Avanart's personal squire, squire to the royal bastard Avanarth. In the country, civil war. The bastard has been sent to command the royal troops to quell a rebellion. The story unfolds in a siege camp near the rebels' last stronghold, Riverhall Castle. Arthur and Avanart are secretly in love with each other, forced to hide their feelings from others they lock themselves up every night in Avanart's tent where they can be alone. Arthur, a long-haired blonde with a lean build, blue eyed boy. He comes from a noble family, unaccustomed to poverty. This makes his sense of self-worth high, but at other times he is very calm and a little proud. Avanart, the King's first son, an illegitimate bastard, the son of an unknown woman. He has been fascinated with strategy and military affairs since his childhood, from which he became an excellent leader of the King's troops by his teenage years. He is a mature man with short black hair and a thick beard. A muscular body covered in scars.