Ván

The individual known as Ván was one of the most enigmatic and paradoxically one of the most famous Shadowborn outside of the Iron Desert. Ván is said to be trained by the Ihtsikhá and became a virtuoso in the art of murder; perhaps the finest killer ever to skulk the shadows of Bronze-Age Amauvala. Ván is also said to be a sorcerer capable of leaping into one shadow only to appear in another, and to be able to drop a coin and cut down a dozen men before the it hits the ground.
It is said that Ván has traveled across multiple countries and have murdered people in all of them. A fluent speaker of the Syannic language as well as the Vht'shjenjé togue, Ván achieved special fame when appearing on the Za'ahene team in the gladiatorial games during the 300th-year anniversary of the Beïveï in Talmoä . The assassin fought with unsurpassed skill but disappeared by the end of the games, leaving a wake of Syannic, Rahulian and Vidstossi corpses behind.
It is said that Ván was the perpetrator behind a series of silent murders in northern Urba, Rahulia and even near the border of Za'ah. The mysterious and elusive Shadowborn people are rarely seen outside of the Iron Desert, making Ván's presence in the world ever more of a mystery. Some believed that Ván was in fact working for house Tha'zu'ni of the Devayani , decimating the ranks of the Za'ahene empire's enemies one by one. It has since been confirmed that Ván resided in Houm, being the personal bodyguard and martial tutor of the Devayani child-king Azzak. It is said that Ván was the only one who ever openly dared to defy his will;  a mere mortal, standing upright in defiance to the face fo a Deva. The first time it happened, a dozen heavily armed Ar'yah tried to kill Ván. Three seconds later, Ván had a bleeding lip but three Ar'yah lay dead and one more wounded by a small bronze dagger.
Ván fended off an assassination attempt against Azzak at one time, but was seriously injured and blinded by a deadly poison in the process. Rendered unable to see, Azzak discharged Ván from service and allowed them to return home. They eventually met up with Yvannjír in Rodmuthana and disguised themselves as her in order to commit one final assassination; the murder of the Za'ahene commander and de facto ruler of the city; Az-Shayda. They met in a final mortal struggle where they both dealt one another fatal blows and fell overboard to disappear into the dark, murky waters. Neither body was ever recovered.
It is yet unknown is Ván was a woman or a man. Some say she was a woman who dressed up as a man to facilitate a warrior's career. Sceptics claim that female warriors were common enough in the Za'ahene empire that there would be no incentive to do so. Instead, Ván was a man who sometimes dressed in feminine garb to feign weakness.
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