Jessiz al-Sila

## Ruler of the Dao

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Jessiz al-Sila, also known as the Emerald Sultan, the Great Khan and the Potentate Geotic, is the powerful ruler of the Dao.

## History

The Great Khan commands an undisputed rule over the Great Dismal Delve, a vast and nigh impassable labyrinth scattered through the seemingly infinite expanse of the Elemental Plane of Earth. So vast is this domain that the Emerald Sultan rarely departs it, instead preferring to send his chosen few advisors, termed the Overlords, to court with his patrons, willing or indentured on his behalf, but no less speaking with his voice and acting with his mind and presence first and foremost. Despite this scope of territory - and the vast quantities of wealth contained within it in the form of every type of rock, soil, mineral, metal ore, sand and dirt in known existence, and many more besides - the Emerald Sultan's greed is not sated, and with it comes ever-stirring conflict and turmoil.

The Emerald Sultan has laid claim to swathes of land in Phlegethon, the third layer of the Windswept Depths of Pandemonium, the first layer of the Heroic Domains of Ysgard, also commonly referred to simply as Ysgard, and swirling motes of earth and crystal scattered throughout the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo.

## Personality

First and foremost, Jessiz al-Sila is motivated by a desire to be the envy of his peers, never happy with his current possessions, and seeing others simply as tools to further progress, wielded with care and skill. Lavish gifts of gemstones, precious ores, servants and depictions of himself and his domain satiate the Great Khan for a short while, until his materialistic focus shifts to desiring something greater and grander, and as such the Sevenfold Mazework is scattered with statues and totems made in the noble genie's likeness, all of which have since been enchanted - supposedly to allow the Great Khan to look through their eyes and animate them in his defence if necessary.

Individuals that play into Jessiz al-Sila's envy and paranoia are likely to find their largesse acknowledged and held in higher regard than those that do not. Claiming objects of great worth that explicitly belong to other individuals, particularly so that of the Emerald Sultan's rivals, and delivering them to his hoard is an easy way to win his continued approval - its place in his collection a repeated reminder of his might, their prized possessions now an object of envy for them. Counted amongst such objects are Verglas Crest of the Citadel of Ice and Steel, the Mosaic of the Natant from the halls of the Cerulean Council and the greatclub of Ugr the Quartzbone.Such actions often stir retaliation, unsurprisingly, and in response to which the Potentate Geotic finds his greatest of approvals and favours - the destruction of those that would do him or his interests harm, particularly so if the resulting removal of the source of his paranoia could be artistically displayed, such as the huge crystalline pillar made of the dust left after the destruction of an entire city of dao that rose in rebellion against him, their bodies now nothing more than shimmering glass wrought into a fanciful shape.

## Commandments

* Through possession, action or status, make yourself the envy of your peers. There is always more to be obtained.
* Other beings are useful tools in your path towards progress. Become the master of the pick and shovel.
* An object, plan or talent created and cultivated with care and skill is worth one thousand of those done so without.