Oldren Tern
Oldren carried grain barons for pay and hunger strikers without it.
The person
Oldren carried grain barons for pay and hunger strikers without it. He rejects both accounts that make him a villain and songs that make him fearless. A concealed compartment in his old boat holds orders signed during the Breadless Siege. He has asked his grandchildren to read them after he dies; they ask why they must wait.
Place in the family
Their children are Mara Tern and Jori Tern. Family authority does not settle the disagreement described above.
Mara still brings a ferry stool to the Assembly, making the office appear humbler than the influence behind it.
Jori inspects channels from a narrow punt with a measuring pole worn smooth at the grip.
House Tern is a family, not a legal dynasty: Mara holds an elected office and her children inherit no seat.
Hessa organized the mill shifts that kept the strike kitchens supplied.
The first Assembly met outside the locked grain hall and declared Athelarden a free state.
Farm cooperatives supplied a hunger strike through caves beneath the southern orchards.