Almecho of the Oaxatucan was the Warlord of Tsuranuanni during the Riftwar. He was an old friend of Tecuma of the Anasati. His First Adviser was Kaleska. A stocky man of considerable pride and temper, even for a Tsurani. Almecho was one of the few Lords in the Empire with both the power and the intemperate nature to touch off an open clan war. The Emperor's voice within the Empire, the conspiracies and the setbacks of the Game of the Council and the rival factions beneath him offered him much enjoyment