Known back home as the Silver Strategist, Altair isn't just a skilled tactician, but an exceptional soldier, as well. A voracious reader who won't put a book down once he's started reading it, Altair will devour novels, whether or not they're about warfare. Without his glasses, however, he's cripplingly nearsighted, to the point where he can't discern between real people and inanimate objects.
