Kesatre

**Kesatre Velurtřa Wilawalkon** is Dondaton's manager.

## Appearance

Kesatre is an orange humanoid. He wears a coat that has a starry pattern.

## History

He hated the warlords of Novantir's hexagons for murdering his family.

After he was promoted three years before Dondaton, he managed three earlier bands. The third band, Maelar Vî, broke away from him to serve one of the warlords of Novantir. He planned to use Dondaton's popularity to raise discontent against the warlords.

Kesatre was in charge of various groups that are endorsed by the Malendor Supercorporation's authorities as a manager at the Recruitment Office. Bagofen and his friends became part of a group known as Dondaton, suggested by the authorities as a potential band to increase profits and fame. Kesatre's work was to provide assignments for new bands to be tested, and if all the members pass the tests, the band is supported by the government and ordered to perform at various locations.

After they were approved, Dondaton was sent to meet the earlier bands except for Maelar Vî, who tried to kill its members as they were angry that Dondaton was usurping its place as the most popular and trending rock band in the Galaxy. Kesatre even allowed Himbolen's Norse friends to join the band without going through assignments for three months, but they quit when they were pressured, as they did not want to risk their lives on a dangerous planet if Kesatre got replaced at any time.

Mantarei was his recruiter, but because he forced younger musicians to form bands, be sent on dangerous assignments, and be killed, he was exposed and arrested.

Eventually, the Supercorporate authorities often sent Dondaton around the realm, exhausting them. Kesatre tried to ask the authorities to stop and respect their wishes, but because of his objections he was imprisoned and replaced by a harsher manager. His former bands helped him escape, while the warlords slowly take over the government ...

## Personality

Kesatre can be somewhat playful.

Although he can be rude and sometimes arrogant, he can somewhat be supportive and helpful - and that might jeopardise his position.

He enjoyed giving his clients unexpected assignments, as he wanted to see how would they handle very ridiculous and unfitting situations. In the instance of the band Dondaton, he assigned Vodzhatosh to a world of knights instead of his desired world of fighters, and to tease at Himbolen's Norse upbringing he brought him to one of the worst Norse Malendor territories, in Aspiera.

## Relationships

Kesatre might seem like the exception than the rule: unlike the earlier agent who forced Bagofen to regroup his band under pain of death, he tried to entertain him and his bandmates by keeping a merry demeanour.

Of all the bandmates he liked Vodzhatosh the most, because he was considered the most entertaining.

#### Past Bands

Kesatre was in charge of several earlier bands:

* Makraldo - a traditional Novantirna folk band (Sauradkala as drummer, Alonchoroi as violist)
* Kôrurö - an all-male chorus (Jarudal, Oktore, and Ñolavan as deep voices; Märol and Kâetřa as light voices)
* Maelar Vî - another rock band, defected to one of the Hexagon Warlords. (Kirökal as lead singer, Uâirada as guitarist, Mjömar as second guitarist, Uötlos as drummer)

One reason why he supported Dondaton was because he wanted them to surpass the earlier band Maelar Vî.

## Trivia

* His name was derived from the word "kesatria", which means "knight" in Malay.
* At some point, Kesatre's family name was listed as "Velurtřa". When the author recovered the correct family name, the name "Velurtřa" was retconned as his given Novantirna name.