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'''Ashravan''' of the Eighty Suns is the forty-ninth Emperor of the [[Rose Empire]] on [[Sel]] and a member of the [[Heritage Faction]].{{tes ref|2}} At the time of his injury he is forty years old.{{tes ref|2}}
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Despite being known to have a temper, he is a humble man and an idealist at heart.{{tes ref|30}}{{tes ref|42}} He loves to write terrible poetry and enjoys a good debate. He is arrogant, but secretly wishes he could be something other than what he became.{{tes ref|59}} He hates fish but does enjoyenjoys hearing himself give speeches. He also hates fish.{{tes ref|70}}{{tes ref|epilogue}}
 
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
When Ashravan hadwas asix, youngerhis brother who died when Ashravan was six.{{tes ref|12}} He idolized his brother, but kept his feelings secret due to a belief that his brother would have made a better emperor. His brother's fondness for green was part of the reason that it was Ashravan's favorite color.{{tes ref|30}}
 
At some point Ashravan began to keep a private journal, perhaps to reflect on the choices he made. He left instructions to have it burned upon his death.{{tes ref|17}}
On the ninety-eighth day of the mourning period, Shai succeeded in creating a soulstamp that replicated Ashravan's original soul with which he would have to be re-stamped each day. She snuck into his rooms and stamped him, waking him and restoring his mind. Ashravan allowed Shai to escape his rooms. Later he spoke with Gaotona and figured out, in the course of the conversation, what had been wrong with him.{{tes ref|98}} He then addressed the arbiters, laying to rest the rumors of his illness and promising to seek justice for his wife's murder. Buried in the stamp, however, were also certain triggers that Shai had added to help nudge Ashravan into becoming the emperor he had always dreamed of being, causing him in the next years to pore over his old journals and rediscover his old ideals.{{tes ref|101}}
== Trivia ==
* Ashravan seems to be named after the concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YazataAshavan YazataAshavan] (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀) from the Zoroastrian faith, which were known as ''Yazad'' (𐭩𐭦𐭲𐭩‎) in Middle Persian. This is backed by Brandon actively being influenced by ancient Zoroastrian words for Rose Empire names.{{wob ref|2857}} Yazata is a word with various uses, but are most often used to refer to divine beings that are worthy of worship.
 
== Notes ==
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