He was green as far as Officers were concerned, but he made up for it by a confidant demeanor. Prince Balien sent for him after Mage Gabriel was taken, and pleaded with Lex to do anything he could while Lady Aisling tried to overthrow the Queen’s ruling. Lex now sat in the dungeons with dressings and water as he waited for Prince Nolen to emerge. Lex came from a long line of soldiers, and each elder instilled a sense of honor and duty in him. He joined the Air Guard against his father’s advice, wishing to forge his own destiny out of his father’s shadow. Until the last battle he enjoyed serving the Prince. Nolen was good to his men, slipping them casks of ale and buying pillow-maidens now again. The Prince always gave them adventure and a place to find honor, but after the bloodbath forever known as the Battle of the Stars, Lex learned how Nolen truly saw his men. He was nothing more than a sword. Yet, there lay a man on the cusp of death and disaster who saw fit to heal the soldier who tried to kill him.
