Andragoras III is one of the secondary characters of the novel series The Heroic Legend of Arslan. He is Arslan's father and the King of the Kingdom of Pars .
Appearance[]
Andragoras is a tall and broad shouldered strong man with piercing gleam of his eyes, filled with pride for his Kingdom which had never been defeated during his reign. He has a great black beard (and perhaps a mustache).
Personality[]
Filled with pride and glory for his power of Pars, Andragoras is known for his bravery and undefeated battles against any enemies. However, it seems that he believes in the power of his army too much.
History[]
He hunted a lion and became Sherghir at the age of 13. He fought in a battle for the first time and became a Mardan when he was 14. At the age of 25, his father deceased. He supported Osroes for taking the throne and Andragoras himself became Eran. They helped each other to reign the country. However, they began to fought over Tahamine untill Osroes passed away from illness. He subsequently left Hilmes in a fire. Since then, he reigned Pars for 16 years.
Story Beyond the Anime[]
When Andragoras was facing Arslan's disobeying him, he suddenly dragged unawares by dying Innocentis who has lost his mind. They fell from the tower together and died.
Andragoras was then buried in his imperial mausoleum. However, after 3 years, his body was stolen, by none other than Zahhāk Gurus. His body then became the host for the soul of Zahhak. Utilizing his visual of the former king, Zahhak gathers force as Andragoras to fight with Arslan. Many nobles followed him as they had lost many rights including the possession of slaves under Arslan's reign. Zahhak also tried to use Tahamine to claim Arslan as a rebellion, but as Tahamine was satisfied with the reunion with Leila, whom she believed to be her daughter, she refused to work against Arslan, so Zahhak killed her. In the Last Battle, Zahhak killed Merlane, Kishward, and Daryun. At last, he also gave Arslan a fatal injury, although at the same time, Arslan slew him. His corpse melted into a liquid and purification was conducted by Farangis.
It had once been revealed that because his wife was unable to bear another child after bearing a girl, Andragoras adopted Arslan from a common knight's family, if only to have a male heir, and he sent the girl somewhere with a silver bracelet. However, it was later revealed that their baby was actually a boy who couldn't survive his birth, and Andragoras had just wanted to prevent Tahamine from suicide and that is why he lied that they had a daughter who is alive somewhere.
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