Arasgon

A black coated Jorat Fireblood mage with flame red stripes on his legs as accents who is assists Janel Theranon both in life and the Afterlife.

## Physical Description

### In the After-Life

Arasgon in the Afterlife is a picture of ebony and fire. He has a normal looking coal-black body, but that is where the commonality with his living world self end. His hooves are brushed with fire, and he seems to burn with warmth in the coldness of the Afterlife's climate of demons. Though the text never states his mane and tale in the Afterlife, it might be that these are also elemental.

## Biography

### *The Ruin of Kings*

Arasgon is first seen carrying Janel to follow the hunting party after Kihrin when he first arrives in the Afterlife.

> *"He rode a magnificent creature, a giant stallion warhorse with coal-black coat and hooves of burnished fire. The horse was elemental, full of burning energy and the inferno's warmth, melting the frozen ground as it moved."*
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Janel dismounts from him to search the mud by the lake, and he is equally surprised and enraged, when Kihrin jumps her. As the two wrestle in and out of the water, Arasgon is mentioned trying to strike at Kihrin, and screaming in rage. Quickly the battle turns, as Xalome rises from the lake. Kihrin defeats Xalome with the spear Khoreval, and afterwards, realizes finally who he is, and who Janel is.
When the demon hunting party return, Kihrin and Janel set an ambush for them, with Arasgon coming when called with a whistle once it is over. Janel mounts him, and offers to take Kihrin along, to hear what help he needs. Arasgon then carries them to an old fort (communicating with Janel along the way via nickers), where Janel and Kihrin dismount to have a longer conversation. It is assumed he watches the conversation from the side, but does not intervene. When Janel agrees to help Kihrin she begins to build a fire, much to the delight of Arasgon. The flames are not natural though, they are purple and blue, with flecks of green. She hops up on him, helping up Kihrin, and the riding the horse, the leap over the flames, to another flame near the Chasm.

> *"'So. Why did we light that fire?' She smiled and tightened her hands on the reins. 'I'll show you.' The horse tossed his head with excitement as she urged the great beast forward, and with a fierce, wild cry, she leapt her horse into the flames. The horse landed on a hillside of bones, leaping clear of the bonfire flames behind it. They were now in another place.*"
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At the Chasm now, amid mass fighting, Arasgon is ridden by Janel into battle as she yells for Kihrin to make for the bridge. Arasgon charges into the fight, helping her take down a wave of demons. When Janel realize Kihrin has stayed on to fight, she finally dismounts and goes with him to the Land of Peace.

## Personality

Arasgon is incredibly proud Fireblood, as most of them are. He seems to have the fighting spirit of his rider, and also some mage like abilities (such as jumping the flames). The large stallion does not back away from a fight no matter the odds, but is also incredibly protective of Janel (he does not strike when she and Kihrin were battling, likely as he might have also hit her). More on his personality will become clear as he is featured prominently in *The Name of All Things*.

1. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 81
2. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 85