Suizahn Clan

Suizahn Clan
Symbol
Type	Warrior Clan
Status	Active
Members
Leader	Khalav Suizahn
Members	Kazai Suizahn Kieri Suizahn Arla Suizahn
Affiliations
Affiliation	Heaven's Army
Base of Operations	Heaven (Suizahn Residence)
Goals
Defend Heaven from a potential Demon invasion

The Suizahn Clan is a familial lineage of Angels in Heaven, led by Khalav Suizahn. They are renowned as "the great clan of the Water element".

It is said that every Suizahn is a strong Warrior Angel. The Suizahn Clan has a reputation of being "honorable Demon slayers", with fighting being a "tradition" they must uphold.

Dynamics

Khalav Suizahn is the leader of the Suizahn Clan and the Throne of the Water clan as a whole, giving him a position of authority over other Warriors and Angels. His wife Arla was not born a Warrior, but became one after her own clan was slaughtered, giving her a deep hatred of Demons. Both of them oversee the education and training of their twin children Kieri and Kazai, to raise them into elite Warriors; however, Arla is much harsher than her husband in her teaching methods. Their family dynamics are affected by their military ranks, forming a hierarchy between its members.

Due to their difference in combat skill, Kazai is praised by his parents while Kieri is met with their disappointment. While Kieri and Kazai are often lumped together as the "Suizahn Twins" by people in Heaven, it carries a different meaning for each of them: Kazai sees the two of them as a team that must never be broken, while Kieri sees the term as a reduction of her identity to her family's reputation, which she does not fit. Kieri's inability to meet her parents' expectations brings her great sorrow: she greatly suffers from her status as a "failed" Warrior.

Kieri has mentioned an aunt and uncle in passing, though nothing is known about them. (Except that her uncle was Darius Elexion's crush in school, and that his name is Wevli.) She also mentioned other Suizahn eggs that didn't hatch, leaving Kieri and Kazai as the youngest of their clan.

Family Capabilities

All Suizahns are Water Angels and the family is renowned for their warriors, possibly counting many Seraphs among their ranks. Khalav Suizahn is the Throne of the Water clan, the highest Angel rank, which commends respect from other Warriors; as war veterans, Khalav and Arla are training instructors for Warrior Angels.

They follow a strict training routine in armed combat and magic spells, and are proficient in multiple forms of weaponry; Kieri and Arla wield swords as their main weapons, while Kazai and Khalav wield axes. It is likely that most family members tend towards physical pursuits, as indicated by Kazai's lack of interest in book learning. Kieri is the only one in her family who learned to speak Lingo and shows knowledge of Median culture.

They have access to the following magic schools:

• Water Magic [All members]
• Holy Magic [All Angels]

History

The Suizahn Clan are the direct descendants of one of the First Heroes of Heaven: the first Angels to have taken arms against Syndel's forces. There is a statue of the Hero of the Suizahn Clan next to the coliseum arena in Heaven. Due to their importance as one of the four great Warrior clans, they possess a family estate on one of Heaven's highest islands; however, it is currently too big for what remains of the clan, implying that there used to be many more members. The strongest Seraph of the clan holds the title of Throne of Water; the title is currently held by Khalav Suizahn. Their reputation is fearsome: the Suizahn name has become associated with physical prowess, but also violence. They're said to be "ruffians", known to engage in reckless behavior.

Kieri's father lost his arm to a Fire Demon's breath attack. Her mother lost her entire family to a Demon attack and has become embittered and vengeful because of it, as she is noted to be a powerful warrior who has killed many Demons. Both are known to have fought in the Great War.

Kieri and Kazai were born sixteen years ago from a single egg, and were fawned on by other Angels; they were the only Water Angels hatched that year. While other Suizahn eggs have been laid since, none have hatched, leaving the two as the youngest members of the clan. As twins were a rare occurrence, their birth was seen as a sign of hope: Kieri and Kazai were already destined to inherit Khalav's title as Thrones of the clan.

Both started their rigorous combat training at the age of 11, inheriting weapons from their family. However, their difference in skill would soon become clear, as Kazai was a much stronger warrior than Kieri. He would get most of the praise from their parents, while Kieri's lackluster skills and results would be met with their disappointment, and in her mother's case, verbal and physical abuse. This created a rift between Kieri and the rest of her family, as she felt she couldn't live up to their expectations no matter how hard she tried.

Kieri couldn't understand why she was spending her days training to fight Demons, when Demon attacks on Heaven seemed to have stopped years ago. Her interest in topics outside of fighting was seen as a weakness and a fault; this eventually led to a confrontation between Kieri and her mother, which Arla claimed would be her exam to obtain a Star pendant. As she failed, and Kazai later obtained his own pendant, it meant that only he was eligible to the title of Throne; he claimed that once in charge of the Suizahn Clan, he would make things better at home.

Trivia

• The name "Suizahn" means "Water Master" in-universe.