Jamshid e-Pramukh

A captain in the Royal Guard and son of the Grand Wazir, Kaveh. Emir Muntadhir's closest companion and secret lover. An excellent archer.

## History

### Early Life

Jamshid was secretly born in Zariaspa during the summer, because his mother Manizheh needed to keep him hidden from King Ghassan. At less than a week old, Jamshid was branded with a tattoo that would inhibit his Nahid abilities, and told the lie that his mother was a servant that died in childbirth. Manizheh returned to Daevabad while Jamshid was raised by his father, Kaveh. Jamshid grew up on Kaveh's estate as a country noble.

When he was around 8-years old, Jamshid and Kaveh moved to Daevabad so that Jamshid could be educated at the Grand Temple, though he suspects it was also so that they could have a fresh start. Along the way, they came across Manizheh and Rustam's horrifically ambushed traveling party, apparently killed by the ifrit. Kaveh brought their bodies with them to Daevabad, and met King Ghassan for the first time. Because of Suleiman's Seal, Ghassan knew immediately that Jamshid had Nahid blood.

Jamshid then trained in the Grand Temple for years as a novitiate, in order to enter the priesthood. However, he wanted to be like Darayavahoush e-Afshin. Meanwhile, Kaveh was promoted to Grand Wazir, serving at King Ghassan's side.

When he was around 21-years old, Jamshid left the priesthood to join the Royal Guard's Daeva Brigade, as a way to better serve his people. Which he did without telling Kaveh, who was in Zariaspa at the time on family business. Because of his identity as a Nahid and Kaveh's son, King Ghassan assigned Jamshid to Emir Muntadhir's service and (unbeknownst to him) his inner circle of friends. Jamshid was trained in the Citadel to be a part of Muntadhir's personal guard, eventually becoming Captain. His and Muntadhir's relationship was immediately flirty, and soon became intimate. Jamshid tried to hide it from Kaveh, but within a few years his father figured it out, though pretended not to.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

Jamshid is of the Daeva and Nahid tribe; his skintone is a little on the pale side with a handsome face, an elegant aquiline nose, an old-fashioned mustache, long eyelashes, and winged black eyebrows. He has black eyes and wavy/curly black hair.

Jamshid has a black tattoo on his inner left shoulder blade, of three swirling glyphs, their lines stark and unadorned. His mother burned the symbols onto him hours after his birth to hide his Nahid abilities. That tattoo was burned off during the Navasatem parade attack.

### Abilities

* **As a warrior:** Jamshid is excellent with the broadsword, and an even more talented archer. He has also trained with the zulfiqar.
* **As a rider:** Jamshid is a great rider, both on horses and elephants.
* **Languages:** Jamshid speaks Divasti and Djinnistani with a rural Daevastana accent, though once his tattoo is burned off in The Kingdom of Copper, he has the Nahid ability to speak and understand any language.

### Outfits

#### In City of Brass Prologue

* When Jamshid first joins Muntadhir's service, he wore his Daeva novitiate outfit: a knee-length crimson jacket; an azure and fire-yelllow striped trousers; and a matching cap.

#### In City of Brass

* As a member of the Royal Guard, Jamshid wears the Geziri uniform of a black sleeveless tunic; calf-length white waist-wrap; dark grey turban; and leather slippers.
* At Banu Nahri's reception at the Grand Temple, Jamshid wore a dark jade coat trimmed in velvet; striped pants; a hat and shoes.

## Quotes

#### From Kingdom of Copper

* [To Nahri] "You can burden me. It's hard to watch the way this city ruins the ones we love."

## Image Gallery

The character card for Jamshid from the FaeCrate Empire of Gold Hangover Kit (2020)
## Trivia

* Prince Ali reflects that Jamshid has been Muntadhir's bodyguard and closest friend for over a decade in The City of Brass, but The City of Brass Prologue features the day Jamshid first joins Muntadhir's service, which takes place 7 years prior.

## References

1. ↑ S.A.Chakraborty on Twitter - January 3, 2020
2. ↑ S.A. Chakraborty on Twitter - May 13, 2020
3. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 34, pg. 515
4. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 19, pg. 322
5. ↑ Math: If Jamshid is 28 in The City of Brass and Kaveh found the dead Nahid siblings 20 years prior, that would make him 8.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The City of Brass Prologue, pg. 17
7. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 22, pg. 391
8. ↑ The City of Brass Prologue, pg. 16
9. ↑ The City of Brass Prologue, pg. 10-11
10. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 16, pg. 270
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The City of Brass Prologue, pg. 7
12. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 22, pg. 389
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The City of Brass, ch. 15, pg. 266
14. ↑ The City of Brass, Epilogue, pg. 523
15. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 30, pg. 480
16. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 19, pg. 338
17. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 15, pg. 256
18. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 22, pg. 388
19. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 3, pg. 70
20. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 10, pg. 190