Bertran Godebert¶
Highlord Bertran Godebert is "a former ancient paladin of the Burning Sun cursed with Immortality by Kalar" who serves The White Fire, the ancient secret society sworn to protect the races "from outside interference such as Gods and Demons" (S319). He is its public face in the Riven Kingdoms of 704 SM, and by 834 AL its leader, presiding "in a chapter house within the City of Light" in Proturas (S078). Both dates fall in the Fifth Age, in the Sancturi (SM) and Proturan (AL) reckonings.
In the Rivenlands¶
In 704 SM Godebert "travels between Kingdoms, lending aid and advising the nobility", and is "well-known for his strict interpretations of righteousness" (S319). He cannot stay dead: "He has been killed several times in the last 100 years, but keeps returning." His word carries the order with it: "He is the public face of the White Fire, and where he decides to take sides, the White Fire will intervene" (S319). Like every White Fire member he is a wanted criminal in the Sancturi Imperium. The order's other great name in the kingdoms is the magus Vinias, who "most recently ... led the White Fire to assist the Kingdom of Brusau in driving back the Imperium at the Battle of Beddenford" (S319).
In Proturas¶
In the Proturan records of 834 AL the society is listed among the legends of the Children of the Light in Proturas: "An ancient secret society currently led by the immortal paladin, Highlord Bertran Godebert, who presides in a chapter house within the City of Light" (S078).
Gap
No source says what the Burning Sun was, why Kalar cursed him, how old he is, or how and when he passed from serving the White Fire to leading it. The interval between 704 SM and 834 AL depends on how the two calendars align, which the sources do not state.