Mendem Vekshix

Mendem is a perspective character and a main character of The Elderwood Saga. He is the Royal Record-Keeper and Writer of Letters for King Oronos of Ciricia. In Spring of 415 4E, he was sent to Cirice by King Bornholm of Barnascia as a token of good faith for the planned wedding between Oronos' daughter and Bornholm's son the following year, but secretly reports all of the capital's goings-on to the Barnascian King.

Great War
The Great War began when Mendem was four years old, in the Spring of 379 4E. During the war, his father, uncle, and older brother, Ordem, served in the Barnascian Army and were all killed in action while fighting Cirician forces between the years 379 and 381 4E. In 382, when King Oronos pushed the border of Barnascia southward, every boy aged ten and older were lined up and slaughtered at his command, leaving Mendem one of the only boys who was spared. The memory burned into his mind and gave him a hatred of Oronos and his family, as well as the Ciricians. He vowed to join the Barnascian Army and fight in the war when he was old enough, but the war ended in Autumn 386, about two years before he would have been eligible to join.