Viscount Brimford, usually called The Warlock, sometimes known as Laszló. An Easterner and extremely skilled witch who has two familiars, Awtlá and Sireng, which appears to be a unique situation. (They are also his Soulmates.) After proving his value during the restoration of the Dragaeran Empire, Zerika the Fourth granted him his imperial title, also unusual for an Easterner. He and Zerika were lovers before she found out she was to become Empress, and reunited after she had recovered the Orb.