Sophos

Sophos is the half-nephew of the king of Sounis. He is bookish and not much of a warrior, and so is apprenticed to the King's Magus during The Thief.
He is kidnapped at the beginning of A Conspiracy of Kings (between the Queen of Attolia and King of Attolia) and sold to the Baron Hanaktos. After working through the winter in the fields, a chance visit by his father (a duke) lets him engineer an escape, at which time he learns his uncle is dead, and he is Sounis.…more