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	During the war, Gorbudan leads repeated cross-border raids from [[Mantekor]] against Palleseen factoras, mills, and plantations along the Usmiat-Peost frontier, at the Loruthi's behest - ch 10. The connection is an open secret in Alkhalend, though the Alkhand's court publicly denies everything; Angilly writes a polite, useless note to [[Palinet]] because she has no sanctioned lever - ch 10. Gorbudan's personal charisma makes suborning his followers impractical, and he has never been near Angilly in person during the war - ch 10. In the speech the Alkhand later delivers at court, Gorbudan is accused of calling the Palleseen people "killers of gods, devourers of ways" and of placing the White Petal Crown on his own brow - ch 10. The declaration itself is the war's political climax: the Alkhand stands in open court and denounces his eldest son - "You have broken my decree. You have taken your followers into Peor. You have set upon the Kepishi of Pallesand, at the behest of the envoy of their enemy." - ch 10. He banishes Gorbudan and all who ride with him; "the Moerends harry them into the sea" - ch 10. Immediately afterward, the Alkhand calls again, "Bring me my son," and names [[Dekamran]] heir - ch 10. Gorbudan is sent back to Mantekor; Tarcomir's influence in the court collapses - ch 10. Dekamran never learns what elevated him, and Angilly tells nobody of her role in engineering the scene - ch 10.		During the war, Gorbudan leads repeated cross-border raids from [[Mantekor]] against Palleseen factoras, mills, and plantations along the Usmiat-Peost frontier, at the Loruthi's behest - ch 10. The connection is an open secret in Alkhalend, though the Alkhand's court publicly denies everything; Angilly writes a polite, useless note to [[Palinet]] because she has no sanctioned lever - ch 10. Gorbudan's personal charisma makes suborning his followers impractical, and he has never been near Angilly in person during the war - ch 10. In the speech the Alkhand later delivers at court, Gorbudan is accused of calling the Palleseen people "killers of gods, devourers of ways" and of placing the White Petal Crown on his own brow - ch 10. The declaration itself is the war's political climax: the Alkhand stands in open court and denounces his eldest son - "You have broken my decree. You have taken your followers into Peor. You have set upon the Kepishi of Pallesand, at the behest of the envoy of their enemy." - ch 10. He banishes Gorbudan and all who ride with him; "the Moerends harry them into the sea" - ch 10. Immediately afterward, the Alkhand calls again, "Bring me my son," and names [[Dekamran]] heir - ch 10. Gorbudan is sent back to Mantekor; Tarcomir's influence in the court collapses - ch 10. Dekamran never learns what elevated him, and Angilly tells nobody of her role in engineering the scene - ch 10.

	- implied, ch 10: The cross-border raids are Gorbudan's doing, confirmed by the Alkhand's public denunciation.		* implied, ch 10: The cross-border raids are Gorbudan's doing, confirmed by the Alkhand's public denunciation.
	- implied, ch 10: Gorbudan's banishment removes the principal obstacle to Dekamran's succession; the throne question, unresolved in ch 9, is settled by exile rather than by contest.		* implied, ch 10: Gorbudan's banishment removes the principal obstacle to Dekamran's succession; the throne question, unresolved in ch 9, is settled by exile rather than by contest.

	=== Days of Shattered Faith ===		=== Days of Shattered Faith ===
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	== Relationships ==		== Relationships ==
	- '''[[His Tranquillity Oparan\|Oparan]]''' - Father and son. Gorbudan is heir by prowess, not primogeniture, and has been exiled twice for arguing with his father over foreign policy - ch 8, ch 9. Oparan publicly denounces and banishes him in open court after the Peor raids, naming Dekamran heir in his place - ch 10. Gorbudan was stripped of heirship by Oparan's decree but hopes to be permitted back to court, and on the day of the usurpation claims the old Alkhand had named him before the Kepishi interfered - ch 13, ch 15. Oparan vanishes into the Grove and Gorbudan inherits in the chaos; the old Alkhand is thereafter "the lost Alkhand" - ch 25.		* '''[[His Tranquillity Oparan\|Oparan]]''' - Father and son. Gorbudan is heir by prowess, not primogeniture, and has been exiled twice for arguing with his father over foreign policy - ch 8, ch 9. Oparan publicly denounces and banishes him in open court after the Peor raids, naming Dekamran heir in his place - ch 10. Gorbudan was stripped of heirship by Oparan's decree but hopes to be permitted back to court, and on the day of the usurpation claims the old Alkhand had named him before the Kepishi interfered - ch 13, ch 15. Oparan vanishes into the Grove and Gorbudan inherits in the chaos; the old Alkhand is thereafter "the lost Alkhand" - ch 25.

