Connall

His twin swore an unbreakable oath to Maeve to protect him. Years later Maeve used that same oath to make him drive a knife through his own heart.

Connall is Fenrys's twin brother and one of Maeve's blood-sworn Cadre, from Throne of Glass — the quiet dark to Fenrys's loud gold, a black wolf to a white one. He is barely on the page, and his death is the single cruelest thing Maeve ever does — the wound that makes Fenrys who he becomes.

At a glance

KIND: Fae warrior of the Cadre — a black wolf, twin to Fenrys
TWIN: Fenrys — the loud gold to his quiet dark
SWORE: Maeve's blood oath first — and was made her thrall
FENRYS: Swore his own oath to shield him, binding them both
ANIMAL FORM: A large black wolf, mirror to Fenrys's white
LAST WORDS: Called his brother a disgrace, then was made to die
DIED: Compelled by the oath to stab his own heart, as Fenrys watched
HIS DEATH: Cost Fenrys the shared power to winnow — and later broke the oath

His people

The cadre.

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The Cadre Maeve's Blood-Sworn · Six of ThemThe Cadreof the cadreEnter The Cadre →

Rowan Whitethorn Fae Prince · Of the CadreRowan Whitethornof the cadreEnter Rowan Whitethorn →

The one who bound them.

The one who bound them

Queen of Doranelle. She made weapons of them for five hundred years.

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Maeve The queen who bound themMaeveBlood-sworn to her, and spent as she pleased. Not all of them got free.Enter Maeve →

What he loves

Quieter, not lesser

Fenrys's twin ran darker and said less, but the short list of what he'd die for had a single name at the top.

His brother
Fenrys. Above the oath, above Maeve, above his own life — and he'd have called that order obvious.
The twin bond
Blood-twinned and oath-twinned both. What ran between them was the one thing Maeve never fully commanded.
The steady dark
He ran quieter and grimmer than his brother, and never seemed to begrudge Fenrys the light.
Loyalty without noise
His love didn't perform. It just stood where it was needed and stayed there.

His heart

The brother he'd choose over the oath

Everything Connall was bound to, he was bound to by force — except the one bond he'd have chosen, which was his brother's. Maeve understood that better than anyone, and used it accordingly. His story ends the way hers so often made them end: cruelly, with the person he loved most powerless to reach him.

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