Thorsten

Thorsten is one of Wilfried's adult retainers and a scholar.

Thorsten escorts Lieseleta at her graduation ceremony.

Despite being an archnoble, Thorsten is willing to marry down in Lieseleta's family, as a result of the purge. In it, his parents were sentences for a crime they committed under Veronica's direct orders and he hopes that through Lieseleta, he can get closer to her sister Angelica, which in turn would allow him access to Lord Bonifatius, since Angelica is very close to him, which in turn might enable him to reduce the sentence of his family. In the typical fashion of those raised within the Veronica faction, he and his family often make unreasonable demands of Lieseleta and her family, which they can't easily refuse, due to being only mednobles.

Despite how an engagement like Thorsten and Lieseleta's would be ideal for bringing the retainers of Wilfried and Rozemyne closer together and facilitate the exchange of intelligence between the entourages of the two engaged archduke candidates, Thorsten is one of the people who believes that this channel can only ever go one way, from the adopted daughter to the true born son, and refuses to give Lieseleta any information in return.