Persian
Rostam
The greatest champion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, lord of Zabulistan and defender of Iran's kings for centuries, rider of the horse Rakhsh, who in the epic's most famous tragedy kills his own son Sohrab without knowing him.
Mortal Champions
Heroes
Warriors, wanderers, and doomed champions from the world's great epics.
About the heroes
Unlike immortal deities, heroes live and die in their sagas. Born of divine blood or mortal daring, their destinies unfold not on high Olympus, but in the trenches of Troy, the treacherous currents of the wine-dark sea, or the bloody fields of Kurukshetra. Each champion is grounded in primary ancient sources, complete with family lineage, fateful choices, and cross-tradition parallels.