Earnest Bernaldt

Opal's father. An adventurous knight who, in his youth, ventured to the far north of Heimdar, where he met the Winter Queen, an Archfey, and had a passionate love affair. Little did he know that their union produced a tiny half-fey, bear-eared child, whom he only met as a baby decades later when he decided to visit the Winter Queen again in his twilight years. They were both attacked by Granny Twigmouth, but Earnest narrowly managed to save his daughter Opal, getting her far enough away that she was found by Julianna Vos as a child.