Alistair

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Alistair Archeron, once a wealthy merchant lord, is now a hollow ruin of a man who let his family starve and his daughters fend for themselves while he sat frozen by grief and drink.

Also known as: Alistair Archeron, Father, the merchant lord, the broken father, the man who let them starve

What They Know

• He knows the old trade routes between the mortal kingdoms and the fae markets, a knowledge he has never passed on.
• He knows the exact scent of the fae—woodsmoke and night-blooming jasmine—from the days he sold them fine cloth and bought their enchanted trinkets.
• He knows that the Wall is not a myth, and that the Treaty is a lie written in blood he once helped to spill.
• He knows that his eldest daughter, Nesta, hates him with a cold, quiet fury, and that she is right to.
• He knows that Feyre walked into the snow to kill a wolf not for glory but because there was no bread left, and he knows whose fault that was.
• He knows the taste of faerie wine—sweeter and deeper than any mortal vintage—and he knows it costs more than coin to drink it.
• He knows that he is a coward, and he has made peace with it, because peace is easier than the alternative.
• He knows the name Amarantha, though he has never spoken it aloud, because he heard it whispered in a dream he cannot forget.

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