Fariborz (فریبرز)

Son of Key Kavus who treats succession like a competitive sport nobody agreed to enter, briefly locking horns with Key Khosrow over the throne because apparently Iran’s royal family runs on “natural selection but make it political.”

Despite the internal chaos, he’s actually a capable commander in the Iranian armies — one of those rare cases where royal blood doesn’t automatically equal incompetence. Which is almost disappointing in a dynasty where dysfunction is basically tradition.