Kaschar's Quarter

*Kaschar's Quarter* is the first of four planned books in The Default King series.

## Synopsis

Matthieu Sartonné thinks he knows precisely where life will take him. However, like the rest of the world, he is not prepared for what will come next.

Decades of fear and hatred have spilled over from the nearby city of Cyrnne. The armies of the Evangelical Brethren march under the sign of the falling star, destroying all in their path and bringing with them a deadly sickness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Heilicon, the cradle of Matthieu's every ambition, is the first city to fall. It will not be the last, but if Matthieu is to see any conclusion to this war, he must escape by any means he can.

He sets out into a larger world that owes him nothing and will never let him stay in one place for long. But he is not alone in his yearning for a better world. Along the way, he meets plunderers, refugees, islanders, sailors, zealots, a reluctant prophet, and a family he never knew he had. Will one of these be able to give him the peace he seeks, or are they merely imperfect men like himself? Are they even real?

All he knows anymore is that some power wants him to stay alive; only time will tell if that power is God or simply his own will to survive.

## Characters

* Matthieu Sartonné, a student at the university in Leganne
* Martin Sartonné, father of Matthieu Sartonné and a cloth merchant
* Anna Weikern Sartonné, late wife of Martin Sartonné
* Timond Sartonné, late father of Martin Sartonné
* Liesl Hardt, a cook employed by the Sartonné household
* Walter Kerns, chief reckoner for the House of Mennish
* Else Reich Kerns, wife of Walter Kerns
* Beate Kerns, oldest daughter of Walter and Else Kerns, betrothed to Matthieu Sartonné
* Heide Kerns, youngest daughter of Walter and Else Kerns
* Rickard V Warnaue, King of the Ossirians
* Lyda Kasschen Warnaue, Queen of the Ossirians
* Alfonse I Mennish, Duke of Heilicon
* Katrin Nehres Mennish, wife of Alfonse I Mennish
* Alfonse II Mennish, only child of Alfonse I and Katrin Mennish
* Sarah Frandt Ment, sister-in-law of Lord Leopold Ment
* Greta Frandt, sister of Sarah Ment
* Leopold Ment, Lord of Gatewatch
* Heinrich and Richard Ment, nephews and lieutenants of Leopold Ment
* Erick III Garrand, Duke of Cyrnne
* Liss Hascha Garrand, Duchess of Cyrnne
* Franz Garrand, son of Erick III and Liss Garrand
* Harret Lewan, a Mentite soldier
* Heinrich Lemaste, Lord of Eastpass
* Alenn Schaummer, Lord of Herrett’s Watch
* Rickard Aschamont and Jakob Hennet, members of the Ecumenical Council of Heilicon
* Jakob Oreteel, a member of the Ecumenical Council of Cyrnne
* Kerran Hache, Lord of Scyf’s Harbor
* Roland Lohel, a Mentite scout
* Lennert Parte, a Mentite cannon loader
* Jan Hassebeck, an exiled former member of the Heilicon town council
* Bernard, a farmer
* Herris Follett, a farmer
* Olias Achol, a baker
* Lyda Follett, daughter of Herris Follett
* Olias Achol, a baker
* Timis Follett, only son of Olias Achol and Lyda Follett
* Lannet, a cobbler
* Earen Lanimont, captain of the Arcinan freighter *Fleetfoot*
* Saruve, a villager in the Southern Islands
* Sujaagew, wife of Saruve
* Katahum, daughter of Saruve and Sujaagew
* Tollen Harte, captain of the Ossirian merchant ship *Swallow*
* Allet, a sailor onboard the *Swallow*
* Joachim Ferzen, Duke of Rickerspont
* Gerhart Hassern, Duke of Seedern
* Rollan Hassern, nephew of Gerhart Hassern
* Alfio Garreste, Grand Inquirer of Ossir
* Edric II Arrasen, Duke of Leganne
* Richard Tolemont, Lord of Ollet’s Harbor
* Rodolf Larquen, Duke of Kicher
* Loren, an Ossirian veteran of the Qenshi Crusades
* Jarun Hichame, an imperial page

## Locations

* Heilicon
* Alicksport
* Southern Islands
* Esel's Daughters
* Fleidt
* Cyrnne
* Ossir

## Trivia

The title *Kaschar's Quarter* comes from a phrase used by Valasite and later Mentite soldiers while executing surrendered enemies, i.e. giving them the same quarter shown to the Taruschkani city of Kaschar when it was taken by Reschanant troops in 678 CR.

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