Arutha ConDoin
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Arutha conDoin is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist
. He is a point of view character in Magician
and is the protagonist of Silverthorn
and A Darkness at Sethanon
. He then makes appearances in Riftwar Legacy series and the Krondor's Sons
series.
. As a younger son he was expected to either pursue a military career in the border baronies or to be given a minor earldom. He was trained by Swordmaster Fannon, Father Tully and the magician Kulgan. His respect for Kulgan had such an impact on him that later in life he requested for a magician as an advisor in the same manner as his father was advised by Kulgan. As a child he felt his father's belt only once as punishment. He learned that his father expected his orders to be followed.
and Tomas
to see the Tsurani ship wrecked against the cliffs. He agrees with his father about the threat that the Tsurani pose and accompanies his father on his trip to Rillanon to gain King Rodric's aid for the Western Realm. After his father gains command of the armies of the west, Arutha is sent back to Crydee. When Lyam leaves to become their father's adjunct, Arutha is reluctant to accept his old teacher Swordmaster Fannon as commander of the garrison. During a raid against Crydee town Arutha saves the Sea Captain, Amos Trask, who was attempting to bring supplies to the besieged castle. During a siege of the castle the swordmaster is wounded and Arutha assumes command of Crydee, where he shows himself to be an effective commander and gains the permanent command of Crydee and the respect of Kasumi, the leader of the Tsurani attacking the castle.
In the ninth year of the Riftwar Arutha fears that the Kingdom will lose the war as the captured slave Charles tells him of the new banners amongst those of the Tsurani indicating an increase of troops during the campaign of the following year. He travels to Krondor with Martin and Amos in an attempt to gain the aid of Prince Erland. When entering the city he finds it under the command of Guy du Bas-Tyra. After running afoul of the secret police he seeks the aid of the Guild of Thieves to escape the city. During his time hiding with the Mockers he meets Jimmy the Hand
, a fifteen year old thief, and befriends him by teaching him how to fight with the rapier. In addition, he meets Princess Anita who is also being hidden by the Mockers. The Mockers and some smugglers help Arutha escape to Crydee along with Martin, Amos and Anita. During the escape he throws his rapier to Jimmy after seeing him being attacked by armed men.
On his return to Crydee he finds that one of his closest friends, Roland, has died during the winter. Later he receives news of his father's death from Lyam and he travels to the location of the rift for the signing of the peace treaty. Arutha commands the Kingdom troops to attack the Tsurani after the treachery of Macros the Black
. With Pug and Kulgan he visits Sorcerer's Island on his way to Rillanon for the coronation of the new King due to the death of Rodric. While visiting his father's tomb with Lyam he is told that Martin is actually his eldest brother and has the first claim to the crown because Borric recognized him as his son on his death bed. Arutha, unprepared to risk civil war is prepared to kill Martin if he accepts the crown. After Martin refuses the crown in favor of Lyam the two brothers reconcile, and go to find Amos stealing the King's ship, which Arutha says he will have Lyam give to Amos. At this, Amos says that Arutha takes the fun out of life. Pug thinks that Lyam will make a good King but he also thinks that Arutha would make a great King because he would keep his people alive. At the end of the Riftwar Arutha is named Prince of Krondor and sets out on a trip to the Eastern Realms with his elder brothers.
At his wedding to Princess Anita one of the remaining Nighthawks mortally wounds Anita with a poisoned bolt meant for Arutha. With the help of Father Tully and Pug she is kept alive in stasis till a cure can be found for the poison. Tully and Kulgan say that the Abbey of Ishap by Sarth may know the cure for the poison so Arutha journeys to Sarth with Martin, Laurie, Gardan and Jimmy. On their journey to Sarth they are attacked by Black Slayers and are again attacked when they reach the Abbey itself. The Monks are able to find a possible cure for the poison called silverthorn but their knowledge ends with the statement that the eledhel may know how to find it. During the trip to Elvandar they pick up Roald, a friend of Laurie, and Baru, a Hadatian, as traveling companions.
