Matan'sa
Matan'sa, formerly known as Herand Clanicci, was one of the few humans to ever survive the attunement ritual of the Sa'har Order and become a sa'har knight.
Matan'sa joined his master Khaylin Cirdanas in leading the elves to the Umbral Temple shortly before Earthfall. As the years passed, the demonic corruption (as well as the influence of Rovagug’s power) twisted the elves into drow. Empress Ardura, Khaylin's wife, had already become a drow which only made it more difficult for Khaylin to resist the forces pushing against him. Matan'sa tried to get his master to reject the dark forces that wove into his soul. Khaylin was fighting the influences of not only his wife but the demon lords wanting to sway someone of his power. Also, waiting in the darkness, the whispers of Zalatas were bending his ear.
Matan'sa could see his master faltering. What he couldn't see was that Zalatas was slowly twisting the human to his will. He told Matan'sa that the elves, or drow, would never accept him no matter what he did because he was a human. They looked upon him and saw a constant reminder as to why they could never return to the sunlight. Why they were abandoned by their own people. One day Khaylin would try to kill him. The drow would force him to choose between his apprentice or his people.
Matan'sa confronted Khaylin, accusing him of conspiring to assassinate him. Khaylin denied it, but Matan'sa was filled with hatred for his master, the drow, and being forced into the shadows. He attacked Khaylin, and the two fought throughout the Darklands. The battle culminated when Khaylin dropped Matan'sa into a pool of lava. Through sheer hatred and will, Matan'sa later rose from the molten stone. His body was charred but intact, and despite the agonizing pain of the fire burning within him, he returned to the Umbral Temple to face Khaylin once again.
But when he arrived in the city, the drow were in the midst of an uprising against Empress Ardura and her husband Khaylin. The wizard Urthadar ambushed Matan'sa using his soul-stealing ritual. Matan'sa was bound within a battle axe, engulfed in searing unending pain for thousands of years. Every moment spent cursing the name of Khaylin Cirdanas.
Matan'sa finally met his end within the chakram Discworld of Spiritbreaker. He fought the Guardians of Golarion in an attempt to obtain the Claw of Tharzduun for Lasdolon, but was killed in the process.
Mental characteristics
Mental Trauma
Matan’sa is driven by vengeance. He blames Khaylin Cirdanas for "turning against him", for burning his body, and for the thousands of years of suffering while trapped within a battle axe. Taking Khaylin off the board is a boon for the Empire. A wise philosopher once said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Matan’sa walked that slippery slope and not only became a monster but with the void flowing through him for ten thousand years, the abyss gazed into him and loosened his grip on reality. He wants Khaylin to die, slowly, and Matan'sa wants to be the one to do it.
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Former apprentice to Khaylin Cirdanas.
Circumstances of Death
Killed by the Guardians of Golarion within the discworld of Spiritbreaker
Children
Height
6' 5"
Weight
230 lbs
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