Ariqun

Ariqun
Race	Kossith
Gender	Male or Female
Title	Ariqun
Related	Arigena, Arishok

Background

One of the Triumvirate, the three pillars/leaders of the Qunari, leader of the priests. The Qunari priests and by extent their leader the Ariqun, represent the soul, just as the Arishok represents the body and the Arigena represents the mind of the Qunari. Ariqun can be male or female.

Ariqun commands the following branches of the Qunari priesthood:

• The Tamassrans (a female gender role), who control the Qunari selective breeding program, raise all the children and officially assign their roles. The Tamassrans wield a huge amount of influence.
• The Ben-Hassrath (can be both males and females), who primarily act as religious law enforces, and "re-educate" both the unruly Qunari and new converts. They also act as the Qunari spies.