Kiin
also known as Dreok Crushthroat
Sarene's uncle and the merchant who hosts Raoden's conspiracy in Kae — and, the night Kae burns, revealed by the great axe on his kitchen wall to be Dreok Crushedthroat himself, Eventeo's older brother and the rightful heir to Teod that his younger brother displaced. EL:EL:Ch 58
A pirate captain whose fleet was destroyed roughly fifteen years ago when he tried to take the throne of Teod. The remnants of his band have vanished, but his name remains the convenient cover that Iadon's court reaches for whenever someone needs an explanation other than Fjorden for the ongoing sinkings — even though no one in Sarene's circle is sure whether he was Aonic, Fjordell, or Svordish. EL:EL:Ch 20 superseded at EL:EL:Ch 58
One of Raoden's circle of friends in Kae — recalled by the prince in passing as one of those keeping his clandestine meetings of nobles alive while he is gone. EL:EL:Ch 4 superseded at EL:EL:Ch 20
Known facts
- stripped-of-teo-titleKiin is a son of Teod's royal house — the younger brother of King Eventeo and Sarene's uncle — and was widely told to have gone to sea on a long voyage. In truth he has lived as a merchant in Kae for years, and at some point quietly lost or surrendered his title, a fact never made public in Teod's court.EL:EL:Ch 5
- estranged-from-eventeoKiin admits to Sarene that he and his brother Eventeo had a serious falling-out in their youth — bad enough that the king is unlikely ever to forgive him — but refuses to say what it was about.EL:EL:Ch 26
- house-built-as-fortressBuilt his mansion in Kae as a hilltop strongpoint — square footprint, slit windows, stone curtain walls capped with a parapet — a deliberate answer to the massacre ten years before. He has stockpiled supplies enough to last years inside.EL:EL:Ch 55
- wields-aon-reo-axeThe chest-tall axe Kiin keeps mounted on his kitchen wall is no merchant's ornament. He breaks a Dakhor monk apart with it in the street the night Kae burns, swinging in a Teo battle rhythm and bellowing Teo war cries, and admits afterward that he had sworn never to pick it up again. The blade carries Aon Reo — "punishment" — etched into the steel.EL:EL:Ch 58
- was-eventeos-older-brotherKiin corrects the popular legend in his kitchen: the pirate's true name was Dreok *Crushedthroat*, not Crushthroat, and he was no foreign rover. He was Eventeo's older brother, and what the world calls his attempt to steal the throne of Teod was an attempt to take back the throne his younger brother had taken from him while he was off on a pleasure trip.EL:EL:Ch 58
Events
- EL:EL:Ch 5 Recognises his grown niece Sarene in the throne room, hauls her home for a JinDo-style supper he has cooked himself, and lets slip that he no longer officially has a title.
- EL:EL:Ch 8 Hosts lunch, ribs his children, and steers Sarene gently away from Kaise's accidental reminder that her prince is dead.
- EL:EL:Ch 11 Hosts the meeting in his kitchen and at his table — feeds the conspirators a roast pig of his own, briefs Sarene on each man as they arrive, and stays up afterwards over wine with Roial and his niece.
- EL:EL:Ch 26 Arrives looking for his family, refuses to be drawn out on his old quarrel with his brother, and confirms that the king's palace is honeycombed with escape passages.
- EL:EL:Ch 29 Lets Sarene cry on his shoulder at the door, then warns soberly that publicly humiliating a king will cost them all later.
- EL:EL:Ch 35 Hosts the meeting in his dining room — the room the conspirators have come to default to.
- EL:EL:Ch 47 Sweeps Sarene off her feet at the gate and pulls her back from Hrathen before the gyorn can press further.
- EL:EL:Ch 47 Empties his kitchen feeding Sarene; admits her possessions were burned per Arelene custom for the exiled.
- EL:EL:Ch 53 Hosts the meeting, lays out crackers despite Sarene's instruction not to feed them, and shows uncharacteristic coldness in agreeing assassination is the only option.
- EL:EL:Ch 56 Wants to collapse the entryway and seal the household in; cedes the call to Raoden on trust, not on title.
- EL:EL:Ch 58 Breaks a Dakhor monk apart in the street with the chest-tall axe from his kitchen wall; admits afterward that he had sworn never to lift it again.
- EL:EL:Ch 59 Watches Dilaf with Sarene from the slitted window, then takes her up onto the roof with the pirate axe in hand.
- EL:EL:Ch 60 Fights so hard it takes three Fjordells and a stone to the back of the head to put him on a horse. Flung over a saddle unconscious for the march into Elantris.
- EL:EL:Epilogue Stands among the crowd at the memorial; Sarene reads the rest of the Dreok story off his eyes even when he will not put it into words.
Backreferences
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 4
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 5
- factKiin
- factDaora
- factKaise
- factDaorn
- factJinDo
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 8
- factIadon
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 11
- factSarene
- factSarene
- factRoial
- factAhan
- factEdan
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 14
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 17
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 24
- factDilaf
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 25
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- factIadon
- factKiin
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 29
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- factRoial
- factRoial
- factAhan
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 55
- factAon Nae
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 56
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 58
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- factKiin
- factKiin
- factAon Reo
- factAon Reo
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 59
- factRaoden
- factDakhor
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 60
- summaryEL:EL:Epilogue