Sabahattin ibn Azad

### Relatives

Sylviane (wife), Hasan (son), Rehav’am (father), Bashemath (mother), Musa (brother), Othniel (brother), Japheth (brother)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

*“I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.”*

-Sabahattin ibn Azad

## History

The son of Rehav’am ibn Azad and Bashemath ibnat Lior. Rehav’am was a scribe, and Bashemath was a housewife, descended from angels and famed for her beauty. He had three brothers - Musa, Othniel, and Japheth. He was the oldest. All three of them died in a horrific childhood accident. His family never emotionally recovered from the tragedy.

A priest of the Maker and the leader of an adventuring party that including his wife Sylviane, the mage Angon of Nallval, and the arcanologist Shaarabahn, Sabahattin would become the first Padishah of Aglazdere. Sabahattin believed that mankind had become indolent and complacent, turning their backs upon god and replacing him with machines. He allied with the alchemist Vaajar to create the Philosopher’s Stone, knowing full well that the process would result in the destruction of much of the world’s life. Believing that god would know his own, Sabahattin believed that he could forge a new people in the lifeless desert, a people bonded by blood and survival and god. With an army and his adventuring companions at his side, he fought against petty warlords and pretender kings, forging an empire for his people. With his magic amplified by the Philosopher's Stone, he was able to enact miracles sufficient to convince people that he was the emissary of god. In the new nation of Aglazdere, he found a place for each of his companions; Sylviane became the Padishahbanu, the empress, and Angon, now called Mazhar, became the Grand Vizier. Only Shaarabahn, the consummate infiltrator, was not elevated, but instead ordered to remain in the alchemical laboratory in Varas to keep an eye on Vaajar. Sabahattin was killed by Vaajar’s orders, the Philosopher’s Stone taken from his corpse, and his memories used to create a controlled Homunculus that could rule in his place. If Sabahattin could observe the modern state of Aglazdere, he would abhor most of what he saw - the position of Padishah now a secular title, the elite troops drawn from indoctrinated slaves rather than men of faith, and many priests of the Maker holding technology to be a sacred gift from god. Sabahattin dressed as an ordinary priest of the Maker, but made a point of never wielding weapons or wearing armor, even on the battlefield. His faith, and indeed his magic, was enough for him. He was intensely charismatic, a beacon of faith and trust in a world gone mad. Both his closest friends and numberless masses were in awe of his conviction and determination, and even in his lifetime, people began to regard him as inviolable and infallible. As his death was never known, when the Homunculus that took his place disappeared, the people of Aglazdere assumed that the Maker had taken him heaven upon the completion of his work on earth. He has a wife, Sylviane, and a son, Halim.

## Personality

Usually a soft-spoken man, Sabahattin would become animated when preaching the word of the Maker. He believed that he alone spoke the truth, and that all had the duty to need him. Sabahattin saw the truth of his words at work in everyday things. He was only truly close to Angon of Nallval, who despite his rationalism stood by Sabahattin when he received his revelations. He held him the most dear in the world. Sabahattin's greatest secret was his collaboration with Vaajar to create the nation-wide transmutation circle, which he considered a terrible but necessary need.