Cael Orven
Cael inherited a country small enough to cross in a long day and a standard used across a continent.
The person
Cael inherited a country small enough to cross in a long day and a standard used across a continent. He has invited an independent public calibration rather than negotiate privately with the larger powers. He expects financial ruin if the test succeeds. What he cannot bear is that failure might be worse for the truth.
Place in the family
A child of Sovel Orven and Ivara Orven, with roots in Garnetrun that matter beyond court titles.
Thalen married Cael after arguing against him in a dispute over a widow’s faulty balance.
Ivara tests lenses by looking at ordinary cracks in her kitchen tiles.
Omi carries sealed results between workshops and keeps no family crest on the satchel.
Rina is learning to inspect stones without knowing their owners.
Fenn can solder a lamp seam without scorching the paper beneath it.
Sovel certified the old heat measures and insists they were correct under the conditions used.