Feren

Feren was a skilled archer and member of the Borderswords in Kurald Galain along with her younger brother, Rint. She was a tall, wiry woman around forty years of age.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 1, UK HC p.17Forge of Darkness, Chapter 8, UK HC p.214 Her walk resembled that of a cat or wolf stalking its prey and she had a slight tilt to her eyes that hinted of blood east of the Blackwood.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 1, UK HC p.17
She was once married and had a child, but the child died young and her grieving husband killed himself.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 5, UK HC p.142 
== In Forge of Darkness==
Feren joined her brother Rint on an expedition to accompany Draconus and his son, Arathan, into the Bareth Solitude.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 17, UK HC p.554 Also included were fellow Borderswords, Ville and Galak. Along the way, Draconus requested that Feren teach his son how to make love. Feren chose to use the opportunity to fill the hole left in her heart by the death of her husband and child and endeavored to become pregnant.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 5, UK HC p.133Forge of Darkness, Chapter 8, UK HC p.209 Draconus wanted to establish if Feren was indeed pregnant and dragged her to an old barrow. In the barrow was a huge withered corpse with limb bones long and thick and black hair. Draconus used a brief contact to establish that Feren was pregnant however, the corpse then accidently fell on top of her legs and made a moaning sound. Draconus rushed Feren away.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 8, UK MMPB p.318-321 Feren later thought of the incident as having been touched by a dead Thel Akai.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.477
At the farthest point of their journey they encountered the Azathanai woman, Olar Ethil. She mentally tormented the members of the expedition, especially Draconus' sergeant Raskan. Olar Ethil extracted a clay figuring from her own body which she then made to explode. A shrapnel of the figurine drew blood from Feren's cheek whereupon Olar Ethil informed Feren that she was pregnant with a baby girl and that the hue of the girl's blood was most unusual.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 11, UK HC p.320 Rint later pulled the shrapnel from Feren's cheek and sewed the gash shut with gut thread.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.465
Olar later murdered Raskan and Rint retaliated by setting fire to the tree where Olar was hiding. She screamed as she burned.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 11, UK HC p.340 
The Borderswords returned to Riven Keep only to find the village, including Rint's wife and unborn child, massacred by members of Urusander's Legion disguised as Draconus Houseblades.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 17, UK HC p.554 Feren accompanied the Bordersword army to retaliate at Dracons Hold. Rint was killed in the ensuing clash, but Feren's fate was unknown.Forge of Darkness, Chapter 19, UK HC p.612
==Notes and references==
Category:Females
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