Keladry "Kel" of Mindelan (pronounced KELL-ah-dree of MIHN-duh-lahn) was the first girl to ask the crown to enter training for knighthood since the decree that girls could be allowed. The decree had come as a result of Alanna of Trebond completing the training under the guise of being a boy. Kel, who had spent most of her childhood in the Yamani Islands, had to overcome the prejudices of the conservatives and her fellow pages until she was accepted. When she became a squire, her knight master was Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak, the Knight Commander of the King's Own. Upon receiving her shield, Kel fought in the Scanran War, commanding the refugee camp Haven and killing the enemy mage Blayce the Gallan and his right-hand man, Stenmun.