Deret Beshelar

**Deret Beshelar** is a Lieutenant of the Untheileneise Guard and First Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII.

## Appearance

When Maia first saw him, Deret was a "sober-faced young man dressed as a soldier and with a soldier's topknot, but wearing the Drazhadeise seal on a baldric across his chest." At times he had a "flat, withering voice." He was shorter than Cala.

Deret typically appeared "picture-perfect". When alarmed, he could blush scarlet.

## Personality

Deret typically appeared to disapprove of most things, particularly things that Maia did. Maia noted that he had a "vast probity". He could also be awkward when confronting his own feelings, particularly when it came to Maia.

Deret seemed somewhat religious, as he cared about not disrespecting the gods.

## Life

Deret served as a Lieutenant of the Untheileneise Guard until Varenechibel IV and three of his sons were killed on the *Wisdom of Choharo*, and Captain Verer Orthema assigned Deret to be Maia's First Nohecharis. Deret arrived first at the Tortoise Room and witnessed Maia having a fit of laughter, which Deret seemed to disapprove of. After Cala's arrival, Deret and Cala accompanied Maia to the funeral at the ulimeire.

When Maia began going through more correspondence in the course of his duties, Deret also helped educate Maia on different topics.

The second day that Maia took up residence at the Untheileneise Court, Maia's Second Nohecharei arrived to relieve the First Nohecharei: Lieutenant Telimezh and Dazhis Athmaza.

Deret witnessed Maia answering questions from Lord Chancellor Uleris Chavar as part of Maia's coronation. Maia took Deret and Cala as his companions to his vigil. After Maia's vigil, Deret gave his oath to Maia (along with Cala, Dazhis, and Telimezh) as one of Maia's nohecharei. “They were . . . bound to him until their deaths, and past, for they would be buried with him”.

Before the funeral for Varenechibel IV and three of his sons, Sehalis Athmaza, Adremaza of the Athmaz'are, spoke with Deret and Cala, reminding them of the boundaries between emperor and their nohecharei, and that Maia had already treated Deret and Cala unlike how he should, as if they were his equals. Deret grew more stiffly formal around Maia, but accompanied him to the funeral and wake. At the wake, Princess Sheveän Drazharan lectured Maia for his treatment of the body of her husband, and when Maia's attempts to calm her failed, Deret ultimately helped cut her off, and she left. That night, Cala explained that he and Deret could not be Maia's friends. Maia was pained by this, and grew more distant from both his First Nohecharei.

Deret was on duty for the audience with Sheveän, as well as Maia's first meeting with the Corazhas. Deret was present for Maia's audience with Archduchess Vedero Drazhin, and was shocked by Maia's suggestion that Vedero study the stars.

Deret was on duty when Maia attended the dinner at Vorzhis Gormened's dav prior to the arrival of Maru Sevraseched, the Great Avar of Barizhan, at the Court, and even polished his outfit for the occasion.

Deret was on duty when Maia called in Thara Celehar to the Tortoise Room talk about Thara's past, and grew more alert when Thara admitted to lying. When Thara remained nervous, Maia asked Deret to leave the room, leaving only Maia, Cala, and Thara within the room. Deret was still on duty at the following meeting with the Corazhas, during which Maia received a party invitation from Nurevis Chavar, for which Deret reprimanded Nurevis (and Maia) while Maia, Cala, and Deret were leaving the meeting. Maia angrily reproached him for calling Maia stupid, then stormed back to the Alcethmeret.

Sheveän and Uleris talked Dazhis into their employ, promising him that he would become Adremaza after the death of Sehalis, and that he would be Prince Idra Drazhar's First Nohecharis, and used him to knock out Telimezh, and thus allow Sheveän's armsmen to kidnap Maia to Idra's apartments, in an attempt to get Maia to abdicate. Maia bought time for the Untheileneise Guard to arrive and break down to the door to where Sheveän and Uleris were keeping Maia to rescue him. Deret was one of the first of Maia's household to reach him afterward.

The next day, Sehalis presented Kiru Athmaza as Dazhis' replacement. Maia figured out Kiru was female, and Sehalis reassured Maia she could be trusted. Maia insisted they check if Telimezh objected. Deret protested that Maia could not appear before her unclothed, as was likely to happen in the course of her duties, to which Kiru replied that she was a cleric of Csaivo.

