Pahvan

Pahvan is a prominent member of the Hirvaskian diaspora in the UK.

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Unlike many others, because of his background, Pahvan could not flee Hirvaskia as the troubles set in. Born to a peasant family in the western hills, Pahvan was a beneficiary of the PDRH; joining the People's Army, he learned to read and write.
 * Location: London
 * Born: 1960 (aged 54)

An intelligent and ruthlessly efficient man, Pahvan quickly rose through the ranks. By 1990, he was a Battalion Commissar, a pretty high ranking officer, stationed along the western border with Arsteva. The 1991 coup and invasion brought all this to an end; Pahvan was wounded in battle, the Arstevans overran the western border, while the PDRH was quickly overthrown and many of its leaders executed.

Making use of his contacts, Pahvan soon organised a resistance group against the Arstevan occupiers. This group, known as the Front of the Peoples of Hirvaskia, was active from 1992 to 1999, when many of its leaders were killed in a gunfight and Pahvan was captured. He was soon released, but had his right hand amputated, and soon was allowed to go to London for medical treatment, where he has stayed.

Some speculate that Pahvan might have been working with the Arstevans, and that his hand was amputated as a decoy. Naturally, Pahvan disputes that.