Sanad (concept)
Poet, General, Hero, and Exile, Sanad is perhaps the single most important woman in post The Halakdun Sarradonian history, and is regarded today as the mother of the modern Mamuramat. She was the daughter and sole surviving relative of the Eastern Mamur al-Hudi, with every single other member of her family at least five degrees of separation from her father annihilated in arcane fury - a fate often interpreted by historians as evidence al-Hudi was marked as a direct target by the Ritualist Magi who share responsibility for unleashing The Decimation. Forced to fight tooth and nail for survival, and despite not being raised with the expectation of command, she proved adept at rallying the remnants of her family's armies as the Eastern Mamuramat fought for its life on almost a dozen fronts. Alas, despite her bravery and clear talent for strategy her foes were far too many, and a final defeat at the Battle of Azareq forced her into exile as the Mamuramat crumbled behind her. Arriving in the court of the newly coronated Central Mamur Tathtali in 810 IS, she bartered her disputed title for an alliance and sealed their pact with marriage. Though she directly planned the ensuing wars of reconquest against the East, the newly united Mamuramat's resources were monopolized by affairs closer to home as the chaos of The Downfall deepened, and only a few of the border provinces were reclaimed. She died of natural causes in 832 IS, but her legacy in the cultural and political institutions of modern Wardenism still lives on.