Conwan Elendsa

Sheriff Conwan Elendsa

Querina was built in 640 by Haldan the Younger as a royal retreat close to the kingdom’s largest city and as a way to check the power of the Earls of Balim. Held by Sir Conwan Elendsa, the Sheriff of Semeth, for his uncle the king, the keep is the administrative center of half of the densely populated heartland of Kaldor. Querina controls travel on the busy Tashal-Kiban road and generates significant income from tolls and fees. Semethshire also includes much of the wild Kathela Hills region west of the Kald River. Sir Korus Ynel, the Deputy Warden of the Chelmarch and Bailiff of Kathane Manor, reports to the sheriff as the king’s agent in Semethshire. Sir Korus is always in need of personnel; the sheriff obliges by sending him miscreants and those punished for the slightest offenses. Sir Conwan’s father, Sir Brandis Elendsa, was Torastra’s Master of the Hunt. Sir Brandis supported Cheselyne the Elder over his brother Miginath at the last succession council. Sir Conwan is bound by an inconvenient oath made in his impulsive younger days. The Laranian Serekela, Kalabin Elendsa, initially blocked his marriage to Lady Hesena Inamis because she worshipped Save-K’nor. In 708, the Serekela agreed to allow the marriage only on Sir Conwan’s solemn oath that he and any children born to this union forsake any claim to the throne. Soon after, the Serekela was found stabbed inside his locked chambers. They later married in 709. Some nobles feel that Sir Conwan remains the best man to succeed Miginath, but only Serekela Edine Kynn can relieve him of his oath. Secret and delicate negotiations with the Serekela have been ongoing for several years.