Izemrasen Barasegh

The Embraced. First Scion of the House of Barasegh, Serpent of Oannos, Lord and Crown Prince of the Most Splendid Dominion, the Kingdom of the Three Suns.

—His father, KING AZENZAR III, ruler of the Kingdom of the Three Suns.

—His minister, MUNATAS.

—His servant, IZLAN, a birdkeeper.

—His pet simurgh (part lion, part wolf, part peafowl), SYRTES, the lion-headed male, and LILU, the wolf-headed female.

The rider's face was dark, as though he were carved from jet by the hand of some master sculptor. His eyes were yellow as a cat's - as the bezants upon his standard - and his hair was gold as the hair of the lion upon which he rode. Of gold, too, was his armor; a suit of golden scale. His tunic and cloak were royal blue, so that with his scale he seemed the very icon of his people. Over all he wore striped fur of some great beast, white and black.

Tales of the Sun Eater, Volume 4: The Fangs of Oannos