Kaveh/Lore

==Personality==
Kaveh is a well-known Sumeru architect who graduated from Kshahrewar with honors. He is a staunch defender of the arts and greatly appreciates aesthetics and artistic maturity in most things including architecture, interior designs, mechanics, and even storytelling. In contrast to Alhaitham's rationality, Kaveh operates by what he feels to be right, first and foremost.
Kaveh has quite the reputation among Akademiya students and Sumeru citizens and is described as a genius and talented architect. For example, Sasani, an NPC located in The Palace of Alcazarzaray, admires his masterpiece and feels unfortunate for not having the honor to speak with him in person. Araby, an NPC found in front of the Pharos Lighthouse, and Nilou also praise his magnum opus. Kaveh is characterized by Faruzan as a good kid with great potential and original ideas in his mind and Dori as being unique among Akademiya scholars in regards to being more open-minded. Alhaitham describes him as a light of the Kshahrewar and a master builder and craftsman. According to Alhaitham's Character Story, Alhaitham acknowledges Kaveh's exceptional brilliance and portrays him as a genius and an excellent mirror of himself. He also concludes that he possesses a personality and values that are not congruous with his abilities.
Kaveh seems to be thoughtful of others and shows great empathy towards people around him. He approaches people without hesitation if he suspects they're in trouble and even lends his hand by providing his Mora. It is mentioned by Alhaitham that he is too considerate of others and is emotionally fragile.Although Alhaitham's English voice-lines say Kaveh tends to be overly sensitive about everyone, the definition of sensitive in here is more close to "displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings" rather than "getting easily offended, or upset" as in original Chinese voice-lines describe him as being too considerate or thoughtful of others. Alhaitham even recounts a story where Kaveh purchased a dozens of handmade keychains that were being sold under the pretense that the proceeds would help feed hungry children. Kaveh states helping others make him happy and thinks mutual assistance, fairness, and righteous anger are also what drive the world. He also seems to be very passionate about his career and works his fingers to the bone to please his clients.
Due to the stark contrast in ideologies and personalities, Kaveh gets easily flustered when particularly dealing with Alhaitham. Kaveh and Alhaitham's clash in intense disagreements are shown in the game scenes, characters' voice-lines, and even in the messages on bulletin boards across Sumeru City and Port Ormos. He is also notably over-reliant on alcohol, using it as a social crutch and as one of the few ways he allows himself to "drown his sorrows".
==Appearance==
Kaveh uses the tall male model. He has distinct, medium-length blond hair with dirty blond ends and sharp eyes with red irises.
==Official Introduction==
A renowned architect from Sumeru, known as the Light of Kshahrewar. He is one of the most high-profile figures in the industry.
As a designer and an outstanding alumnus, Kaveh has quite the reputation among Akademiya students and is idolized as a role model by the students of Kshahrewar. Unfortunately, his career is not as plain-sailing as people imagine. The same can be said for many other facets of his life.
Titles, rumors, fame, and reputation... These are all mere by-products of his work. Equipped with astounding professional design skills, Kaveh puts his heart and soul into his work and is imbued with ideals and pursuits for aesthetics and architectonics. Designers are not in charge of the construction's final execution, yet they hold responsibility for all its aspects. Thus, be it design details, safety and security, or practicality, no effort may be spared in ensuring the quality of each aspect. On top of that, being one of the best in his field, Kaveh pays additional attention to the aesthetic and human elements that he is concerned about throughout the process. For him, designs that are completely divorced from reality should be classified as fantasy, whereas a building that is actually put into construction must have practical value.
That said, it is rather inconceivable that such an extraordinary architect could have been rendered bankrupt by a single project. Fortunately, very few know about this matter, and most of them keep it a secret. As for Kaveh himself, he is deathly afraid that the secret of his bankruptcy might ever leak out. It is thus fair to say that he is not really living his ideal life.
==Character Stories==
==Namecard==
==Constellation==
==Quests and Events==
==Character Trials==
==Character Mentions==
==Mail==
==Trivia==
* Kaveh is responsible for the appearance of several locations in Sumeru, such as the Palace of Alcazarzaray, the renovation of Pharos Lighthouse, the design of the arch bridge of Port Ormos, and the redesign and refitting of the second floor booth seating area of Lambad's Tavern.
* Messages between Kaveh and Alhaitham can be read in the Mahamata Bulletin Board, Puspa Café Message Board, and the Port Ormos Bulletin Board.
** Using Nahida's All Schemes to Know on Kaveh post-quest of reveals that Kaveh has no memory of these conversations, as he privately hopes that Alhaitham is unaware he's been writing on message boards while drunk.
