Jakarris si'Irthidian

**Jakarris si’Irtihdian** was the last leader of the prewar Augurs before the revolution that deposed them. He is presumed to have died with the other Augurs, but his influence is still felt long after his deposition.

## Description

### Appearance

Jakarris had long, dark hair and pale skin. He was somewhat tall, with a slender physique befitting his noble station.

### Personality

Jakarris was ruthlessly selfish and manipulative, willing to abuse his position of power for his own desires. While some of his actions indicate that he did care for Andarra and its residents, his own survival and well-being was always his first priority.

## History

### Rise to Power

Jakarris' last name indicates he was born to a Minor Andrarran house, making him a noble of some kind. At some point he began to display Augur abilities and was inducted into their ranks, eventually rising to become their leader.

### New Loyalties

Sometime during his rule, Nethgalla made contact with him. Informing him of Tal’Kamar’s plan to seal the rift in Deilannis and the inevitable downfall of the Augurs, she offered him the chance to secure his safety by working for her. Jakarris accepted, with the single goal of self-preservation in mind.

Nethgalla required him to work together with the young Kevran and Elocien Andras to instigate the revolution. This included providing the pair with the tools required to establish Administration, as well as notarizing, then wiping their memories to prove they had not been tampered with. With the preparations complete, Jakarris used his influence to undermine the Augurs’ rule. He started by tampering with their visions, likely with the help of Nethgalla.

Around this time, he made a plan to retrieve an amulet residing in Tol Shen's armoury, which would allow him to eventually survive Tal'Kamar's plan to close the rift in Deilannis. Tarav, the current leader of the Tol, did not break protocol and would not relinquish it to Jakarris, so he set his sights elsewhere. He contacted Iriana Traeleth, the Augurs' Scribe at the time, in order to reach Lyrus Dain, a sig'nari from Tol Shen and Traeleth's secret lover.

He provided them with information about the revolution and indicated which visions could be trusted (he also informed Dain that Traeleth would not survive). This would allow Dain to make sense of the Augur's predictions, gain political clout, and maneuver himself into a leadership position if Tarav died. If the plan worked, Dain agreed to give Jakarris the amulet in exchange for his help.

### The Revolution

As the public began to lose faith in the Augurs, Jakarris prepared to strike. Suggesting that their powers were failing, Jakarris suggested they temporarily go into hiding to discover the source of the issue. While the other twelve Augurs were distracted and concerned with the problem at hand, he killed them all. Around the same time, the Andras brothers successfully defeated the remaining Gifted and established a new system of government.

Meanwhile, Jakarris' plan for Dain did work, but did not fully come to fruition. Tarav was assassinated and replaced by Dain, but the new leader of Tol Shen did not make good on his promise to give the Augur amulet. Frustrated, Jakarris began to plan another scheme to eventually claim it.

Before leaving the capital, he gathered three trusted Gifted that he know would survive the revolution. Trusting them with the knowledge of dangers that would one day face Andarra, he split his memories into three pieces and transferred them over, expecting them to use it to warn others and prepare Andarra's defences.

The clusters of knowledge and their recipients are as follows:

* Knowledge of the Boundary — This went to Taeris Sarr.
* Knowledge of the Darklands — This went to Thell Taranor.
* Knowledge of Andarra's enemies — This went to Nihim Sethi.

### Going Undercover

Aware from the Augurs' visions that Elocien's son, Prince Torin, would be Gifted and eventually become Northwarden, he turned himself into a Shadow to avoid the possibility of falling under Torin's future Oathstone control abilities. It did not affect him in any other way because, as an Augur, he did not need to tap a Reserve in order to wield Essence.

Discarding his old identity, he took the name Scyner for himself. He established a base near the Cyrarium underneath Tol Athian, using his Augur abilities to create a place where only Andarra’s persecuted Shadows could safely form a community. He was admired by the refugees and respectfully recognized with the title of Shadraehin. Unknown to them, he was working under Nethgalla's direction, and his true goal was to keep them safe so they could power the Siphon.

## Activities in *The Licanius Trilogy*

*For more information on Jakarris' life undercover, see Scyner.*
Jakarris continues to serve his master Nethgalla, representing her interests and enacting her plans across Andarra. He does so expecting the promised opportunity to survive Tal'Kammar's closure of the rift.