Characters from Ile-Rien

This is a list of characters from the fictional nation of Ile-Rien, the setting of five of Martha Wells' fantasy novels.

The Fontainon dynasty is the ruling family of Ile-Rien, governing for the several centuries that comprise the time-span of the books.

The deceased husband of Ravenna Fontainon, he was bestowed the rights and privileges of a regnant monarch by his father-in-law, the previous king. He is the father of Roland by his consort Ravenna, and the father of Kade Carrion by Moire, the Queen of Air and Darkness a visiting dignitary to his court. He was notoriously petty and ineffectual, and was particularly cruel to his son, the future King Roland. Fulstan is deceased at the beginning of 'The Element of Fire.'

The daughter of the previous Fontainon king, widow of King Fulstan, and doyenne of House Fontainon, she is the true ruler in Ile-Rien. In her youth, she was an admired beauty with pale skin and reddish auburn hair. As dowager queen, she maintains her son Roland's reign, seeing to its stability. While queen consort, she was a dynamic leader in the war against the hostile Bisrans, often taking command in the field directly. Feared by her courtiers and ambassadors to her court, she is regarded as a brilliant and capable ruler. Her son Roland is a great disappointment to her, as was her lack of additional children. She hand selected her daughter-in-law Queen Falaise in the hopes that she could train her to be a fitting successor, able to temper the reckless excesses of her son. Queen Ravenna's long-time lover, Thomas Boniface is the captain of her squadron of dedicated armsmen, The Queen's Guard. In the later books, she is a celebrated national heroine, and has many monuments dedicated to her.

The son of the late Fulstan and Ravenna, the scion of House Fontainon, King Roland is a weak king, prone to rash decision-making, and excessively vulnerable to flattery. His closest companion is Denzil, the Duke of Alsene, an ambitious kinsman who has designs upon the throne. Roland's wife is the foreign-born Falaise. The two are barely acquainted with one another, leading largely separate lives at court.

Roland's queen, she is the third daughter of nobles from neighboring Umberwald, and a princess in her own land. Originally a studious, pensive young woman, she was selected to be the future queen by Ravenna, who had hopes of molding her as a protégé, able to temper the excesses of Roland and provide wise counsel. As a young queen, she assembled a flattering entourage of poets and minstrels and had little interest in statecraft.

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