Talbot+Uskreven

Talbot, youngest son of Thamalon Uskreven, was engaged at a early age to Annalise Winterrowd of Impiltur, the daughter of his father's old friend and rabble-rousing companion. A tactical genius, Talbot's planning was invaluable to General Selkirk in the war against the Shadow King. However, this failed to impress Renata Winterrowd, Anna's younger sister! Protective of her sister's heart, Ren could not understand why it had taken Talbot so long to seek her perfect oldest sister in Lyrabar. She was convinced he did not deserve her love. Their relationship became still rockier when Renata, while enthralled by a vampire, drove her dagger into his chest, almost killing him instantly. Renata was restrained and released from the vampire's hold. And Talbot was healed. This might have spelled the end of the Uskreven-Winterrowd mercantile alliance but for Renata's aid to Sembia in the fall of the Shadow King and Tal's decision to journey to Lyrabar to finally meet Annalise again in person. Each...far exceeded the other's expectations and the two were married in an elaborate ceremony not long after the Battle of Lyrabar. Talbot and Annalise quickly returned to Sembia, much to Renata's discontent, and are now expecting their first child.