Valiant yz Jhassan

### Relatives

Karis yr Malaia (mother); Jhassan yn Valthos (father); Candor (sister); Audacity (sister)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Dark brown

Valiant yz Jhassan was a celebrated bard based first in Baldur's Gate and then in Waterdeep as well as a secret agent of the Lords' Alliance holding the rank of Stingblade.

**Description**

Valiant had a lithe, toned build and was not particularly tall. He had coppery red skin, curling rams' horns growing from his forehead, slightly almond-shaped dark brown eyes which were humanlike in appearance, and wavy black hair which was just long enough to fall over his forehead. Due to his descent from the archdevil Glasya, he was unusually beautiful, with finely sculpted, somewhat androgynous features and luminous skin. He did not dress as ostentatiously as some other bards but preferred well-made clothes made of fine materials.

**History**

Valiant was born in Almraiven, Calimshan to two tiefling parents, a father of the Asmodeus bloodline and a mother of the Glasya bloodline. His full Calishite name was Basala yn Jhassan el Asmodei yi Almraiven. His parents were prosperous merchants of prestigious tiefling bloodlines, and his early years were happy ones. When Valiant was ten years old, war and civil unrest struck Calimshan, and his family fled to Baldur's Gate hoping to find a better life. Not long after the family settled in Baldur's Gate's Little Calimshan community, Valiant's father, Jhassan, became seriously ill. Although the family turned to clerics of various faiths for help, Jhassan's condition became progressively worse until he eventually died during Valiant's adolescence. The musically gifted Valiant became the main breadwinner for the family during his father's illness and decline, playing his yarting on streetcorners for coin. He made additional money as a lookout for various criminal organizations such as the Guild and the Right Pashas until the age of twelve he was approached by an agent of the Lords' Alliance to serve as an information agent. From this moment on Valiant's primary loyalty was to the Alliance, believing that they alone had the power to change conditions in Little Calimshan and throughout Baldur's Gate.

In his late adolescence, Valiant fell in love with his close friend Reverence Oriax, a fellow tiefling and cleric of Selune. Reverence preached of an autonomous tiefling homeland, a dream which Valiant also came to hold dear. However, Reverence did not return Valiant's romantic feelings.

Valiant's skill and dedication enabled him to rise through the ranks of the Lords' Alliance, and by the age of 30 he was a Stingblade, trusted with the control of his own agents. Due to his popularity as a bard and his proficiency at charm and seduction, he was employed as an undercover agent, seducing wealthy individuals throughout Baldur's Gate, sometimes assassinating them or their associates when the Alliance deemed it necessary. Valiant's last "patron" was the Zhentarim leader and Bane cultist Saeanos Caristanial Ingaevon, whom Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard wished to keep an eye on due to his rapidly growing power and influence.

While undercover with Ingaevon, Valiant met the Harper agent Maialen.