Sterren of Semma

Born: YS 5201, Age: 35

Trade: Politician, Warlord, Gambler, Warlockry

Home: Semma Birth Place: Ethshar of the Spices

Married to Shirrin of Semma

Associated with: Lar Samber's son

Human

Novels and Short Stories The Unwilling Warlord, the Vondish Ambassador, The Final Calling .

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Sterren of Semma was raised in Ethshar of the Spices and attempted an apprenticeship in warlockry which lasted three days before being deemed unfit by his master. Because of his initiation into warlockry he was ineligible to apprentice to another type of magician. He discovered that he had remarkable luck with dice, which would turn out to be an unconscious manifestation of his incredibly weak warlock powers, and as a consequence began pursuing a career as a gambler instead of seeking out a more mundane apprenticeship. There is some indication that it was Sterren's unsuccessful apprenticeship which lead to warlocks recognizing and rejecting apprentices that were dramatically unsuited to the craft.^[1]

In 5220 he was found by representatives from Semma, one of the Small Kingdoms, and informed that he was the hereditary Ninth Warlord of Semma. He was persuaded to travel to Semma and accept the role just as the king manage to aggravate both of Semma's larger neighbors. Sterren then did what anyone raised in the Hegemony of the Three Ethshars with sense would do- he went to hire magicians. Among the group he hired was a warlock named Vond who was very near to being Called. Ultimately Vond would singlehandedly drive off both invading armies before deciding that he wanted to start an empire.

As Vond's empire grew the warlock discovered that he had a taste for conquering, building, and enjoying the fruits of an empire, but not managing it. Consequently he turned to Sterren, one of the few individuals who managed to maintain a real relationship with Vond (in no small part because of Sterren's own apprenticeship as a warlock.) Sterren was given a free hand to set up the governance of the Empire, and managed to do so effectively by establishing a ruling council. In 5221, When Vond was ultimately Called, the council very nearly disbanded and ultimately remained only when Sterren agreed to take the position of Regent, a position he held until the return of Vond fifteen years later.

As the result of Vond's attempts to attune him to the Towers of Lumeth, Sterren gained the ability to transcend his limits and become a more powerful warlock; however, he chose to suppress his abilities, in order to ensure that he would never experience the Calling as Vond had.

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