::'''Azriel al-Zarar'''
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-->''"We've turned from our ancestors, we've turned from our most ancient traditions, and for what? To allow a foreign clergy conquer our lands? To service the hedonism and ambition of a woman who not only murdered one beloved Sultana of Vanna, but may well be murdering her son as we speak? I will not allow the blight of Adela's reign plague our proud people any more!"''

A frail cleric who is disgusted with his people not following the old ways anymore. He gets his chance for revenge when he's contacted by what appears to be the spirit of the ancient warrior Tronin who grants him incredible powers. He joins the Alliance and openly opposes Adela in the subsequent battle. He doesn't like Khalid that much either, though, because he sees him unworthy to sit on the throne of Vanna. After the siege of Vanna and the exodus to Alent, he becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Sarquil tribes.

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* DrivenByEnvy: She became envious of Razia when Belial chose Razia over her. This led her to murder Razia and exile Khalid.
* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: To Khalid.
* EvilTwin: To her sister Razia.
* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God Save Us From The Sultana]]: She's the head of the sultante during the Vanna storyline and is not a nice person.
* HighPriest: She is the high cleric of the Clergy of Artemicia.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: As mentioned above, her mad love for Belial drove her to desperate actions and began her path to evil. Sadly she and Belial never get to meet after Khalid's exile.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: She kills her twin sister Razia in order to get closer to Belial. When Belial found out about his lover's death, he was not amused.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's a sultana and can kick your ass anytime. There's a reason why the Sarquil males let women rule over them, after all...
* TheUsurper: She killed her twin sister and took over the throne of Vanna while also forcing her nephew to go into exile.
* WaifFu: She looks fragile but is very powerful thanks to her sorcery and mastery of the scimitars.
* WomanScorned: Belial really shouldn't have dissed her in favour of her twin sister. Hell hath no fury...

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Associated tropes:
* CulturedWarrior: Very much so.
* DealWithTheDevil: An interesting example. Azriel is powered up by what he thinks is the famous Sarquil hero Tronin's spirit, but in fact "Tronin" is the demonic Yurius in disguise who is only using Azriel for his own ends.
* DropTheHammer: He uses a war hammer as his main weapon.
* GlassCannon: He can do a lot of damage and perform feats of strength, but his body is still very frail.
* TheGoodChancellor: He becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Sarquil tribes after the previous [[EvilChancellor Grand Vizier Iblis]] has been driven away.
* GoodOldWays: The reason he sides with the heroes to depose Adela is because Adela introduced a new religion which oppressed the old tradition. He wants the good times back.
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-->''"This is nothing personal. It is just business."''

Khalid's mentor and hunchback servant, he often provides the heroes of the Alliance with crucial information about Sarquil culture. However, he turns out to be a mole who had been sent with Khalid in order to gain his trust and use him for his masters' nefarious ends. At first it seems like his superior is Adela but in the end it's revealed that he has doublecrossed Adela as well and is in fact working for Grand Vizier Iblis and the demonic Southern Horde.

Associated tropes:
* BattleButler: He is this to Khalid, mentoring him on the dangers of magic and the usefulness of politics. He can kick ass too; many have underestimated his magic.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to capture the god Shakkan into a shard of Krystallopyr, a feat which few mortals have matched.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: He's pretending to work for the Alliance although he's in league with the Totenkopfs. Then it turns out he's actually a mole working for Adela and the Clergy of Artemicia. And then it turns out that his real master is in fact Iblis--in other words, his ultimate loyalty is to the demons of the Southern Horde, and he's been using every other faction to further his demon masters' agenda.
* KickTheDog: During the battle of Vanna he murders the innocent girl Nalaen once he has no more use for her... just to piss off the heroes, and it leads to his KarmicDeath at the hands of Nalaen's protector Refan later on.
* OldRetainer: He works closely with Khalid although it's just an act to keep up appearances because his true loyalty lies with Iblis.
* SmugSnake: Turns into this after he reveals himself as a triple agent.

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