Lord High Mayor

Westcrown has traditionally been led by a Lord High Mayor (addressed as "your Grace"), of noble blood and named by the House of Thrune. The current Lord High Mayor of Westcrown is Aberian Arvanxi.

Arvanxi is relatively benevolent, compared to other Thrune-appointed Mayors in living memory. He is a good-natured man, a man of passions (he is an enormous proponent and supporter of the theater and The Six Trials of Larazod is his favorite play). He is a devout Asmodean, although does not often find himself in temple. He loves to throw parties, sometimes lasting for days. He is a patron of the arts and, although as Lord High Mayor he is quite used to his word being more or less law, he is content to enjoy the creature comforts of Mayoral privilege, as opposed to exercising political power, which he generally finds boring. This creates significant opportunities between the noble houses for internecine gamesmanship and political infighting.

Previous Lord High Mayors were not nearly so benevolent. Immediately prior to Arvanxi was LHM Dargentu Vheed, a sorceror of note who expanded the Asmodean Knot and used it extensively. Vheed was a cruel torturer, and political Machiavellian, and a sadist known to create horrific tortures and games within the Knot for his own entertainment. He died in the Nessian Spiral (it is assumed; he went in and never came out).

Prior to Vheed, Lord High Mayor's include:

Anvengen Doskivari: first Asmodean Mayor, appointed by the House of Thrune. An engineer, high level Asmodean cleric and devotee of hellish architecture, he is credited with building much of what ultimately became the Asmodean Knot. He disappeared while in the Knot and is widely considered to haunt it.

Norren Betevsk: last Aroden worshipper to hold the office of LHM, he was killed when Arden died and the mayoral mansion was partially burnt in the ensuing riots.