Torren Rusk
Torren trains soldiers to cut sled runners before he lets them carry swords.
The person
Torren trains soldiers to cut sled runners before he lets them carry swords. He believes the northern measuring stations are occupied territory in all but name. His plan to seize one would make the treaty negotiators listen, yet his sister’s supply convoy must pass the same station. He has not told his captains she would be aboard.
Place in the family
A child of Halden Rusk and Ragna Rusk, with roots in Norrun that matter beyond court titles.
Ragna keeps the names of families supplied during every storm in a cloth ledger repaired with mismatched thread.
Halden lost three fingers opening a frozen shelter door and makes strangers examine the latch before entering his house.
The Rusks earned the marchwardenship by maintaining winter shelters, not by possessing the largest estate.
Opposing patrols shared a stranded boat after their common ice crossing failed.
Northern rescue troops trained to keep roads open before fighting over them.
Hedra records the sound of furnace valves by making notches in a wooden flute.