Seranos Carlisle

Seranos Carlisle, a lord of great significance in Durkin, responsible for governing a vast swath of land in the northeast of the land, near Gambler's Reach and the Dark Hills, and the gateway to the North, to say nothing of the wild and dangerous lands approaching the Ozgarn Range.

Landowners wholly respected Lord Carlisle -- he was tough but fair, despite his weakness for cherry mead, and the Carlisle family name was emblazoned on countless village squares, cemeteries, pubs and inns throughout the area.

He splits his time between a luxurious walled compound in Argyle and a quiet ancestral keep along the coast some miles east.

N2: When Vasker Raiden was chosen to meet a delegation from the dukedoms of the northern lands of Drannor to discuss matters of military import, Lord Carlisle was incensed. The meeting was to be held in a coastal keep that Carlisle had built three centuries ago, and he had not even been invited to participate.

Predicting his reaction, Vasker requested that Lord Carlisle act as Master of Ceremonies during the meetings, which spanned three days. He would be responsible not just for general arrangements of lodging and meals and meetings, but the specific protocols involved in the conduct of the negotiations. It was a position of leadership just substantial enough to placate the delicate Lord -- as Vasker had strategically predicted.