Havva Gulen became Imperial High Mage after Tayschrenn's self-imposed retirement. She was described as tall and broad, with matted, unwashed hair and wearing dark, ink-stained robes. Her Warren was High Mockra. "Tayschrenn’s continued unsettling silence and Quick Ben’s desertion to follow Tavore left command of the Imperial Mage Cadre to the completely unknown Havva Gulen - once Archiveress of Imperial Records. A librarian." ―How Havva became Imperial High Mage