Lord Balian Mataro

Third Count of Emesh, ARchonArchon of Borosevo Prefecture, and Lord of Castle Borosevo.

—His husband, LORD LUTHOR ASTIN-SHIN-MATARO, a Mandari man, Minister of Finance for the county and formerly of the Marinus office of the Wong-Hopper Consortium.

—Their children:

—DORIAN MATARO, presumptive heir to the County of Emesh, a young man in the year of his Ephebeia.

—His friend, MELANDRA, a patrician from a loyal family in Borosevo.

—ANAÏS MATARO, a young and canny socialite.

—His ancestor {LORD ARMAND MATARO}, first Count of Emesh, conqueror of the Norman United Fellowship. Oversaw the construction of the military base in Borosevo and the beginnings of the city itself.