Jemar Hez’Azkabah was a mortal man, the thirteenth child of a peasant family who turned their son to the temples to raise him to become a monk or priest, as they could not afford to care for him. He became an adept clerk and was eventually assigned to a great Raja’s granaries. His accurate accounting and forecasting eventually brought him to the Raja’s attention and he was brought within the palace to manage the Raja’s own accounts.
During the Peasant Revolt, one of the complaints was the inconsistent application of laws. With the Raja’s consent, Jemar Hez’Azkabah compiled two great books. The first was a record of all of the statutes and edicts, the first written codification of laws of the Akh’Barad. The second was a set of standards of criminal procedure so that all people arrested, regardless of their rank or stature, or their friendships with those in power, would be treated the same in the criminal courts. This made him enormously popular with the people and the Raja made Jemar his Grand Vizier, but it also made Jemar acquire powerful enemies among the Raja’s warlords.
On an outing with the Raja, the warlords attempted to assassinate Jemar by poison. Though wracked with pain, he did not die. For three days he writhed in agony until a priest of Fah prayed for his release and a bolt of lightning from a cloudless sky struck Jemar and ignited the poison in his veins. Jemar burned from within, floating into the air while screaming in agony. Then suddenly, though still burning from within, he grew calm. Still floating in the air, he called out the names of the men who had poisoned him, and the names of the others who had secretly conspired with them. He called out their other secrets, too – their crimes and misdeeds, their affairs and predilections, even their dark fantasies that they had never spoken aloud. And he called out the more serious crimes of others present, too, though not their more private secrets.
And when he was done, his body was fully engulfed in flames and crumbled into ash. The Raja carefully scooped Jemar’s ashes into a wooden box and built a great temple in Jemar’s honor. It was said that Fah himself elevated Jemar Hez’Azkabah to the level of godhood, and the people prayed to him. It was said that within temples to his honor, no one can knowingly utter a falsehood, and his temples are often also used as courthouses. He became a patron of the people, particularly in the equitable application of laws, but also in particular of the courts.
Domains: Order, Arcana, Knowledge, Light, Peace, Tempest, Twilight
Sects: Akh’Barad ni’Jemar