Prince Zahamara

Cielcin prince and original settler of the worldship Echidna, entombed there for over 40,000 years. Stood nearly eight feet tall and adorned with rune-scored silver bands, opals, amethysts, and emeralds. Body preserved in vacuum: void-boiled flesh, silver-ringed armor, and a long rope of white hair growing from the skull base to feet. Displayed posthumously on Forum as propaganda for Imperial supremacy over the Cielcin. His tomb contained no artwork, only calligraphic script, supporting Imperial claims that Cielcin do not create art, only language or record.

Imperial scholars believe Zahamara and its priestly attendants, whose remains were discovered in the Great Tomb, worshipped the relic known as THE HAND, sealed deep within the worldship. Their reverent postures and tomb arrangements suggest the Hand was an object of veneration, possibly divine within early Cielcin religious systems.