Exalted: Fang Zan

Fang Zan, son of the Shiaka, was born in Bluehaven amongst the Linthan pirates. Scion of Shiaka, also known as Blood in the Water.

He delights in the gifts that his father has given him. Although he has never met his father, he feels his favor coursing through his blood. He must prove himself worthy of his father’s blood, so he seeks slaughter on the waves, although not foolishly so. Fang Zan is brave and fierce in battle, popular among his people, but his crew doubt his wisdom and fear that his leadership would bring an ruin to the crew. A tall, handsome man with rippling musculature and tanned skin. His attractive, broad-shouldered build is usually hidden beneath armor and furs, but when he bares it in competitions or in his yurt, one can trace the intricate tattoos honoring his father along his back. His long, thick hair is a light auburn often done up in two thick braids on the left side of his face, and left loose on the right. He has a scar across his chin from an axe that should have killed him.

During the evacuation of Capstone & Darkheart in the Cinder Isles Fang Zan's pirates descended on a convoy of Realm ships aided by a dense fog and despite the presence of a few Dragonblooded members, they seized a ship ladened with jade, silver, gemstones and captives. Unknown to the pirates they took a cursed treasure with them, Tokel “The Ivory Pearl of” V’Neef. One of the youngest sons of the Scarlet Empress and a newly awakened Dragon of impeccable lineage. He’s an artist and a scholar, not yet well trained in the arts of war and certainly not capable of defeating a potent crew of God-Bloods. Besides this is the most interesting thing that’s ever happened to him. Forced to flee the remaining Realm ships, Fang Zan led his men through the swamplands of The Wreckers' Coast inland, passing through Sweet Tea Village and Two Hills Village, hoping to sell their wares & captive in Anaathalay before moving on with their spoils to Dajaz. However, they were pursued by both the Broken Talon and the Solar Circle, and Fang Zan and most of his men were slain in a pitched battle, the survivors fleeing across the border to Anaathalay where they were captured by Jagganath's forces.