Mazi Taralah

Mazi Taralah is one of the most recent members to join the Jeyahan Council. His face is terribly scarred from the removal of the tattoos which once marked him as a mamluk of the Dutiful Legion; only his wavy black hair and hazel eyes still hint at how handsome a man he once was. Accordingly, he always wears a veil. An escapee from the hated "killers and ravagers of his village," Taralah made his way to Basradi where he proclaimed his own freedom and begged to join the corsairs in fighting against his former "captors."
The fearful scars left from the removal of his tattoos and the failure to discern any untruth in his story helped convince the council that Taralah was what he claimed to be, and he was provisionally taken in and given a place aboard Akbar in-Salaan's own ship. His intelligence, willingness to learn, and ability to follow orders, coupled with his almost insane diatribes against the mamluks convinced Salaan that Taralah would be even more of an asset if given a command of his own and accorded a place on the council. That Taralah would be in Salaan's debt for helping him (and thus more likely to back Salaan in council) was also a factor.
Unknown to everyone on the council is Taralah's true mission. He is a willing spy for the Dutiful Legion. He agreed to have his tattoos removed in order to attempt to infiltrate Jeyahan as a former mamluk bent on revenge. Coupled with the scars (which no one believed he would inflict upon himself unless he really was deserting the mamluks) and his natural acting talent, Taralah thoroughly convinced the other council members.
There are a few problems with the plan. Now that he has worked himself into a position of trust, he doesn't want to betray himself over minor undertakings by the corsairs. He is waiting for the right moment to flee back to Qadat with the information he has gathered over a three-year period. Meanwhile, he works to help infiltrate other agents into Jeyahan. Thus far, these other agents have invariably been discovered and killed or have had to flee the city (due to Sufah Garrial's spies). He lives in constant fear that one of them will be taken alive and will betray him.
More importantly, as he has come to know the corsair people, he has come to like and admire many of them for their bravery and self-sufficiency. He now feels torn between his duty and his personal feelings. It will take a planned strike against Qadat itself or something equally dire before he will feel justified in breaking trust with the people he originally came to spy upon.
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Inhabitants of Jeyahan
Category:Inhabitants of Basradi
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
Category:Men
Category:Born in 1518
Category:Members of the Jeyahan Council
Category:Members of the Dutiful Legion
Category:Spies