Story so far
When Dido moves to seize the fallen Cassius, Diomedes au Raa steps in: the Olympic Order will take custody, so that if the Morning Knight dies it will not be by Raa hands. He escorts Lysander to safety and, though he cannot free him, promises to stand vigil over Cassius himself and send word—his first show of respect to the Lune heir, noting pointedly that if Cassius dies, Lysander will be free, and asking to what he will then be bound. As his mother reveals the Ganymede evidence and the Olympic Knights roar for war, Diomedes only barely lifts his hand, unwilling in his heart.
When Cassius dies and schoolmates of the slain Bellerephon steal the body to desecrate it in the Waste, Diomedes rides out to pursue them—honoring in death the enemy he refused to murder in life.
Appearance
A Peerless-Scarred Gold in his mid-twenties, pale and beardless, shoulder-length white-gold hair streaked black, brooding eyes, large lips, a scarred face missing its left ear; in earth-toned Ionian robes.
Role
The Rim's Storm Knight; the incorruptible guardian of guest-law who shields the dying Cassius and hunts his defilers.
Relationships
Cassius — The enemy he takes into honorable custody, vigils over, and rides to avenge from desecration.
Lysander — The Lune heir he shields and challenges, showing him a first, grudging respect.
Dido — His mother, whose war he assents to only reluctantly, his hand barely lifted.
Bellerephon — His slain cousin, whose schoolmates steal Cassius's body, drawing him in pursuit.
Sources — 7 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 19
- Romulus au Raa's honorable son, an Olympic Storm Knight of raw, uncompromising purity who shields sister and captives alike.
Chapter 21
- Romulus au Raa's honorable Storm Knight, who shields his captives from Pandora yet dangles Lysander from a ship to teach respect.
Chapter 24
- Romulus's devoted Storm Knight, who reveres his father even as the Sovereign condemns the captives and a coup breaks.
Chapter 25
- Romulus's Storm Knight, whose god-like swordsmanship defends his father in the coup until the Sovereign orders him to yield.
Chapter 35
- The Rim's honorable blademaster, a stormson taught by Lorn au Arcos, whose serene virtue deepens Lysander's respect at the family dinner.
Chapter 37
- The Rim's honorable blademaster, who refuses to execute the unmasked Cassius because guest-law is sacred, even for his sister's killer.
Chapter 46
- The honorable Storm Knight who takes custody of the dying Cassius, stands vigil, and rides to reclaim his desecrated body—barely raising his hand for war.