Besin Caranci

Besin Caranci, born 1 September 1972, was a character first encountered in chapter 9. A former member of the elite Auxiliatrix corps; The Bazylian Lykos corps. (The Royal Wolf Corps).

Background
It is presumed that Besin at some point moved to Lygos and began to work as a Auxiliatrix - rising in the ranks until becoming member of the Auxiliatrix elite corps. After the revolution, he got convicted as a war criminal and exiled to his native country. He married Mrs Zabat: it is mentioned that they had two sons and that he was working as a police officer in Berat, Albania.

Claes Vallis
Although Besin was one of the top-best soldiers of the corps, that he had earned respect from Claes and they had some form of friendship. Both had dislikes for each other. Claes disliked Besin for his sadistic ways and Besin disliked Claes for not being "enough" in for the protection of the state.

Mrs Caranci (née Zabat)
Their relationship seemed to be based on fear in the first encounter, where Besin did advances towards Zabat, who tried to push him away by saying that it was wrong for unmatched persons to engage romantic relations outside the council's will. However, later in the story they are married showing that Zabat indeed did have feelings for him.

Cyrus Archelaus
Besin was forced to protect Cyrus, due to the nature of the corps, and showed great dismay doing so, as he was more busy looking for Mrs Zabat rather than actually protecting Cyrus. He did show intentions of wanting to kill Cyrus, but felt obligated to prevent him being harmed due to his vow.

Kazimir Sewick
During the scene with Alyosha's interrogation / interview - Kazimir swooped in and saved him from a increasingly angry Besin. Both men seemed to be knowing each other judging from the cold welcome that Kazimir received from Besin. Kazimir called him for, "my old friend," adding it up to the fact that they had past relations.

Personality
Besin is a sadistic person with tendencies of being a psychopath. He is know to have lot of anger and lack of remorse for the ones in his way, however he shows attachment towards certain people such as Zabat.

Physical description
Besin is 189 cm tall, a head smaller than Claes, and weights 83 kg. He has pale complex with black hair and grey-green eyes. He has a dark hoarse voice. His left side of his face is scarred and the right side of his lip is curled up in a grimace. Whenever encountered he wears his mask that he does not remove except when interrogating Alyosha and attended with the doctors.

Trivia
His name, Besin, is an Albanian name and means oath/pledge

His surname, is from old Italian, denoting a an invasive noxious plant.

He has medical knowledge, indicating that he used to be in the medical field.