Batbaian

Batbaian was a noble Khamorth, the son of Targitaus, Khagan of the Wolves.

He is, at first, a mere boy, but is captured during the battle between the allied Khamorth clans and Varatesh's outlaws. He is one of the prisoners chosen to be left with one eye, and loses only a single eye to the blinding.

Upon his return to the camp of the Wolves his father, Targitaus, suffers a fatal stroke from the brutality of the prisoners' treatment. Days later, he and Viridovix are tending an outlying herd when Varatesh's riders massacre the survivors of the clan.

After this, he grows into a man, rarely speaking and