Aldair, Across The Misty Sea, by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Aldair, Across The Misty Sea is wondrous imaginative novel that takes place in the dreadful lands of Merrkia. Aldair is a member of Signar-Haldring crew. Halding is the captain of the ship that Aldair is a member of and is his close companion. Rhalgorn is a companion of Aldair. Throughout the book they try to cross the Misty Sea. Along the way they encounter many people and have many adventures.
Aldair, who is the main character, is very smart and thinks too much about everything but rarly coments on anything, for instance “Signar never asked what I had in mind, now that we neared the great river”. He is an observant person who makes split second decision to aid his crewmembers. Signar-Haldring is a very true and loyal friend to Aldair and is arguably the finest seaman of their world as he “learn to adapt to nearly any hardship”. Rhalgorn is a brave, thickheaded person who does not let fear take the best of him and constantly boosting that when he mentions “Even a Lord of the Luavectii lacks the courage for that”.