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'''Ashravan''' of the Eighty Suns wasis the 49thforty-ninth Emperor of the [[Rose Empire]] on [[Sel]] and a member of the [[Heritage Faction]].{{tes ref|b|tes|day|2}} At the time of his injury he wasis forty years old.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|2}}

== Appearance and Personality ==

He was described asAshravan havinghas a "strong face." He hadalso has golden hair, a firm chin, and a prominent nose.{{ref|b|tes|day ref|98}}

According to Gaotona, Ashravan originally became emperor out of a desire to change parts of the empire such as the favoritism shown to the [[Grand]]s.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|30}} Over time, however, his desire waned.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|42}} Ashravan was swept up in the bureaucracy of an empire that worked, if not perfectly, thanthen well enough. He focused more on the beauty of it all instead of its problems, and gave the arbiters more and more control.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|59}}

Despite theThe urgings of Gaotona, his mentor, beingGaotona were a significant factor in his becoming emperor, and Ashravan eventually grew to resent Gaotona because he felt inadequate.{{ref|b|tes|day ref|70}}

=== The Emperor's New Soul ===

One night, a group of assassins, agents of the [[Glory Faction]], brokenbroke into the emperor's rooms and attacked him and his wife, [[Kurshina]].{{ref|b|tes|day ref|85}}, whoKurshina was killed., Heand Ashravan sustained ana severe injury to the head. and althoughAlthough a [[Resealing|Resealer]] was able to heal the wound, the emperor was left brain-dead. The arbiters of the Heritage Faction kept the emperor's status a secret by saying he had sequestered himself during the mourning period for his wife. The arbiters then tasked the [[Forger]] [[Wan ShaiLu]] to create a newpowerful [[soulstamp]] known as an [[Essence Mark]] to rewrite the soul forof the emperor before the one hundred days of mourning were over.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|2}}

Shai used a number of sources for the Soul Forgery, such as official histories, Ashravan’sAshravan's personal journal and interviews of his friends and family.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|17}} The arbiter Gaotona volunteered himself as a test subject for stamps of minor portions of Ashravan's soul.{{tes ref|b|tes|day|30}}

On the ninety-eighteighth day of the mourning period, Shai succeeded in creating a [[soulstamp]] tothat replicatereplicated Ashravan’sAshravan's original soul with which he would have to be re-stamped with each day. She snuck into his rooms and stamped him, waking him and restoring his mind. Ashravan allowed Shai to escape his rooms. Later he spoke with Gaotona and figured out, in the course of the conversation, what had been wrong with him.{{ref|b|tes|day ref|98}} He then addressed the arbiters, laying to rest the rumors of his illness and promising to seek justice for his wife's murder. Buried in the stamp, however, were also certain triggers that Shai had added to help nudge Ashravan into becoming the emperor he had always dreamed of being, causing him in the next years to pore over his old journals and rediscover his old ideals.{{ref|b|tes|day ref|101}}

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