Oweor Ollin is a charismatic war chief of 29. He is a psychopath: While he appears charming and likable at a first impression, he is a megalomaniac with absolutely no regard for the needs and feelings of others. He dominates his tribe with his manipulative personality and merciless brutality, changing from one to the other in an instant. He has been known to lecture the male members of his tribe for an hour about his plans of conquest, then snatch his axe and smash the head of a listener before calmly returning to his topic. Captives not worth a ransom and without an obvious use can expect to be brought to death in the most grisly and imaginative fashion.

Oweor plans to expand his domination to the other Pagaelin tribes in the region and then conquer the Chybisan territory north of the Ulmerien. He has established contacts to other tribes and plans to hold a gathering where "a possible cooperation of the tribes can be discussed". He intends to get rid of the chieftains and unify the tribes under his command, to gather the necessary strength to deal with Shenadun and the other northern manors.

While his long-term plans against Chybisa are in no way realistic, Oweor's attempt to realize them will cause a lot of havoc and bloodshed if he is not stopped in time. Oweor is not under the control of the Navehan Augur, who operates the lodge near Shenadun. While Kadon had established good contacts to Oweor's predecessor, the death of the latter was a plain enough message that the Augur was no longer welcome in the tribe. The Navehans have not reacted yet and seem content to let Oweor have his way - for now.