he north of the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]]. It lies on a rocky outcrop on the coast where the river Ard meets the inner sea.
===... currently a widower. He was married to Ealasaid Riata, his cousin and the sister of the 19th Duke of [[:skyss:chars:daels:riata|Glasholm]], for thirty-nine years before she die
===== Alasdair V, King of Dael Riata =====
{{ :skyss:chars:daels:ranald_shield_v01.png?400|}}Alasdair Ranald is the King of Dael Riata, and the fifth of that name. His mother was the only child of Alasdair IV (reigned 700-739), and his father was a [[:skyss:chars:rojden|Skyssian merchant]
een Caoimhe. Originally appointed because of his father’s connections he took the oath of service seriously and has refused to be swayed by political considerations. When his father deposed the Queen he took up arms against him. There were several battles in the
g abroad they are usually fishing in the inshore waters between the Easter Isles and the mainland of [[:skyss:places:daelriata|Dael Riata]].
==== Titles ====
The current (7th) Earl is Diarmid Murchadh. He's a cousin of the 5t... 35 years old, and is currently married to Senga Riata (18). She is his second wife, and has recently g
e's reputed to also be descended from the elves that frequented the forests of [[:skyss:places:grunwal... y children, but famously only of daughters. She's at least 500 years old, but very strongly of divine blood, such that her apparent age is in her mid-thirties. She is u... rarely settling anywhere for long. She's fond of nature and often winters in a forest in the southern
===== The Nobles of Dael Riata =====
There are fourteen families that are Dukes or Earls of Dael Riata. Some of these are older than others, and you can usually tell the o... |Ranald]], Grand Dukes of Reoch & Kings of Dael Riata ^ [[:skyss:chars:daels:gilranald|Gilranald]],
arl of Norpen, and for some time regent of Dael Riata during the minority of his cousin [[:skyss:chars... cestral home is Caer Righ, a castle guarding a strategic crossing of the river Righ in the Grand Duchy of Dalreoch. However the present Earl's father was translated to the Earldom of Norpen, on the northernmost of the Easter Isles. This was an over
====== Old Bjorn ======
The boat captain of the first boat on [[:skyss:places:straven]]. He's the adoptive father of both [[Yngvild]] and [[Noren]].
His curre... en, no-one is quite sure exactly how old he is. What is clear is that he's much older than everyone el
====== Bo Thu Myat ======
Captain of the Mangandlese trading ship //Chantara//. The //Chantara// called in at [[:skyss:places:Straven]] just after the First Night celebration. As well as the crew it carried [[:skyss:chars:arald]].
===== Description =====
Bo Thu Myat was a little shorter than Noren. His clothes were
She has long red hair, pale skin and blue eyes. That said, she is a shapeshifter and she can look like... jorn. It's a slightly curved rectangular shield that covers knees to shoulder.
==== Amulet ====
Gift... Bjorn her amulet is in the shape of a silver coin attached to a silver chain.
"It looked freshly minte... d, shinier than most silver coins I'd seen. Not that I'd seen very many. The side facing me had the st
Skyssian, but from the Southern Isles where her father lived for a time before she was born, and her mother was a native of the Southern Isles who followed her dad whe... [[:skyss:pantheon:fafnir]]. This makes her adept at finding people, lost things and want to right wro
rne the Slow ======
The steersman for the first boat on the island of [[:skyss:places:Straven]]. Arne ... second in command to [[old_bjorn]], and was the boat captain before Old Bjorn came to Straven. He's on... rooms overlooking the jetty in the new tenement that houses the main hall.
His shield bears a black
tight-fitting blue tunic covered in silver lace that looped across his chest and stomach around two rows of silver buttons that formed a V from his waist to shoulders. He had tightly fitted pine green trews on, with brown leather reinforcing the seat and inner thighs. The trews had a line of silver lace either side of the seam
