Faldor

Prince Faldor was the father of Lady Fayelle, sharing with her the bloodline of Aenarion. He had spent most of his life in the family palace, with his daughter being the only other relative under his roof. Yet such was his love for the place, he declined to join Fayelle when she offered to let him stay with her and her future husband, Moralis. He claimed it to be that he was too old and too set in his ways to move now. He had raised his children within this palace, and buried his wife within its grounds. It was all that was left to him, that and his pride and ancient lineage.

In all honesty, he disapproved of the marriage, saying that Moralis' kin were merchants from Lothern and his family had been freeholders while his daughter's had ruled a kingdom and married into the Blood of Aenarion himself. Faldor was proud, but he could not eat pride, nor ancient buildings with it, nor pay the required number of retainers unless they too were like him, old and with nowhere else to go. The prince knew these things, but refused to change. So it was that it fell to Fayelle to improve the fortunes of her house by marrying well.

Source

 * : Blood of Aenarion (novel) by William King
 * : Chapter 11

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