Provost Guissepe Alustro

Guissepe Alustro is a young member of the Eskatonic Order, a fringe sect of the Universal Church with interests in occult study. In joining this near-heretical order, Guissepe earned the disaproval of his powerful Uncle Palamon, Archishop of Byzantium Secundus. But he gained an influential ally -- Erian Li Halan chose him to be her personal confessor, and he now travels the Known Worlds with his liege and the rest of her entourage: Cardanzo, Erian's bodyguard; Julia Abrams, a caustic but able Charioteer star-pilot; and Onganggarak, a Vorox warrior.

Alustro keeps a journal of his travels, both as a historical record and a forum for his musings on Known Worlds life. He has published some of these journals in a small press edition, in which he also included some of his sketches. While his journals are not widely known, they are popular among a small readership. He has yet to publish another edition, however, for fear that it would reveal too much about his liege's quest and bring more censure from his uncle.

A new excerpt from his journals appears in each Fading Suns book.

All journal entries written by Bill Bridges unless otherwise noted. Art by John Bridges.