Finn Greenblade

### Relatives

Artunis Summerbreeze (maternal grandmother), Aidan Summerbreeze (maternal grandfather), Didymus Greenblade (paternal grandfather), Aibhill Greenblade (paternal grandmother), Ryder Greenblade (father), Arya Summerbreeze (mother), Tesni Greenblade (half-sister), Cliona Goldbranch (step-mother), Rhiannon Greenblade (half-sister), Aysun Markam (wife), Aidan Greenblade (son)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Violet

The son of Ryder Greenblade and Arya Summerbreeze and the younger sister of
Tesni Greenblade, Finn was born in the first year of his sister’s reign as
queen, though he became significant while still in his mother’s womb, when
Tesni was facing certain death during the Battle of Linwood and named him her
heir should she die without a living child, using a magical incantation that he
could sense before he was even born.

Finn was tested by his mother as a
child for the talent for Shadow Walking, but did not seem to have it. Still, he
learned much from both of his parents, as well as from his older sister and
brother-in-law, Rowan. As soon as he was twelve, he began his Ranger training,
becoming his father’s protégé.

The next eight years of his life
were spent in training, and nothing notable happened until his twentieth year,
when he left Linwood for the first time in his life to visit Seos, where they
were celebrating both the birthday of Rowan and Nisha as well as Nisha’s
marriage to Aeron.

On the occasion of Rowan and Nisha’s
birthday, Ruslar gave gifts to everyone. Finn expected his gift to be like his
father’s, a fine new sword. Instead, when he arrived at his room, he found a
beautiful young women, scantily dressed, sitting on his bed. Unsure of what to
do, he sought advice from his parents and learned that the young woman, Aysun,
was there for him to enjoy physically and learn how to please a woman in
preparation for marriage, and that she was his to take home. Finn was
uncomfortable with this idea. At the same time, however, he was enchanted by
Aysun. He drew her close and kissed her, feeling that tingle that told him that
she was his true love.

It was also on this trip that Finn
met his maternal grandmother, Artunis, for the first time, having not before
known that she was alive, for Arya had never been very forthcoming about her
past.

They intended to stay only through
the wedding of Aeron and Nisha, but during the wedding feast, Arya and Agrona
were kidnapped by Bhimar’s son, Drusus, and while Finn was forced to return at
Tesni’s behest, Ryder stayed.

At his sister’s request, Finn and
Aysun traveled to Fannar with the intention of gaining their alliance. Though
King Ívarr and Queen Brenja chose not to ally, they did gain the loyalty of a
handful of Shield Maidens, including their leader, Vígdís, and her niece and
trainee, Sigrid. Because the Shield Maidens were loyal to country over ruler,
and to clan before anything else, the Shield Maidens were free to choose their
alliance. It was also during this trip that Finn asked Aysun to marry him,
giving her a ring he’d purchased in the outpost of Bellodhur.

Later that autumn, Finn suffered
loss when his mother, Arya, and a family friend, Alastar, were killed. This was
devastating to the young man, and he watched his father almost immediately turn
to drinking. The day after Arya and Alastar’s funeral, Finn returned to Fannar
with Aysun, Vígdís, and Sigrid in a second effort to convince their rulers to
ally with Seos and Linwood. Before going to the palace, however, Finn and Aysun
spoke vows to each other, taking each other as husband and wife, having
realized the uncertainty of the future.

Unfortunately, things went worse
this time than the first. A young, ambitious Shield Maiden named Brynhildr had
become the new leader of the Shield Maidens in Fannar, and she used her new
power to turn the group into criminals, sending them to the dungeons and taking
their weapons.

Unsure of how they would escape,
Finn watched with curiosity as Sigrid began tapping at the stones of her cell
and then investigated his own when she said she saw something shiny in the
corner. He found a loose brick that contained a pair of lock picks and a note
that had been left there long ago by Arya. Most importantly, inside the
hollowed out stone, there was also the Heart of Seos.

Something else strange happened that
day, however. Sigrid began to fret because her bow had been taken away, and it
had belonged to her mother. Finn, understanding the loss of a mother and the
sentimental value of the bow, agreed to go to the armory to fetch it while the
others went to the inn. He was back at the inn only an hour later, though it
took him nearly an hour to find the bow, and arrived just as the others were
arriving, surprising them. It was then he realized that Arya might have tested
him too soon.

They returned to Linwood heroes, and
Nia took the Heart of Seos to her grandmother, Queen Rhosyn, returning with her
husband, aunt, and uncle in time for the celebration, for Finn had earned his
blade.

Finn’s next journey was to Rose
Hollow, a border town in eastern Linwood, just across the river from Seos. He
went there with Aysun, three other Rangers, and four Shield Maidens, including
Vígdís and Sigrid. While they were there, there was a raid on the town, and
Sigrid was taken. Aysun went with the Shield Maidens to Isiltaras to get help
in finding her. One of the Rangers, Cefin, was killed. Finn returned home with
the other two.

Going back to Isiltaras through the
shadows with the former thief known as Dart, Finn spoke with his grandmother
about being tested once more for the ability to walk the Shadows. She agreed to
do so after Sigrid was rescued, and she kept her promise. Finn felt the shift
as he stepped into a shadow on his own, and his training began.

Later that same spring, Finn beamed
with pride as his wife began her Ranger training and became Tesni’s protégé. He
knew she would do well. Finn also gained a step-mother when, three days after
Ryder’s birthday, Ryder finally married Tesni’s mother, Cliona. It wasn’t long
after, however, that Tesni was poisoned with meadow saffron. The same assassin
then poisoned Artunis, killing her. The one happy spot in those days was that
Aysun told him that she was pregnant. Finn was to be a father.

That summer, while training with Nia
and some other Shadow Walkers in the shadows, Finn heard screaming. It turned
out to be Nia. She was in labor, and Finn helped Eogan to deliver Nia's son. A week
later, he was forced to help guide others through the shadows when Bhimar
attacked Isiltaras and took over the palace. The Shadow Walkers barely managed
to evacuate the royal family and the women of the women’s quarters.

When Rowan and Nisha’s younger
sister, Nasrin, came forth with a dream that indicated a cure for the meadow
saffron poisoning that Tesni continued to suffer from, Finn took Aysun through
the shadows to Seos, where her family still lived, to her uncle, who milked
cobras of their venom and used it in the making of a strong drink used by the
local priests. They brought the alcohol home, and after drinking it, Tesni was
cured.

A month later, Finn found himself
going through the shadows to Seos once more, this time taking his niece’s
horse, Nimeshaph, with him. Nia had taken Drusus through the shadows previously
in order to fetch some of Sigrid’s jewelry that had been left behind in Seos,
and had returned wounded. Finn went to bring back Drusus, who had become a new
person since marrying Sigrid and finally reconciling with Eskander.

Finn experienced loss once more when they were in Yewsel following Bhimar's invasion of Linwood. Though there was joy when his son was born, whom he named Aidan after his grandfather, there was sorrow, as well, for Aysun lost her life in childbirth. Then, in the Battle of Hearts, he saw his sister go through the loss of her husband.

Since the Battle of Hearts, Finn has focused on raising his son and being a Ranger.