Rahzan
Grandfather Rahzan
Razhan, son of a Meznamish exile and a Kalamaran beauty, founded the Home Foundation, the largest temple in all of Ahznomahn. As is common in larger cities, Zha-nehzmish has a large orphan population. Fate condemns these children to live lives as urchins or thieves or have brief and brutal existences in sweatshops. While the Home Foundation cares for children, Razhan made it the central function of his church, personally adopting over 100 children! From these former street thugs and criminals he makes priests and upstanding citizens.
After years of community service, Razhan is a prominent citizen in Zha-nehzmish. He also has a strong presence among the merchant princes, the zurenas, and in the manufacturing guilds. Through his work, he forces laws through Parliament that begin to protect child laborers, and acquires funding for his church or other humanitarian organizations in the city.
The Grandfather spends much of his day caring for his adopted children (and his actual 40+ grandchildren), teaching, playing and disciplining when necessary. However, given his nearness to the lower class, he knows about developments in the underworld, the power struggles between guilds and the movements of illegal goods, drugs and slaves through the streets. With his constant involvement in the seedier side of Zha-nehzmish, Razhan has become a voice of authority in the city, the sage of the streets.
Razhan was a tall and muscular man, but now in his late sixties, he is somewhat stooped, a mere shadow of his former self. His once dark and lustrous hair is white and brittle, and his face is pale, weathered and careworn. Even in these latter years, he retains the energy and the inclination to father, raise and otherwise care for as many needy children as he can. When in the church, during sacrifice or other holy days, Razhan wears a spotless white robe tied with a blue sash. Otherwise, he wears the simple garb of an Ahznom peasant - a lightweight tunic, breeches and sandals. He keeps his old battle armor and weapons of war safely locked away, in case he ever has need of them.
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