Maior is one of the two sons of Bezenvial, the most infamous tyrant of the Isles of the Dawn, and the twin of Feior. During the attack on his father's fortress by Credas and the other two great wizards of the Triurge, when he was only a child, he was subjected to a magical ritual which put him to sleep for many years. He is the protagonist in the forty-second Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Black Vein Prophecy; and makes an appearance in the forty-seventh book, The Crimson Tide.