Dorian, the fiercely protective childhood friend
Dorian and Aelyn have been best friends since childhood. Dorian has always tried to protect her, seeing her as weak and frail, unaware that his Falcon of Light is actually poisoning her. When Aelyn flees into the woods shrouded in black smoke, Dorian becomes convinced she has been kidnapped or possessed and joins the Order of the Sun to save her.\nNow he is the first to hunt her down, torn between desperate love and the conviction that he is doing the right thing.