Talwin Hawkins
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Talwin Hawkins is a character that features in the fantasy book series Conclave of Shadows
and the Darkwar Saga
, part of the Riftwar Cycle written by Raymond Feist.
east of the Duchy of Farinda and west of County Conar. The Orosini are a simple people, and Talwin is introduced in Talon of the Silver Hawk
as a boy named Kielianapuna, awaiting his vision from the gods; where he will his receive his true name. He has been waiting for two days on his vision quest, and is losing hope when he finally receives a vision when he faints and a hawk lands next to him and speaks to him. His name is revealed to him, 'Talon of the Silver Hawk'.
He then hurries home as he fears for his village's safety; all of the animals have gone into a strange sense of panic. He arrives back at his village to discover it being destroyed by a mercenary band wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko, and is mortally wounded in the attack. Left for dead, he is recovered by members of the organisation known as the 'Conclave of Shadows'; Robert de Lyis (spelled 'Robert de Lyes' in the Serpentwar Saga
) and a man named Pasko. He believes himself to be the last living member of the Orosini. He later meets Caleb and Magnus, sons of Pug and Miranda. He pledges a life-debt to Robert and enters training to see if he is fit to join the Conclave of Shadows.
When first arriving on Sorcerer's Isle with Magnus, he is attacked by three Death Dancers, conjurations of evil necromancy, created out of willingly sacrificed souls. He manages to fight them off, but is again mortally wounded, and is once again saved by the Conclave. He then pledges allegiance to their band, as their goals are aligned for the moment, Talon for revenge against the Duke of Olasko for the destruction of his people, and the Conclave against a necromancer, Leso Varen, once called Sidi, currently a member of the Duke's court, one of their most dangerous enemies.
After training in swordcraft, horseriding, painting, music and women, he is set to become a young noble and his identity is to be Talwin Hawkins, Squire of Morgan River and Bellcastle and Baronet of Silverlake, with the aim of winning the championship for greatest swordsman of the world, in Roldem at the Masters Court. He succeeds in winning the tournament, in the process killing one opponent in self-defense who turns out to be a Keshian assassin sent to kill him, and another deliberately in revenge, a man called Lieutenant Campaneal who had been part of the raid on his village. After winning the tournament, he sets out to take revenge on the mercenary captain Raven, who had led the attack on his village. He leads a mercenary group to defend the Orodoni, a tribe related to his own, and the current target of Raven's band, saving the village. He then chases down and kills Raven, leaving only the Duke Kaspar and Captain Quint Havrevulen to complete his vengeance quest.
In the next book (King of Foxes
), Talwin returns to Roldem and ultimately takes service with the Duke in Opardum, Olasko's capital, taking an oath to serve the Duke in whatever way he is ordered, but secretly planning to wait until Kaspar inevitably betrays him, nullifying his oath, before exacting revenge. After Tal has completed several dangerous tasks, Kaspar betrays Tal by using him as a pawn in an assassination attempt on Duke Varian of Roldem, allowing him to be captured.
Instead of killing Tal, Varian returns him to Olasko in shame, and for his failure, Kaspar sentences him to life on the island 'Fortess of Despair'. His right hand is cut off, and though his outlook is bleak, he manages to gain certain privileges when the prison's cook dies, and his training as a noble allow him to take over. He uses his position to build allegiances among the prisoners and organize an escape, which he finally achieves after three years, with Captain Quint as a sudden and unexpected ally.
Tal's plan is to sack Opardum, using secret tunnels he discovered during his time there, with the help of the survivors from the prison, hired mercenaries, and armies from surround nations who oppose Kaspar's ambitions. His plan works to perfection, but instead of following through on his intentions to kill the Duke, he pardons him at Pug's urging, and the Conclave banishes Kaspar to Novindus
instead. Talwin finds a surviving female member of the Orosini, 'Eye of the Blue Winged Teal', with whom he later has a son, 'Laughter in his Eyes', named after his grandfather.
