Weylan Darrow

He signed the paper refusing Aelin her crown before he'd even met her. He is also the man who finally sets it on her head.

Weylan Darrow is the elderly steward-lord of occupied Terrasen and Aelin's chief political obstacle, from Empire of Storms and Kingdom of Ash — King Orlon's grieving lover, keeper of the Kingsflame, a cold hard bastard who is still, as Aedion says, a fair one.

At a glance

KIND: Human — elderly steward-lord of occupied Terrasen
ONCE: King Orlon Galathynius's lover, for decades before the Fall
KEEPS: The Kingsflame — Orlon's, pressed in crystal, saved from the burning
TO AELIN: The lord who signed away her crown before they met
AEDION CALLS HIM: A cold, hard bastard — but a fair one
TOOK FROM AEDION: His general's rank and the Sword of Orynth
TURNED BY: Evangeline, on the battlement of Orynth
ENDS: Naming Evangeline his heir — and crowning Aelin himself

His people

The ones who mattered.

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Aelin Galathynius Queen of Terrasen · Heir of FireAelin Galathyniusa rivalEnter Aelin Galathynius →

Aedion Ashryver The Wolf of the North · General of TerrasenAedion Ashryvera rivalEnter Aedion Ashryver →

Lysandra Shapeshifter · Lady of CaraverreLysandraan allyEnter Lysandra →

Ren Allsbrook Lord of Allsbrook · Terrasen's RebelRen Allsbrookan allyEnter Ren Allsbrook →

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

Terrasen first. Always has been.

Every fight he picked with Aelin came from the same place — Terrasen has to outlast whoever's wearing the crown.

Terrasen
The land itself — long before it was ever hers to claim.
Orlon's court
The Terrasen he served under the old king. The one worth the fight.
A claim proven
Not assumed. He needed to be certain before he'd kneel.
The kingdom over the crown
Better a hard question now than a ruin later.

His heart

Orlon

Orlon Galathynius was his king and his friend, and everything after was measured against that loss. Every wall he threw up in Aelin's path, he threw up for the kingdom Orlon left behind. Prickly, difficult, unconvinced — but no one ever had to wonder where his loyalty actually lived.

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