Kel spent six years in the islands, learning their habits and fighting skills. Piers, a Tortallan diplomat, negotiated for a peace treaty between the islands and his homeland there. In the same year the family - except Kel's older brothers, who were already at the palace, training for knighthood - left for the Yamani Islands. When Kel was four, her brother Conal held her over the tallest tower of Mindelan for several minutes, giving her a fear of heights that haunted her for her entire childhood and even became a problem in her training for knighthood. Keladry of Mindelan was born in June of 442 HE as the youngest child of Piers of Mindelan and his lady Ilane.

1.5.2 Gifts during her years as a squire.

1.4.3 Rescue mission in enemy territory.

She was the heroine and namesake of the Protector of the Small quartet a title she earned by defending the small and helpless whenever she learned of injustice. Upon receiving her shield, Kel fought in the Scanran War, commanding the refugee camp Haven, and killing the enemy mage Blayce the Gallan and his right-hand man, Stenmun Kinslayer. When she became a squire, her knight master was Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak, the Knight Commander of the King's Own. Kel, who spent most of her childhood in the Yamani Islands, overcame the prejudices of the conservatives and her fellow pages until she was accepted. The decree came as a result of Alanna of Trebond completing the training under the guise of being a boy. Keladry 'Kel' of Mindelan ( pronounced KELL-ah-dree of MIHN-duh-lahn) was the first girl to ask the crown to enter training for knighthood since the decree that girls could be allowed.

There will always be work for you.' -The Chamber of the Ordeal to Kel after she killed Blayce the Gallan

You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers.

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