Ruderal

Artwork by EJaneDM

Ruderal aka Rudy to his friends, ends up becoming the latest apprentice to Minalan the Spellmonger; from *Enchanter* onwards a main character in the series.

> "His special talent allows him to see everyone's enneagram. It is as if he has a window into the nature of your self awareness. He can literally *see* a lie, a rationalization, or a hint of guilt in a man as he speaks. And when he is silent." *[From Thaumaturge, Chapter 2]*
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## **Relationships**

### Chaterney of Solashaven

Ruderal is extremely devoted to his mother. He sees himself as the only person who can look out for her after her husband, his father, went out to sea before he was born and never returned.

In fact, Ruderal's loyalty to his mother is so total, that it proved a very effective pressure point for the Brotherhood of the Rat to use to force his compliance when they took him prisoner. Later, he outright refuses to accept Rondal and Tyndal's offer to apprentice him to the legendary Spellmonger, until they can see to Chaterney's safety and welfare in perpetuity.

### Dryspeaker Moudrost

Throughout his life, Ruderal never obsessed over his missing father, considering him to be dead, and himself to be just another unintended side effect of a drunken sailor and a maid. He made his peace with this, preferring to move forward with his own life.

When Moudrost comes to Sevendor to treat with Minalan, Ruderal's sport talent for enneagram reading allows him to instantly identify the man as his father. He then avoided the man for the duration of that visit. When the Seamage returns in Thaumaturge, Ruderal continues his policy of avoiding the man, until Minalan forces a reunion.

## History

Ruderal is the only child of Chaterny, a young woman from Enultramar. He was raised in a single parent family near the sewer outlet of the coastal town of Solashaven.

In order to survive as young boy he helps his mother by fishing in the waters of the sewer to supplement what ever meagre living Chaterny can scratch out of her circumstances.

Rudy must deal with the underclass of Solashaven and some nasty individuals, far from turning him into a bitter and resentful boy, Rudy‘s character becomes strengthened by learning from those people how he doesn’t want to live his life.

## Magical Abilities

Has the unique talent to see enneagrams, (The Soul? Personality?) but is not a sport.

As determined in *Enchanter*, he has enough *rajira* to become a powerful mage. Ruderal is mentioned near the beginning of *Journeymage*, but not by name. He is the boy that helps to rescue Rondal, Tyndal and the Kasari’s by betraying the Brotherhood of the Rat in the Land of Scars when they were on the mission to retrieve the Kasari’s ancient idol. Ruderal was age 10 at that time and already had the ability to see enneagrams.

In *Shadowmage* he and his mother are rescued by Rondal and Tyndal from the sewers of Enultramar and from the Brother of the Rat. Sire Gimbal of W. Fleria is now Lord Gimbal of Oirghort in the Northern Barony’s of Southern Alshar, administrating the domains for the King. Ruderal’s mother, Chaterny, is left on one of his small estates after Tyndal and Rondal buy it from him along with enough money to set her up in security. They then take Ruderal back to Sevendor.

In *Enchanter* Minalan meets Ruderal and send’s him to Rollo at Boval Hall to be fostered. *Dranus* is assigned the task to assess his *rajira* and once it is discovered how strong he is, Minalan accepts him as an apprentice.

As Ruderal’s story progresses he feels a personal responsibility for the release of Korbal on the world, similar in fact to how Minalan feels a responsibility to protect humanity from Shereul.