The Wise and Few (event)
Character: Count Shaiban of Ait Kemsar
I was ten when I first heard the crackle-voice of the spirits, speaking to me in the flame of a summer grassfire. They said that my survival was a miracle, but I knew the truth: I was spared. Since then I broke with the hidebound traditions of my family, risking disownment to pursue an even older art.
The rest of the Wardenite world may not understand me, scoffing at my so-called rural magics, but I know that there is power in the spirits of the old cedar woods of Zokah. They speak to me of a coming era of darkness and anarchy. I have seen the visions of a pale fire rising over El Qulatha, scouring the palaces of the Mamurs. I will be ready.
I am the wildfire