Keris Veliant

Character from The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

The Maridrinian prince who reads books in a family that values swords — Lara's brother, Silas's greatest disappointment, and the sequel series' unlikely hero who proves that the most dangerous weapon is a mind his father never bothered to sharpen.

Also known as: Keris, Keris Veliant, Prince Keris, The Inadequate Heir

What They Know

• Maridrinian prince — Silas's son and Lara's half-brother, dismissed by his father as weak for preferring books to combat
• Protagonist of the sequel duology alongside Zarrah — his arc takes him from overlooked prince to political operator
• His intelligence and political acumen are formidable — he understands systems, builds alliances through trust, and manipulates information networks
• His relationship with Zarrah is enemies-to-lovers across the Maridrina-Valcotta divide — they complement each other's strengths
• Represents an alternative model of leadership to his father's — persuasion over force, empathy over control

Connections

• child_of — silas
• sibling_of — lara
• romantic_interest — zarrah
• nemesis_of — silas

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