Kallyr Starbrow is the foremost Sartarite leader of the rebellion and the most influential individual in Sartar. Queen of the Kheldon tribe and a member of the Royal House of Sartar, Kallyr is a Vingan, never wedded nor bedded since she took her oath to free Sartar from the Lunars. Kallyr is emotionally distant, aloof, proud — often arrogant — and ruthless in her relentless pursuit of a free Sartar. More than a decade ago, she went to the Sky World and conquered a Sky God. Now she bears his power in the jewel set in her forehead — the source of her epithet.
She has warred against the Lunars her entire adult life, fighting at Boldhome, in the Righteous Wind Rebellion, and Starbrow's Rebellion; she now leads what is left of the anti-Lunar rebellion in Sartar. The Lunars have caught her several times but never managed to keep her. Kallyr leads the Sartar High Council and, after High King Broyan, is the Orlanthi leader most feared by the Lunar Empire.