Lywys Pharsaygyn

Lywys Pharsaygyn was a Charisian citizen, Emeraldian native, an enlisted sailor of the Emeraldian Navy, and later an officer of the Imperial Charisian Navy.

The younger son of a prominent Eraystor merchant family with powerful Church connections, Pharsaygyn had been destined for the seminary and a career with the Church of God Awaiting, but when the Group of Four began their short, disastrous campaign against the Kingdom of Charis he offered his services to the Emeraldian Navy as a clerk because he believed the reasons that the Church supported Prince Hektor Daykyn's war.

He came to the attention of Commodore Hainz Zhaztro by way of one of Zhaztro's cousins and Zhaztro had him assigned to his staff before anyone else realized he was available. Pharsaygyn served with distinction and courage as Zhaztro's flag secretary.

He participated in the Battle of Darcos Sound as a common seaman aboard the Emeraldian galley Arbalest, but his disillusionment when he discovered the truth about the Inquisition's allegations was brutal. Instead of leaving naval service as a short-term volunteer, he sought Zhaztro's assistance in obtaining a comission when the Emeraldian Navy was absorbed into the Imperial Charisian Navy. Pharsaygyn passed the competitive examination with ease.

Now an officer of the ICN, Pharsaygyn received a commission and moved from being Zhaztro's flag secretary to being his flag lieutenant until he was promoted to the rank of commander and moved to being the 2nd Ironclad Squadron's chief of staff under Zhaztro.