Naylen

**N****aylen** is the second son of Bleston and the younger brother of Kylen. He is a prince of Terralain.

## Biography

### *Ember's End*

Naylen led the remainder of the Terralain army up from their homeland to join the forces under his brother Kylen and Tameth Seer. In a conversation with Tameth, which was overheard by Jo Shanks, Naylen expressed a particular desire to face Picket Longtreader, his father's killer. He also expressed discontent with Tameth's inability to see anything of his future, though he revolted at the idea of Kylen dying and leaving him heir to the throne of Terralain. When Emma's embassy arrived at the Terralain camp, Naylen immediately attacked Picket but was swiftly disarmed; to his surprise, Picket refused to kill him, but instead surrendered his own sword and testified that he was innocent of the offense of murder.

At Kylen's orders, Emma and Picket were brought into his tent to plead their case, with Naylen attending his brother during the meeting. After refusing to make peace with them, Kylen ordered Naylen to allow them to leave and to return Picket's sword. Naylen later did so, though the gesture was briefly mistaken for an attack. After clarifying his purpose, Naylen also passed along a message from his brother, informing the resistance embassy that they had three days before the Terralain army would attack First Warren. Jo, in a final bid to assure Naylen of their sincerity, urged him to check under Kylen's throne for a message he had left their during his earlier infiltration, and held up a knife he had stolen from Kylen's armory as proof that Naylen's brother had been at his mercy.

Convinced by the words of his supposed foes and troubled by the counsels of Tameth Seer, Naylen eventually contacted the Pilgrim's band, who in turn summoned Jo from First Warren to join them in a mission to rescue Kylen from Tameth's assassins. Left with no doubts as to the loyalties of his father's former advisor, Naylen joined Tameth in leading the army to First Warren, but shortly after arriving confronted Tameth with his treachery. Defiant and contemptuous of Bleston's Waywards and their descendants, Tameth dismissed Naylen as a threat, but was dumbfounded when Kylen appeared to join Naylen in confronting him. In the ensuing battle between Tameth's temple guard and the Terralain royal guard, Naylen attacked Tameth, but was nearly killed by the rogue seer.

Fortunately, Jo intervened to save Naylen from a fatal blow, and Kylen arrived to join Naylen in striking a fatal blow to their treacherous advisor. Having seen the error of their father's bid to claim the throne, Naylen and Kylen then led their rabbits into battle on Emma's behalf, charging the army of the wolf king Farlock shortly after Picket slew the massive predator. The Terralain army was soon reinforced by soldiers from Blackstone Citadel, and Naylen assumed joint command of the newly united force alongside Lord Ronan while Kylen left with Jo and the Pilgrim's band. Later, concern for his brother and their forces led Kylen to return to the field of battle, accompanied briefly by the Pilgrim, his followers, and Jo.

Naylen survived the Siege of First Warren. He was married sometime after the end of the War for All Natalia and invited Heather, Emma, and presumably other 'causers' to his wedding.

## Personality and traits

Naylen was a loyal buck, honoring the memory of his father and expressing great concern for his brother. Despite wrongfully holding the leaders of the Cause responsible for his father's death, Naylen did not relish the idea of going to war with all the rabbits who served his cousin Emma. He rightly judged that, whatever their differences, they were fellow rabbits, and thus not truly enemies unlike the predators under Morbin. He also found the idea that Garten Longtreader had supposedly killed his own niece and brought the bloody sword before him as a token of their alliance repulsive.

Naylen was also brave, expressing no fear in going into battle and even relishing the prospect of facing Picket. When this longed-for clash occurred, Picket proved the superior fighter, and Naylen similarly got the worst of his engagement with Tameth Seer before Jo and Kylen intervened. Perhaps recognizing his deficiencies as a fighter, he was willing to approach rabbits of the Cause for help in saving his brother's life. An honorable buck, he was quick to turn against Tameth Seer when his advisor's treachery was exposed, and quick to form bonds of camaraderie with the rabbits of the Cause against their predator foes.

## Family tree

 - The Royal Family of Natalia -

Note: Broken lines indicate relation through affinity or adoption or distant relation; unbroken lines indicate relation by blood.
## Relationships

### Bleston

Bleston was Naylen's father. Naylen was eager to fight Picket, in order to avenge his father's death, but did not approve of attacking the entirety of Emma's forces to avenge Bleston.

### Kylen

Naylen was worried by Kylen's weakening state. He cared for his elder brother greatly, and did not wish to rule in Kylen's stead. Naylen had a large role in the saving of Kylen's life.
### Tameth Seer

Naylen appeared to respect Tameth Seer, calling him "Master Seer". But Naylen does not wholly agree with Tameth's suggestions of battling with Emma's forces and creating a pact with Morbin Blackhawk.
Later, however, Naylen accused Tameth Seer of killing Captain Vulm, attempting to poison Kylen, and being Morbin's ally. He then attempted to kill the old seer. Naylen did not succeed on his own, but with the help of his brother and his army, Tameth Seer was killed and Naylen, against Tameth's wishes and counsel, allied himself with Emma's forces and fought against the wolves and raptors.

## Trivia

* The name "Naylen" means "of kings" or "from royalty".