King Jerus has been married to Esaria since the dawn of First Shem, and he has been cuckolded by her since before that. Their marriage has never been a strictly loving one, but there is a mutual respect. He is a hunter and a warrior, a poet and a drunkard, but he is shrewd and kindly as well. He is King Consort, being a king but not a ruler. He is a tall, antlered man with fair features and green-tinged skin. He has taken up the mission to find out where the Arbiter is.