When Kaspar later returns to Opardum (in Exile's Return
), Talwin is running one of the finest restaurants in the world. Kaspar passes a message through Talwin to the Conclave about his discovery of the Talnoy in Novindus, leading to the two working as allies for the Conclave.
Talwin also appears in the Darkwar Saga
as a supporting character.
Talwin's latest appearance so far is in the A Kingdom Besieged
, where he features as a supporting character and father of the new champion of the Master's Court who is Talwin's adopted son from "Eye of the Blue Winged Teal's" who is the best friend of Henry ConDoin who just so happened to lose in the final of the Master's Court to Talwin's son Ty.
Conclave of Shadows
Conclave of Shadows is a series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist, part of The Riftwar Cycle. The series picks up events following The Serpentwar Saga, and deals with the secret titular organization formed by the great magician Pug, and its initial struggle against evil necromancer Leso Varen...
and the Darkwar Saga
Darkwar Saga
The Darkwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist.-Concept:In the fantasy novels of Feist, a Riftwar is war between two worlds that are connected by some sort of dimensionless gap . In Feist's invented history there are several riftwars. The first Riftwar between Midkemia and...
, part of the Riftwar Cycle written by Raymond Feist.
Story
Talwin was originally a part of a people who called themselves the Orosini and these resided in the 'High Fastness' mountain region beyond the eastern borders of the Kingdom of the IslesThe Kingdom of the Isles
The Kingdom of the Isles is a fictional nation on Midkemia, a world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist. The Kingdom of the Isles, or simply The Kingdom lies to the north of The Empire of Great Kesh on the continent of Triagia...
east of the Duchy of Farinda and west of County Conar. The Orosini are a simple people, and Talwin is introduced in Talon of the Silver Hawk
Talon of the Silver Hawk
Talon of the Silver Hawk is the first novel in the Conclave of Shadows trilogy by Raymond E. Feist as a part of The Riftwar Cycle. It was preceded by Krondor: Tear of the Gods and is followed by King of Foxes.-Plot summary:...
as a boy named Kielianapuna, awaiting his vision from the gods; where he will his receive his true name. He has been waiting for two days on his vision quest, and is losing hope when he finally receives a vision when he faints and a hawk lands next to him and speaks to him. His name is revealed to him, 'Talon of the Silver Hawk'.
He then hurries home as he fears for his village's safety; all of the animals have gone into a strange sense of panic. He arrives back at his village to discover it being destroyed by a mercenary band wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko, and is mortally wounded in the attack. Left for dead, he is recovered by members of the organisation known as the 'Conclave of Shadows'; Robert de Lyis (spelled 'Robert de Lyes' in the Serpentwar Saga
The Serpentwar Saga
The Serpentwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels set in Midkemia by the author Raymond E. Feist. The novels revolve around two characters, Erik von Darkmoor and Roo Avery and also includes a host of previous characters from past novels, including Nakor, Pug, Macros the Black, Calis and Jimmy...
) and a man named Pasko. He believes himself to be the last living member of the Orosini. He later meets Caleb and Magnus, sons of Pug and Miranda. He pledges a life-debt to Robert and enters training to see if he is fit to join the Conclave of Shadows.
When first arriving on Sorcerer's Isle with Magnus, he is attacked by three Death Dancers, conjurations of evil necromancy, created out of willingly sacrificed souls. He manages to fight them off, but is again mortally wounded, and is once again saved by the Conclave. He then pledges allegiance to their band, as their goals are aligned for the moment, Talon for revenge against the Duke of Olasko for the destruction of his people, and the Conclave against a necromancer, Leso Varen, once called Sidi, currently a member of the Duke's court, one of their most dangerous enemies.
