The Eye of Raena

The Eye of Raena refers to one of the five Fingers of Raena, government roles appointed by the Raenan Monarchy. However, the term may also refer to the person who occupies the office. Particularly since, unbeknownst to the commonwealth, there has only been one Eye Of Raena.

### The Role

The Eye of Raena is something like a cross between a spymaster and a detective, responsible for both information and answers. The Eye of Raena has traditionally held higher implied ranking than all the Fingers of Raena except for The Shield of Raena, the head General.

### The Person

As of the time of writing this entry, there has only been one person as The Eye of Raena. His name is Tymal Browner, though few alive know it.

Tymal Browner was born before The Binding in Harun'thal, a territory that would today be part of Raena and at the time was one of the most oppressive areas in Efias. Tymal was born into servitude of the gods, having only limited contact with his mother and no knowledge of his father (this was typical under the rule of many of the Tahurellan gods). He was still only a child when people noticed his incredible - almost supernatural - mind. Tymal not only remembered everything he saw, but was able to effortlessly make connections and deduce hidden truths. When word of this came to his masters, he was brought before the angel Myranos and tested. Even Myranos was impressed, and he employed Tymal immediately, outwardly as a personal scribe but in truth a junior spymaster.

Tymal spent six years working for Myranos, learning at an incredible rate - he learned about the gods and their henchmen, and Myranos encouraged and delighted in Tymal discovering secret plots of the other angels and demons or, better yet, weaknesses of those other angels and demons. This information came in incredibly useful during the War of The Binding. Naturally, the angel who Tymal was able to gather the most information about was Myranos himself. Ultimately, Tymal was able to arrange a deal with one of Myranos' rivals, the demon Ra'Thular, selling out Myranos and gaining a measure of freedom. The information Tymal traded was damning enough that when Ra'Thular arranged for some of Myranos' plots to be uncovered by the Archangel Aranal, Aranal expelled Myranos permanently from the material plane.

Ra'Thular told Tymal that he could, indeed, walk away free of subjugation but suggested that he instead work for him. Tymal realized that the more information he could gather the more power he would have to help himself and his people, so he agreed. Tymal created a network of spies, an inner circle of whom were secretly undermining the rule of the gods and their minions. Among these were some other noteworthy individuals. Simon Ward, Collin Urstwood, and Evangelina Sommers.

Tymal's knowledge grew until he had information of every territory in Efias and even [southern continent]. It was there in which Tymal discovered the people of Zarcadia, with some of whom he established a partnership that would prove instrumental in the eventual success of The Binding. Tymal was able to uncover secrets that the angelic and demonic beings had kept from mankind, including how to access the Infinite Staircase in Zarcadia. It was this information that allowed Zarcadia to send The Wayfarers of Zarcadia through the Infinite Staircase and eventually find Grandfather Tree and freedom for Tathurell.

He was appointed as the Eye of Raena during the formation of the Raenan government in the wake of the binding and has served as