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====== Ghaleo Karbn ======

**Ghaleo Karbn** was a 6th [[ahldoraean_century|AC]] painter who was born somewhere at the end of the 5th AC and died in the Loodon Empire's capital in 553.

Ghaleo Karbn became incredibly famous very early in his career and lived a life of wealth and fame until his last days, however, historical research many centuries later has uncovered traces of a possible fraud.

===== Biography =====

Ghaleo was born to well-to-do parents in the capital of the Loodon Empire. Having completed his studies in the school of the late Anarien Tonrne, ran after his death by several of his students. Ghaleo was the last generation of painters to have been taught the art in the Anarien tradition, as by this time [[Twardin Kopn|Twardin Kopn's]] school was gaining momentum.

Nevertheless, his education secured him a number of orders in the capital. However, several of his first clients seemed to be unhappy with his work and his business has dwindled.

Then suddenly, he sold a large paining called "The Veiled Gardens", and later a smaller work "A walking couple". Both of these impressed the public and he became busy again. However, the style of these works not only greatly departs from the style and approach of Ghaleo's early works, it significantly departs from the Anarien tradition as a whole. In fact, the paintings exhibit features that hint that they had to be painted by completely different painters.

This early success coincides with the disappearance of Tanyr Donnan, his art mentor, who was an accomplished and mature painter, but who was old, lived alone and was at the time in relative obscurity. "The Veiled Gardens" is believed to be at least started by Tanyr, as not only does it match his style perfectly, but in 802 some of Tanyr's sketches were found, among them a sketch of what is known today as "The Veiled Gardens". It is speculated that Ghaleo was somehow able to obtain an unfinished work from his master and felt safe exhibiting it as his own, which leads some historians to believe that he knew that Tanyr had died.

Tanyr's disappearance at the end of his life became more significant as his works were re-discovered 200 years later. Research into his life quickly uncovered the mysterious circumstances of the last days of his recorded history, and a connection with Ghaleo arose soon after.
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