Deret was on duty when Maia received Hesero Nelaran, who wished Maia to have an audience with Setheris Nelar. Maia revealed the scars Setheris had given him when he was 14. After Maia's audience with Setheris, Deret exploded on Maia's behalf, furious at Setheris' abuse of Maia.

Deret was on duty during the ball to welcome Maru to the Court.

Deret was on duty during Winternight Ball, and moved in front of Maia to block the attack of Eshevis Tethimar, and was injured, while Cala killed Eshevis with a revethmaz. Deret apologized to Maia, and Cala looked at Deret's arm.

Deret joined Maia, Csevet, Lord Chancellor Eiru Berenar, Captain Verer Orthema, and Captain Vizhenka in the Verven'theileian to discuss matters. When Maia went to visit his nieces and nephew in the nursery, all his nohecharei prepared to follow him, and began to argue, with Kiru noting that Deret should be in bed, as he was injured. Maia finally broke in and ordered Kiru and Telimezh to guard him and Cala and Deret to go to bed, involving a change in the shifts.

Deret, Cala, Eiru, Csevet, Lieutenant Echana, and the rest of Maia's household attempted to dissuade him from visiting the Curneisei connected to the Tethimadeise Conspiracy imprisoned in the Nevennamire, but Maia refused, so Deret and Cala accompanied him.

Deret and Cala were on duty when Maia went to watch the eclipse with Vedero.

After Maia spoke to Teru about a chaplain, Cala evinced surprise that Maia meditated, and Maia admitted he thought Cala would think less of him, to which both Cala and Deret denied they would. Maia then noted that Sehalis was wrong that Cala and Deret could not be his friends, and stated that he was fond of both of them, and there would be, by necessity, closeness in their relationship due to their physical closeness. Cala and Deret noted their own loyalty for Maia, and agreed that they would "be a different sort of friends."

## Skills

Deret kept abreast of at least some Court gossip: he knew Vedero was "well known to not favor marriage."

## Relationships

#### Cala Athmaza

Deret seemed to initially disapprove of Cala. They worked well together.

#### Dazhis Athmaza

Deret was furious at Dazhis for everything related to the coup, and thought Deret deserved to commit revethvoran. If Dazhis' actions had resulted in Maia's death, Deret would have committed revethvoran as well.

#### Kiru Athmaza

Deret initially disapproved of a woman being a bodyguard for Maia.

#### Maia Drazhar

Maia was often intimidated by the weight of Deret's expectations, but enjoyed his support and valued his friendship. Deret was, in his own way, fond of Maia, and loyal to him. He was annoyed when Maia apologized to people, or otherwise broke from proper decorum for an emperor. He did not approve of Maia's infatuation with Nedaö Vechin. He did not approve of Nurevis sending Maia invitations during meetings.

#### Telimezh

Telimezh was initially nervous around Deret. He often looked to Deret for approval. Deret understood that Telimezh loved his duty to Maia, and sometimes looked out for Telimezh.

## Quotations

* “Serenity,” Beshelar said gruffly. “It is our job.”

## Trivia

* It's unclear which arm Deret was injured on when he defended Maia from Eshevis.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Addison, Katherine. “24. The Revethvoran of Dazhis Athmaza.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Addison, Katherine. “25. Matters of the Aftermath.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Addison, Katherine. “30. The Nineteenth Birthday of Edrehasivar VII and the Winternight Ball.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Addison, Katherine. “4. The Funeral at the Ulimeire.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
6. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “5. The Emperor's Household.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Addison, Katherine. “6. The Widow Empress.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Addison, Katherine. “8. The Coronation of Edrehasivar VII.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Addison, Katherine. “11. The Funeral and the Wake.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Addison, Katherine. “12. The Princess and the Witness.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Addison, Katherine. “13. Bargaining.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
13. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “19. Thara Celehar's Grief.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Addison, Katherine. “20. The Proposal of the Clocksmiths of Zhaö.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Addison, Katherine. “23. The Opposition of the Court.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
16. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “29. A Ball and a Death-Bed.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
17. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Addison, Katherine. “34. Building Bridges.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
19. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “18. Varenechibel's Legacies.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.