In Elvandar Arutha learns the location of Silverthorn and he sets of to Moraelin to retrieve the cure. At Moraelin Arutha is able to find silverthorn and to escape a trap set by Murmandamus . On the journey back to Elvandar they are beset by enemies and nearly killed but are saved by the intervention of the elves. On returning to Krondor Anita is cured and the couple finally marry along with his sister Carline to Laurie.
A year later the Nighthawks make another attempt on Arutha's life. Arutha orders Krondor under martial law to capture the escaped Nighthawks. A week later, in an interrogation, one of the Nighthawks throws a dagger at Arutha, supposedly killing him. In actuality Arutha allowed a body of a slain Nighthawk, whose appearance was identical to Arutha, to be presented as his corpse. With most of the population thinking him dead, Arutha leaves Krondor with Laurie and Roald to scout out Murmandamus' camp at Sar-Sargoth. Their goal is to determine the moredhel lord's plan of attack. Jimmy and another squire, Locklear, learn of this plan and intercept them on the road.
Along the way they are captured by distant kin of Baru, and head to a community called Armengar, outside the bounds of the Kingdom. There they see Amos Trask again and learn that Guy du Bas-Tyra was commander there. Within a week Murmandamus launched an attack with an army of nearly fifty thousand, eventually overrunning Armengar. Arutha and his group, meeting with a squad of elves, headed by Galain, flee to Highcastle, which was overrun too, killing the Baron of Highcastle.
They learn that Murmandamus was heading to Sethanon, a city of Valheru ruins, which is located in the middle of the Kingdom. This being a poor strategic point, Jimmy comments that Murmandamus might be looking for an item of magic that would repel the King's armies when they surrounded Sethanon. Thinking this to be true, the band traveled through the Blackwood forest, where they discover the glameredhel, or "mad elves." Convincing their king, Redtree, to let them travel in peace, and instructions of how to get into Elvendar, they reach Sethanon just a few days before the moredhel army.
During the following battle, Pug, Tomas, and Macros return on the dragon Ryath, to tell Arutha the secret of the Lifestone, an ancient Valheru artifact that would wipe out all life on Midkemia if activated. To battle Murmandamus, Macros infuses Arutha's sword with the power of an Ishapian talisman, giving it the power to negate all battle magics (and as the reader discovers in a later book, Krondor: The Assassins, inflict more damage on demons). Arutha kills the moredhel lord, revealing that it was a magically changed Pantanthian.
as one of the greatest men that he ever knew.
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feist is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.- Biography :Raymond E...
. He is a point of view character in Magician
Magician (novel)
Magician is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book of the Riftwar Saga and was published in 1982. It led to many books written by Feist in the world of Midkemia, which was the setting for this book...
and is the protagonist of Silverthorn
Silverthorn
Silverthorn is a novel by Raymond E. Feist, the sequel to Magician. Released in 1985, it was followed by A Darkness at Sethanon, the final book in The Riftwar Saga.-Plot:...
and A Darkness at Sethanon
A Darkness at Sethanon
A Darkness at Sethanon is the third and final book in The Riftwar Saga. It details how Murmandamus, a new prince of the Dark Brotherhood, marshals the forces of the Moredhel and invades the kingdom, with the intent of finding the Lifestone, a powerful relic with which he will be able to destroy...
. He then makes appearances in Riftwar Legacy series and the Krondor's Sons
Krondor's Sons
Krondor's Sons is a series of fantasy novels written by Raymond E. Feist. The books are part of The Riftwar Cycle and set on the fictional world of Midkemia. The two novels are set between riftwars and explores Midkemia beyond the borders of the Kingdom of the Isles. The main characters are the...
series.
Early life
Prince Arutha is the youngest son and middle child of Duke Borric of Crydee and Catherine the aunt of King Rodric. He is described as having dark moods and not being as likable as his elder brother LyamLyam ConDoin
-Description:As a youth Lyam was tall and powerfully built with blonde hair shoulder length hair and a closely trimmed beard. He had his mother's smile and always looked on the verge of laughter.-Biography:...
