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Jacques Malterres

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An older nobleman who congratulates Julien Davinos after Thjazi’s execution.

Overview

Introduction

Jacques Malterres is an older nobleman encountered in the viewing gallery after Thjazi’s execution. He congratulates Julien Davinos for his role in capturing Thjazi at the Battle of Maharlian Falls and jokes that Julien should have been permitted to perform the execution himself.

Story progression

Character Journey

Major events shaping Jacques Malterres.

BattleEpisode 1

The Battle of Maharlian Falls

Sir Julien Davinos defeated Thjazi Fang at Maharlian Falls, knocked him from his horse and delivered him into custody.

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  • Jacques Malterres calls Julien the hero of Maharlian Falls.
  • Julien knocked Thjazi from his horse.
  • Julien brought Thjazi into custody or to justice.
  • Thjazi later received clemency.
  • After receiving clemency, Thjazi asked Aranessa to run away with him.
  • Aranessa refused, contributing to their long separation.
  • Its placement within the Falconer’s Rebellion is strongly implied but not explicitly named in the account.
ExecutionEpisode 1

The Execution of Thjazi Fang

Thjazi Fang was publicly condemned and hanged beneath the Guardian Wall under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.

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  • The execution took place at the gallows beneath the Guardian Wall.
  • Thjazi arrived in an iron-barred prison wagon under a multi-house military escort.
  • House Tachonis soldiers removed him from the wagon in manacles.
  • Azune performed the official magical inspection.
  • Several parts of the crowd cheered when Thjazi appeared.
  • The Sundered Houses used trumpets to silence or overpower the crowd’s response.
  • A House Tachonis herald proclaimed the sentence.
  • Thjazi was accused of arcanism, theft, skulduggery, murder and sedition.
  • The Chamber of Lords-Advisory authorised the sentence to the Revolutionary Council.
  • The Photarch spoke on behalf of the Candescent Creed and House Halovar’s changing religious order.
  • Wicander expected the Photarch to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
  • The Photarch privately told Wicander that Thjazi had to die.
  • Thjazi and Halandil shared final words across the crowd.
  • Thjazi saw something in the sky and became visibly panicked.
  • Thjazi asked Halandil to help Murray and the Penteveral and said paint waited with Bolaire.
  • Thjazi asked Halandil to tell Thimble not to be scared.
  • Thjazi declared that the authority condemning him would fall and that he could still hear the falcon’s cry.
  • The executioner pulled the lever before Thjazi completed his final mental message.
  • The escape intervention did not remove Thjazi.
  • Thjazi died by hanging.
  • This was the first execution in Dol-Makjar carried out exclusively under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.
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Evidence Ledger

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ConfirmedDirectly Depicted Event03:19:41

An older noble named Jacques Malterres congratulates Julien after the execution and jokes that Julien should have been permitted to perform the killing himself.

Source
Julien and Aranessa · Jacques Malterres Congratulates Julien
ConfirmedNarration03:19:41

The Egerion family is named as one of the noble families to which the older gallery noble might have belonged before he identifies himself as Jacques Malterres.

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Julien and Aranessa · Jacques Malterres Congratulates Julien
The family name is confirmed, but no Episode 1 member, base or action is established.
ConfirmedDirectly Depicted Event03:20:19

Jacques identifies Julien as the hero of the Battle of Maharlian Falls and the man who brought Thjazi Fang to heel.

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Julien and Aranessa · Hero of Maharlian Falls
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Campaign 4, Episode 1

Episode 1

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Character Arrival And Flashback

Julien and Aranessa

3:14:04–3:26:5812 min 54 sec

Wicander returns Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil as Sir Julien Davinos escorts Thjazi’s grieving estranged wife, Aranessa, to the Farramh. Their journey reveals Julien’s role in Thjazi’s earlier capture and Aranessa’s enduring love for her former husband.

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