Character Profile
Role: Captain of the Guard at Highwood
Homeland: Rion; sanctuary in Highwood forest
Known Associates: The Highwood Guard; Galbard (briefly)
Era: The Rise of the Western Kingdom
Known For: Command of the tree-bridge refuge of Highwood
Overview
Ariden is named in the public record as captain of the Guard at Highwood. When Galbard entered that forest sanctuary, Ariden removed his helmet, named his rank, and measured the stranger with a long, intent look — seeking what had happened on the approach to the wood.
Highwood
Chronicles place Ariden among the officers who brought people into Highwood while other soldiers faced the war farther east. He kept the restless occupied with building — homes and bridges intricately interlaced among the great trees, rope spans and wooden platforms high above the forest floor. He speaks of stone and steel as the true craft of Rion, and of wood as a temporary mercy.
Among the Bridges
Public accounts remember him on those decks and crossings: soldiers waiting across a rope bridge, spiral stairs around vast trunks, the wind in the leaves sixty feet below. Further records of his meeting with Galbard in Highwood remain sealed.
Related Entries
📜 Public Archive Record
This entry has been approved for unrestricted circulation within the Archives of Erathe.
Additional records concerning Ariden remain sealed within the Restricted Archives of Moonledge Peak.