Kinson Ravenlock

Shannara character


name=Kinson Ravenlock
nickname=The Borderman
race=Human
gender=Male
hair=Dark, long and tied back
eyes=Brown
loyalty=The Druid Bremen
appearance=First King of Shannara
birth=Ravenlock Family, in Callahorn
death=Presumably of old age, living with his wife Mareth

Kinson Ravenlock is a fictional character from the "Shannara" series of novels by Terry Brooks. He appears only in the book "First King of Shannara", prelude to the Original Shannara Trilogy.

Biography

Kinson, aka "The Borderman", was born and raised in Callahorn, a frontier town of the northern Southlands. His family is one of the few to stay settled north of the Rainbow Lake after the First War of the Races, and he grows up as a Tracker, scout, hunter and adventurer. Master of all of race's tongues, lands and customs.

He teams up with Bremen at an unspecified time, though it can be assumed it is approximately 5 years preceding the Second War of the Races, as a way of making something of his life, which he felt was lacking direction and challenge.

In the First King of Shannara book, he mostly follows Bremen around or is sometimes dispatched by him on several occasions for specific missions. As a tracker he is able to detect enemy movements through their trails, and he also acts as a hunter, providing food for the whole group of heroes he travels with. Though he does not possess magic or an exceptional strength, he is an ally to be counted upon as well as a confidant and counselor.

During his journey, at Paranor, he meets Mareth, a druid with innate magic, and together they travel with Bremen across the Four Lands. Kinson carries the Sword of Shannara shortly from Dechtera until Bremen takes it to go to the Hadeshorn, sending Kinson and Mareth to the Dwarfs.

He succeeds in convincing the battered Dwarf army to come to the aid of the Elves for the Battle of the Rhenn, just in time for the last battle, where they prevent the Warlock Lord Brona from retreating, in order for Jerle Shannara to battle with him.

After the battle where he was almost killed by Mareth through her uncontrolled Druid Fire, he recovers after weeks spent in Tyrsis. He then moves west with Mareth on the shores of the Mermidon, and settles where the town of Kern is later founded (so he could presumably be considered the first citizen of Kern).