Nanrovah
Stillmark's high priest, wearing blue and gold. He speaks for the traditionalist faction on the arena sands and argues, against Blushweaver's priestess, that Hallandren has no warrant for military action against Idris — to a surprisingly large rumble of dissent. STD:WB:Ch 16
Known facts
- flipped-to-pro-warNanrovah — the arena's most reliable voice against military action — pivoted without warning to lead the call for war on Idris. Blushweaver insists she did not buy him, and Lightsong, who knows Blushweaver's methods, believes her — which leaves someone else having moved Nanrovah.STD:WB:Ch 34
- serves-stillmark-without-payVasher tells Vivenna that Nanrovah's mansion belongs to his father, one of the wealthiest merchants in T'Telir. The son dedicated himself to Stillmark's priesthood out of gratitude for that fortune and takes no salary for his service.STD:WB:Ch 48
- anti-war-stance-blackmailed-by-misels-kidnappingNanrovah's reversal of his anti-war arguments in the court was not a change of heart. Denth's crew had snatched his young daughter Misel from a staged carriage attack months earlier and were holding her in a slum cellar, threatening to kill her if he kept arguing against war. With her returned to him by Vasher and Vivenna, he retracts the reversal at the next assembly.STD:WB:Ch 48
Events
- STD:WB:Ch 16 In blue and gold, argues from the sand floor of the arena that Hallandren has no warrant for military action against Idris.
- STD:WB:Ch 48 Comes out of his mansion in a white nightgown, weeps as he takes his daughter back, confesses that he had been forced to change his arguments under threat to her life, and accepts Vasher's parting demand that he keep Hallandren from a Lifeless slaughter.
- STD:WB:Ch 49 Down on the arena floor, daughter restored, retracts his previous reversal and leads the argument against war — with very little support behind him.
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