Emery Anden
MajorA tall teenage Kekonese man wearing glasses for nearsightedness and a leather training band studded with jade on his left wrist. His face often appears drawn and pale when grieving or stressed, and he dresses in formal suits for significant events. Lean and athletic from training, he carries the marks of occasional bruises.
Emery Anden enters the saga in Jade City as a nearsighted teenage adoptee of the Kaul family, marked by his jade training band and formal demeanor amid personal grief. Thrust into clan warfare, he is kidnapped by the Mountain's Horn, Gont Asch, on Boat Day and subsequently interrogated by Pillar Ayt Mada, who offers him a position that tests his loyalties. As an adopted grandson of Kaul Sen and younger brother figure to the Kaul cousins, Anden begins navigating the treacherous balance between family duty and external threats, setting the stage for deeper entanglements in the evolving jade underworld across subsequent volumes.
Physical Description
A tall teenage Kekonese man wearing glasses for nearsightedness and a leather training band studded with jade on his left wrist. His face often appears drawn and pale when grieving or stressed, and he dresses in formal suits for significant events. Lean and athletic from training, he carries the marks of occasional bruises.
Gallery
Book 1: Jade City
Evolution
Jade City
A tall teenage Kekonese man wearing glasses for nearsightedness and a leather training band studded with jade on his left wrist. His face often appears drawn and pale when grieving or stressed, and he dresses in formal suits for significant events. Lean and athletic from training, he carries the marks of occasional bruises.
- Kidnapped by Gont Asch on Boat Day as leverage against the Kaul clan.
- Brought before Ayt Mada for interrogation and offered a role within the Mountain.
- Formally adopted into the Kaul family as grandson to Kaul Sen and cousin to Hilo, Lan, and Shae.
- Trains rigorously with a jade-studded wristband while displaying athletic build and occasional bruises.
- Appears in formal suits at key events, often pale and drawn under stress from clan conflicts.
Relationships
Initial adversarial encounter in book 1 where Anden is interrogated and offered a position, establishing early tension with the Mountain that foreshadows ongoing rivalry.
Direct captor in book 1 during the Boat Day kidnapping, marking Anden's first violent clash with Mountain forces.
Treated as an adopted younger brother in book 1, with the bond forming the core of Anden's integration into the No Peak clan.
Adopted cousin relationship established in book 1, providing Anden with fraternal support within the family structure.
Begins as supportive adopted grandson in book 1 before shifting toward a more critical dynamic amid clan pressures.
Supportive cousin bond forms in book 1, offering Anden emotional grounding in the Kaul household.
Key Events
Book Appearances
Jade City
First appears Ch 8