Amir Nawzad

Amir Nawzad is one of Berlose's Lotuses, acting as their Captain. He represents MIRE both in the field of battle and at the ruling table of the Elite. He formerly served on The Prospero, and was captain of The Hemlock prior to its capture. He is currently engaged in a secret affair with Belle Seirath.

Appearance and Personality
Amir is a fastidious man who believes fully in a clean and well-groomed appearance. He usually favours a black suit, with only a purple pocket square and his Lotus insignia pin for colour. He has a neatly trimmed beard, and prefers to keep his hair long, throwbacks to his days of piracy before coming to Berlose.

Amir favours control in all situations, and prefers to be polite in his mannerisms. He thinks himself something of a gentleman, a reputation he takes great pains to ensure others recognise.

Amir is rarely visibly armed, however when the situation calls for it, he sports a pair of swords, their type and make dependent on the situation on hand.

Enhancements
Savant: Amir is the only known person to possess a Savant, a biological implant attached to its user's brain stem. The Savant allows for perfect memory recall, advanced cognitive function, and enhances the reflexes of its user. With it, Amir is able to create probability scenarios and accurately predict outcomes, piece together subconscious data into real-time warnings of events he would not otherwise be aware of, and accurately measure his own vitals, as well as those of others. This allows him to be able to effectively be a human lie detector, although this ability is not infallible and can be circumvented by anyone with enough training and discipline to contain their emotions and micro-expressions.

The Lotus formula: As with most Lotuses, Amir has been subjected to the Lotus formula, which grants him enhanced strength and endurance. It also allows him to Blink Step, the ability to propel himself forward on an energy current a short distance away. This appears to be a teleport function to the untrained eye, but in reality, a Blink Step causes a Lotus to move either their entire body, or just one limb, in one predetermined direction at an incredible speed. A Lotus who Blink Steps into an object is still subject to physics, and may trip at high speed, break bones, and in many unfortunate cases, die due to negligence.

Amir has shown to be particularly adept at this ability, able to cross a room, pluck a flying object out of mid-air, and return back to his starting position without anyone having realized he had moved. He is considered second only to Victor Mernon in the art of Blink Stepping.