Introducing Liam of Conte everybody. Okay, so all that'spublished about him on is that he's a Knight of Tortall and third in line to the throne. He's better at weaponry than Jasson, his younger brother. So I took some liberties. They also never say how old Liam is in comparison to Roald but I'll put a minimum six year difference between them because he's never mentioned at all during Roald's time as a page or squire.
But I'ma have fun with his character fo' sho'
Liam of Conte is not his brother. He is not his sister, nor his father or mother. He is a Knight of Tortall and he hates it; he hates that the world makes the most sense when he's swinging a blade and killing people. So he avoids it. The courtiers whisper behind his back and Father's face is disappointed.
(why would he be disappointed Liam loves peace and doesn't like the slick feeling of blood isn't that what Jonathan wanted when he would talk about the future?)
Liam tries hard not to be bitter about it, but it's hard when even the serving staff he passes in the hallways give him not a drop of the respect they reserve for their king or his heir. They know his face, his title, and how he doesn't measure up.
So he goes to Baron George Cooper, speaking quiet words in the shadowy corner of the banquet hall one Midwinter—is there anything he could do? Liam pretends he's not intimidated when the Baron fixes him with an appraising eye before nodding.
He doesn't know if he will regret this until much, much later.