Brian Sadler

Brian Sadler was a private of the 35th Maine, Company A, who was transported to Valdennia through the Tunnel of Light. He joined the regiment along with his brother Chris Sadler in 1862. Sadler was captured by Novrodians during an ambush in a village to the north of Suzdal, along with Vincent Hawthorne.

Sadler and Hawthorne were tied, blindfolded, slung on horses and sent back to Novrod, where they were imprisoned and interrogated by a priest in the service of Patriarch Rasnar, in an attempt to learn how to operate the Yankee guns. Sadler was tortured with iron screws being applied to his temples, yet refused to cooperate, but Hawthorne relented when Sadler was threatened with a poisonous snake and lost his nerve.

As soon as Hawthorne demonstrate how to use the gun, the priest shot Sadler in the head, an experience that haunted Hawthorne for a long time afterwards.

Andrew Keane made plans to save Hawthorne and Sadler by attacking Novrod, but Hawthorne escaped before this could happen. Upon hearing what had happened, Keane decided that Hawthorne would need to keep quiet about the actions of the Novrodian priest, for fear that Chris Sadler would exact revenge on a priest for Brian's death.