Gondel

Gondel Vedd is a Kaurian language scholar at the university in Linlauen and brother to the famed Tammel Vedd. After being conscripted by the mistral, to study a captured "Bone Giant" named Saavic, he struggles to uncover the mystery of who they are with the help of Teela. As he become enrapture by a new language, culture, and the rumor of the 7th Kenning, he also has to contend with the very real strain that his obsession over his work puts on his relationship with his husband, Maron.

Under the orders of the mistral, he later takes to the front lines with Ponder Tann in order to do field research, spread word of what he's already learned, and keep records of what's going on with the war.