	- '''[[Dekamran]]''' - Younger brother and central relationship of the series. Gorbudan is "the elder, the hero," the warrior; Dekamran was sent abroad to keep him out of the way of his brother - ch 3, ch 10. Gorbudan feels contempt for Dekamran as a Palleseen dupe but bears no true ill will - ch 5. At the Waygrove he lunges at Dekamran but turns the strike into an embrace; moments later he seizes him by the collar and declares himself Alkhand - ch 13, ch 15. After the usurpation he imprisons Dekamran in the House of Hard Angles, visits him to debate mutilation versus fratricide, and weeps at the thought of killing him - ch 20. Dekamran dreams of Gorbudan's dead face saying "I told you" and refuses to let anyone use the childhood nickname "Kama" - ch 31, ch 28. Dekamran's own self-assessment as "the soft brother... never supposed to become Alkhand" is defined against Gorbudan's legacy - ch 47.		* '''[[Dekamran]]''' - Younger brother and central relationship of the series. Gorbudan is "the elder, the hero," the warrior; Dekamran was sent abroad to keep him out of the way of his brother - ch 3, ch 10. Gorbudan feels contempt for Dekamran as a Palleseen dupe but bears no true ill will - ch 5. At the Waygrove he lunges at Dekamran but turns the strike into an embrace; moments later he seizes him by the collar and declares himself Alkhand - ch 13, ch 15. After the usurpation he imprisons Dekamran in the House of Hard Angles, visits him to debate mutilation versus fratricide, and weeps at the thought of killing him - ch 20. Dekamran dreams of Gorbudan's dead face saying "I told you" and refuses to let anyone use the childhood nickname "Kama" - ch 31, ch 28. Dekamran's own self-assessment as "the soft brother... never supposed to become Alkhand" is defined against Gorbudan's legacy - ch 47.

	- '''[[Tarcomir]]''' - The Loruthi delegate and Gorbudan's closest foreign ally. They duel and leave the hall laughing together; Tarcomir has spent six years building the rapport that Angilly struggled to establish - ch 8. Tarcomir's influence edges out Palleseen presence in Gorbudan's orbit - ch 9. Gorbudan raids Palleseen holdings at the Loruthi's behest - ch 10. Tarcomir told Gorbudan how to counter Palleseen flying islands before his death - ch 18. Gorbudan cultivated this friendship deliberately as a counterweight to Pallesand - ch 5.		* '''[[Tarcomir]]''' - The Loruthi delegate and Gorbudan's closest foreign ally. They duel and leave the hall laughing together; Tarcomir has spent six years building the rapport that Angilly struggled to establish - ch 8. Tarcomir's influence edges out Palleseen presence in Gorbudan's orbit - ch 9. Gorbudan raids Palleseen holdings at the Loruthi's behest - ch 10. Tarcomir told Gorbudan how to counter Palleseen flying islands before his death - ch 18. Gorbudan cultivated this friendship deliberately as a counterweight to Pallesand - ch 5.

	- '''[[Angilly]]''' - The Palleseen Resident who watches Gorbudan with open hostility, calling him "a mythic hero whose worst vices are other men's dreamed-of virtues" and deciding she hates him - ch 9. She must win his favour for Pallesand's benefit but is barred from the duelling ring by gender custom - ch 8. Gorbudan has never been near her in person during the war; his charisma makes suborning his followers impractical - ch 10. His accession would shift the balance of power against the Pals dramatically - ch 9.		* '''[[Angilly]]''' - The Palleseen Resident who watches Gorbudan with open hostility, calling him "a mythic hero whose worst vices are other men's dreamed-of virtues" and deciding she hates him - ch 9. She must win his favour for Pallesand's benefit but is barred from the duelling ring by gender custom - ch 8. Gorbudan has never been near her in person during the war; his charisma makes suborning his followers impractical - ch 10. His accession would shift the balance of power against the Pals dramatically - ch 9.

