Rhaast Ngqo

Rhaast years ago, leading the fight against a terrible enemy.

Baltus Beldt et Ngqo (husband).

## System Administrator Rhaast

Rhaast Ngqo is a 135 year old security specialist and lawyer acting as the System Administrator for most of the continent of Zant.

Rhaast's primary duties on Zant involve restoring the rule of law, establishing administrative regions and territories, and reinvigorating Zant's currently feeble economy.

Rhaast's home country has a strong warrior tradition, and so in keeping with that he pursued security as a career. He was discovered during his time at university for his incredible ability to memorise and properly interpret law and procedure, so he graduated with a double-major in security and law; thus making him a very strong candidate for "judge". Judges are special security officers; Ijzerian judges are fully expected to regularly engage in active duty, and are capable of holding trial and rendering summary judgement without witnesses or juries. A judge can act as judge, jury, and jailer, should the need arise. This combination of very serious authorities requires a steady hand and keen mind, and requires years of dedicated training and an impeccable service record.

After a brief, but intense, campaign shortly after his graduation, he was assigned to several legal studies and apprenticed under multiple overlords before being assigned his own administration; supreme overlord of Zant.

## Notable Powers, Abilities, and Talents

### Analytical and Logistical

*"Most assuredly not."*

Aside from his imposing stature, he is mostly remembered for his coldness. He is extremely formal, and doesn't often speak with passion or emotion. He prefers the structure of proper manners, to the chaos of light conversation. Rhaast has a near photographic memory, and a huge intellect that allows him to make use of the enormous amounts of information he can recall so easily.

### Tactical Genius

*"War is the haphazard art and the questionable science of choosing which hill is best to die on. Thus far, I have correctly selected all the optimum hills."*

Rhaast has a natural affinity and talent for efficiency and logistics. His favourite pastimes all involve spreadsheets and charts, and he doesn't view the paperwork part of his job as a burden, but rather a reward for a day's work well done. His mastery over the world of warfare and shipping lanes makes him an excellent leader, not just because he knows how to plan for success, but because he already has four back-up plans in the event of failure.

### Anti-Magic Man

*"Would you like to try that again?"*

Rhaast possesses a much higher magical resistance. In his youth, this severely hampered his ability to master the required spellcraft needed to pass security examinations, but ultimately he overcame it, and now uses his magical resilience to his advantage. He is a gifted leximancer and, like most security officers, uses magic during battle to augment his physical capabilities, but quite importantly is able to brunt most magical assaults directly, making him a formidable foe. Casting spells in his presence becomes noticeably more difficult, and the delay and confusion this effect causes gives Rhaast the time he needs to use his REAL secret power, his big big hammer.

## During Hello, World!

Rhaast is the head of government for much of the continent of Zant during the events of Hello, World!, and being the head of government of course makes all the things that went wrong his fault!

## In-Game References

**Represented in:**

1. System Administrator Rhaast

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## Trivia

* Even though Rhaast is 135 years old, he is still only considered an adult, and not elderly. This is because Ijzerian humans have access to advanced medicine, as well as magic, and we do not. Bummer!
* Rhaast's character design is based off of General Onox, from The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. This game was a source of much joy and wonder during the formative years of several of **Key of Ijzeria**'s designers. It should be noted that while General Onox is a very evil character, SysAdmin Rhaast is very good. Rhaast is as uncompromising, as ambitious, and perhaps even as powerful as General Onox, but Rhaast is a force for good, and only wants power and influence so that he can bring peace and prosperity.
* Rhaast is the SysAdmin for the entire continent of Zant, and he holds direct and supreme executive and legislative authority over almost all of it. In theory, Rhaast's position is very prestigious, however, since Zant is almost completely abandoned (there are fewer than 20 million full-time residents on the entire continent), he is jokingly (but lovingly) referred to as the "mayor of Zant" by his peers.
* Rhaast has only been in charge of Zant for three years as the story of Hello, World! begins. In that time, he has made incredible progress restoring law and order to the deserted outbacks of Zant, but has had very little success in bringing back business and opportunities to the continent. He is currently occupied with attracting foreign investment when the story of Hello, World! begins.
* Where Rhaast is from, it is tradition to dress in heavy layers, having no part of the body visible, and to use a "vox", a special voice modulator which distorts speech. The only exception to this strange dress is when in the exclusive company of friends and family. This tradition of disguising one's entire identity comes from ancient scientific practise, where during debates, arguing priests would hide their appearance to avoid garnering audience approval based on their own beauty, and conceal their voice, to avoid gaining support through emotional appeal.
* Rhaast's magical resistance isn't unique to him. He is part of a very small portion of the human population with "anti-magic" properties. There are even "stronger" cases than his, with some people completely unable to use magic at all, while also being completely immune to its effects. This is because humans in general are actually magic resistant when compared to most other sentient species on Ijzeria, and sometimes a mutation may occur where this ability (or lack thereof) gets a little out of hand.
* Rhaast's last name is a realworld Xhosa word which means "direct" or "straightforward".