Asdrubal Hanno-faj niv Bacri

Asdrubal Hanno-faj niv Bacri (shortened to Asdrubal) is the current Seyoh (leader) of the "Mountain Crowning City" of Kijaro, in the Emirate of Najer, and the nomadic Bacri Pom (tribe). He also is the Finance Minister of the Najer Federal Government, a Star Keeper of the Fellowship of Seekers, and the Chancellor of the Association of Silver Cities.

Under the Shade of a Cherry Tree
The forest west of the Kijar mountains is unique in the Emirate of Najer due to the natural presence of cherry trees among the other spruce and pine trees that populate it. The reason for this tree’s isolated population is as of the time of this writing still a mystery. For Asdrubal, however, this forest is not special for its botanical curiosity but for the fact that he was born there under the shade of a flowering cherry tree – or at least that is what his mother Tanniqart and his father Hanno always told him.

Asdrubal had a banal childhood for a youth of the nomadic pom nobility. He followed the Bacri across the southern steppes and deserts of Najer, in their yearly procession to provide the best grazing land for their flocks of sheep, cattle, and horses; he learned to ride at an early age, shepherded the Seyoh’s (his father) honour-cattle, heard to stories of ages past from the elders, and played with the other children of the camp – establishing bonds with his peers and gaining the respect from the other members of the tribe, among other things.

As he grew older, Asdrubal started to receive proper training in the arts of war from both his father, Seyoh Hanno, and other Bacri warriors: learning how to string and fire a bow, how to fight on horseback, and how to use the spear and scimitar, how to scout across the arid plains and deserts, and above all how to organise and lead people one is responsible for. Not being the most proficient in martial arts, and a peaceful trader in his arts, did not enjoy this phase of a nomadic young nobleman life, even though he understood its usefulness and knew from the tales of his pom’s past that one must know how to defend oneself and their tribe from those that seek harm.