Torjén

Torjén, known as Arbor Mei in Ingtandel and also referred to as the Lord of Sacrifice and the Eye's Holder, is the patron of the Red Cult and orchestrated the mass slaughter of thousands of Ingtandel people in sacrifice. He became king of the Ai'gyr after murdering the late king Kelmor Styras due to his position as head of the Ai'gyran Council. Torjén was in possession of the Eye of the Creator and used it to entrance the dragon Temeren, using him as a weapon against the people of Ingtandel. Torjén's true motives were to free the Creator and prevent the One Prophecy from occuring, in which the Aquilons would rise from the dust and banish the Other of all influence and power, reducing it to nothing.

Appearance
Arbor Mei is a tall, gaunt man with grey hair and colorless eyes that seemed to change hue depending on his mood. He is described as being as still as stone when he stands. During the end of his reign as king of the Ai'gyr, the skin on his face became sunken and sallow and dark circles developed beneath his eyes.

Before The Aquilon
Torjén was born in the Other but was taken across the Meridian Ocean to the kingdom of the Ai'gyr as an infant, where he was raised by the Issn tribe's Dyneld clan under the strict supervision of the Red Cult, who had infiltrated much of the Issn tribe many years earlier. He was supported by the Red Cult's late leader Jaérand, who had taken on the name Tormen Dyneld when he immigrated to the Ai'gyr to fulfill his duties. Torjén grew up hating the Ai'gyr and Ingtandel for its domination of the Other, which, thousands of years ago, had a true name that was excised from history after the War of the First Age, in which the Other and Ingtandel fought at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives in the name of their gods. He was groomed for leadership and infiltration; he learned the Red Cult's ways, becoming initiated at the age of twelve. He spent much of his life in the Wilds, a few leagues from the Issn city of Adelár and performing "spells" and casting the Omens, which was the Red Cult's secret stream of consciousness thought to tell the future and reveal prophecies.