Alex and Patch were privates of the Arquibus Class when they were killed in 96 ADT on a mission with Emma and Sunny.  They were found by lumberjacks near the Groley Woods area and appeared to have been killed by wild beasts.  When Wyn returned to the area a week later, they sensed the small remnant of some magic, though it was too faint to tell what type or how powerful it had been.

Alexander Nilthorn was born in Autumn of 49 ADT in Pallahade.  His mother worked for a local baker and his father was a guard at the Csar's Palace.  Even as a little boy, Alex admired his father and wanted to be a soldier as well.  But he always found himself more pulled towards books rather than wooden swords, and though he tried, he couldn't quite get the hang of being a soldier.  In 65 ADT, in an effort to bring together his two desires, he joined the Academy instead of the Palace Guard or the Royal Institute.  There he blossomed, succeeding grandly in his classes and learning the physical side of being a soldier.  He met Emma at an Academy party and was entranced by her immediately.  With his new confidence, he asked her out in 67 ADT.  He was as surprised as anyone when they married three years later.  He was even more surprised when he bonded a year after that.

Alex was a quietly content man, happy to be a Roug soldier out on duty, but just as happy to be home with his family.  His father was there to see him graduate and died in his sleep a few days later while Alex was on his Training Circuit.  Though Patch would have been amenable to being sent out on more missions, Alex kept them back with his understated manner, and they never reached more than Privates.  Neither regretted it, as Alex spent much of that time watching his daughter, Rowan, grow.  He was closer to her than her mother, and loved her dearly.  He also adored his wife, giving in to her more than he should, not because he was weak, but because he wanted to always make her happy.  Patch was his best friend, his equal, the more outgoing side of him and the part of the pair that did most of the talking.  Alex was an old child.

Alex was 6'0", with short black hair and a goatee.  Intense when serious, but otherwise fairly easygoing.

Patch was born in 68 ADT at the Academy.  Less energetically outgoing than his sister, he still was extremely friendly and well-liked by most of the other unicorns.  Solidly built, Patch loved to be outdoors, and though he wasn't fast at all, he was strong.  He and Sunny got along well, although they often had the special exasperated arguments that brothers and sisters tend to.  He, too, considered Rowan as his own child and never took a mate, though he expressed at one point to Alexander that he wanted to.  Though Alex encouraged him, Patch never found the mare that was right for him, and died without leaving a foal behind.

Patch's talent was the ability to mend inanimate objects if they've been broken.  He could not put things together that weren't together initially.

Patch was a yellow and white paint.  15 h and solidly built, born at the Academy.  He was 28 when he died in 96 ADT.