​While his older brother Azan became somewhat of an old-fashioed hermit before reaching his thousands Bozan endeavours to preserve a more youthful mindset.

Ageing starts with one’s own spirit as he sports to tell his students, who view him as a big brother rather than the senior mentor he is known to be in entire Nemesava. But even in this seeminglyamicable blademaster slumbers a fearsome beast.

As right hand of his mistress, the Night Blade’s senior lady general Azamitha, Bozan has the divine task of commanding Nemesava’s military units. Being brother to ​the country’s matriarch Azana as well, the wise warrior enjoys a very high status in society, making him one of the most influential males of Azwood.

​Training young nightstriders and leading the hunter packs of his clan, Bozan is deemed a master of the animalis. An encounter with him can easily take a fatal turn if his opponent dares to disrespect his authority. Tales about strangers vanishing or dying behind Azwood’s treelines, in a majority of cases involve his rune dancers executing the law of the land, if not even his own blade striking down a trespasser.

​Bozan’s most lethal creation without doubt is his beloved daughter Bozani. Carrying his name forth into the next generation, she embodies her father’s discipline in training as well as his skills. An adverse encounter with both, is nothing to be desired…

​Same is true for Bozan’s sons, Cosan, Dosan and Eosan who are a deadly young trio of their father’s Night Blade elite sentinels.

…to be continued.

“Women are warriors. And men should feel honoured to fight by their side.”