The Nine

The Nine is a secret council of wizards rumored to exist. The Nine is a counterpart to the Supreme Council (which also numbers nine), consisting of non-Kartrian mages. Tradition has it that Mordenkainen established the council when angered by the way he was treated on Kartria. Currently the group is thought to number only eight, namely Archimedes, Galadriel, Hadrian, Kane, Lancelot, Ozymandias, Rafael, and Roland. As can be gathered from reading the list of names, these are merely assumed names mirroring the tradition of the Supreme Council.
Sources indicate that a ninth wizard has entered the circle, taking the name Beowulf. If so, he is also known as Hemlock, which itself is an assumed name.
Not to be confused with the ennead.