. As a younger son he was expected to either pursue a military career in the border baronies or to be given a minor earldom. He was trained by Swordmaster Fannon, Father Tully and the magician Kulgan. His respect for Kulgan had such an impact on him that later in life he requested for a magician as an advisor in the same manner as his father was advised by Kulgan. As a child he felt his father's belt only once as punishment. He learned that his father expected his orders to be followed.
Riftwar
At the start of the Riftwar, Arutha is the only person apart from PugPug (fictional character)
Pug, also known as Milamber , is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist. He is the protagonist in Feist's first novel, and the first novel of the Riftwar Saga, Magician...
and Tomas
Ashen-Shugar/Tomas
Ashen-Shugar and Tomas are two of the main fictional characters from the Riftwar Cycle series of books by Raymond E. Feist. According to the books, Tomas, a human teenager from the city of Crydee, was gifted a set of gold and white armour. The armor once belonged to Ashen-Shugar, who was a Valheru...
to see the Tsurani ship wrecked against the cliffs. He agrees with his father about the threat that the Tsurani pose and accompanies his father on his trip to Rillanon to gain King Rodric's aid for the Western Realm. After his father gains command of the armies of the west, Arutha is sent back to Crydee. When Lyam leaves to become their father's adjunct, Arutha is reluctant to accept his old teacher Swordmaster Fannon as commander of the garrison. During a raid against Crydee town Arutha saves the Sea Captain, Amos Trask, who was attempting to bring supplies to the besieged castle. During a siege of the castle the swordmaster is wounded and Arutha assumes command of Crydee, where he shows himself to be an effective commander and gains the permanent command of Crydee and the respect of Kasumi, the leader of the Tsurani attacking the castle.
In the ninth year of the Riftwar Arutha fears that the Kingdom will lose the war as the captured slave Charles tells him of the new banners amongst those of the Tsurani indicating an increase of troops during the campaign of the following year. He travels to Krondor with Martin and Amos in an attempt to gain the aid of Prince Erland. When entering the city he finds it under the command of Guy du Bas-Tyra. After running afoul of the secret police he seeks the aid of the Guild of Thieves to escape the city. During his time hiding with the Mockers he meets Jimmy the Hand
Jimmy the Hand (fictional character)
Jimmy the Hand is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist. He is first introduced in the first Riftwar novel Magician. He also appears in the rest of the Riftwar Saga and is a key character in the Riftwar legacy novels....
, a fifteen year old thief, and befriends him by teaching him how to fight with the rapier. In addition, he meets Princess Anita who is also being hidden by the Mockers. The Mockers and some smugglers help Arutha escape to Crydee along with Martin, Amos and Anita. During the escape he throws his rapier to Jimmy after seeing him being attacked by armed men.
On his return to Crydee he finds that one of his closest friends, Roland, has died during the winter. Later he receives news of his father's death from Lyam and he travels to the location of the rift for the signing of the peace treaty. Arutha commands the Kingdom troops to attack the Tsurani after the treachery of Macros the Black
Macros the Black
Macros the Black is fictional character in Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga and Serpentwar Saga series of books. He is a magician who lived on Sorcerer's Isle, a small island surrounded by treacherous currents and many rocks....
. With Pug and Kulgan he visits Sorcerer's Island on his way to Rillanon for the coronation of the new King due to the death of Rodric. While visiting his father's tomb with Lyam he is told that Martin is actually his eldest brother and has the first claim to the crown because Borric recognized him as his son on his death bed. Arutha, unprepared to risk civil war is prepared to kill Martin if he accepts the crown. After Martin refuses the crown in favor of Lyam the two brothers reconcile, and go to find Amos stealing the King's ship, which Arutha says he will have Lyam give to Amos. At this, Amos says that Arutha takes the fun out of life. Pug thinks that Lyam will make a good King but he also thinks that Arutha would make a great King because he would keep his people alive. At the end of the Riftwar Arutha is named Prince of Krondor and sets out on a trip to the Eastern Realms with his elder brothers.
