The Trehaen Eadyrth Hohnrodh tries to preserve the Jarin Heritage, against Lord Aeryn's ambitions. Most people still believe in this tradition and his word carries considerable weight. Eadyrth is aware that the lord is trying to shift the power balance, sometimes using his sister Alysha. By giving her alms for the poor of Monthel he seeks to further his aim with an easily beguiled woman. He is the Gelfein of the clan and she will obey him, but objects his rejection of the lord's "good will", which he sees only as "political expense" on the lord's part. Eadyrth is 55 and still in reasonably good health. But he is already looking for a successor, as Trehaen law isn't learned overnight.