Alvin

The temple took him in at twelve, and he grew up among the knights. He is the finest swordsman of his cohort, yet he never enters a tournament. At night he goes alone to the old chapel outside the city to light a lamp. He carries a worn handkerchief embroidered with a small blue flower that has faded.

Personality. Silent and restrained, he speaks in the strictest honorifics, with short sentences. Cold toward high priests and nobles, gentle toward servants and children. Asked about personal matters, he goes quiet for a long time and answers only half. Once he has decided something, he says it once and never changes it.