Malcolm Nabhriene

An attractive man with a winning smile and ready wit, Lord Malcolm is also an adept warrior who slew a troll in single combat barely 3 days after his involuntary exile to the north.

Lord Malcolm's distaste for the Northlands Exchange is unfeigned and many have speculated that troubles with the Exchange had something to do with him being sent north. Certainly while Tuornen gained the favor of the church and chamberlain by sending troops folk would not normally have expected it to send so gifted a captain and his troops north when the realm itself is beset by so many enemies, so many assume that some scandal must exist.

Lord Malcolm and his men generally get on well with the natives of Dhoesone and have won favor for Tuornen from the Baroness (and more importantly church) by their loyalty, discipline and courage.

Lord Malcolm has however clashed with both the "arrogant ninny Afrindunn" and the "goblin scum" Grofnab. Old conflicts between Tuornen and the Five Peaks left Malcolm immediately at loggerheads with the goblins of Thurazor whilst Afrindunn's constant attempts to put Malcolm "in his place" have led to repeated clashes between the two lords of the heartlands.

Despite popular opinion to the contrary, Malcom does not see the Avanese lord as a rival for glory - or women. The flawless politeness of the Tuornese noble masks a deep enduring rage for the troubles caused to the nobles of southern Tuornen by the brash Afrindunn - particularly over sweet young Idele of house Tuor who was left heartbroken after Afrindunn abandoned her once he had succeeded in enjoying her affections.

Braedonnal Tuare, commander of the Tuornese army has served Tuornen since its inception - indeed he was instrumental in its creation.

Braedonnal often told the young Malcolm stories as a youth when he first joined the army, one of which described a tower in which an ancestor of Braedonnal fell defending the land from goblins.

Soon after coming to Dhoesone Malcolm was approached by stories of this ruin or that by those wishing to sell him details, or share in recovered wealth. While Malcolm ignored most of these one tale seemed to describe Braedonnal's tower. Malcolm has since set his mind on finding this tower, and sending some trinket from within it to Braedonnal, he just needs the location confirmed and a short leave from his troops?