Ihrisjeten

Ihrisjetén was a clergyman and scholar from the Scorched state of Shjevrenjé, who existed in the mid-Bronze Age in the western Iron Desert. He was a significant actor in the series of events which led to the fated War of a Thousand Screams , which led to the complete annihilation of his state. His name is one the most vilified and he is considered nearly solely responsible for the bloody and tragic war.
After the massacre and complete destruction of  the Shjevrenjé capital, Rakhtelé, there are no other historical records of his history. It is known though that he held a prominent position in the ancestral cult as was practiced in Shjevrenjé, and it is believed that he was in the front of the enmity with the Assénjare. His influence over religious matters make it plausible to assume that he used theological matters as excuses to push the feud onwards. This hostility further spread to Vht'shjenjé as the Shadowborn, recently having emerged victorious from over a millennia of warfare against the Mósharenja, sought to mediate peace between the two and unite the ancestor-worshippers against the neighbouring state of Shvarajth. 
What followed was the infamous banquet at Rakhtelé where a peace agreement was about to be signed when Ihrisjetén, who had already successfully provoked the Vht'shjenjé envoys into hostility against him, laced his own cup with the potent toxic herb known as Alésh. His deceit was successful, the Vht'shjenjé envoys were framed and sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate a high priest during a parlay. Their bodies were dumped into a bottomless pit and the next day the Shjevrenjé declared war against Vht'shjenjé and Assénjare. An alliance was also signed with Shvarajth, but it did not prevent the Shjevrenjé from ultimately being utterly annihilated by the northern alliance.
As much as Shadowborn historians loathe him for causing the fratricidal War of a Thousand Screams, they are also baffled by his motives, dragging his own people into a war against two powerful hostile states which ultimately ended in a complete genocide. His ultimate fate remains unknown, but it is assumed that he either was slain in the massacre at Rakhtelé, or that he abandoned his own people and died in exile. 
Some believe that he found his way further south into the Saiännic border colony of Kashyjera, known as Catagholmoä in Saiännic, as they maintained a strong anti-Vht'shjenjé policy during their short time of Scorched rule despite having next to no contact with the Shadowborn. As the city was soon re-conquered by Talmoän troops and their attempts to stir up hostility against the Vht'shjenjé failed miserably, most consider it irrelevant if Ihrisjetén was indeed involved or not.
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