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Hegemon Agrippus Crassi (Mage-Fire/Air/Force):
Overlord of the Hegemony and current head of the Crassi family, Agrippus has ruled for the short span of 50 years, his training as a mage under High-Magos Aurelia being cut short by his inheritance. Agrippus has much to prove, given the previous two leaders the Hegemony identifies with have firstly, overthrown a caste of Dragon overlords and secondly, rebuilt a powerful nation from those ashes. So far the relatively young Dark Elf has proven that he may just have the ability to measure up, or even surpass, as a ruler. While advised on the matter, his handling of the troublesome Saur population was seen as a key first act to solidify his rule, particularly as the line of succession was not as direct as it had been the generation previously. Agrippus is not an evil being, although he is decisive and will be harsh to achieve his goals, although favouring options that do not require such drastic action (e.g. assimilating the Saur into the Legions, rather than decimating the population as had been planned). Agrippus is well aware of the fact he is not the most powerful, in terms of magical ability, individual in the realm, instead relying upon his position and his vast Imperial authority to maintain his position. At his core, he is a pragmatist, loyal only to the God that is the surival and power of the nation. Despite his ability as a ruler, Agrippus still has much in the way of dissent to deal with, although not a wild scale threat from the populace, the other major noble families of the realm continue to eye the prominant position of the Crassi and even within the family there are those who feel Marius would have declared another heir, had he not been struck down. In light of this, to both maintain a position and to escape the politics of court, Agrippus often departs on militant expeditions himself, although when representing the nation on foreign field, he often masks his true identity.
Consort Julia Janae-Crassi:
Spouse to the reigning hegemon and member of the wealthy Janae family, Julia is an individual used to getting her own way, even more so than the Hegemon himself. Thankfully for pretty much everyone involved, Julia has very rarely failed to achieve her 'own way' spoilt first by a doting family and then a position of supreme power, if Julia was not a fairly capable individual in her own right, she would be little more than an attractive brat. Cunning, with a flair for courtly politics which her spouse lacks, Julia has taken very well to becoming a member of the Crassi family, not in fact, the Janae pawn her family had hoped her to be. Influencing fashions within (and to a less extent without) the Hegemony, the Hegemonic Cout has become famously aesthetic and decadent under her supervision. Although possibly treating such events a little too lax (as a holiday no less), Julia doubles as a diplomat, both for her adoptive house within the Hegemony and outside the realm for the nation as a whole.
Maria Crassi, Heir to the Obsidian Throne (mage, fire/force/shadow):
Unlike her brother (the Hegemon), who rather unfashionably has so far avoided illusion magic, Maria has taken to the noble magic fashion of the draconic style with gusto, very rarely letting the magic slip and returning her form to the entirely mammalian look she was born with. As a Crassi, Maria was raised hard, taught how to fight and survive before she was introduced to the more traditional fields of nobility. This, at first, put her at odds with her brother's wife, however, in the years that have past, she has began to appreciate the Consort as an ally and friend, often working in tandem, rather than on seperate diplomatic duties. That said, Maria is still a powerful user of the arcane and thus a military boon for the Hegemon's armies and has a list of military achievements to her name, most notably during the Frogmen scourge which attacked the Coastborn and Naga dominant provinces of the Hegemony from the Sea. With a cutting wit, but equally soothing charm, Maria is rather more intelligent than many expect of her, being fooled by the whimisical, hedonistic display she may show at court.
High-magos Aurelia Kaenun (Arch Mage):
Turned ageless, or near enough to it, by the power of her magics, the first High-Magos is one of the few remaining individuals within the Hegemony to have lived during the reign of the dragons, and to have personally known all three of the leaders of the Hegemony (even though, technically, the first was simply a rebel leader). Aurelia was once a courtesan in the royal hold of Prince Taelor, the ruler of the Naga city-state of Sprinya, a nation that would be swallowed up by the encroaching Dragons, forming a part of their empire. The Royal Hold was destroyed, Aurelia only surviving due to her ever-growing magical ability. Despite the inconvenience of her species, the Dragon-Mage Igon began to teach Aurelia, sensing in her great potential, hoping to use her as scion for situations in which dragons were unsuited. Typical of the Dragons of Dal'Guatha, Igon was entirely out of touch with reality, forgetting, or more likely overlooking, that Aurelia had seen her friends and family melted by dragonfire. No amount of supposed favoritism would overcome that and so when the rebellion began, Aurelia not only slew her master, who she had unknowingly surpassed in ability, before becoming a key player in the civil war.
Many Naga expected her to take leadership of the general effort, however, then fairly young archmage decided instead to follow the leadership of the High Councillor, a choice which confused many at the time and has often been chalked up to rumors of a previous friendship between the two notable rebels. Whatever her reasons may have been, uniting her magic with the leadership of the dark elf was instrumental in bringing down the dragons. Remaining in the new royal court after the war and death of the rebel leader rather than return home, she advised the first Hegemon and, after threatening her own people with her arcane power, brought the Naga people into the fold, before retiring to watch over the construction of the new capital while the Hegemony set about conquering the Coastborn, Saur and dissident elves. She spent the intervening years studying yet more of the arcane arts, while also tutoring the now-Hegemon in the ways of magic.
High-Magos Skaalar Lu'Chek (Arch-Mage)
The second individual to earn the title of High-Magos in the history of the Hegemony, Skaalar spent decades perfecting his arcane ability in the deserts of the Hegemony, living in isolation, beyond contact with a few small hamlets when he required supplies, the process of which has turned him slightly disjointed. Skaalar is tolerated, if not liked, by high society and the military, his eccentricity putting him at odds with the latter, his general malcontent for opulence the other. That said, he remains a loyal, if cynical, citizen and tool of the Hegemony, even if he has contributed to few military campaigns yet. His age is unknown, nor is the exact time span he spent away from civilization, his magical talents not even known until his return, he had been simply another Draconian farmer in the hegemony before then. Shirking both the responsibility to report magical gifts, and later contribute to the nation, are rather forgiven due to the vast power he now wields.
Maliaya Nassos, Jewel of the Desert (Mage, Shadow, Force, Air):
Sword of the Hegemon, Tyla Canius (Hero of the Realm)
Legate Jarrus I'Charius (Great General)
Legate-Admiral Vaela Kaenun