The Great Uprising
On returning from his tour he proposes to Princess Anita who accepts and he then travels ahead of her to Krondor for their marriage, it being tradition that the Prince of Krondor marry within Krondor. On entering the city an assassin attempts to kill Arutha while he travels with Laurie and without his personal guard. The attempt fails due to the intervention of Jimmy the Hand. Jimmy breaks into the palace grounds to inform of the attempt and to tell him that the assassin was a member of the Nighthawks. With Jimmy's help, he is able to capture two members of the Nighthawks and to question them whereby he learns of the dark powers arrayed against him. Arutha makes use of Jimmy again to contact the leader of the Mockers in order to gain his aid in tracking down the Nighthawks' lair within the city. As a consequence of this meeting Jimmy is made a squire and member of Arutha's court. The Nighthawks' headquarters were found and Arutha led the attack that decimated the Nighthawks in the city only after they burnt the building to prevent the dead rising again.At his wedding to Princess Anita one of the remaining Nighthawks mortally wounds Anita with a poisoned bolt meant for Arutha. With the help of Father Tully and Pug she is kept alive in stasis till a cure can be found for the poison. Tully and Kulgan say that the Abbey of Ishap by Sarth may know the cure for the poison so Arutha journeys to Sarth with Martin, Laurie, Gardan and Jimmy. On their journey to Sarth they are attacked by Black Slayers and are again attacked when they reach the Abbey itself. The Monks are able to find a possible cure for the poison called silverthorn but their knowledge ends with the statement that the eledhel may know how to find it. During the trip to Elvandar they pick up Roald, a friend of Laurie, and Baru, a Hadatian, as traveling companions.
In Elvandar Arutha learns the location of Silverthorn and he sets of to Moraelin to retrieve the cure. At Moraelin Arutha is able to find silverthorn and to escape a trap set by Murmandamus . On the journey back to Elvandar they are beset by enemies and nearly killed but are saved by the intervention of the elves. On returning to Krondor Anita is cured and the couple finally marry along with his sister Carline to Laurie.
A year later the Nighthawks make another attempt on Arutha's life. Arutha orders Krondor under martial law to capture the escaped Nighthawks. A week later, in an interrogation, one of the Nighthawks throws a dagger at Arutha, supposedly killing him. In actuality Arutha allowed a body of a slain Nighthawk, whose appearance was identical to Arutha, to be presented as his corpse. With most of the population thinking him dead, Arutha leaves Krondor with Laurie and Roald to scout out Murmandamus' camp at Sar-Sargoth. Their goal is to determine the moredhel lord's plan of attack. Jimmy and another squire, Locklear, learn of this plan and intercept them on the road.
Along the way they are captured by distant kin of Baru, and head to a community called Armengar, outside the bounds of the Kingdom. There they see Amos Trask again and learn that Guy du Bas-Tyra was commander there. Within a week Murmandamus launched an attack with an army of nearly fifty thousand, eventually overrunning Armengar. Arutha and his group, meeting with a squad of elves, headed by Galain, flee to Highcastle, which was overrun too, killing the Baron of Highcastle.
They learn that Murmandamus was heading to Sethanon, a city of Valheru ruins, which is located in the middle of the Kingdom. This being a poor strategic point, Jimmy comments that Murmandamus might be looking for an item of magic that would repel the King's armies when they surrounded Sethanon. Thinking this to be true, the band traveled through the Blackwood forest, where they discover the glameredhel, or "mad elves." Convincing their king, Redtree, to let them travel in peace, and instructions of how to get into Elvendar, they reach Sethanon just a few days before the moredhel army.
During the following battle, Pug, Tomas, and Macros return on the dragon Ryath, to tell Arutha the secret of the Lifestone, an ancient Valheru artifact that would wipe out all life on Midkemia if activated. To battle Murmandamus, Macros infuses Arutha's sword with the power of an Ishapian talisman, giving it the power to negate all battle magics (and as the reader discovers in a later book, Krondor: The Assassins, inflict more damage on demons). Arutha kills the moredhel lord, revealing that it was a magically changed Pantanthian.
