Ivanr, also formally called Ivanr of Antr, was the ex-Grand Champion of the Jourilan Imperial Games who had refused the Call to the Stormwall and been imprisoned, tortured, and eventually banished for it. "Ivanr had refused the Call and thrown down his swords in the dust of the training grounds at Abor. They’d imprisoned him, beaten him almost to his death, cursed him as half-breed Thel scum – not that his background had mattered while his sword served. But they would not kill him; not great Ivanr whom they had lauded as the greatest Jourilan champion in living memory." ―Ivanr's history