Khoradyn Kaldaryn is a former supreme commander of Keldara who returned after disappearing for more than twenty years.
He led an expedition into the northern Keldaran mountains to find a way beyond them. The party entered a cave and continued through it, eventually reaching warmer air and unfamiliar plants. Khoradyn returned alone, without visibly aging and with little memory of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories. The other companions, including Kren, remained missing.
Aldar sought information from him about Isrynn, who had disappeared in the same region. Khoradyn attended the negotiations in Zeydrith, joined the alliance against the darkness and agreed to accompany Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness.
Khoradyn Kaldaryn is an earth and ice mage and a former supreme commander of Keldara. He returned after more than twenty years away and joined Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness. He is Brynor's old teacher and taught Jin at Cloudrift Temple in Valrindor.
Appearance
Khoradyn has steel gray hair. He stopped aging after learning balance magic.
Magic
Khoradyn shapes hills into boulders, raises paths and stone spikes, and drags heavy objects with earth magic. His lessons for Jin included demanding earth and ice duels and reshaping the surrounding hills.
History
Valrindor
Khoradyn led an expedition through a cave in the northern Keldaran mountains while searching for a way beyond them. He reached Valrindor, where he stayed at the Cloudrift Temple with other mages from Xalmyrra. He taught Jin Keldaran combat methods and philosophy, urging him to control his anger. Khoradyn later left with Kren and Zhang, while Rhalyn remained at the temple.
After Malcairn warned him about Hengvaris's shapers, Khoradyn sent Kren ahead and asked Malcairn to check on Rhalyn in Varentis. He later gave Garrik leadership of his people in Kaldaryn because he preferred exploring to remaining in one place.
The darkness expedition
Khoradyn returned alone to the Keldaran mountains after more than twenty years away. He had not visibly aged and remembered little of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories. His other companions remained missing.
During the cataclysm, Khoradyn raised defensive mountains and walls of earth and ice at Varentis. He worked alongside Silas's cosmic barrier, and the city remained standing.
He joined the alliance against the darkness and accompanied Brynor's expedition, helping drag the orreries and raise paths through the corrupted terrain. At the Temple of No Return, a hand he formed from stone opened the door and released Lirien. He offered to take her back, but Astheron accompanied her instead.
During the expedition, Khoradyn recovered memories of Valrindor and Thundermarch. He wanted to explore farther, but the group's provisions were running out. He and Brynor used the orreries to attack the temple with lava, leaving it undamaged. The party returned after two weeks, and Khoradyn went back to Keldara.
Relationships
- Brynor: His pupil and old friend. Khoradyn taught him much of what he knew after they met outside Varentis. Brynor thanked him during the darkness expedition and proposed a duel when they returned.
- Garrik: His successor as leader of Kaldaryn. Khoradyn chose to keep travelling and trusted Garrik to lead their people.
- Jin: His pupil at Cloudrift Temple. Khoradyn taught him earth and ice magic and encouraged him to control his anger.
- Kren and Zhang: His companions in Valrindor. Kren was among the mages missing when Khoradyn returned to Keldara.
Khoradyn Kaldaryn is an earth and ice mage and a former supreme commander of Keldara. He helped establish Kaldaryn and gave its leadership to Garrik, preferring to continue exploring. He returned to Xalmyrra after more than twenty years away and has now departed again for Valrindor.
Appearance
Khoradyn has steel gray hair. He stopped aging after learning balance magic.
Personality
Khoradyn enjoys expeditions and prefers travelling to governing a nation. He welcomes people who need a home and did not press Vianna to explain her past. He dislikes killing humans, even while commanding armies against them.
Magic
Khoradyn raises buildings and paths through difficult terrain with earth magic. He can lift a hill and compress it into a boulder. He taught Jin through demanding earth and ice duels at Cloudrift Temple.
History
Keldara and Valrindor
Khoradyn served as Keldara's supreme commander. He met a man outside Varentis who had lost his memories, gave him the name Brynor and became his friend and teacher. He led an expedition into the northern Keldaran mountains to find a way beyond them. The party entered a cave and continued through it, eventually reaching warmer air and unfamiliar plants.
