Warden, Terebell, and several other Rephaim orchestrated an uprising of the human slaves during Bone Season XVIII. Warden and Terebell will always care for each other, and Terebell has Warden's affection and his allegiance, but he will never again be her mate. She believed they should both have given their lives in defiance. He swore to Nashira that he would bind himself to her without question or contest, that he would be her servant in all things and pledge the Mesarthim to her cause in perpetuity if she spared Terebell. Nashira had honed formidable skills during the war, and she came very close to destroying Terebell. When Nashira summoned Warden to plight his troth to her in public, Terebell challenged Nashira to single combat. When she sent him the head of one of his cousins, he knew he had to give in. She promised to eradicate his family, as she had the Mothallath, if he refused. So, she took their leader Warden, as her war trophy. Nashira picked Warden for blood-consort because she knew the public surrender of the Mesarthim, who had been most faithful to the Mothallath, would cement her new position. Sundering a Rephaite from their mate would have been unthinkable, but Nashira didn't care for old customs. When they were defeated, Nashira Sargas chose Warden as blood-consort.
The supporters of the Mothallath took the name Ranthen. Throughout the chaos of the civil war, Terebell was always at Warden's side. They were still together when the Waning of the Veils began. Warden has taken several mates, but he had no great desire for a long-term companion until he met T erebell Sheratan. Except for the birds, there was a silence he has never found on Earth. He emerged into a forest under eternal dusk. As a Rephaite, Arcturus wasn't born, but simply emerged from the Netherworld fully formed.
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