Rourke Farran was a crime lord in Rifthold. He served as Ioan Jayne's second-in-command until Jayne's death, at which point Farran assumed leadership of the crime syndicate. He was killed by Arobynn Hamel's bodyguard, Wesley, as retribution for what had been done to Sam Cortland.
Appearance[]
In The Assassin and The Empire, Celaena describes Farran as having dark eyes and pale skin; he also liked to wear fine clothes in the color grey.
Personality[]
Farran was a twisted, cunning man who had a reputation for being a sadistic, brutal torturer who relished his work; he was also rumored to rape his female victims. Not one to pass up an opportunity, Farran had no objection to betraying others to obtain power.
In his free time, Farren liked to read books, typically fictional adventure ones.
History[]
Background[]
Farran started as one of Ioan Jayne's spies as an orphan on the street, then ranked up to Jayne's second over the years using his cunning and sadistic abilities.
The Assassin's Blade[]
Sam Cortland accepts a contract from his former master, Arobynn Hamel, to kill Farran and Jayne, hoping that the payment will provide enough money for him and Celaena Sardothien to move out of Rifthold and begin their new life together. Unbeknownst to Sam, Arobynn had betrayed him and Celaena, and had arranged for Farran to be able to capture Sam using Gloriella gas, where Sam is then tortured and killed. Celaena would in turn be manipulated into carrying out a failed revenge mission against Farran, culminating in her own capture and subsequent year-long imprisonment and torture in the Endovier death camp. As Celaena was being transported to Endovier, Farran had questioned Arobynn as to why he made no moves to free his protégé, to which the Arobynn replied that he dislikes sharing his “belongings.”
Farran would later be killed by Wesley, another one of Arobynn’s own assassins and his personal bodyguard, as Wesley had cared for Sam and had felt guilty for what Arobynn had done to him and Celaena.