Ailen Vester¶
Commander Ailen Vester led the soldiers of the Keepers of Abaddon at Pemeril in Alghert during the Hollow of the Fifth Age, and was the last of the Keepers' officers left standing when the city's wards failed (S181, S184). He afterwards served as quartermaster and one of the lieutenants of the company called The Doomguard (S187).
Also called: Ailen; Commander Ailen.
At Pemeril¶
The Keepers' mission in Alghert was "to preserve the kingdom and destroy the Hollow and demonic forces that threaten them" (S181). Ailen "commands the soldiers of Abaddon and is equal to Apuuk and Malo", the two agents who held the city's wards between them. "He doesn't like that they don't get along and is often forced into a position of referee. He dislikes both of them and can see the influence Apuuk wields over the Highwarden" (S181), Beatrice Karmaggen, who was charmed by Apuuk. Neither of his colleagues was what he seemed: Apuuk was a demon in the service of Asmodeus, and Malo an Eldritch knight in the service of Allannia (S181, S183).
When Malo and Apuuk were both dead the wards began to fail. "Keepers of Abbadon -- Commander Ailen Vester is all that's left. Highwarden is dead fighting some devils at the north ward" (S184). The north ward had fallen and devils were "killing people in the street", the city guard had largely deserted, and the Keepers' own Sergeant Donnalay was "deserting and taking a force of the keepers and leaving the city" (S184). Ailen stayed, and was with High Priest Athaff at the Vault of the Arcane Eye beneath the Monastery of St Morgan (S185).
With the Doomguard¶
After Alghert, Ailen joined the company the party raised after Alghert, "The Doomguard", 33 men with wagons and horses, as Commander and "Quartermaster & Logistics", one of its lieutenants (S187). He went with it into the north, camping with the Keepers' rangers Norrick and Kessa and the engineer Drek while others entered the dwarven shipyards held by a Thur'arax (S196, S197). He is among the company named beside the court of the White Towers (S199), and he and the dryad Temeluch are counted among the force that set out for Acadia (S201). His part in those journeys is told in the Sancturi Campaign.
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No source gives Ailen Vester's age, origin, appearance or fate after the expedition to Acadia. The identification of "Ailen", "Commander Ailen" and "Commander Ailen Vester" as one man rests on the shared rank and company; no source states it outright.