Lord Maraan Shaid'Ran.
Master of the Flame. Arcane Warrior. Half-Blood.

"Discipline breeds will. Will breeds strength. Strength is nothing without discipline. Remember
these words, live by them, and even after your death, these words will live on in others."
(Exhortation for the Young Blood, Claw of Shaid'Ran)


The Claw of Shaid'Ran is arguably one of the most powerful clans of the entire Undercity.
Founded at the dawn of the Old Empire, it was already renowned for its devotion to tradition and
the skill of its warriors. But the Claw gained its true strength during the Exodus, in the crucible
of the Civil War. It was then that the Red Kin absorbed the exsanguinated remnants of the other
War Claws, increasing its numbers dramatically.
After the formation of the Undercity, it was the Shaid'Ran who became the backbone of their
nation's military might. As the centuries passed, the younger Claws splintered from the Great
Claw, but discipline and indomitable pride held the bonds of generations of draconic warriors
together. Over time, their blood has mingled with many other Families, making the Claw of
Shaid'Ran, unofficially, perhaps the most influential Clan in the entire Undercity. And now they
watched the Academy with interest, ready to prove their superiority once again. Maraan, on the
other hand, was born to fulfil that desire.
Maraan was the third son of the Claw's head, Grand Matriarch Kirena Nor Shaid'Ran. While the
first two were pureblood sons of the Claw, Maraan was labelled behind his back as a half-blood,
a tool of his mother's ambition. His father had been a very capable Master of the Academy's
Magical Arts, but his Claw was not renowned or of any influence. It seemed all the more strange
that he was linked to the Grand Matriarch, which could have afforded a more favourable party.
As a result of this union, Maraan was born and sent to the Academy for training, along with the
rest of the applicants from the other Families of the Undercity.
None of the Claw expected much from Maraan, not even his mother. But soon enough, the
flames of the Claw's Shaid'Ran ambition, flared up again. With incredible effort, Maraan first
achieved his father's position. And then, when he was fully matured, he reached the position of
Master, the highest honour for any Draconid who chose to associate his life with the Academy.
Only the Dragon Supreme Masters were higher, but only until the fateful night that claimed the
life of the last of them.
Maraan is widely regarded as an exceptional Draconid. His discipline, charisma and leadership
qualities were perfectly complemented by a natural talent in the art of pyromancy. After
becoming Master, Maraan reorganised the Department of Combat Magic, bringing in much of
the culture of the War Claws of the Red Claw. He also opened a school of swordsmanship, and
the Great Library was enriched with treatises on the warrior arts from the personal archives of
his native Claw.
Maraan had already exceeded his family's possible expectations many times over. His position at
the Academy was strengthened not only by his personal achievements and fierce determination,
but also by the active participation of the Claw of Shaid'Ran in the politics of the Undercity. His
mother, seeing her son's capabilities and potential, had invested an incredible amount of
resources and effort into his promising future. And who knows, it may not be long before
Maraan Shaid'Ran can rise to even greater heights.


mythology https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47285478/

prologue https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47317984/

chapt. 1.1 https://www.furaffinity.net/view/53903216