Stelian

Role in Story:		Caro’s bodyguard

Occupation:	Soldier

Physical Description:	Mostly cleanshaven with short reddish brown hair and hazel brown eyes. Slim but muscular.

Personality:	Dutiful and impeccably polite, he is a thoughtful, educated young man. Skilled tracker and guide.

Background:	The son of an Artemisian nobleman and a desert tribeswoman, he travelled to the desert often as a child with his mother, gaining a respect and knowledge of both places. He has protected Caro ever since he was seventeen and she was fourteen.

Notes:	Name means ‘pillar of strength’.

Wields a broadsword.