Paden Ziv

“A man pushed from behind by many hands will go in but one direction, no matter what he wills. Only two kinds of people die in battle, fools and the unlucky. The wounded will wound, and every hurt is remembered.”
-Paden Ziv
== History ==
Paden Ziv was born in the western isles of Austrano, in modern-day Guilddon, as the son to Belenus Ziv, a military officer stationed in the area. At the age of fourteen, he ran away from home and enlisted in a mercenary company known as Dark Wolves, which he served in for six years. After that point, he joined an adventuring party and hunted after demon worshippers for another five years, going by the name of Arvel the Crossbowman. His adventuring party, which was known as the “Gang of Five”, whose members went on to become powerful warriors and leaders. At the age of twenty-five, he returned to his family, and joined the Imperial Army. He was promoted to a Captain of a heavy infantry company after two years of exemplary service; He served in this role for three years before being called to the front line to help fight against Rebel General Jachym Coamegin. He served under Supreme Commander Bhatair Vik, and took command of the Imperial Army upon his death upon popular demand, despite the objections of the Four Marshalls. 
== Personality ==
Paden Ziv, the man who leads our entire military. A huge man with the shoulders of a bull and an inexhaustible reserve of strength and energy. With brutal, hawkish features framed by swept-back brown hair and a diagonal scar across his face, he is the image of a soldier, and a frightening one at that, but his men appear to love him as children love a harsh father. A man of dubious background that is not entire military in nature, but rather that of an adventurer, a mercenary who lives by the sword and has no home other then the road. His ascent through the ranks of the Army elite was meteoric, having become its commander at an unprecedented age. Even now, ten years later, he is still younger then any Supreme Commander in history.
-Zofia Lazarus 
Paden Ziv is loyal above all to the Empire, and cares little about the Dungeons. He believes he exists to wage war, but knows that war should always be a last resort. He wages war so that he can bring peace, and he worries about what will happen to his soldiers when all war is over.
Category:Austrano
Category:Alignment Campaign
Category:True Neutral