Valley Alliance Tower: Raucus.
Raucus holds a number of positions of influence in the Valley dating back to the time when the people of the 'Valley' lived in the village on the old plane (now conquered by the Empire) from which we fled to Orin Rakatha.
Raucus is the Head of the Valley Alliance Tower and bears its status to the central isle at the Time of Reckoning. He is also the Head of the Valley Congress (tower ruling council), and stands on the Primus (executive body of the Congress) representing the Neutral Power Sects, as well as being the chairman. He is the Head of the Grey Path Sect, is a senior Sorceror in the Grey School (and was its guildleader for a time), and is also the Village Elders leader. (the Village Elders being those who look after the non-adventuring folk of the Valley and other domestic affairs such as catering etc.)
Raucus is an accomplished Sorceror, but his main area of expertise is in Power use. He is the head of the Grey Path Sect but is also regarded as the honorary head of both the Grey Gauntlet and the Grey Wardens, with the respective guildleaders both looking up to him.
Raucus is a large man with long hair and beard. Despite his various positions he wears simple robes normally of brown, green or grey. He rarely wears jewelry yet is rumoured to possess a massive collection of items, spawning the rumours of the infamous 'Raucus's Warehouses'. Certainly he has several items of significance attributed to his personal ownership that have been lent to Valley groups in the past. As far back as records go Raucus has been the Valley leader; first the Village and then the Valley Alliance. No one can remember a time when he was not leading in his own fashion. At the time of the War with the Dark Brotherhood he was an inspiration and formed a war council that was the forerunner to the present guildleader system. He was supported in this by Rol Syrith the White Wizard and the 'Valley Druid' both now dead, and also by the Steel Brothers (Faldor and Lazarus), Avalon, and Galadrin (all now Guildleaders), as well as several other well known Valley figures. It was during this war that Raucus was possessed by the Neutral Sphere and for a short period became the Grey Oracle representing the Sphere of Law.
His leadership style is very much that of a man of the people, getting right down to the level of 'the public' and never assuming airs and graces. Raucus has the ability to get on with people of all levels and backgrounds and uses this to arbitrate many disagreements. Despite his widespread popularity he has had his hard times. Charged with manipulating the voting system and underhand dealings he was forced to flee the Valley. Here his habit of dealing with people personally came to use and he called on new friends to shelter him, staying in one of the larger Reader Merchant Houses.
It was later revealed that many of the charges against him were in fact set up by the traitor Prince Sardonyx in his attempt to split the Alliance and take over the Valley Tower leadership. Sardonyx had singled Raucus out as a king pin that held the Alliance together but the underlying fact revealed was that Raucus would go to great lengths to protect what he perceived as the Valley System, through its Alliance.
The Goblin King holds Raucus in high regard and in recent times has looked to him to uphold the goblin rights issue, which Raucus did his best to do. However as the Alliance grows it has been noted by many that Raucus is finding it hard to keep on top on the work that is being created. His style of personal dealings do not lend themselves to delegation and this has allowed others to exert more of their influence over issues in the Valley Tower.
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