Dramatis Personae, Part V

Here we are—our last day in exploring the dramatis personae.

Tri-Alliance

The Tri-Alliance is a military coalition formed of the nations Cineach, Auden, and Correthae.  The Fire-of-Skies and Rider-of-Stars families reside in Cineach’s capital, Stess.

Sir Holden Crofter: human; knight, horse-owner and trainer

Character Development: Sir Holden has been around since ’05 and has always been Aleine’s “boss.”  He’s a jolly sort of fellow, and treats Aleine rather like a favored niece.

Jon Irkenbrande: human, Cullan of Cineach

Character Development: Irkenbrande (ir-ken-brand) first appeared sometime before TRoL, though the date is uncertain.  There is actually a minor character in The Lord of the Rings with the name Erkenbrand, but by the time I remembered this fact, the Cullan’s name had become too ingrained to change.  Originally, Irkenbrande’s title as head of state in Cineach was Governor, but when Cineach became much more “Celticized” in ’09, a more Gaelic title was called for.  The name Cullen is a diminutive for the name Coll, which means chieftain.  Hence, in this world, Cullan (kuhl-lahn) holds a similar meaning: TRoL’s glossary of terms’ definition says Cineachan Head-of-State, originating as “chieftain”.

Lotte Jreine: human, Director of Cineachan Intelligence

Character Development: (loht zhrayn) Jreine was born with TRoL, an intelligent woman in a high position (like LotR and Narnia, The Phoenix and the Dragon is not completely medieval).  Lotte actually comes from the name Charlotte, and the surname Jreine is rather feminine on purpose.

Shea Muirechadh: Evayan, second-in-command of the Cineachan Army

Character Development: (shay moo-rah-hoo) Originally a barely-seen supporting character, General Muirechadh is now receiving much more screentime as the general to whom Fælen and Gwilym now report.

Kyeth Portsom: human, Commanding General of the Audenian Army

Character Development: The hardest part in creating General Portsom was naming him—that was tough.  Other than that, there’s not much to say.

Ita Seeve: human, General Wood’s aunt, unofficial head of the Audenian Resistance

Character Development: Ita is something of a mother-hen figure, both to her nephew and to the whole Audenian resistance.  Her name actually comes from Ida.

Bret Weylin: half-Evayan/half-human, Commanding General of the Cineachan Army

Character Development: Weylin (way-lin) is the “Old Man of the Army,” a soldier unsure of whether or not he believes in a higher power.  General Weylin was originally purely human, but when further development of Cineach as both a place and a people decided a fair percentage of the population to be a human/Evayan mix, I decided to make one of the higher-ups a half-blood.  The honor fell to Weylin.

Jym Wood: human, Lieutenant General of the 2^nd Corps, Commander of the Audenian Resistance

Character Development: Wood was originally second-in-command, but one issue that I can’t specify due to spoilers made it so that he couldn’t be quite so highly placed.

Next time, we dig into the various nations and political entities in TRoL!  Stay tuned!