The Divan Ring

The Divan Ring is an organisation of the only open sorcerers on the realm of Nekara. These sorcerers rose to prominence in the wake of the Selic Civil War, which lasted from xxxxxxx to xxxxxxxx on the Jened calendar. They did this by aligning with the GodKings and placing themselves at their service. Most of these magicians had been kept at the Tern Island prison, and freed by the GodKings themselves.

The Divan Ring is comprised of twelve Shan (mages there from the inception of the Ring) and less than a hundred subordinate mages.

The magic of the Divan Ring is that of ophidiaturgy, the manipulation of snakes. This is done by using a corruption of Shayshan known as Syseris. Divan mages use tattoos cut into their flesh to channel the pulsing, adamant energy of Shayshan into the slithering vibrations of Syseris. This is the only known example of an Element's emotional and physical behaviour being altered to the point of a new magic being created. Syseris retains the ability of domination that Shayshan possessed, and in fact is a more subtle and malleable form of domination.

Importantly for sea travel and trade, the Divan mages can dominate the minds of Oroborian offspring, the giant serpents that on rare occassion rise from the deep and wreak havoc. The same applies to the Namagae, however they do possess sorcery of their own to combat it.

No Divan mages survived the drowning of Nekara as far as is known in Volume 4.