Ainas Tacar

Ainas Tacar was a martial artist, a warrior-mage, and in later sources, the first Hermadiúir, one of the Four Great Mages. Ainas was Tom's key character in the Suijing Cycle. Ainas was raised in a closed school—away from his parents, like an orphanage—where he was trained in escapology, martial arts and covert action, similarly to the pop culture image of ninjas. He also learnt Veremei doctrine, though perhaps an unorthodox variant. Ainas only subsequently learnt magic. By 571 he was known in certain circles as one of the most successful and experimental mages, and he was invited by King Jonathan I to found the line of Hermadiúirs.