Faramarz
(فرامرز)
Faramarz is the brave son of the legendary
Rostam and ruler of Zabulistan. After Rostam died due to the treachery of his own half-brother,
Shaghad,
Bahman saw an opportunity to "avenge" his father,
Esfandiyar. Bahman invaded Zabulistan to erase Rostam's legacy. Faramarz fought valiantly to defend his homeland and the elderly
Zal, father of Rostam, but he was eventually overwhelmed by Bahman’s superior forces. Bahman did not grant Faramarz a warrior's death in battle. Instead, he ordered a public and humiliating execution: Faramarz was hanged and shot full of arrows. Bahman looted the family treasures and imprisoned Zal, who was then roughly 300 years old and defenseless. Bahman only released Zal after his own uncle, Pashotan, shamed him for mistreating a frail old man who had already lost his sons.