Archmagus

The Archmagus (Phoenician: 至尊法師, : Zhìzūn fǎshī, : Sziszon houszi) is the provost of the Eternal Phare and the seniormost nonhereditary Erudite, serving as a principal head of Infernalism only second in formal authority to the Scion of the Divine Phoenix Ascendant. Formally, the Archmagus is the public representative of the Eternal Phare, serving as the symbolic embodiment and manifestation of the collective authority of all Phares worldwide, responsible for clarifying the collective Erudition of the faith to the Scion in a consultative capacity. In practice, the Archmagus wields substantial spiritual and temporal influence, generally acting as the voice of the Scion in political affairs involving the religion, due to the Scion's traditional non-interventive position in temporal politics (at least publicly).

The Archmagus is elected from and by the Eternal Phare, theoretically recognized as primus inter pares among its esteemed membership. When an incumbent Archmagus either dies or abdicates, the full membership of the Eternal Phare is convoked to assemble at the Transcendant Gee in Fengtianmen, Fengjiang - the heart of the Pyrosphere. Details regarding the electoral process is scarce owing to the traditional obscurity in Infernalist high politics, but it is known that a two-thirds majority is traditionally required to elect an Archmagus.