Kharn Sagara
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- Age est. 15,000 years old
- Species Human
- Ethnicity Nipponese or Mandari
- Titles King with a Thousand Eyes, King of Vorgossos
- Home Planet Vorgossos
- Affiliation Extrasolarians
- Introduced In Howling Dark
- Age est. 15,000 years old
- Species Human
- Ethnicity Nipponese or Mandari
- Titles King with a Thousand Eyes, King of Vorgossos
- Home Planet Vorgossos
- Affiliation Extrasolarians
- Introduced In Howling Dark
Wars end. War does not. And I am not much troubled what form our wars take. For over fifteen thousand years now your Empire has warred across the galaxy. [...] What is it to me who sits on your Solar Throne, or how long its sway?"
— Kharn Sagara[1]
The King with a Thousand Eyes; The Undying; Commander of the Extrasolarian Sojourner ship Demiurge. King of Vorgossos. Presumably the same Kharn Sagara from the ancient legends, implying that he is nearly fifteen thousand years old.
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Appearance and Personality
*AppearanceWhen goesHadrian heremeets Kharn for the first time in Vorgossos, the Undying is ageless, with long black hair and hooded, black eyes that mark him as Mandari or Nipponese, yet pale skinned.
Hoses and sensors are wired direclty into his skin below his chest, presumably maintaining him alive or extending his lifetime. These wires snake above, around and below the massive chair the King of Vorgossos sits in. His left hand, as his chest, are made of pale metal interleaved in an imitation of skin.
At around 15,000 years old, Kharn has a unique relationship with time and galactic events and is generally more patient and equanimous than most, almost detached from immediate reality.
Attributes and Abilities
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Relationships
Dramatis Personae
- Suzuha Sagara (daughter, clone)
- Ren Sagara (son, clone) —His servants:
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BRETHREN, a Mericanii artificial intelligence composed of human tissue designed to grow forever. Confined to an underground sea in order to support its weight.
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YUME, an android which acts as the Undying’s caretaker and butler.
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CALVERT, the Exalted in charge of Kharn Sagara’s cloning program and body farms.
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NAIA, a homunculus.
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Suzuha Sagara
Ren Sagara
History
Preceding the Books
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In Empire of Silence
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In The Lesser Devil (Novella)
In Howling Dark
In Queen Amid Ashes (Novella)
In Ashes of Man
In The Dregs of Empire (Novella)
In Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
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The Demons of Arae
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Trivia
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See Also
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Notes and References
- Howling Dark, Chapter 32
Index
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Howling Dark
Mentioned: Chapters 4, 6, 18, 20, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80
Present: 32, 33, 35, 37, 43, 47, 48, 54, 56, 57, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67, 69
Demon in White
Mentioned: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 44, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 67, 68, 70, 72, 81, 86. Broken Binding Edition Introduction
Present: N/A
Disquiet Gods
Mentioned: Chapters 2, 16, 20, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 52, 54, 55, 60, 65, 66, 68
Present: Suzuha: Chapters 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 68
Ren: Chapters 49, 50, 51, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68
Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
Mentioned: Tales 1 (The Demons of Arae), Tales 3 ([Re]incarnation), Tales 4 (The Fangs of Oannos, The Acosmist)
Present: N/A