Arun Savas berLetiman

Arun Savas berLetiman (12-8-Athain 28 - 11-11-Keragel 4) is a poet, civil servant and diplomat of the Lein Dynasty. One of the most important officials in Tairazun Sora's government, he has served in such posts as Minister of Finance, Ordained Official of the Outer Kingdoms, and Prime Minister, and is often grouped as one of the "Great Ministers of the Great Martial Reign".

Childhood and Youth

Arun Savas berLetiman was born in the night to Arun Letiman berKakur, a local official in the Lein Imperial Ministry of Finance, in the city of Salguz; his mother was the second wife of his father, and died when Savas was just three. As the only son in the family (his father's first wife had borne three daughters), he was especially doted on by his father, and received an excellent education from the many scholars in the city. Even in childhood he had shown himself to be of great aptitude and foresight.

The defining moment of Arun Savas' childhood came when his father brought him along on a meeting with Kan Gusan berHaler, a famous general of the reign of Tairazun Athain. A personal friend of the general, Arun Letiman was sending him off for Sora's first campaign, and Kan Gusan asked the man what his assessment of the campaign was; before he could answer, however, his 10 year old son cut in saying: "The Great Tairazun shall wander the fields as a man chasing a fast horse". His father immediately reprimanded him for his impudence, but the general later agreed with this assessment; seven months later, after Tairazun Sora returned in defeat, the general mentioned to him that a ten year old had already foreseen his defeat; in shock the Tairazun immediately asked for Arun Savas.