Alarik

Alarik was the ruler of the Thriuni tribe and the main rival of Runath during her campaigns of conquest. He was the nephew of the previous chief who had died childless. He successfully maneuvered through the tribal politics, effectively eliminating his rivals and emerging at the head of his tribe around the same time that Runath came to power over the Fynori. Watching Runath amassing allies, Alarik responded by creating a coalition of his own, allying with any tribes he could against her. However, many tribal memories extended to the time of Alarik's grandfather, a brutal raider, and many of the more powerful tribes allied against the Thriuni.

Realizing that traditional nomadic techniques of warfare would be ineffective against Runath, he and his allies founded the fortified village that would become Chiandris. It was the single largest pocket of resistance to Runath's rule, its high walls making conquest virtually impossible for a nomadic army. He was the first chieftain to create a major sedentary settlement on Andromache and the first to rule from a single location.

He was killed when he fell down a pit dug to build the foundations for a new tower which remained, in altered form, as "Alarik's Fall," the main tower of the eastern wing of the Palace.