Rydell is one of the serviles of Sucia island and the leader of the Obeyers. He is described as an anxious, intelligent and ruthless leader. Rydell was capable of playing the Awakened and Takers against one an other, starving off the serviles of Kazg and instrumentalizing a Control mind and rogue roamers to extend the Obeyer's sphere of influence across the island. With this in mind, after the cleansing of Sucia Island, Rydell was one of the survivors of that fled to Drypeak with Shapers Zakary and Barzahl and eventually joined the Awakened.