The Council of Tragisora

The Council of Tragisora is a council of some of the strongest and most influential magic users across most of Dliharia. 13 of these members have permanent seats and these are the most powerful and influential of all the members. 12 of them represent the magic users that reside in a specific country each that have all accepted the Council as a power above the law and with influence over the country's politics. The last permanent member is the Head of the Council who is responsible for making sure that the Council stays powerful and in one piece, as well as making sure its members don't step too far out of line.

## Members

### Head of the Council Cevriks Tragsuva

Main article: Cevriks Tragsuva
The current Head of the Council and possibly the longest incumbent of the position is Cevriks Tragsuva. He has been the Head for about 700 years but a member of the Council for under a thousand.

### Fraxha's Temporary Seat Torbyn Orve

Main article: Torbyn Orve
Torbyn, being one of the two temporary Seats, has been tasked with establishing the Councils presence in Fraxha in order to expand their influence and get a grip on the authorities there.

### Former Members

#### Old Coward

Main article: Old Coward
The former Head of the Council which she held for a couple hundred years. She handed the position of Head to Cevriks some 800 years ago. Her current status is unknown

## History

### Formation

The Council was originally made up of the royal mages from the Alliance of Tragisora from over 2000 years ago. At this point the members of the Council were 9, each of them representing their respective nations in the Alliance. Not much else is known about the Council from this time, just that about 300 years after the formation the Alliance of Tragisora fell apart but the royal mages decided to desert from their countries and continue with the Council to further their interest regarding magic development and research.

### Early Independence Era

In the early days after the mages left their own countries and began operating the Council as an independent organisation. It operated similarly to how it did as a part of the Alliance, researching and developing magic.

### Late Independence Era

Not much is either known about the first millennium after the Council became independent, with the only information being about a couple of the previous Heads of the Council. The Head of the Council immediately prior to Cevriks was an old mage who joined the Council soon after it's independence and became the Head more than a thousand years ago and held the position for a couple hundred years before passing it on to Cevriks around 800 years ago. This mage, only know by the nickname "Old Coward" by Cevriks, was considered a powerful mage during her rule but is said to not be able to compare to some of the more powerful members of the Council in recent history.

This period also began seeing a decrease in an interest from the Seats to research and develop magic, as well as keeping the mages in their respective jurisdictions under control. They instead began trying to use their power and position in the Council for personal interests.

### The Council under Cevriks

During the last 800 years the Council has seen an increase in powerful magicians among its ranks, but also a decline in the prestige it once had in the magic community. The Seats have only become more self-absorbed with time and now only contribute to the Council when Cevriks forces them to, and even then they are quite uncooperative. Some Seats, such as Hevalsta, have even outright refused and gone against the Head's orders from time to time.

This unruly nature of the current Council, as well as all Seats coming from a background as combat mages and none originally being scholarly mages, has made their reputation worse with time. It has gone so far that many magical academies in Dliharia, as well as many magical tutors, outright detest the Council and their abuse of power, and they make sure to teach their students that it is a home of ruffians and low-life mages.