At the Cloudrift Temple, he taught Jin earth and ice magic, Keldaran combat methods and philosophy. He encouraged Jin to control his anger and later left with Kren and Zhang, while Rhalyn remained at the temple.
In Valrindor, Khoradyn and Garrik led soldiers and refugees from the warring nations. They helped rescue the people of Hengzhou and took Vianna with them, offering her a home. Khoradyn chose a site for a city and raised its buildings with earth magic.
As their followers settled, he asked Garrik to lead the people so that he could resume travelling. Garrik named the nation the Kaldaryn Protectorate and its capital Kaldaryn City. Khoradyn then led volunteers to aid Thundermarch and defended Cloudrift from an attack. He forced Shaoying and Linsothar to make peace and focus on the shapers, promising help if they remained friendly with Thundermarch.
The darkness expedition
Khoradyn returned alone to the Keldaran mountains after more than twenty years away. He had not visibly aged and remembered little of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories, while the other companions remained missing.
During the cataclysm, Khoradyn raised defensive mountains and walls of earth and ice at Varentis. He worked alongside Silas's cosmic barrier, and the city remained standing.
He joined the alliance against the darkness and accompanied Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness. He helped drag the orreries and raise paths through the corrupted terrain. At the Temple of No Return, a hand he formed from stone opened the door and released Lirien.
During the expedition, Khoradyn recovered memories of Valrindor and Thundermarch. He wanted to explore farther, but the group's provisions were running out. He and Brynor used the orreries to attack the temple with lava, leaving it undamaged. The party returned after two weeks, and Khoradyn went back to Keldara.
Departure from Xalmyrra
After Dravemir fell, Khoradyn offered Keldara as temporary shelter for Soltheris's people, while warning that it could not house them indefinitely. He also shaped the mountains around Zeydrith into a fortress of layered stone walls. He later reported his recovered memories to the Council. He left Feryon and Durvek to lead Keldara and travelled with Rhalyn, Astheron, Eira and Kaelion toward Valrindor.
Relationships
- Brynor: His pupil and old friend. Brynor credited Khoradyn's teaching with much of his progress. They reunited for the darkness expedition.
- Garrik: His friend and successor as leader of Kaldaryn. Khoradyn built the city and trusted Garrik to govern while he returned to exploring.
- Jin: His pupil at Cloudrift Temple. Khoradyn taught him earth and ice magic and encouraged him to control his anger.
- Kren and Zhang: His companions in Valrindor.
Khoradyn Kaldaryn is an earth and ice mage and a former supreme commander of Keldara. He helped establish Kaldaryn and gave its leadership to Garrik, preferring to continue exploring. After returning to Xalmyrra and recovering his memories, he travelled back to Valrindor and joined Garrik at Maraveth.
Appearance
Khoradyn is tall and broadly built, with steel gray hair swept back from his face and slate blue eyes. He stopped aging after learning balance magic.
Personality
Khoradyn enjoys expeditions and prefers travelling to governing a nation. He welcomes people who need a home and did not press Vianna to explain her past. He dislikes killing humans, even while commanding armies against them.
Magic
Khoradyn shapes large amounts of earth, raising buildings, defensive monoliths and paths through difficult terrain. He can lift a hill and compress it into a boulder.
History
Keldara and the northern expedition
Khoradyn served as Keldara's supreme commander. He met a man outside Varentis who had lost his memories, gave him the name Brynor and became his friend and teacher. He led an expedition into the northern Keldaran mountains to find a way beyond them. The party entered a cave and continued through it, eventually reaching warmer air and unfamiliar plants.
At the Cloudrift Temple, he taught Jin earth and ice magic. His lessons included duels and shaping the surrounding hills. He encouraged Jin to control his anger and taught him Keldaran combat methods and philosophy. Khoradyn later left with Kren and Zhang, while Rhalyn remained at the temple.
In Valrindor, Khoradyn met Garrik while defending Thundermarch against Shaoying. They combined their armies, with Khoradyn leading and Garrik as his second. Kren and Zhang travelled with them. They accepted soldiers who surrendered and sought peace between the warring nations.
