Wyldon of Cavall

Wyldon of Cavall
Positions
Primary Position	Training Master (442 HE - 457 HE)
Biographical Information
Nickname	The Stump (by Neal)
Nationality	Tortallan
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Family Information
Siblings	unnamed brother, Elasabenne of Cavall
Wife	Vivienne of Cavall
Children	Eiralys, Sunarine, Cathrea and Margarry
Affilliation
Rank	Knight
Squire	Owen of Jesslaw
Bibliographical Information
Universe	Tortallan Universe character

Wyldon of Cavall is the training master of Keladry of Mindelan and the other pages and squires in the Protector of the Small Quartet. He's a conservative who is set in his ways and believes that females can never keep up with males. One of his students, Nealan of Queenscove, nicknamed him 'The Stump' due to his unchanging nature and his apparent dislike of change itself.

Appearance in Tamora Pierce Novels

First Test

In First Test, it is noted that Wyldon saved the royal children from an attack by immortals, though it cost him the use of his arm for most of the novel.

Wyldon convinces King Jonathan to put Kel on probation for a year, leaving the final decision as to whether she stays or goes up to the training master. Wyldon gives her a hard year, criticising her and being more strict with her than with any of the other students. However, he allows her to stay at the end of the year - much to Kel's surprise.

Page

In Page, Wyldon continues to work Kel just a bit harder than the boys, but is more fair than he was in the previous year. During the course of the novel, Wyldon moves Kel and several senior pages to doing more advanced exercises, showing that he does believe that Kel is adept at what she does.

Squire

In Squire, Wyldon takes a less prominent role in the story. He is seen when Kel travels to Corus (for various reasons) and jousts with Kel several times, going so far as to compliment her on her jousting skills and give her suggestions for improvement (though he does not unseat her). Sir Raoul of Goldenlake, Keladry's knight-master and one of the best jousters of his time, tells Kel that the last person to unseat him was Lord Wyldon. Kel asks him if Wyldon has beaten him since, and Raoul answers that he just doesn't joust with the lord of Cavall anymore.

Also, Wyldon resigns from the position of training master, despite opposition from most everyone, including Kel. He tells Kel that he feels that the failures of Joren of Stone Mountain and Vinson of Genlith, two former classmates of Kel's (who were in truth bullies) who failed in their ordeals, are his fault. Kel cannot convince him otherwise, for she partially agrees herself. He acknowledges that he was harder on her than the other pages, and is glad at least that he remembered his honor and let her continue her training. Knowing that she cannot change his mind, Kel asks him to make Owen of Jeslaw, a younger friend of hers, his squire.

Lady Knight

In Lady Knight, Wyldon places Kel in charge of a refuge camp, telling her that it's a job that few can do. Kel believes that he wants to keep her out of the real fighting. However, she realizes that she will get her share of battles.

During the novel, she periodically reports to Wyldon about the goings on at her fort. When a trouble-maker complains that he does not like Kel's leadership and later writes an enraged letter to Lord Wyldon when Kel is forced to place him in the stockades during a battle, Wyldon takes her side. He agrees that sometimes such things are necessary.

Near the climax of the novel, after Kel's camp is attacked and her people kidnapped, Wyldon orders her to bury her dead and come back. Later, when Lord Raoul angrily demands to know why Wyldon actually thought she wouldn't go after her people, he acknowledges that he had a feeling she would, but was very busy at the time.

When Kel gets back from rescuing her people in Scanra, expecting to be sentenced a traitor's death for disobeying a direct order, Wyldon proves her wrong. He pardens her with the slight punishment of building a new fort, something Kel doesn't mind in the least.

Physical description

Wyldon is described as being almost bald with sharply chisled features. He is well muscled and bears a cast on one arm in First Test. Afterwards, he bears a scar on this arm.

Family

Cavall Family Tree

Cavall family
Cavalls Wyldon of Cavall Vivenne of ? Cavall man x? Elasabenne of Cavall Unnamed man See Jesslaw Eiralys of Cavall Unnamed man Sunarine of Cavall Cathrea of Cavall Margarry of Cavall Owen of Jesslaw

Wyldon is married to Vivienne of Cavall and has at least one sister, Elasabenne of Cavall, who is married and the youngest of the siblings, and one brother. Wyldon and Vivienne have four daughters: Eiralys of Cavall, Sunarine of Cavall, Cathrea of Cavall and Margarry of Cavall. He loves his daughters dearly and doesn't resent that his wife never gave him any sons. Owen of Jesslaw is Wyldon's son-in-law as he is married to Wyldon's youngest daughter Margarry.

Trivia

• Is a dog breeder for the Crown and others
• Nicknamed 'The Stump'
• Was the last person to knock Lord Raoul of Goldenlake off of a horse in a jousting match