Kanaan

Kanaan (カナン, Kanan) is a minor antagonist in Suikoden. He is the Assistant Commander of the Imperial Guard and something of a negative symbol for the bloated Scarlet Moon Empire of the time.

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"Listen, all of you. I'm your superior in the Imperial Guard. Disobeying me means disobeying the Empire. Keep that in mind."

- Kanaan

Kanaan was Assistant Commander of the Imperial Guard under Kraze Miles during the early stages of the Gate Rune War. A man of many traits, few of them positive , Kanaan was considered a sign of the problems infesting the late Scarlet Moon Empire.

Kanaan was the leader of the mission to investigate the failure of Rockland to pay its taxes. It was Kanaan who noted that it seemed Grady was doing well, despite the protestations of the military commander although that did not stop him from ignoring this and agreeing to eradicate the Mt. Seifu Bandits.

It was Kanaan who first figured that Ted had the Rune of Life and Death, having witnessed its power on Mt. Seifu, which led to Hero (Suikoden) and his servants becoming fugitives. Near the end of the Liberation War, Kanaan was actually promoted to the the position of assistant to Yuber, who led the final Imperial defence at Gregminster.

After the last battle, Kanaan quickly fled the scene. With the collapse of the Imperial government, he turned to a life of petty crime and was eventually arrested and imprisoned by the Dunan Unification War.