Ozmar, was one of the “Initiates of the Higher Grades of Buddhism." There are only three other men in the world who have obtained his level of mastery over the mystic arts. Once a medical doctor and a Count of Rivânia, Ozmar found himself wandering the deserts of North Africa (where he became fluent in Arabic), and eventually, penniless in Gibraltar. He was helped out by the father of Sir Frederick Roy, and the two became good friends.