Characters and histories from past Ages
Third Age historians described Aemon as a towering and commanding presence, standing over six feet tall with a powerful build. He was famous for his sharp instincts as a military strategist and his skill for knowing when to take risks. Above all, Aemon was celebrated across the nations for his Read more
Ascension to the Throne Leonidas was the son of King Anaxandridas II. He was the seventeenth King of the Agiad Dynasty and ruled jointly with King Leotychidas. His rule was short, lasting only nine years. As a child, Leonidas, like all male Spartan citizens, trained to be a Hoplite warrior, Read more
Dakini (also known as Dakiniten) was originally a esoteric goddess and an important figure in Shingon Buddhism, usually depicted as a beautiful half-nude woman carrying a wish-granting jewel and riding a white fox. She served in the bloodthirsty retinue of the Hindu goddess of death, Kali, but after her conversion Read more
Zurafai was born to a merchant family in Abunai, a tiny Seander village on the Sea of L’Heye. She was a late child to the Niele family, still small when her thirteen year old sister was condemned during the yearly testings and taken to be damane. Her eldest brother, Chakai, Read more
Zehuti was born in the 5th Age and lived in the unquestioning service of the High Ones, where he was titled as the low ranking Angel Zotiel. Unlike the Watchers, who oversaw humanity, or the Archangels who presided over all channelers, Zehuti had no significant powers of his own beyond Read more
Bastet is the Egyptian goddess of the home, domesticity, women’s secrets, cats, fertility and childbirth. She protected the home from evil spirits and disease, especially diseases associated with women and children. She played a role in the afterlife, supplying perfumes and ointments to Anubis for the embalming process. The fascinating Read more
Faedre was seven when she first killed a man. She was born in Tanchico, to a house that would have been considered nobility before the Seanchan occupation. Instead the only thing she inherited from her mother was the status of a slave, albeit one with the position to serve in Read more
Born in Arafel, Ignis faced the dangers all Borderlanders faced, and it was expected of him to at the very least learn how to fight. His father, a Captain of the Guard, taught him the sword starting at a young age. Like most Arafellins, he eventually switched to using two Read more
Kira was born to a Tairin father and Cairheinin woman. Her mother died in childbirth and her father raised her the best he could by himself. Her father was a gleeman, and she took to music and story-telling naturally. Noticing this, her father trained her to be a gleewoman one Read more
