Head House Wizard

The Head House Wizard is, theoretically, the most powerful magic-user in the House, a position usually held by a male. This position is never held by an alchemist or bard. Some matron mothers choose to fill this position with pliant, weaker magic-users, or personal favourites.
Traditionally, the Head House Wizard reports directly to the Matron Mother (wise matron mothers do not have him report to anyone else or allow any other to interfere with his work) and is in charge of coordinating the available spell rosters of all the House's Wizards (usually the Noble Wizards are excluded), assigning spell rosters among the guards (in coordination with the House Weaponmaster and any guard commanders), maintaining the House's library of spells and ensuring it's as complete as possible (traditionally meaning it includes a master copy of every spell any magic-user in the House has access to), and arranging the House's magical defenses, including House defense glyphs as well as any enchantments the House insignia born by all Noble members may possess. Because of these last two requirements, Houses find it impractical to have a Head House Wizard of less than 12th level so they will hire one as soon as possible if they lack this level of magical talent. Houses that cannot do so are considerably weakened by this fact.

Source of Authority

Matron Mother

Current Holders

• Nytrag Xiltiiryn
• Veldrin Yauntyrr
• Zesniss Vral

Reports directly to

Matron Mother

Related Organizations

• House Yauntyrr
• House Xiltiiryn