Isaac joined them and taught Khoradyn balance magic. After Malcairn warned them about the shapers in Hengvaris, Khoradyn helped Garrik rescue the people of Hengzhou. He raised stone monoliths while Kren and Zhang fought. The group took Vianna with them and offered her a home.
Kaldaryn and Cloudrift
Khoradyn chose a site for a new city and raised its buildings with earth magic. Their followers and refugees settled there. He asked Garrik to lead the people so that he could resume travelling; Garrik named the nation the Kaldaryn Protectorate and its capital Kaldaryn City.
Khoradyn led volunteers to aid Thundermarch and defended Cloudrift from an attack. He then forced Shaoying and Linsothar to make peace and focus on the shapers, promising help if they remained friendly with Thundermarch.
Return to Xalmyrra
Khoradyn returned alone to the Keldaran mountains after more than twenty years away. He had not visibly aged and remembered little of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories, while the other companions remained missing.
During the cataclysm, Khoradyn raised defensive mountains and walls of earth and ice at Varentis. He worked alongside Silas's cosmic barrier, and the city remained standing.
He joined the alliance against the darkness and accompanied Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness. He helped drag the orreries and raise paths through the corrupted terrain. At the Temple of No Return, a hand he formed from stone opened the door and released Lirien.
During the expedition, Khoradyn recovered memories of Valrindor and Thundermarch. He wanted to explore farther, but the group's provisions were running out. He and Brynor used the orreries to attack the temple with lava, leaving it undamaged. The party returned after two weeks, and Khoradyn went back to Keldara.
After Dravemir fell, he offered Keldara as temporary shelter for Soltheris's people, while warning that it could not house them indefinitely. He also shaped the mountains around Zeydrith into a fortress of layered stone walls. He later reported his recovered memories to the Council. He left Feryon and Durvek to lead Keldara and travelled with Rhalyn, Astheron, Eira and Kaelion toward Valrindor.
Maraveth
Once the storms had lifted, Khoradyn travelled from Cloudrift toward Stormpeak. He sent Eira and Kaelion ahead on Splin, then travelled with the others. He later returned from Kaldaryn aboard Astryx's windweaver and stayed with Garrik at Maraveth.
Relationships
- Brynor: His pupil and old friend. Brynor credited Khoradyn's teaching with much of his progress. They reunited for the darkness expedition.
- Garrik: His friend and former second. They united their armies and founded Kaldaryn together. Khoradyn trusted Garrik to lead the nation and remains one of his commanders.
- Jin: His pupil at Cloudrift Temple. Khoradyn taught him earth and ice magic, encouraged him to control his anger and remained confident in his abilities after he left.
- Kren and Zhang: His companions in Valrindor and fellow commanders under Garrik.
Khoradyn Kaldaryn is an earth and ice mage and a former supreme commander of Keldara. He helped establish Kaldaryn and gave its leadership to Garrik, preferring to continue exploring. He now serves as one of Garrik's commanders in Valrindor.
Appearance
Khoradyn is tall and broadly built, with steel gray hair swept back from his face and slate blue eyes. He stopped aging after learning balance magic.
Personality
Khoradyn enjoys expeditions and prefers travelling to governing a nation. He welcomes people who need a home and did not press Vianna to explain her past. He dislikes killing humans, even while commanding armies against them.
Magic
Khoradyn shapes large amounts of earth, raising buildings, defensive monoliths and paths through difficult terrain. He can lift a hill and compress it into a boulder.
History
Keldara and the northern expedition
Khoradyn served as Keldara's supreme commander. He met a man outside Varentis who had lost his memories, gave him the name Brynor and became his friend and teacher. He led an expedition into the northern Keldaran mountains to find a way beyond them. The party entered a cave and continued through it, eventually reaching warmer air and unfamiliar plants.
At the Cloudrift Temple, he taught Jin earth and ice magic. His lessons included duels and shaping the surrounding hills. He encouraged Jin to control his anger and taught him Keldaran combat methods and philosophy. Khoradyn later left with Kren and Zhang, while Rhalyn remained at the temple.
In Valrindor, Khoradyn met Garrik while defending Thundermarch against Shaoying. They combined their armies, with Khoradyn leading and Garrik as his second. Kren and Zhang travelled with them. They accepted soldiers who surrendered and sought peace between the warring nations.
