Kharan Khatan

Alias: The Scourge of He Who Allows
Era: Middle Dominion Age Thazvaar / ~8,000 Years Before Modern Geba
Affiliation: Pirate warlord; coastal factions of Thazvaar

Kharan Khatan was the most feared and reviled pirate warlord of pre-relay Geba. Already infamous for atrocities across the Dominion and the Geban Sea, he came to command the last remnant of organized seaborne piracy in the region’s final age of maritime predation.

When Dominion forces drove pirates into extinction or exile, Kharan made his offer: follow him, fortify the inlet, and delay death. He was loathed, not trusted. Known for burning villages for pleasure, sinking civilian ships out of boredom, and commanding lieutenants as cruel as he was. Through manipulation, threat, and sheer necessity, the remaining fleets followed—and the blockade of Kharan’s Gulf was born.

Contemporary accounts describe him as very tall and lean, with dark, wool-like hair and eyes that reflected pure darkness. He was regarded as the embodiment of free will—ruling not by honor, but inevitability. His plan was the only one that could buy time, and so he ruled. There is no account of his death. He could have died at sea, or old and in peace.

Kharan’s legacy survives in few places: the name of the Gulf, scattered accounts, and the rare bloodlines that still carry his name. Even generations later, his descendants endure the weight of that lineage as a stigma that outlasted the ruins and reign. Although he has been gone for many millennia, most of his descendants deny any relation to him as their ancestor.