Fiction:Ibriiha

Ibriiha Mandragoth, Voice of the Witch-Queen, Lord of the Conclave, Grand Emissary to all Others, and Speaker to the Hegemony, is a Sorcerer-Prophet, who serves as the second-in-command of the, and handles many of the affairs and day-to-day running of the Sorcerers and their offices and oversight sections, and even acts as the head of diplomacy for the Rathanii to other nations and even other esoteric orders that may exist and catch the interest of the Rathanii and their scions. Ibriiha has served in the role of Voice of the Rathanii for three rulers who held the position of Warlock-King/Witch-Queen, such as Gorgoth the Decapitator, Bahadur the Untouchable, and Kirata the Fate-weaver, and, despite changes in regime and leadership, has remained alive throughout, despite the dangers of his position, and frequent executions of the Voice who fails, or merely upset their lords and ladies.

Despite this, Ibriiha has managed to keep his head and position, and has proven to be effective to his masters in the running of the Rathanii states and holdings, the keeping of Order within the Conclave of the Sorcerers, and keeping the offices and bureaucracy of the Rathanii in line and ordered. It is his duty to gather knowledge and intelligence for the Witch-Queen as well, bringing him into contact and leadership of the Lorekeepers and other hunters of knowledge and relics for Rathanii purposes, to empower and improve his ruler.

Birth, Abduction and political career
Ibriiha was born to members of the House of Mandragoth, his father a mere fishermen within one of the distant colonies, and, whose settlement revolted against the rulers. Though put down quickly, Ibriiha and other youths were taken as punishment, and brought to the capital of Rathan to be raised as political and military servants to the Warlock-Kings and Witch-Queens. In this role, Ibriiha was trained in the ways of the other Rathanii, and brought up with strong loyalty to his rulers and masters, maintaining the running of minor offices within the Rathanii courts.

As he grew older and rose up in the ranks, taking on new offices and minor positions, he was appointed to be a member of the Lorekeepers for a moment, mostly so he could learn organization and how to oversee and moderate the relics, tomes and archives of knowledge of what the Rathanii had, needed and the power that came form that. With all of this, Ibriiha remained distant and remote from the rest of the Rathanii, rarely making contact or friendships with others, focusing on his rising career within the Conclave. Many doubted his success, but after the death of the last Voice of the Sorcerers, Aamotii Vac, by orders of the reigning Warlock-King, Gorgoth. Finding Ibriiha interesting, he had the youth appointed.

Ibriiha became Voice of the Sorcerers, and to put his position into effect, had a hand tattoo applied to his face, and numerous Rathanii tattoo markings burned into his body, bloody-red to contrast against his grey flesh and body. He would, as acting Voice, organize the matters of the state for Gorgoth, and spend much time near the leaders of the Hegemony, and oversee the collection of tithes, organizing of armies and navies, and keeping the Warlock-King's personal holds of knowledge and relics organized for him.