OmniLoreA lighthouse keeper and Mara's mentor, missing after he left to repair a light the Guild had quietly removed from its charts.
- Role in the world
- Senior keeper of the western lights and mentor to Mara Vale.
- Goal
- Preserve the lighthouse memories of an island the city is beginning to forget.
- Inner conflict
- He protects the Guild's secrets, but cannot accept its decision to abandon one of its own lights.
Lore notes
Oren can identify a keeper by the rhythm of a lantern's shutter. He rarely raises his voice, and he repairs broken lenses before attending ceremonies. Mara trusts his practical kindness more than the polished histories in the Guild hall.
Before leaving, he gave Mara a compass and asked her to keep one promise: if the western light failed, she would come looking. He withheld the island's name because the harbor was already losing it, and he feared that a name on paper would fade before she could sail.
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