Arastoo "The Older" Brennan

Arastoo I Brennan, born 10th July, 1953, former Bazyli and a minor character in the book The Auxiliatrix

Background
Arastoo was a Irish Bazyli immigrant who came to Lygos in the mid 70s, in hopes to escape Ireland that was in a stage of civil war going back to the early beginning of the Greek expansion onto the British Isles. With him, he brought his wife whom would later give birth to Arastoo II in 1987, a unnamed daughter in 1989, followed by Eireen in 1992. He suffered a brutal death in the hands of Claes Vallis in 2013.

Arastoo the Younger
Arastoo the older's relationship to his oldest child, was closer than any other in Arastoo I's life. His love for his child, meant that Arastoo II would grow up with the same ideas as his father and become a much respected Bazyli.

Eireen Torosian
Although Arastoo I had a closer relationship to his son, his daughter was still the apple of his eye. He would always tell her that she should marry for love rather than get matched like he did. (A promise which Kazimir later fulfilled.)

Cyrus Archelaus
The two of them had a rivalry ever since Arastoo the Older was sworn into the council of the thirty Bazylis as the one responsible for the Irish affairs. Cyrus was supporting the old houses while Arastoo the Older was supporting the new houses in the council. Their rivalry would later end up with one of them dead.

Kazimir Sewick
Arastoo met Kazimir when the latter was in his early thirties and was doing research on how to improve the Empire's weapons. Kazimir became the favourite next to Arastoo's own son whom had little respect for the ecstatic and older professor who did try form a relationship with him. Arastoo the Older made specific promises with Kazimir to fulfil in case of Arastoo's premature death.

Personality
Not much is known about Arastoo the Older - except he was a down-to-earth and interested in the well-beings of the commoners who suffered from high taxes and the demands of free-goods from the Auxiliaries.

Physical description
Arastoo was 178 cm and 72 kg with chestnut brown eyes, brown hair and pale skin. He was dressed in a long golden embodied cloak and a silver mask with golden pearly tassels hanging from it.

Death
Arastoo died in 2013 from being thrown out of the highest tower in the Bazylian ring by Claes after having dodged an attempted assassination in his own study room.

Trivia
Arastoo's surname; Brennan comes from the Irish Ó Braonáin which means "descendant of Braonán", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop"

Arastoo is the Persion form of Aristotle, from the Greek name Aristoteles which meant "the best purpose"