Safelstran noble, in exile after his family came out on the losing end of a bitter, clandestine feud. The only one of his immediate family left alive, Sardrak has fled to Dragon Pass to re-establish himself and, possibly, provide haven to his clan and tribe, should he find other survivors. He is having a hard time adjusting to the forward, honorable, and (in his view) unsubtle ways that the residents of Old Tarsh and Sartar deal with each other.