PERSONA 'The Lover,' 'The Half Heart' — who once fell in love with the spouse of a nobleman and was cast down into the arenas as punishment for his audacity.
STATUS Lan presumably now fights to regain his freedom and seek out the patrician's now banished spouse, so that they might be reunited. Always introduced into the arena by maudlin songs. Exceptionally popular among young spectators. Paid handsomely and frequently invited to the nobility's parties, where men and women vie to shift his focus from his long lost love to them. The subject of at least three ballads (one good, two mediocre). To be likened to 'Lan Mandragoran' is considered to be the peak of romantic loyalty.
LAN MANDRAGORAN
PERSONA
'The Lover,' 'The Half Heart' — who once fell in love with the spouse of a nobleman and was cast down into the arenas as punishment for his audacity.
STATUS
Lan presumably now fights to regain his freedom and seek out the patrician's now banished spouse, so that they might be reunited. Always introduced into the arena by maudlin songs. Exceptionally popular among young spectators. Paid handsomely and frequently invited to the nobility's parties, where men and women vie to shift his focus from his long lost love to them. The subject of at least three ballads (one good, two mediocre). To be likened to 'Lan Mandragoran' is considered to be the peak of romantic loyalty.