- "Kalen" is derived from the same root as "calendar", or "calendula", the scientific name for marigolds, said to follow the sun like sunflowers do.
Just like Elgie, "Sunward" Kalen is a Gathlain, a leafy type of Fey. Serving Lord Asculith, he is the Navigator on board the Banyan Surfer.
Kalen carries a sword that bears a crystal shard of the Tower of Glass, the lighthouse-palace of Cynosure, bestowed upon him by Lady Sjel for some accomplishment. When it is pointed in the Tower's direction while anywhere in the New World, it resonates with its "birthplace", and glows with almost-blinding light – or better said, it reflects this light coming from the Tower, regardless of distance. This ability is used by Kalen to orient the Banyan Surfer, though he is also a master astrologer.