Later life
Prince Arutha dies when nearly 80 years old from complications after a fall that broke his hip. At the time of his death his eldest son Borric had been King for the five years since King Lyam's death. Arutha's wife, Anita, his eldest brother Martin, and his sister Carline all survive him. One of the last significant acts during his reign was to give Calis his desperate men for a spying mission on Novindus. He is remembered in later years by PugPug (fictional character)
Pug, also known as Milamber , is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist. He is the protagonist in Feist's first novel, and the first novel of the Riftwar Saga, Magician...
as one of the greatest men that he ever knew.
Family
- Malcom conDoin uncle
- Borric conDoin father
- Catherine mother
- Martin Longbow half-brother
- Briana ConDoin sister in law
- Marcus conDoin nephew
- Margaret conDoin niece
- Briana ConDoin sister in law
- Lyam conDoinLyam ConDoin-Description:As a youth Lyam was tall and powerfully built with blonde hair shoulder length hair and a closely trimmed beard. He had his mother's smile and always looked on the verge of laughter.-Biography:...
brother- Magada ConDoin sister in law
- Randolph conDoin nephew
- Magada ConDoin sister in law
- Carline conDoin (sister) Duchess of Salador
- Laurie of Tyr-Sog (brother in law) Duke of Salador
- Anita conDoin wife
- Borric conDoin eldest son
- Yasmine conDoin eldest daughter-in-law
- Patrick conDoin grandson
- Ryan conDoin great grandson
- Matthew conDoin great great grandson
- Ryan conDoin great grandson
- Patrick conDoin grandson
- Erland conDoin second son
- Genevieve conDoin second daughter-in-law
- Elena conDoin daughter
- Nicholas conDoin youngest son
- Rodric conDoin cousin
- Pug conDoinPug (fictional character)Pug, also known as Milamber , is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist. He is the protagonist in Feist's first novel, and the first novel of the Riftwar Saga, Magician...
adopted cousin- William conDoin
- Gamina conDoin pug's adopted daughter'
- Baron JamesJimmy the Hand (fictional character)Jimmy the Hand is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist. He is first introduced in the first Riftwar novel Magician. He also appears in the rest of the Riftwar Saga and is a key character in the Riftwar legacy novels....
son-in-law- Arutha Jamison
- James Jamison
- Dashel Jamison
- Arutha Jamison
Appearances
- MagicianMagician (novel)Magician is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book of the Riftwar Saga and was published in 1982. It led to many books written by Feist in the world of Midkemia, which was the setting for this book...
- SilverthornSilverthornSilverthorn is a novel by Raymond E. Feist, the sequel to Magician. Released in 1985, it was followed by A Darkness at Sethanon, the final book in The Riftwar Saga.-Plot:...
- A Darkness at SethanonA Darkness at SethanonA Darkness at Sethanon is the third and final book in The Riftwar Saga. It details how Murmandamus, a new prince of the Dark Brotherhood, marshals the forces of the Moredhel and invades the kingdom, with the intent of finding the Lifestone, a powerful relic with which he will be able to destroy...
- Krondor: The Betrayal
- Krondor: The Assassins
- Krondor: Tear of the GodsKrondor: Tear of the GodsKrondor: Tear of the Gods is the third novel in The Riftwar Legacy by acclaimed fantasy author Raymond E. Feist. It is a novelization of the computer game Return to Krondor.-Plot:...
- Prince of the BloodPrince of the Blood (novel)Prince of the Blood is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book of the Krondor's Sons series and was published in 1989. It was later followed by The King's Buccaneer in 1992. A 15th anniversary "author's preferred" edition with portions of the book significantly rewritten was...
- The King's BuccaneerKrondor's SonsKrondor's Sons is a series of fantasy novels written by Raymond E. Feist. The books are part of The Riftwar Cycle and set on the fictional world of Midkemia. The two novels are set between riftwars and explores Midkemia beyond the borders of the Kingdom of the Isles. The main characters are the...
- Shadow of a Dark QueenShadow of a Dark QueenShadow of a Dark Queen is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book in the The Serpentwar Saga and was first published in June 1994. It was followed by Rise of a Merchant Prince which was published in 1995.-Plot introduction:...
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