Red ricomer (glossary)
Red Ricomer is a figure of uncertain nature — possibly more of a title than a singular person — that reportedly protects the groves of the Circle of the Nira Yew. According to legend, he was a Shewigad brigand who felled one of its trees — an act of grave sacrilege. Overcome with guilt, he swore an oath to defend the site he desecrated, and ripped out his own tongue thereafter. For centuries he would mete out punishment for any who dared not respect the customs of the Nira Yew, no matter how high or low their station. Ricomer's proficiency with the bow is second to none, and few could hope to evade his wrath for long.
During the War of the Black Yew, he would serve as one of Carttuen Silver-Hair's lieutenants, most infamously leading a campaign that would culminate in the destruction of the left bank of the city of Audbrue. Despite the ultimate defeat of the fey in the war, Red Ricomer himself would escape death, and he is said to intermittently reappear in the lands he swore to protect to this very day.