Ren Allsbrook

A dispossessed lord who has only ever known exile, and kept the rebellion running anyway.

Scarred, hunted, and living in a dead queen's abandoned apartment — and the man who put himself between a Valg prince and Aedion Ashryver on the walls of Orynth.

At a glance

KIND: Human — Lord of Allsbrook, Terrasen
WITH: His grandfather Murtaugh, the whole way
RAN: The Terrasen rebel cell inside Rifthold
INSIDE CONTACT: Sorscha, the castle healer — executed for it
WOUNDED: By the king's Valg soldiers; stitched in an opium parlour
LIVED IN: Aelin's own abandoned apartment, not knowing whose it was
AT ORYNTH: Archers on the frozen Lanis, and Aedion's life on the wall
ENDED: Alive — one of the few the epilogue simply lets be

His people

The ones who mattered.

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Aedion Ashryver The Wolf of the North · General of TerrasenAedion Ashryveran allyEnter Aedion Ashryver →

Dorian Havilliard Crown Prince · King of AdarlanDorian Havilliardhis enemyEnter Dorian Havilliard →

Nehemia Ytger Princess of Eyllwe · Scholar of the WyrdmarksNehemia Ytgeran allyEnter Nehemia Ytger →

The one they faced.

The one they faced

The years of occupation, and the crown they never bowed to.

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King of Adarlan The conquest they resistedKing of AdarlanHe took the north and held it; they spent their lives keeping it from ever being wholly his.Enter King of Adarlan →

What he loves

He kept Terrasen's fight alive when everyone else buried it.

A rebel lord who spent the dark years loving a kingdom that was gone.

Terrasen
It fell when he was a boy. He never let it go.
The rebellion
Ten lost years keeping a dead flame from going out.
The queen
He fought for a crown he thought was empty. It wasn't.
The Allsbrook name
One of the old houses of Terrasen, carried alone through the dark.

His heart

Murtaugh

His grandfather, and the last of the Allsbrook blood. Through ten years of hiding and hunting, Murtaugh was the one thing Ren still had.

The long versionRead his whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

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