Kaelan Draste

Kaelan — Celtic/Greek hybrid for “mighty warrior” Draste — Italian flavor with feeling like “bold, defiant”

The kind of name sung in old ballads… and cursed in taverns.

The tavern goers: “Kaelan Draste? They’re the mask.” “But Drast? Drast is the thing that stares back when the mask cracks.”

“And if you meet the Lion Beneath… gods help you if s.he likes you.”

The enemies: “Every fool falls for Kaelan’s smile.”

“Every dead man saw Drast’s eyes last.”