Ser Fiónnan Perdel

## Perdel

**Ser** **Fiónnan Perdel** is a former knight lieutenant of the Order
and a minor character in the Unnamed Story. Perdel is Rainer’s former master
and surrogate father figure, with his involvement becoming more prominent as
the stories go on.

## History

Born and raised in the farmlands of Laedia, Perdel realized
early on that he was meant for greater things than sheep herding. He quickly
found his way into the household of a Temple knight, earning squirehood through
sheer determination and quickly mastering all his mentor had to teach him, graduating
from the Academy with honors at the age of 21. His height, agility and unseemly
strength made him a clear choice for the capture squads, and that was what he
did for not one but *two* tours. Even having
seen the worst of humanity in that time, he managed to hold to his faith in the
system, a rare example of a knight with a moral compass, and sympathy for those
he captured. And no good deed goes unpunished. A final run-in with a rogue witch
leveled his entire squad, leaving him on the edge of death. Out of four
soldiers and one *dragon*, he was the
only survivor.

With severe burns covering more than half of his body, the
once very handsome man was left a horror, the sight of him frightening even
seasoned Temple healers. The badly-disfigured Perdel, his wounds too advanced
to be healed, was left with more than physical scars for his trouble. Retired from
the Order with high honors, provided land and wealth with which to live out his
days, he became a recluse, his optimism and faith deeply shaken by the event.
He never truly recovered.

## Personality

Once, Perdel was an idealist, firmly believing in the Temple
and its methods, convinced of their righteousness and that their intentions
were nothing but good. Then, he was set on fire, lost the sight in one eye and
the function of one arm. It wasn’t until he was injured than he discovered the
kind of bureaucracy he had put his faith in. His final conflict in the Order obliterated
Perdel’s more merciful perspective, leaving him a fatalist with jarringly
strict beliefs on both the treatment of magiborn and the Temple’s helplessness
to control them. Despite this, he remains deeply loyal to the cause, and
distains the thought of mercy being shown to those who abuse their powers. Stoic
and dire, he speaks very little, every word measured to serve a purpose, be it to
enlighten or to rend. No trace of his shy and well-meaning former self exists
outwardly, showing only rarely to those closest to him.

## *The Unnamed Story*

If Rainer is adept at anything, it’s getting in trouble, and
he certainly does that. Taken into custody for his various mistakes throughout
the story, culminating in one final misstep that reveals his true nature,
Rainer finds himself on the opposite side of the Temple’s favor. Refusing to
identify those with whom he “conspired,” he is warned of his impending judgment,
and prepares himself to face it. What he was *not* prepared to face was the badly scarred and notoriously
reclusive Knight-Lieutenant Perdel. Summoned from his property in Linkshire,
Perdel points out the madness of his former squire’s behavior, reminding him of
all that he taught him and questioning what drove him to act against their cause.
Recognizing the Temple’s psychological measures at work—with his love for his
master being wielded against him—Rainer instead questions whether Perdel would
have taken him in if he suspected what he was. Perdel assures him that no magiborn
would ever have existed under his roof, expression displeasure at the
implication that he would have hidden such a thing from him. Now faced with the
fact that even his master would disdain him for a nature he cannot control,
Rainer resolves to do what he thinks is right in place of what he is told—and
does so, to greatly chaotic effect.

## UNS: Pyreborn

Perdel appears unexpectedly in the chronicle of Caspian’s
past.

When the unnamed mage is finally apprehended by a capture
squad, his only hope for survival presents itself in the form of the squad’s
second-in-command—a much younger Fiónnan Perdel. What role the young mage had
in his injury, if any, remains to be seen.

## See Also

* Rainer
* The Order of Adavarion
* The Temple