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Gweran is a bard living in the dun of Lord Maroic in Blaeddbyr in 698. He is a prior incarnation of Rhodry.


In the Books[]

Daggerspell (698)[]

Gweran lives in Lord Maroic's dun with his wife, Lyssa, and his two sons, Aderyn and Acern. Lord Maroic asks him to perform a ritual during a drought, during which he falls into a trance and sees Blaen, Gweran's prior incarnation, bleeding from Gerraent's killing blow. Blaen warns him not to seek vengeance for this crime as he has already been avenged.

When Tanyc joins Lord Maroic's warband, Gweran does not recognize him as Gerraent reborn. But when he eventually finds out that Tanyc has been lusting over Lyssa, Gweran takes his revenge by provoking Tanyc into drawing his weapon in Lord Maroic's great hall. As this is a crime, Tanyc is hanged, an outcome Gweran had hoped for. Nevyn scolds Gweran for going too far and causing Tanyc's death instead of reporting his worries to his lord. Nevyn suspects that Gweran's actions have bound his and Tanyc's souls closer together.

After these events, Gweran and Lyssa apprentice Aderyn to Nevyn.

A Time of Exile (718)[]

Gweran is still Lord Maroic's bard when Aderyn visits him in Bladdbyr. In the time since Tanyc's execution, Gweran has fathered a daughter, Araena, and has been training his younger son Acern to follow in his footsteps as a bard.

Some unknown time after this event, Gweran and Lyssa die of a plague.

Family and relationships[]

Gweran is married to Lyssa, a woman he has admired since she was fifteen. He worked hard to consider himself worthy of her. With Lyssa, he has fathered four children: Aderyn, Danigga (a daughter who died as a baby), Acern, and Araena. He employs Cadda as a servant girl.

He hates Tanyc both because of Tanyc's interest in his wife, and due to a lingering anger from their prior lives as Blaen and Gerraent.

Personality and appearance[]

Gweran is a usually sensible man. He has musical sensibilities, as his job as Lord Maroic's bard requires him not only to perform but to compose new songs. He is very protective of those under his responsibility. He warns Tanyc off of his serving girl Cadda when he discovers Cadda has a crush on him. When he realizes that Tanyc's interest is in Gweran's wife, and that Lyssa is frightened of him, he has no qualms about provoking Tanyc to his death.

In 698 Gweran is a "solid-looking man in his thirties, with blond hair and a long blond mustache." In 718, Gweran is "as tall and imposing as always with his blond hair heavily laced with silver."

Other incarnations[]

Rhodorix, Blaen, Ricyn, Maddyn, Maer, Meddry, Rhodry.

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