Isaac joined them and taught Khoradyn balance magic. After Malcairn warned them about the shapers in Hengvaris, Khoradyn helped Garrik rescue the people of Hengzhou. He raised stone monoliths while Kren and Zhang fought. The group took Vianna with them and offered her a home.
Kaldaryn and Cloudrift
Khoradyn chose a site for a new city and raised its buildings with earth magic. Their followers and refugees settled there. He asked Garrik to lead the people so that he could resume travelling; Garrik named the nation the Kaldaryn Protectorate and its capital Kaldaryn City.
Khoradyn led volunteers to aid Thundermarch and defended Cloudrift from an attack. He then forced Shaoying and Linsothar to make peace and focus on the shapers, promising help if they remained friendly with Thundermarch.
Return to Xalmyrra
Khoradyn returned alone to the Keldaran mountains after more than twenty years away. He had not visibly aged and remembered little of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories, while the other companions remained missing.
During the cataclysm, Khoradyn raised defensive mountains and walls of earth and ice at Varentis. He worked alongside Silas's cosmic barrier, and the city remained standing.
He joined the alliance against the darkness and accompanied Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness. He helped drag the orreries and raise paths through the corrupted terrain. At the Temple of No Return, a hand he formed from stone opened the door and released Lirien.
During the expedition, Khoradyn recovered memories of Valrindor and Thundermarch. He wanted to explore farther, but the group's provisions were running out. He and Brynor used the orreries to attack the temple with lava, leaving it undamaged. The party returned after two weeks, and Khoradyn went back to Keldara.
After Dravemir fell, he offered Keldara as temporary shelter for Soltheris's people, while warning that it could not house them indefinitely. He also shaped the mountains around Zeydrith into a fortress of layered stone walls. He later reported his recovered memories to the Council. He left Feryon and Durvek to lead Keldara and travelled with Rhalyn, Astheron, Eira and Kaelion toward Valrindor.
Service to Garrik
Khoradyn returned to Kaldaryn and joined Garrik at Maraveth. He remained one of the coalition's commanders during the advance against Eremion. He searched underground for the buried vault and eagerly offered to accompany Thalena on further expeditions. When Brynor returned, Khoradyn reunited with his former pupil and hoped that he could locate the vault.
Relationships
- Brynor: His pupil and old friend. Brynor credited Khoradyn's teaching with much of his progress. They reunited for the darkness expedition and later with Garrik's army.
- Garrik: His friend and former second. They united their armies and founded Kaldaryn together. Khoradyn trusted Garrik to lead the nation and continues serving as one of his commanders.
- Jin: His pupil at Cloudrift Temple. Khoradyn taught him earth and ice magic, encouraged him to control his anger and remained confident in his abilities after he left.
- Kren and Zhang: His companions in Valrindor and fellow commanders under Garrik.
Khoradyn Kaldaryn was an earth and ice mage and a former supreme commander of Keldara. He helped establish Kaldaryn and gave its leadership to Garrik, preferring to continue exploring. He later served as one of Garrik's commanders and died with Zhang at Cyndarel.
Appearance
Khoradyn was tall and broadly built, with steel gray hair swept back from his face and slate blue eyes. He had stopped aging after learning balance magic.
Personality
Khoradyn enjoyed expeditions and preferred travelling to governing a nation. He welcomed people who needed a home and did not press Vianna to explain her past. He disliked killing humans, even while commanding armies against them.
Magic
Khoradyn shaped large amounts of earth, raising buildings, defensive monoliths and paths through difficult terrain. He could lift a hill and compress it into a boulder. He travelled through the ground and used underground passages to scout enemy positions and approach fortifications.
History
Keldara and the northern expedition
Khoradyn served as Keldara's supreme commander. He met a man outside Varentis who had lost his memories, gave him the name Brynor and became his friend and teacher. He led an expedition into the northern Keldaran mountains to find a way beyond them. The party entered a cave and continued through it, eventually reaching warmer air and unfamiliar plants.
At the Cloudrift Temple, he taught Jin earth and ice magic. His lessons included duels and shaping the surrounding hills. He encouraged Jin to control his anger and taught him Keldaran combat methods and philosophy. Khoradyn later left with Kren and Zhang, while Rhalyn remained at the temple.
