The cursed barony of Master Dunselen and his wife Isily — birthplace of the Magewar and the graveyard of the old mageocratic ambition.

Greenflower was granted to the aged and ambitious magelord Dunselen, one of the original council of magi who raised Minalan as military commander against the gurvani. Dunselen, wheezing about the Bans and proper magical accountability in Warmage, used his irionite and his wealth to forge Greenflower into a power. His marriage to the shadowmage Isily, an assassin and schemer, made the barony the quiet seat of a growing faction hostile to Minalan's influence.

The barony's seat, Castle Salaisus, became the epicentre of the Magewar: Isily's machinations there, including her role in the harm done to Lady Alya, provoked Minalan's ultimate retribution. The castle fell in the Magewar and Greenflower passed into receivership — a cautionary tale about the price of rogue magelords. Istman, the legal son of Dunselen (and secret son of Minalan), stands as heir to Greenflower under Taren's guardianship.

Barony of Greenflower

Confiscated barony; site of the Greenflower Magewar

Kingdom	Kingdom of Castalshar
Duchy	Duchy of Castal
Region	Riverlands; northern Castal
Founded	Old Castali baronial seat granted to Magelord Dunselen by Princess Rardine as a wedding gift to Isily

Government

Pre-war baron	Baron Dunselen (killed in the Magewar)
Pre-war baroness	Baroness Isily of Brawin (left comatose; later possessed by Mycin Amana)
Post-war status	Confiscated and redistributed by the Crown after Salaisus
Castle Salaisus	The hidden laboratory and nursery destroyed in the Magewar

First appears	Court Wizard (Book 8) — Dunselen-Isily marriage; central in Enchanter (Book 7) for the Magewar

Notable features

Site of the Greenflower Magewar (Book 7)
Castle Salaisus (the laboratory and witchstone-breeding nursery)
Dunselen-Isily-Mask conspiracy with the Enshadowed
First formal Magewar in four centuries

Barony of Greenflower

Details

Type	Barony
Status	Active
Part of	Duchy of Castal