Halil Ushaaf

Halil Ushaaf, Sultan of Gurah, is a moody, reclusive figure. Tall and broad-shouldered with well chiseled features and a thick black beard, he looks more like a warrior than a priest. Ushaaf is said to be among the strongest men in the Kaspari Empire. The Sultan's strength is mainly physical, however, since he is given to fits of melancholy and deep depression, caused by both the sin in the world and by the supposed death (five years ago) of his aged advisor and mentor, Rajima Yanef.
Sultan Ushaaf is a man who sees matters of faith in ultimates: you are either saved or you are damned. Devotion is supreme in his court. Would-be wrongdoers should beware, for those who defy the Laws of the Karaslaa must suffer the maximum penalty. In Thauzurram, disfigurement and even torture are more common punishments than enslavement and banishment.
The grief of Gurah's Sultan is understandable. He greatly loved and respected his chief vizier, Rajima Yanef, who brought Ushaaf from the ranks of the clergy to a position of power and respect. Yet to many the length and the depth of his grief seem extreme, for it has been five years since Rajima's reported passing. It was reported that she died of a fever that not even the best healers of Raha could abate. In the years since then, Sultan Ushaaf has banished his counselors and disbanded his harim.
Yanef, however, did not die of a fever; she was stricken with a fatal illness, and in order to save her life a number of arcane alchemical procedures were performed. The procedures were only partly successful: while her head was saved, her body could not be. Yanef's head is now attached to a vast system of life-preserving apparatuses in the catacombs beneath the Sultan's palace.
Today there is a rising tide of fear for the Sultan's health. Many wish to see him restored to his previous strength and demeanor. An equal number wish to see him step down and be replaced by a more reasonable leader. However, because Sultan Ushaaf commands the loyalty of the mamluks and because Qadat is unwilling to move against the Sultan, there seems to be no answer to the Sultanate's woes but to appeal to fate, and to accept that which is given.
Category:Sultans
Category:Inhabitants of Thauzurram
Category:Inhabitants of Gurah
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
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Category:Men
Category:Born in 1517