Muzawar Flatteur

Muzawar Flatteur is a Loa who is worshipped in the domain of Raba in the Wartorn Cluster. He belongs to the Loa Mutasawil, but has secured a place for himself among the Loa ap Mache.

In the mythology of Raba, Muzawar Flatteur used to be a bard in the court of Mlik Clochard, singing to praise his king's decisions, traveling across the north to announce his decrees. He kept the records of his lord's reign and monitored the finances of his pantheon. At times, he would forge records or greatly embellish the achievements of his lord and that lord's vassals, for such was the lot of the minstrel. Then came the Great Invasion and the fall of the northern pantheon.

With the fall of the order that had sheltered him, Muzawar Flatteur showed his true colours. For centuries he had submitted forgeries to the high gods when his lord demanded it, but he had kept a record of everything that was held back and had skimmed off the top, amassing a tidy fortune. Using these riches, he bought himself a place among the Loa ap Mache, abandoning his tribe to secure a place of comfort for himself. In the current age, he acts as a scribe for King Azale, whose temperament and subtlety suit him much better than Mlik Clochard's character ever did.

In the current age, Muzawar Flatteur is the patron of scribes, secretaries and bookkeepers, but also of confidence tricksters, thieves and scam-artists of all kinds. He is disdained by northern refugees as one who abandoned their cultural heritage, but the people of the coast tend to praise him for being flexible enough to see the way of the future.

Appearance

Muzawar Flatteur is depicted as a native of Raba, dressed as a scribe from the foreign lands. He is small for a man of Raba, and tends to walk with shoulders hunched and his head lowered, making him appear furtive - not to say shifty. He wears fingerless gloves even in the heat of Raba, and constantly carries armfuls of scrolls and books, which contain the spiritual records of both the Loa ap Mache and the Loa Mutasawil - and the forgeries he has created of both.

Statistics

• Alignment: True Neutral
• Domains: Knowledge, Travel, Trickery
• Schools: Enchantment, Illusion, Transmutation