Shanley

Shanley was a senior guard at the Seelie court. In A Lick of Frost, he was the spokesman for the guards placed outside the room where the press conference was to be held. They had all been dressed in business suits and  made immune to illusion by the king's own magic, and told no one was to pass them without the king's orders. They refused to believe in the reality of the rose petals falling on Meredith.

One of the guards with Meredith appealed to him, saying they had no healers equipped to help Meredith, and that the humans should treat her. Shanley quietly asked Meredith what she would tell the press, when she said the truth, pain washed over his expression and she realized that he knew that the truth and Taranis' version of it were not the same thing, but he was caught between his vows and the king's treachery.

Quinnie, the healer, swore to Shanley that Meredith had entered their sithen pregnant, and was raped by the king. He asked Meredith if his king had taken her against her will, and she said he had. A single tear fell from his eyes, perfect circles of blue, and he told the princess that she could command him. She ordered him to step aside. He bowed low, and stood back.

When Meredith accused Taranis of his crimes in front of the press, and other sidhe called her liar, Shanley backed her up, saying she had taken oath on it.