Kivan Half-Elven

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Kivan Half-Elven, a ranger, was one of the "founding" members of the First Stand. Unlike Sterros, Marwynn, and Sayid, he was not dispatched to Tragidore by an oracle, but rather was hired by the villagers themselves to look into the rash of kidnappings and disappearances. When the three sent by the oracle arrived in town, they joined forces almost immediately with Kivan to form the nucleus of what would later be known as the First Stand.

Silent and aloof, very little is known about the personality or temperament of Kivan. His testimonial - being short, rarely self-referential, and often mystical and prophetic - does little to enlighten the reader as to Kivan the man, and he rarely features a front and center place in other testimonials. In one testimonial, the Testimonial of Dadtim the Younger, Kivan is praised for his "reckless courage" and his "just heart."

A fierce swordsman, Kivan was most famous in his day for his martial effectiveness with his paired short swords and, during the Alexandria's Crusade, as the general in charge of the Elk Riders of the Sidhe. According to tradition, after penning his Testimonial, Kivan is said to have left the mainland for the Lands of the Lost and took no part in the formation of the Alexandrian Church

Kivan Half-Elven featured prominently in the heresy of Redzan the Clean, centered around the heterodox Second Testimonial of Kivan.