Canthe

**WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR *A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT* IN THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION**

## Physical description

### Eye color

Amber

**Canthe of Nurtha** arrived in the Priory of the Orange Tree in CE 510, while Saghul Yedanya was its Prioress, claiming to be from Inysca and was welcomed as a fellow mage. Canthe was the protector and caretaker of the siden Hawthorn Tree on the isle of Nurtha until its death, which ocurred after she had been driven away by scared Inyscans. She knew of the Mother and claimed to curse the name of Galian Berethnet.

## Physical description

Canthe is pale, with an uptilted nose, amber eyes and waist-long, rippling blonde hair, her voice deep and soft. According to Tunuva Melim, it was hard to guess her age, as time seemed to leave no marks on her, though she seemed 'settled in her bones'. Canthe describes herself as not having aged a day since she first ate of the Hawthorn. She wears a golden ring on her left forefinger, depicting two twined hands. It bears the design and colours of a royal Inysh love-knot ring.

## Biography

The Second Eruption of the Dreadmount made Canthe sense another sellspring of siden, which she had searched for for years. Her feeling led her to the Priory of the Orange Tree. She was glad to find the Orange Tree with a family of protectors, and wished to join their ranks to protect it. Saghul announced that she had to earn the trust of the Priory before the eventuality of becoming a kindled initiate would be relevant.

She joined Tunuva in her journey to find Siyu uq-Nāra, after the young one had ran away for Carmentum, where the two grew close. Canthe saved the three of them, as well as their ichneumons, when the High Western Dedalugun attacked them on their way out of Carmentum by wielding sterren. This scared off the wyrm and revealed her to be more than she seemed.

Canthe later told to Tunuva that she believed Tunuva's birthson to be alive, and that he was in Inys. The two travelled there and then chased after him to Hróth. During this time, Canthe shared with her that she once have had a daughter. In an Inysh inn, they shared a kiss despite that Tunuva had a partnar since thirty years in Esbar uq-Nāra. It was later revealed that Canthe, in a romantic way, loved Tunuva. While the two resided in Ascalon, Canthe infiltrated the dreams of Princess Glorian III in the shape of her mother, as well as communicating through Glorian's dream link to Dumai. She told her to meet them in the North, to aquire the Rising Jewel, which Dumai possessed. The ability to do such was due to her affiliation with sterren.

After their return to the Priory, she manipulated Tunuva with another ability caused by sterren, to unlock the tomb of Cleolind Onjenyu, to find and steal the Waning Jewel, which was hidden in the sacrophagus. She was stopped by Esbar, as well as some of the other Sisters, and was killed. Before, she revealed that she was Kalyba, the Witch of Inysca, and the one who took Tunuva's son (Wulfert Glenn). The truth was that she had sensed to Jewel during the Second Eruption, not the Orange Tree, which she already knew existed. It turned out that she had also both caused Tunuva nightmares about Esbar to break them apart, and ordered the death of Anyso in the form of Saghul, all with her sterren abilties. Her body was buried.

Despite her assumed death, she later encounterad Tunuva, who was visiting the place where her child had been taken. Canthe confessed that it was her greatest regret that it was just Tunuva's child she took, as it had cost her a life in Tunuva's family. Her reasons for stealing a child of the Priory was that she had longed for an heir with mage blood, to help her heal the earth and to guard the Haithwood if anything were to happen to her. She also told Tunuva that she had been found by her enemies and had left the child to the Barons of Langarth. She had wanted to come back for him, but didn't as she saw that he was happy there. Furthermore, she confessed her love to Tunuva, and promised not to return to the Priory while the mortal was alive.

## Trivia

* Canthe speaks plenty of languages, such as Inysh and Hróthi, as well as Lasian, though her way of speaking is a bit antiquated.