Gozhdaham
گژدهم
The old man holding the White Fortress, and Gordafarid's father.
Gozhdaham commands the frontier fort that Sohrab reaches first. He is too old to ride out, his garrison is thin, and he knows the fortress cannot be held. What he can do is get a letter south fast enough and empty the place overnight.
He is also the man who has to watch his daughter, Gordafarid, go out of the gate in his place.
In the game
One of the names your pieces can carry, though his own work was mostly getting people out.