Uithael Wonder
Wizard Uithael Borrins
Wizard under Redham Ainros and Griin Ainros
Uithael Borrins had been an emergency replacement, called up from Revelback to serve after the flight of Bergeth the Fair. Uithael had served as apprentice to the celebrated Mercy the Marked at Revelback for over ten years. Uithael was well qualified for wizardry, but she preferred research and experimentation to the life of service usually pressed upon wizards. Nevertheless, the king demanded, and Uithael had to answer.
Uithael had been the first daughter to Lord Nortos Borrins, and had been betrothed to a second-son of Clan Hunter in Berleigh from a young age. But the boy in question was kicked by a horse, rendering him "Unfit for marriage," according to Uithael's strident mother and biddable father. Other attempts at betrothal were sought, but when Uithael mentioned a desire to serve as a hostess, there were few objections.
Uithael learned spelling at the Hostel of Revelback and displayed further interest in mathematics and magic. These were not frowned upon necessarily, but her superiors felt she was neglecting her proper studies. When word reached them that Mercy the Marked was seeking a fourth apprentice, Uithael was put forth. She served happily for many years.
Her service under King Redham was brief and unpleasant. Her academic life had not prepared her for governance or military strategy, two disciplines in which the king was also lacking. She was unable to steer the canton right before the Clash at Great Cross, which resulted in Redham's death.
The details of Redham's death are considered spotty by some. Hedra Slabh, a speller in Revelback, wrote that Redham's son, the valiant Prince Griin, was suspected by many of somehow orchestrating the death so he could replace his ineffectual father. Wizard Giirall, by contrast, claims that Uithael herself conspired with Clan Beth to arrange the king's end. A scant few will suggest Griin and Uithael conspired together. Uithael dutifully recorded Redham's death as caused by a stray arrow to the neck, and Griin seemed satisfied with this record as he retained her service for two more years. The obvious answer would seem to be, however unlikely it might appear, that a stray arrow to the neck is in fact what happened.
If any conspiracy existed, King Griin seemed remarkably cavalier about it. Uithael was casually dismissed from his service in 725 RA, to which she had no objections. Promoting the Host of Hosts was important to Griin, and Uithael's early dismissal from the order reflected poorly on this. She remained at Castle Aerwoth as a mere speller and adviser to the new Wizard, Hanwyth the Hostly, who was chosen specifically for her public piety. Hanwyth would depend on Uithael's counsel often during her brief career, and Uithael was happy to grant it so long as she was not expected to make any decisions herself. Study was all that interested her.
King Griin, however, was unhappy with the arrangement. He had fathered seven daughters with his Queen, Silve, and Hanwyth's only advice on fathering a son was to pray to the Hosts. Only a year into her service, Hanwyth was ordered to accompany Griin's Chief Justicar on a campaign to put down a rebellion at Malbrand. It was not unusual for wizards skilled in warfare to accompany kings or generals on their campaigns, but Hanwyth was not known to have any acumen for strategy. Hanwyth died in the rebellion and was remembered as a martyr, and Griin was free to choose a new wizard.
Fuia the Small was a 'spoil' from the defeated Castle Malbrand, and Hanwyth's opposite in every way. Wizened, stunted, and thoroughly invested in the Deinain myths, Fuia seemed the opposite of everything Griin claimed to support. Yet within a year of her service, the king and queen bore the first of three sons. Uithael herself marveled at this, at Hanwyth's convenient death, and the wisdom of employing Fuia, but she was comfortable in her position and kept her thoughts to herself and a speller or two that she trusted.
Uithael continued to serve as speller and adviser to the new wizard, even after Griin was slain fighting the Western Rebellion. When Chief Justicar Kurnek Redhammer took the crown, Fuia and Uithael remained. Griin's eldest son was only five, and the concept of regencies did not yet exist in Revellia. Yet the widowed Queen Silve feared for her children. Kurnek decreed that he would take Silve to wife in order to continue the Ainros line, no doubt fancying himself a new Harrek the Thief. Yet Silve worried that Kurnek in fact meant to supplant Griin's blood with his own, and might therefore plan to remove her children.
Many stories are told, both grim and merry, of how Queen Silve secreted away her seven daughters. One of those tales makes mention of Uithael Wonder: she supposedly disguised one of the daughters in her spare robes and delivered a small packet of spells and books to Cantef in Ethel, where the girl spent the rest of her days. Uithael enjoyed Cantef herself, and elected to stay there as apprentice to Wizard Valna. Valna was supposedly aware of Uithael's superior skill but unthreatened by it, and thus the two had a harmonious relationship.
Uithael reportedly died of her years in 754 RA. The speller Hedra Slabh says her name was inscribed on the list of wizards to serve at Cantef, despite her never actually holding that title of service there.
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4699
4754
55 years old
Birthplace
Great Cross
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Grey
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Ghast
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