Edan

> "I serve as His Imperial Majesty's resident Lord Enchanter. To the West, I am known as His Most Illustrious; to the East, I am His Most Illuminating; and in every other corner of the world, I am His Most Formidable." - Spin the Dawn
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**Gen** means *“boy”* is a younge sorcerer who became **Edan**, means *“hawk.” A* strong powerful enchanter.

The Lord Enchanter advises Emperor Khanujin on many matters.

## Biography

Gen was born in Nelronat, it was a city thousands of miles from A’landi. It doesn't exist anymore. Barbarians destroyed it centuries ago. After his mother died in childbirth, his father was left to raise seven sons alone. He hated him, blaming him for his mother's death, and it didn't help that he was a scrawny boy who preferred to read rather than herd the cattle.

He wasn’t close to his brothers. Growing up with a stepmother who’s a terrible cook, and a father, a terrible farmer. Grew up half wild, on a diet of grass, sand, and yams, when he could find them.

His father took him on a trip one day, saying he was going to put Gen in school, he was so happy. A four days journey from the farm, Gen’s father left him at a monastery. Gen tried many times, but he could never find his way home. The monks were not generous and kind. And the gods they worshipped were harsh and unforgiving.

Gen stayed with them for years, until soldiers overran the temple and was deemed old enough to fight for their cause, being barely eleven. Six months into soldiering, his talent for magic was discovered. That led to him to serve in more wars, but more as a weapon than a boy, until his first teacher found him.

Gen's home ceased to exist being destroyed during the war. His father and brothers probably died soon after they sold him off.

Gen under the Wolf he was an enchanter in training. Teaching him how to open up a man's skull, how to dissect scorpions but leave them alive, how to tell the difference between hemlock and ivy. Useful skills for an overly curious young enchanter, but not very useful skills for looking after myself. Eventually he mastered the Four Forms of defensive magic.

### The Dragon’s Promise

Twenty years lost in the human realm, Solzaya put Gen to sleep for a whole dragon year: punishment for not giving up Elang’s name.

### Pre-Spin the Dawn

Edan became an enchanter after going to the Forgotten Isles of Lapzur and drinking the Blood of Stars. His talisman is a gold cuff on his wrist, a symbol of his oath. Edan serves the one who holds his amulet. Edan serve for 500 years. During his years between masters, he spent it as a hawk, seeing much of the world this way.

He serve Emperor Khanujin family for 3 generations.  During the Five Winters War he spying on people using his spirit form. Emperor Khanujin’s father promised to free Edan after he unified A'landi. Edan waited years, but he was always afraid the shansen would rise against him. When at last he resolved to fulfill his promise, he died. And his fears about the shansen came to fruition.

## Personality

Gen was less proud. More earnest, but also reckless.

Edan always flirt with the maids in the Emperor’s Summer Palace, but never chased any of them, and people think he pursue men (because of Maia). Describe by Maia he is charming but also annoying. He uses humor to deflect his sad pass. Edan is very fickle.

## Physical Description

Gen’s features were slightly foreign (not coming from A’landi or Kiata). He has blue eyes, tan skin, curly black hair with long bangs, a left dimple.

As Edan, Lord Enchanter, his eyes changed color based on his mood. Black for angry, irises like thunderclouds.Yellow when he used magic, with pupils as round as full moons. Blue when he was calm, like the pale sky above us. His eyes would be almost entirely white when he woke from his nightmares. He also changed to green?

Maia described him as “tall and lean, not as warrior like as the emperor, but he looked just as strong.” His face, described by Maia, “younger than I'd thought, and better-looking. He might even have been handsome, if not for something sly and mischievous about his expression. His nose looked like it had been broken once; the bridge was slightly crooked, which somehow highlighted the cunning of his eyes. They danced with the light, never steady enough for me to catch their color.”

When he turn into a hawk he was black feathers but for the tips of its wings, which looked brushed with snow. Wearing his cuff on his talons. His eyes glowed yellow and were sharply intelligent. His face is all angles and shadow. He has long elegant fingers.

Edan wears all black, which indicated he was of high rank. The gold epaulets, fine boots, and black mantle slung over one shoulder suggested he was a soldier from beyond the West Far Dunes. But most soldiers didn't dress so fashionably-or richly. His movements lazy yet graceful, more like a cat than a nobleman.

## Abilities

* Predicts the weather and someone future by reading their tea leaves. (Tasseography, a fortune-telling method)
* Healing is not one of his gift, but he learned enough to be useful.
* He is a lie detector.
* As an enchanter his senses are: doesn’t feel hot or cold, except in extreme conditions; eyesight is exceptional for a human; hearing is particularly sensitive; sense of smell is above average highly astute when it comes to magic; but have no use for taste.

## Appearance

* The Dragon’s Promise
* Spin The Dawn
* Unravel The Dusk

## Possessions

* **Dagger** - The dagger's blade has a double edge because it is two weapons. One side is best used against man. The other side is made of meteorite and is best used against creatures. To unsheathe it, you must grasp the hilt and say his name “Jinn.”
* Mirror of Truth

## Trivia

* Edan said he knew Shiori in “Unravel the Dusk” .   This was Elizabeth Lim first hint of Six Crimson Cranes.
* On “The Dragon’s Promise” Gen/Edan was given a shard of Mirror of Truth. And he used it on “Spin the Dawn” when he know Maia was a girl and he revealed the truth to her.
* Edan learn his sleeping spell (that he used in “Spin the Dawn”) from Shiori.
* "Pigs are smarter than people give them credit for! Where I grew up, we almost worshipped them."
* In Old Alandan, “Xitara” means “little lamb.” But in Narat, what Edan grew up speaking, it means “brightest one."
* Edan grew up near a desert and for more than 500 years he still doesn’t know how to swim, but knows to walk on water and fly.

## Quotes

* "All legends have a spark of truth. Sometimes more than a spark." - Spin the Dawn

## Gallery

By @renya\_artBy @lynsianBy @doodlingrakaBy @doodlingraka
## Reference

1. ↑  Instagram/Wondering about why Edan said he knew Shiori in Unravel the Dusk?
2. ↑  Istagram/Spin the Dawn cameo is Edan