Wesley

He threatened to kill Celaena if she ever endangered his master. Then he betrayed that master for her, and got spiked on a gate for the trouble.

Wesley is Arobynn Hamel's personal bodyguard in Rifthold, from The Assassin's Blade — the silent, lethal enforcer of the Assassins' Keep who barely tolerated Celaena, secretly befriended Sam, and turned on his own king of assassins the night Sam was betrayed.

At a glance

KIND: Human — Arobynn Hamel's personal bodyguard, the Assassins' Keep
WITH CELAENA: Open dislike — he threatened to kill her for endangering Arobynn
SECRETLY: Sam Cortland's friend, and Lysandra's lover
LEARNED: Arobynn's plot with Farran to destroy Sam and Celaena
AVENGED SAM: Hunted down and killed Rourke Farran himself
TRIED TO: Warn Celaena by letter, and free her from Endovier
KILLED BY: Arobynn — spiked on the gates of Farran's house
HIS DEATH: A small, brutal proof of what Arobynn is

His people

Who he chose.

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Lysandra Shapeshifter · Lady of CaraverreLysandrahis loverEnter Lysandra →

Sam Cortland Arobynn's second bestSam Cortlandhis friendEnter Sam Cortland →

The one he faced.

The one he faced

A bodyguard who avenged Sam — and was killed for the debt.

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Arobynn Hamel The master who ordered itArobynn HamelHe avenged Sam by killing his torturer; Arobynn had him killed for it.Enter Arobynn Hamel →

What he loves

One honest man in a guild that had no use for one.

A bodyguard who kept a code nobody around him bothered to keep.

One right thing
In a place built on wrong, he did one right thing.
The thrown-away
The ones Arobynn used up and discarded, that he refused to forget.
His own code
Loyal and grim, honest where honesty got you killed.
Sam Cortland
A good man murdered by the guild. Wesley made someone answer for it.

His heart

Justice for Sam

When Arobynn had Sam killed, Wesley made the murderer pay — and knew it would be his own life next. He spent it on the one debt worth paying.

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