Character from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
The outsider who married into the Vestrits and ruined everything — a Chalcedean-minded man who saw a liveship as property and his family as assets to be managed.
Kyle is the antagonist of the Vestrit family drama not because he's evil but because he's certain. He married Keffria, inherited control of Vivacia through her, and immediately began running the family liveship as a slave ship because the margins were better. He cannot understand why this horrifies everyone — to him, ships are tools and sentiment is waste. He destroyed his son Wintrow's priestly vocation because he needed crew. He alienated Althea because she challenged his authority. He converted a family legacy into a profit center. Kyle Haven is what happens when someone with no understanding of magic or tradition takes control of something sacred and runs it like a business.
Tall, fair-haired, and conventionally handsome in a blunt, masculine way. He dresses like a successful trader and carries himself with the authority of a man who has never doubted that he's right about anything.
Also known as: Captain Haven