Abivard

.Abivard was a minor diqhan and the Sharbaraz King of Kings of Makuran's most trusted generals.He was also the brother-in-law of the King of Kings as his sister, Denak, was married to Sharbaraz.

His father, Godarz, and brothers were killed in the same battle where Peroz King of Kings was killed. He was only saved from certain death when his horse slipped on the ground, preventing from taking part in the fatefull battle.

Once he got home and took charge of his clan's Vek Rud River domain, he found out that a power hungry relative, Smerdis, of Peroz had taken the throne instead of Sharbaraz.He soon found out from sister Denak in Nalgis Crag that the rightful heir had been kidnapped and forced to handover his throne.

He hatched a plan and using magical trickery with the help of his sister and a seer, Abivard liberated Sharbaraz from Nalgis Crag and smuggled him to his own domain. Along the way, Denak revealed that she let herself be raped in order to free Sharbaraz. He witnessed the marriage of his sister to the rightful heir.

He organized Sharbaraz's army and was instrumental in the victories on the road to Mashiz. It was here that he learned battle skills that would help him in fighting Videssos. When the army was destroyed in front of Mashiz, he helped it from collapsing.

It was his wife who came up with the idea that the rebels should receive Videssian aid in order to survive. When Abivard pu this idea to Sharbaraz, it was accepted immediately. During the Videssian and Makuraner bargaining process, it was he who came up the idea that Sharbaraz give up the mines of Vaspurakan to Avtokrator Likinios in exchange to Videssian support.

When Sharbaraz was put back on the throne, the King of KIngs made him the marshal of his army and put him in charge of invading Videssos.