Mashrylkyrg

Mashrylkyrg was a male Massassi warrior of the Royal Army of the Golden Empire. Like most Massassi soldiers, he joined the Army at age fifteen. After completing training in 149 ABY, he was assigned to the 3rd Massassi Cohort; to his disappointment, he did not see action in the Nightmare War. However, he continued to train to maintain the proficiency and skill at arms required by the 3rd, and became well known to his NCOs and officers for his fighting skills in close-quarters combat.

Mashrylkyrg was promoted to sergeant in 154 ABY. The next year, he and the 3rd fought in the Battle of Renthiv under Breek Zagrev's command; Mashrylkyrg's regiment was responsible for killing the last Garjo king, and Mashrylkyrg personally killed two of the king's bodyguards, sustaining wounds in the process. After he recovered, he was accepted into the Massassi Guard.

Assigned to the company of guards protecting Princess Jasmine Auroras, Mashrylkyrg had only weeks in the infamous “Tyras assignment” before he was dispatched with several other guards to accompany Taia Turgachia as she attended university. Like most of Taia's guards, Mashrylkyrg grew both fond and fiercely protective of his charge; he was Taia's favorite among her bodyguards, and she took to calling him “Mash” affectionately (and because she stumbled over his full name). The lieutenant of Taia's detachment thought so highly of Mashrylkyrg's fighting skills that Mashrylkyrg was occasionally allowed to accompany Taia alone; Massassi Guard units almost always operated in pairs.