In Valrindor, Khoradyn met Garrik while defending Thundermarch against Shaoying. They combined their armies, with Khoradyn leading and Garrik as his second. Kren and Zhang travelled with them. They accepted soldiers who surrendered and sought peace between the warring nations.
Isaac joined them and taught Khoradyn balance magic. After Malcairn warned them about the shapers in Hengvaris, Khoradyn helped Garrik rescue the people of Hengzhou. He raised stone monoliths while Kren and Zhang fought. The group took Vianna with them and offered her a home.
Kaldaryn and Cloudrift
Khoradyn chose a site for a new city and raised its buildings with earth magic. Their followers and refugees settled there. He asked Garrik to lead the people so that he could resume travelling; Garrik named the nation the Kaldaryn Protectorate and its capital Kaldaryn City.
Khoradyn led volunteers to aid Thundermarch and defended Cloudrift from an attack. He then forced Shaoying and Linsothar to make peace and focus on the shapers, promising help if they remained friendly with Thundermarch.
Return to Xalmyrra
Khoradyn returned alone to the Keldaran mountains after more than twenty years away. He had not visibly aged and remembered little of the journey. Rhalyn had returned seventeen years before him, also without clear memories, while the other companions remained missing.
During the cataclysm, Khoradyn raised defensive mountains and walls of earth and ice at Varentis. He worked alongside Silas's cosmic barrier, and the city remained standing.
He joined the alliance against the darkness and accompanied Brynor's expedition into the Land of Darkness. He helped drag the orreries and raise paths through the corrupted terrain. At the Temple of No Return, a hand he formed from stone opened the door and released Lirien.
During the expedition, Khoradyn recovered memories of Valrindor and Thundermarch. He wanted to explore farther, but the group's provisions were running out. He and Brynor used the orreries to attack the temple with lava, leaving it undamaged. The party returned after two weeks, and Khoradyn went back to Keldara.
After Dravemir fell, he offered Keldara as temporary shelter for Soltheris's people, while warning that it could not house them indefinitely. He also shaped the mountains around Zeydrith into a fortress of layered stone walls. He later reported his recovered memories to the Council. He left Feryon and Durvek to lead Keldara and travelled with Rhalyn, Astheron, Eira and Kaelion toward Valrindor.
Service to Garrik
Khoradyn returned to Kaldaryn and joined Garrik at Maraveth. He remained one of the coalition's commanders during the war against Eremion and the Malverand guardians. He searched underground for the buried vault and eagerly offered to accompany Thalena on further expeditions. When Brynor returned, Khoradyn reunited with his former pupil and hoped that he could locate the vault. When Brynor and Lysander left to investigate it, Khoradyn stayed with the army to guard against Blackcrag retaliation.
During the siege of Omberion, Khoradyn and a group of earth mages attempted an underground breach, but they were detected and forced to retreat. He and Zhang later diverted lava from a nearby volcano against the city. It cracked the shields and drew reinforcements to the northwest. Before the attack on Cyndarel, he warned Garrik that the army's morale was poor and urged him to send the weaker troops home. Garrik retained the best volunteers, and Khoradyn chose to remain for the assault.
Khoradyn and Zhang fought Gabriel at Cyndarel. A blast from Azarion gave them an opening to withdraw, and they rejoined Aldar while he fought Raphael. Alistair blinked a device onto Raphael and detonated it with a cosmic ray. The explosion killed Khoradyn and Zhang. Garrik later honored them with statues in Kaldaryn's central square.
Relationships
- Brynor: His pupil and old friend. Brynor credited Khoradyn's teaching with much of his progress. They reunited for the darkness expedition and later with Garrik's army.
- Garrik: His friend and former second. They united their armies and founded Kaldaryn together. Khoradyn trusted Garrik to lead the nation and continued serving as one of his commanders.
- Jin: His pupil at Cloudrift Temple. Khoradyn taught him earth and ice magic, encouraged him to control his anger and remained confident in his abilities after he left.
- Kren and Zhang: His companions in Valrindor and fellow commanders under Garrik. Khoradyn and Zhang died in the same blast at Cyndarel.