Captain OrdasCharacter
Captain Ordas is a military officer in the Authorian Paladin story who assumes command of city defenses following the departure of Lord Veyren, citing the Council Charter as the authority for this succession. He is present during a confrontation involving a character named Vissira, who orders him to stand down.
Where it appears (7 mentions in 1 book)
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- ¶69Captain Ordas: "Lord Veyren appointed us to defend this city. Lord Veyren is gone. The Council Charter requires that in the absence of a sitting lord, defense of the city falls to the next rank…
- ¶72Vissira: "Stand down your weapons, Captain Ordas. All of you. What you witnessed today was not a threat to this city. It was a demonstration made for my benefit, and I was the one who demanded…
- ¶76…ne, then lifted it and examined the palm as though the stone had written something there. Captain Ordas shifted their weight and looked toward No. 2, whose gaze had already moved downward, fixe…
- ¶79Archivist Quelm's stylus resumed its movement across the pressed hide, faster now. Captain Ordas took two steps backward without being told to, an instinct older than military discipline assert…
- ¶80…sed their forehead against the ground and did not lift it. Several of the soldiers behind Captain Ordas took the same two steps backward their captain had taken, without being ordered and witho…
- ¶90Captain Ordas, who had not moved from the position they had taken two steps back from, turned and looked at the soldiers still arrayed at the square's edge. The column had held its formation wi…