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Istvhan comes from the southern border of Charlock,<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 5</ref> hill and desert country, and his native language is Harshek. He is also fluent in War-tongue, and "a few others."<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 3</ref> He finds the idea of keeping slaves abhorrent. | Istvhan comes from the southern border of Charlock,<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 5</ref> hill and desert country, and his native language is Harshek. He is also fluent in War-tongue, and "a few others."<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 3</ref> He finds the idea of keeping slaves abhorrent. | ||
Istvhan comes from a large and seemingly eccentric family. He tells Clara that he has "many, many sisters," and later reminisces about assisting one of them in childbirth, which resulted in a happy and healthy nephew who is now taller than he is. At one point he says that some of his favorite aunts (and since their passing, some of his favorite cousins) are bandits.<ref>Paladin's Grace, ch. 8</ref> Galen corroborates this.<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 5</ref> | Istvhan left home when he was twenty, and says he goes back every few years so his nieces don't forget his face.<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 5</ref> He comes from a large and seemingly eccentric family that seems to be almost entirely composed of women. He tells Clara that he has "many, many sisters," and later reminisces about assisting one of them in childbirth, which resulted in a happy and healthy nephew who is now taller than he is. At one point he says that some of his favorite aunts (and since their passing, some of his favorite cousins) are bandits.<ref>Paladin's Grace, ch. 8</ref> Galen corroborates this.<ref>Paladin's Strength, ch. 5</ref> <blockquote> | ||
"And if he did not turn aside and help a nun, his maternal relatives for nine generations would rise from their graves and come to his dreams to box his ears, with his mother at the forefront." | "And if he did not turn aside and help a nun, his maternal relatives for nine generations would rise from their graves and come to his dreams to box his ears, with his mother at the forefront." | ||