Ariel Patil, an enigmatic figure who emerged within the Ecclesia over the past three years. Some say his unusually deep knowledge of the scriptures of the religion of the Three Saints has made him remarkable.
At the young age of twenty-five, his knowledge surpasses that of the Ecclesia's current sages, and as such, he became a cardinal at a young age. This has only happened three times in the history of the Ecclesia.
Sasha swallowed hard, recalling what the governor had told her that day:
"He is strangely close to the pope, and some people have seen him walking with the Wanderers."
The Wanderers were very powerful people from the South, far from the Ribamar duchy. Rumors claimed they operated in the shadows of the Calmaria government, though not much was known about them.
