Martin Ridenow

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  • Age: 50
  • Marital Status: Married to Lady Judith Aillard-Ridenow
  • Occupation: Lord of the Ridenow Estate, Husband, Father of six children
  • Former Occupations: Widower, Husband to Lora Ridenow (formerly MacAran), Technician at Arilinn Tower, Student on Terra, Officer in the Guards, Cadet
  • Residence: The Ridenow Estate
  • Laran gift and laran training: An excellent telepath with the Ridenow Gift.
  • Politics: Believes in preserving the Comyn but thinks there is also room for relations with the Terrans
  • Personality: Very kind and sensitive to those around him. Very patient and tollerant. Loves children and animals. Always supportive of his children's desires in life.
  • Strengths: (See "Personality")
  • Weaknesses: He is sometimes taken advantage by others because of his kind and tollerant nature. (Gives in way too easily to his wife).
  • Combat training: Arms and defense training in the Cadets and Guards
  • Horseback riding: Excellent
  • Appearance: Red-gold wavy hair with lots of silver mixed in, bright blue-green eyes, very trim beard and mustache, tall with a medium build, likes to keep in shape.
  • Romantic relationships: His second wife, Lady Judith Aillard-Ridenow
  • Friends: Renato Haldar and Marcus MacBride from his years in the Cadets and Guards
  • Pets: An Armida black stallion named Prince, a verrin hawk named Tempest, and two dogs; a dark gray male hound named Duke and a black female retriever named Cinders.
  • Hobbies: Enjoys hawking and riding when he has the time.
  • Other Information: Martin had a very happy marriage to Lora MacAran and they produced five children: Keara, Damon, Alan, Jacob, and Rory. Lora died from complications with Rory's birth. Martin did not remarry until almost eight years later when he finally married Judith Aillard, widow of Lord Elhalyn, Lord of Stone Haven. Martin found out only recently that he has another daughter, Katie Rider, from a relationship he had when he was a student on Terra when he was a young man.
  • Family Tree: Ridenow
  • E-mail: LdyKeara@aol.com
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  • AOL IM: Ldy Keara
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This page was last updated on 5 December 2001