Hierarch Valdren III
| Title | Supreme Ruler of The Ashen Dominion |
| Location | Ostivaar, The Ashen Dominion |
| Faction | Church of the Ashen Flame (head) |
| Status | Alive |
Description. An aging man in his late seventies, thin and sharp-featured, with grey-white hair and pale eyes that were once piercing but are now clouded with paranoia. He dresses in geometric white-and-grey robes and clutches an Ashite scepter. Valdren was once a reformer but has retreated into rigid conservatism and suspicious isolation. He trusts only the Cinders, which is the worst possible choice.
GM Notes
Campaign Role. Tragic authority figure. His decisions (or inability to decide) shape the Dominion’s fate in Act II. Exposing the Cinders’ betrayal either galvanizes him or breaks him.
Roleplay Notes. Speaks slowly, deliberately, pauses mid-sentence as if listening for eavesdroppers. Refers to himself in the plural (“we have decided”). Occasionally lucid and sharp, which makes the paranoia worse.