the mill going

6'2"

Blond

Groomed very short

When he went into hiding

Blue

Darionan

220 lbs

He strokes his goatee.

He wants to put a stop to his mother's treachery.

He can push Natiselle and Kraiotan too hard.

Sees his brothers as sheep who could not see the evil in their mother's heart

Sword play, brilliant mind, the foil to his mother.

He used to love racing his horse with Jerlorn and drinking tea with Marielle in the afternoons, a palace cat in his lap.

Initially he was very curious and was always looking to learn more, not by reading about it, but by exploring.

The stars seemed to go on forever, swirling against the inky darkness. "What do you want to do when you grow older?" Eline asked.
"Hmm?" I murmured.
She propped herself up on her elbow to look at me, "You're the fifth son. You can do anything you want."
"I know, but my mother will probably choose something for me."
"You don't have to follow your mother's wishes," she said, a tinge of defiance just beneath the surface.
"You've met my mother, you know that's not an option." Even just saying it, I felt dirty, as if mother could hear me talking ill of her. And then there was the feeling that if she did hear me say it, she would feel pride in her dominance.
"But say it was. Say you could do anything that your heart desired. What would it be?"
It felt almost dangerous saying it aloud, "Exploring. It would be incredible to go off into uncharted territory and foreign lands having wild adventures and studying new cultures."
"That's fitting. I can just imagine you being chased by a hungry jungle cat," she giggled.
I elbowed her, "What about you then?"
"What do you mean? I'm the oldest, my destiny is mapped out for me." There was no harshness to her words, but there wasn't blind devotion either.
"Well, you will have to get married. You won't join your husband's house?"
"He'll have to join my house, there is no way I'm marrying someone of higher rank. Who's there? Jerlorn? Solin? Hah! Could you imagine me? High Queen? Or Rionel curse him, a foreign prince?"
I put my hands up in surrender, "Fair, fair."
She fidgeted and her arm brushed against mine fleetingly. "But even then, I wouldn't give up my position. I love what my family does, I have so many big plans and I just want to get started on them." She turned back to look at the stars but I couldn't help but look at her. Her sheer determination and force of will shining through as she looked into the cosmos, like she was daring it to tell her no.

Onell's currant bread

He thinks that the country should move back towards the diarchy system.

Was the High Spymaster of Darion, now is a miller

The blue of the Strician ocean

His wedding ring

Sword and his boot knife.

Foxes

April 17 1031 AE

His background is the entire first book.
- His family is the house that is in charge of all the medical procedures and practices within the country.
- He was raised in the Pravaci Court Palace and district, he meets Marielle in the outer districts and falls in love with her.
- He is sent abroad to an assassin/ spy training academy for four years.
- When he returns he is expected to become the spymaster for his mother's seedy underground operations, to which everything he learns from her is heavily compartmentalized.
- Soon after returning, he finds that Marielle is engaged to one of his best friends.
- Once he is at home, in a fit of anger he demolishes a few of his mother's things and then has to explain himself to her.
- He lies along the lines of "If I can't have her nobody can" because he can't show that he is actually furious with his mother. (Blames her for sending him away)
- She then tells him part of her plan to place him on the throne, telling him not to worry because she will save Marielle's death for his hands - he will have his revenge
- He makes plans to save her
- When he is supposed to kill Marielle, he instead kidnaps her and hides her away
- When they are discovered, he witness's Marielle's murder and then kills his brother.
- Then resolves to raise Marielle's daughter (and Eline's son) as his own to take back the throne
- End book one, then becomes father figure and mentor to Natiselle and Kraiotan

He has been highly educated since birth, both in books especially in regards to governance but also in spy craft.

He has his horse and is fond of Natiselle's dog.