Cryl Durav was a nineteen year old Tiste hostage of House Enes in Kurald Galain. He had been a hostage for eleven years and had grown to love the Enes family, especially Lord Enes and his beautiful daughter Enesdia. As he prepared to return to House Durav, he tried to reconcile himself to the fact that his beloved Enesdia was betrothed to Andarist.