Osprey

Osprey is a knight on the Castle Guard's night guard and a minor antagonist Champion Batticus. He first comes off as a cool guard Mereli is friends with before it is revealed that he is abusive towards her.

Osprey puts on a facade of being a very cool and laid back guy, though he clearly hates being teased in any way. He is needlessly cruel towards Atticus and does not apologize and gaslights Mereli when she tells him to get his act together.

Champion Batticus
Osprey is first introduced when he encounters Mereli and Atticus waiting to meet with King Kyron. He frightens Atticus about King Kyron being a mean king, to which Mereli scolds him. He eventually leaves to go back on guard duty. Osprey is seen again when the questing group is being assembled for the first time. He challenges Ru Relding on his plan of action and is scolded by him for not thinking through his criticism.

When the refugees and quest party are leaving he and Magnus throw insults at each other. Osprey mostly calls Magnus lazy, while Magnus insults his abilities as a knight and teases him on the rumor that his family is inbred. After that Osprey isn't seen much on the travel until Steadfall. After camping there Mereli tries to convince Osprey to see his family, but he is resistant due to them being 'annoying'. He later insults Atticus by saying he'd never be a champion due to how weak he was and does not apologize. When Ru Relding calls the next meeting with the questing party Osprey isn't present due to taking a nap. That night Atticus overhears and argument between Mereli and Osprey, in which Osprey gaslights her and says that no one would be her friend without him and that the sever injury of her teammate was due to her poor leading skills.

Atticus
Osprey is always rather mean towards Atticus, such as when he made Atticus afraid to meet King Kyron, but goes a bit too far when he criticizes Atticus for contributing nothing to the questing party and even thinking he could be a champion. After that they avoid each other as much as possible.

Mereli
Osprey and Mereli are in a relationship from the beginning of Champion Batticus. At first they seem to have a decent relationship before cracks begin to appear. First Mereli seems uncomfortable with his displays of affection and when Osprey insults Atticus, Mereli is appalled. From then on Mereli is visibly tense and they eventually get into an argument.