	- '''[[Lhisamena]]''' - Preceptor of the Tesemer and the instrument of Gorbudan's conversion from prince to Alkhand. He challenges her directly ("Will you bare your neck for the Palleseen blade now?") and she proclaims him "The Tiger-Crab of Mantekor! The Alkhand of Usmai!" - ch 15. The Tesemer's choice of his side is absolute: "If they'd declared for Dekamran, he knows, none of this would be possible" - ch 22. He lays out battle plans in his tent that include "the part of his plan that was only for her and her people" - ch 22.		* '''[[Lhisamena]]''' - Preceptor of the Tesemer and the instrument of Gorbudan's conversion from prince to Alkhand. He challenges her directly ("Will you bare your neck for the Palleseen blade now?") and she proclaims him "The Tiger-Crab of Mantekor! The Alkhand of Usmai!" - ch 15. The Tesemer's choice of his side is absolute: "If they'd declared for Dekamran, he knows, none of this would be possible" - ch 22. He lays out battle plans in his tent that include "the part of his plan that was only for her and her people" - ch 22.

	- '''[[Kaleithi]]''' - Mother. Gorbudan was present when she walked away into the Grove - ch 13.		* '''[[Kaleithi]]''' - Mother. Gorbudan was present when she walked away into the Grove - ch 13.

	- '''[[Premath]]''' - Brother. Gorbudan finds him "weird, creepy" but has no wish to kill him; Premath openly refuses a family meal, suspecting poison - ch 18. Gorbudan had planned to exile or imprison him as a dynastic liability; Premath's suicide removes that duty and produces guilt followed by rage - ch 25.		* '''[[Premath]]''' - Brother. Gorbudan finds him "weird, creepy" but has no wish to kill him; Premath openly refuses a family meal, suspecting poison - ch 18. Gorbudan had planned to exile or imprison him as a dynastic liability; Premath's suicide removes that duty and produces guilt followed by rage - ch 25.

	- '''[[Enshili]]''' - Sister. She calls him "Gorbudan Kinslayer; Gorbudan Exile" and glares at him with open hatred; he has palace staff watching her and resolves to exile her as a diplomatic match - ch 18, ch 19.		* '''[[Enshili]]''' - Sister. She calls him "Gorbudan Kinslayer; Gorbudan Exile" and glares at him with open hatred; he has palace staff watching her and resolves to exile her as a diplomatic match - ch 18, ch 19.

	- '''[[Coregan]]''' - The Custodian's position at court came from patrons who backed Gorbudan in the succession; Coregan sends Gorbudan a message reporting Tarcomir's death - ch 4, ch 5.		* '''[[Coregan]]''' - The Custodian's position at court came from patrons who backed Gorbudan in the succession; Coregan sends Gorbudan a message reporting Tarcomir's death - ch 4, ch 5.

	- '''[[Arkanith]]''' - The Grand Moerend who crowns Gorbudan and then uses that rite as leverage for preferment; Gorbudan gives in to his demands, aware he is distributing positions already promised to others - ch 18. After Premath's death Gorbudan accuses Arkanith of filling his brother's head with a "necrotic creed" and nearly draws a sword on him before ordering him confined - ch 25.		* '''[[Arkanith]]''' - The Grand Moerend who crowns Gorbudan and then uses that rite as leverage for preferment; Gorbudan gives in to his demands, aware he is distributing positions already promised to others - ch 18. After Premath's death Gorbudan accuses Arkanith of filling his brother's head with a "necrotic creed" and nearly draws a sword on him before ordering him confined - ch 25.

	- '''[[Kakrops]]''' - The civic frog-god of Alkhalend. Gorbudan slashes and goads it into battle during the final night assault, and its death at the hands of massed batons shatters him - ch 26.		* '''[[Kakrops]]''' - The civic frog-god of Alkhalend. Gorbudan slashes and goads it into battle during the final night assault, and its death at the hands of massed batons shatters him - ch 26.

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