"Steel may shatter in battle, but the will that forged it endures."

Born during the waning days of the Age of Renewal, Kaska Talvani was the last known descendant of the Talvani bloodline—a once-mighty house that brokered the fates of kings and crusaders through the Tailored Interests guild. Raised in seclusion within the ruins of a forgotten Talvani estate, Kaska was taught not only the arts of diplomacy and trade, but also the cold truths of survival in a world spiraling into chaos.

Though the Talvani influence had faded, their wealth and information networks had not been fully dismantled. Under the care of a secretive cadre of guild loyalists, Kaska was groomed to be more than a merchant prince—he was crafted to be a weapon cloaked in silk: calculating, perceptive, and unyielding.

When the Great Sundering fractured the known world, scattering faith, power, and memory alike, the remnants of the old guild splintered or vanished. It was during this cataclysm that Kaska disappeared from recorded history—presumed dead, or worse, consumed by the chaos.

Years later, as the Scions emerged—mysterious beings with no lineage, no memory, yet unnatural capabilities—one bore a familiar sigil burned into his forearm: the Talvani sigil; He called himself Kaska Steelborne.

Whether he was the same man, resurrected by divine forces or reforged by darker means, or merely a Scion implanted with forgotten memories, none could say. What was certain: his mind was razor-sharp, his ambition rekindled, and his name once again whispered across trade roads, war councils, and fading monasteries.