Edmund Carlyle

Edmund Carlyle is the eldest of the Carlyle siblings and a cousin of King Ademar.

He shares many of the same features as the King and his brother, Rafe. However, his hair is less red. To combat this, he has it tinted with henna to make the colour more vibrant. Robert describes him as having  'the generic lantern-jawed handsomeness of a ballad hero'.

At dinner, he brings up Robert's reputation of being a skilled swordsman, leading to the duel between Robert and Rafe.