* The abandoned joint study that Alhaitham and Kaveh worked on together, mentioned in Alhaitham's Character Story 4, is elaborated upon in Kaveh's own Character Story 5. Self-evident to the title, "Decoding the Runes and Architectural Philosophy of the Ruins of King Deshret's Civilization," their research was able to fill in gaps of understanding in ancient languages and revolutionize architecture in areas of Sumeru with unique terrain.
** The house they now share was originally a research center provided by the Akademiya for their studies, which was converted into a proper home after it fell into disuse due to a lack of manpower and a united vision for their studies.
** Kaveh has retained some level of fluency in at least one of the ancient languages he and Alhaitham learned for their project, a fact revealed when Alhaitham leaves a note that only Kaveh will be able to decipher in the A Parade of Providence Event. Despite his claim that his translation is rough and potentially inaccurate, it proves word-for-word identical to Alhaitham's own translation of the same text later on.
* While living with Alhaitham, Kaveh has his own house key which can be seen in Alhaitham's first idle animation. His house key is gold with a gold and green bow, and he has a keychain ring with a lion shaped keychain with a brown gear mane attached. The lion keychain alludes to his Darshan, the Kshahrewar.
* While his age is never stated, his Hangout Event gives a range for his age, which falls in his late twenties, between 25 and 30 years old. This is further backed up by information from his profile stories and the event story of A Parade of Providence.
** In Kaveh's Hangout Event, he discovers a drawing he made before the age of 5, stating that it was made more than 20 years ago, confirming that he is likely now over 25 years old. He also discovers an illustration by Faranak which he estimates was drawn more than 30 years ago, and clarifies that he had not yet been born at the time it was illustrated, implying that he is around 30 years old or younger.
** Kaveh's father died 20 years before the start of the game. Kaveh clarifies he was "very young" at the time and could do little to help his mother. He entered the Akademiya when he reached , around the time of his father's death. While the Sumeru schooling age is never explicitly stated, enrolling a child at the age of seven is considered "early," with the oldest known child enrollment into the Akademiya being at the age of nine.
** Kaveh is the oldest in his friend group with Alhaitham, Tighnari, and Cyno. While he is two years older than Alhaitham, the exact age difference between him, Tighnari, and Cyno is unknown.
* Kaveh has inherited multiple notable traits from both of his parents:
**Both his parents are blond, like himself.
**According to Zaha Hadi, Kaveh takes after his mother in looks and in aspects of personality (specifically, being awkward). Kaveh also shared her interest in architecture and followed her path of being an architect.
**Kaveh notes his resemblance to his father in terms of personality and ideology, which is reinforced by Sachin during A Parade of Providence.
* Kaveh uses Makhaira Aquamarine in his official character demo.
* Kaveh appears to be with a preference for his left hand:
** Kaveh uses Mehrak with both hands, beginning with his left, but switching to his right during his third Normal Attack and his Elemental Burst Painted Dome. He also performs his plunge attack right-handedly.
** In the event cutscene of , Kaveh grabs Faruzan's mechanism with his right hand, and is later seen doing the same with the Diadem of Knowledge.
** An official Paimon's Paintings emoji of Kaveh depicts him drawing with his left hand, but he is later depicted drafting a blueprint with his right hand in his 2023 birthday illustration.
** In his Hangout Event, Kaveh uses both hands for different gesture animations, but uses his left hand more.
* While it is not mentioned in his Character Stories, Kaveh has previously worked as a lecturer:
** Sasani mentions that he taught an architectural elective at the Akademiya before she enrolled. In a bulletin argument, Alhaitham also mentions Kaveh receiving a stipend from the Akademiya, likely alluding to his job teaching there.
** During , Kaveh mentions that he has hosted free lectures in the past. He can also become a lecturer independent of the Akademiya in this Hangout Event Branch.
** In the caption of his 2023 Birthday art, he alludes to himself being a visiting professor at the Akademiya.
* The taglines in the Chinese character introductions for Alhaitham and Kaveh appear to form a couplet, but lack an inverse which is required for a traditional duilian.
* Kaveh was one of the past visitors of Idyia's Veluriyam Mirage Domain, and he was responsible for redesigning many of the buildings.
** Kaveh may have also inspired the character Miraculous Architect from the play Skycastle Saviors, which the Traveler and Paimon listen to in the Event Quest of the same name.
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===Etymology===
* is a name of Persian origin which is used as both a given name and a surname. One famous figure with this name is , a figure recorded in the who led an uprising against the serpent , also known in Avestan as Azhi Dahāka and was the inspiration for Azhdaha.
==Notes==
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Empyrean Reflection===
==References==
==Navigation==
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ru:Кавех/Лор
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