After training in swordcraft, horseriding, painting, music and women, he is set to become a young noble and his identity is to be Talwin Hawkins, Squire of Morgan River and Bellcastle and Baronet of Silverlake, with the aim of winning the championship for greatest swordsman of the world, in Roldem at the Masters Court. He succeeds in winning the tournament, in the process killing one opponent in self-defense who turns out to be a Keshian assassin sent to kill him, and another deliberately in revenge, a man called Lieutenant Campaneal who had been part of the raid on his village. After winning the tournament, he sets out to take revenge on the mercenary captain Raven, who had led the attack on his village. He leads a mercenary group to defend the Orodoni, a tribe related to his own, and the current target of Raven's band, saving the village. He then chases down and kills Raven, leaving only the Duke Kaspar and Captain Quint Havrevulen to complete his vengeance quest.
In the next book (King of Foxes
King of Foxes
King of Foxes is the second novel in the Conclave of Shadows trilogy by Raymond E. Feist as a part of The Riftwar Cycle. It was preceded by Talon of the Silver Hawk and is followed by Exile's Return-Plot introduction:...
), Talwin returns to Roldem and ultimately takes service with the Duke in Opardum, Olasko's capital, taking an oath to serve the Duke in whatever way he is ordered, but secretly planning to wait until Kaspar inevitably betrays him, nullifying his oath, before exacting revenge. After Tal has completed several dangerous tasks, Kaspar betrays Tal by using him as a pawn in an assassination attempt on Duke Varian of Roldem, allowing him to be captured.
Instead of killing Tal, Varian returns him to Olasko in shame, and for his failure, Kaspar sentences him to life on the island 'Fortess of Despair'. His right hand is cut off, and though his outlook is bleak, he manages to gain certain privileges when the prison's cook dies, and his training as a noble allow him to take over. He uses his position to build allegiances among the prisoners and organize an escape, which he finally achieves after three years, with Captain Quint as a sudden and unexpected ally.
Tal's plan is to sack Opardum, using secret tunnels he discovered during his time there, with the help of the survivors from the prison, hired mercenaries, and armies from surround nations who oppose Kaspar's ambitions. His plan works to perfection, but instead of following through on his intentions to kill the Duke, he pardons him at Pug's urging, and the Conclave banishes Kaspar to Novindus
Novindus
Novindus is a fictional continent on Midkemia, a world created by Raymond E. Feist. It is the second largest continent on Midkemia with a variety of landscapes. It is to the west of the Triagia across the Endless Sea and to the east across the Sea of Tears. The shape of the continent looks very...
instead. Talwin finds a surviving female member of the Orosini, 'Eye of the Blue Winged Teal', with whom he later has a son, 'Laughter in his Eyes', named after his grandfather.
When Kaspar later returns to Opardum (in Exile's Return
Exile's Return
Exile's Return is the third novel in the Conclave of Shadows trilogy by Raymond E. Feist as a part of The Riftwar Cycle. It was preceded by King of Foxes and is followed by Flight of the Nighthawks.-Plot summary:...
), Talwin is running one of the finest restaurants in the world. Kaspar passes a message through Talwin to the Conclave about his discovery of the Talnoy in Novindus, leading to the two working as allies for the Conclave.
Talwin also appears in the Darkwar Saga
Darkwar Saga
The Darkwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist.-Concept:In the fantasy novels of Feist, a Riftwar is war between two worlds that are connected by some sort of dimensionless gap . In Feist's invented history there are several riftwars. The first Riftwar between Midkemia and...
as a supporting character.
Talwin's latest appearance so far is in the A Kingdom Besieged
A Kingdom Besieged
A Kingdom Besieged is the first novel in the The Chaoswar Saga trilogy by Raymond E. Feist, the final saga in the The Riftwar Cycle. The novel was announced by Feist on February 27, 2008, and was released on April 12, 2011....
, where he features as a supporting character and father of the new champion of the Master's Court who is Talwin's adopted son from "Eye of the Blue Winged Teal's" who is the best friend of Henry ConDoin who just so happened to lose in the final of the Master's Court to Talwin's son Ty.