Julian Carlysle

Julian Carlysle is a member of House Carlysle and the eldest child of King Keith III and Queen Evelyne Geoffrey-Carlysle. He has a younger sister, Cheryl. He is a major, if not the most important, POV character in the Alexandian Array.

Features
Julian is quite the typical Carlysle male: with bright green eyes, flowing brown to blonde hair, a noble warrior's attitude and a humble lust for power and control. He tends to seek justice through violence quickly, but he does judge people rightfully. He is said to resemble his mother the most, and his sister Cheryl as well. His fat father possibly looked like him in the past, though at the start of Drops of Disdain that remains in the past.

Julian Carlysle is seen as slightly arrogant by some outsiders and common folk, but most men and women deem him a prince and warrior of great honour. Some even claim that Julian could be the Monarch of the Mapped World, along with other candidates, such as Allen Braeden, Alexander Augustus and the southern warrior queen Malighala.

History
Julian was born in 202 in the Age of Kings, in the Capital, eighteen years before the start of Drops of Disdain to his mother Queen Evelyne and his father King Keith III in the fifth year of their marriage. His younger sister Cheryl was born two years later, and the two grew very close immediately. They shared a passion for fighting battles and being rebellious, which meant a lot of playing around in the family's keep. Their father was often away to battle, causing him to have a weak relationship with his children. He spent many years fighting the Brotherhoods in the north with Lord Owyn Radclyffe and returned in 220 A.K., when Julian was spending a lot of time with Lady Teresa Pelaris of Southwatch, whom he met in the Capital.

Drops of Disdain
While Julian remains in the Capital with his parents, his sister Cheryl is sent to Clyffeton as an envoy to treat with Owyn Radclyffe. He does not like the idea and misses his sister a lot, which causes him to spend more time with Teresa, a maiden from the island of the Claw, who came to the Capital as an envoy of her father, Lord Sebatyn Pelaris. Evelyne and especially Keith don't seem to like or appreciate the girl, as Julian seems to fall in love with her. They had already promised his hand to another: Grace Geoffrey, Evelyne's niece. The king locks himself away more often and some of the common folk despise his way of life. Most of them do love Julian, though, and Marwyn Cove even claims that some will try to murder the king in order to let Julian sit on the throne. When word arrives in the Capital of Owyn's death, Julian rushes to Clyffeton with a small host, but they are ambushed by a host of Anthony men who fight for Oscar, whose son has been imprisoned for killing Owyn. The prince escapes into the wild and is captured by a group of religious outlaws. Their leader Raesys of the Five leads him further into nature.

Torrents of Treachery
After Julian has doubts about his chances of escaping, Raesys comes up to him and tells him that they will enter the city on the morrow. Julian thinks he means the Capital and could not be happier. He wakes up with his hands tied and his eyes covered, however, and he realises the Capital was not the city Raesys was talking about. He unties him and welcomes the prince to Geoffport on the other side of the mountains. In the Thrice-Floored Keep it is revealed that Raesys was working with serial killer Apollo Agnys, servant of Oscar Anthony, to bring the prince to Lord Alymar Geoffrey. Alymar reveals Julian's father Keith's death to him and decides to go to war on Oscar's side to take revenge on Julian for not marrying his daughter Grace. In prison, Julian loses a finger to Apollo's dagger as a message, but he breaks his chains the next morning and tries to defeat Apollo and Raesys. In the middle of the fight both of them vanish into thin air, however. When Julian is dragged to the block to be executed, he starts muttering some sort of ancient and outlandish spell, before Apollo switches bodies with the headsman and Raesys injures Alymar in the shoulder. Together, the three of them escape Geoffport. On their way to the Capital, they encounter Teresa's host and the two of them are finaly reunited. Julian asks Raesys about the 'magic' he and Apollo used at his execution, but he dares not tell him. He does tell him that they are a week away from the city and he should be crowned immediately.

Roars of Resentment
Julian arrives safely in the Capital and is crowned King Julian Carlysle I in the Hall of a Thousand Tears by his mother. Evelyne tells him about her secret plan to betroth him to Grace Geoffrey all the same and Teresa Pelaris is thrown out of the city. Julian is enraged, but still goes along with her plan and starts his loveless marriage to Grace, while he thinks about Teresa and while nightmares about gryphons and bears haunt his nights. They are joined in the Hall of a Thousand Tears and consummate their marriage afterward. Some time later, Julian encounters Sebatyn Pelaris in the Citadel of Gryphons. He reveals that Evelyne has granted him and his daughters Sofia, Adriana, and Diane permission to stay inside the castle and a place on his council, and that Teresa has arrived safely in Southwatch.