Former Commander of the Lion Guard. Exiled for refusing to abandon the frontier villages of Ortshire.
The man behind the crest
Aren Kest once commanded soldiers charged with protecting the roads between the kingdoms. He discovered that obedience and honor do not always lead in the same direction.
When ordered to withdraw from settlements outside the kingdom’s defenses, he stayed. The people survived. His command did not.
What he carries
A weather-worn crimson cloak; blackened steel armor bearing the golden lion; a longsword he seldom draws without cause.
His deepest wound is not the scar on his face but the suspicion that his homeland may require him again.
Where his story begins
From the western battlements he witnesses the return of the first dragon in two hundred years. Read Episode 1: The Return.
Meet Mira Senn, the bridgewright who finds evidence that the bridges are being deliberately weakened.