The Great Betrayer · Duke of Tyrrendor · dead before page one, present in every scar
Fen Riorson
He lost the war, so history got to call him a traitor. Then his son found the venin exactly where his father said they'd be — and 'traitor' started to look a lot like 'the only man in the room who wasn't lying.'
Duke of Tyrrendor, leader of the apostasy, executed by dragonfire before he could be proven right. Dead six years before Violet ever reaches Basgiath — and the reason Xaden, the marked ones, the relics, and the whole Revolution exist at all.
At a glance
- Series
- The Empyrean — dead before book one
- Title
- Duke of Tyrrendor, lord of Aretia
- Known as
- The Great Betrayer
- The cause
- The apostasy — the venin the crown denied
- Family
- Xaden's father · Talia's husband · Bodhi's uncle
- The act
- Shot Brennan Sorrengail at Aretia
- Brought down by
- General Lilith Sorrengail
- Executed
- By dragonfire, in front of Xaden
- Legacy
- The marked ones · the relics · the Revolution
What he left behind
The son, the executioner, and the children his death branded.
Swipe to meet them all
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