Liam Frostash

Born to farmers and with two older brothers to take over the family farm, Liam felt free to follow his heart and joined the Rangers as soon as he turned twelve.

By the time Liam earned his bow, he had fallen in love with pretty, fresh-faced Enid Meadowbloom, who was training to earn her blade and learning to heal. He found his attempts to court her repeatedly rebuffed, though this never deterred him.

When his mentor, Didymus Greenblade, died, Liam bristled at Didymus's son, who had also been Didymus's protégé after Liam had completed his training, becoming their new leader and horse master. As a fellow Ranger, however, Liam had an obligation to support Ryder, and he did so.

Nine years later, Liam found reason to raise an eyebrow at the unorthodox actions the bow mistress, Arya, had taken in bringing eight-year-old Tesni to camp. He frowned even more when, after it was discovered that Ryder was Tesni's father, Ryder allowed the girl to begin her formal training two years early.

When Liam took a protege six years later, it was an orphan named Aeron Windrunner. He had a little trouble keeping Aeron's attention on training, however, because, much like Ryder's protege, Rowan, Aeron quickly developed eyes for Tesni. Aeron was not shy to make a move, though, and before anyone knew it, the two were courting and nigh inseparable.

Still, everyone was surprised when, one morning, Tesni and Aeron both disappeared. Liam joined Ryder, Arya, and Rowan searching for the young couple. They had stopped for lunch when Tesni arrived, alone, in the tavern in town. She told them that Aeron was working for Agrona, and that the two had planned to force her to steal the Orb for Agrona.

When they returned to camp, Aeron was waiting for them, and he had told everyone there that he and Tesni had run off to get married, but that Agrona had captured them both. Liam stood firmly behind his protege, believing in him. Arya solved the problem with some truth serum that she retrieved from a friend who was a priest of Harena, and soon, it came out that Aeron was, in fact, working for Agrona. Liam was saddened to see his protege put through the gauntlet and forced out of the Rangers, disgraced.

It was only a few months later, though, when Tesni mysteriously ordered Liam to train Aeron again, an order confirmed by Ryder. Then the whole camp learned the reason, that Tesni was their queen, and they were going to battle against Agrona. When they won the Battle of Linwood, Liam stood and watched Ryder place the crown on Tesni's head.

As the years passed, Liam continued in his unsuccessful courtship of Enid. It wasn't until Tesni's son, Eogan, gave him some help that Liam finally convinced her to marry him. They did not wed, however, until after the Battle of Hearts, and Enid gave him a son, Iain.