Eiru Berenar

Eiru Berenar is the current Lord Chancellor of the Ethuveraz, and husband of Anzhevo Berenaran.

Personality
Eiru was a decisive man. He was also compassionate and pragmatic, and helped Maia when Maia needed it. He could also be highly critical, such as when he noted his opinion on the current Marquess Ceredel's lack of wisdom.

Anzhevo noted that he was happiest and thrived when working on thorny problems.

Life
Eiru married Anzhevo, and together they had children, who eventually grew into adulthood and left home. At some point, Eiru became the Witness for the Treasury on the Corazhas. He was “one of the five Lords Treasurer, only one step down from the Lord Chancellor.”

After Maia had been emperor for a short while, Eiru noted that Maia lacked knowledge he needed to govern, and Lord Chancellor Uleris Chavar was not supplying it. Eiru requested a private audience with Maia, where he offered to help educate Maia. They began meeting weekly.

When the Corazhas met to decide Maia's future empress, Eiru supported Csethiro Ceredin.

When Maia's marriage contract with Csethiro was being negotiated, Maia consulted with Eiru, and Eiru noted that the Marquess Ceredel was likely afraid of Maia, given the Ceredada's past experience with Varenechibel IV after Arbelan Drazharan's relegation, which nearly bankrupted the family.

After Sheveän Drazharan and Uleris' attempted coup, Maia successfully proposed Eiru to replace Uleris as Lord Chancellor, which was accepted, as Eiru was "universally respected". The Corazhas agreed within an hour, and Eiru was sworn in. He then went to go untangle the snarl that was the Lord Chancellor's office. He was replaced as Witness for the Treasury by a younger, timid man.

Eiru had not emerged from the office by the time the Clocksmiths' Guild of Zhaö made their presentation to the Corazhas.

During the ball to welcome Maru Sevraseched, the Great Avar of Barizhan, to the Court, when Maia had to leave to visit Aro Danivaran's deathbed, Csevet spoke with Eiru, who ensured that nothing would go amiss due to Maia's absence.

Eiru sent Maia a message on Maia's 19th birthday, which included birthday wishes as well as a summary of Eiru's discoveries while mopping up the Lord Chancellor's office, concerning incompetence and corruption, and the pointless delay on the investigation into the destruction of the Wisdom of Choharo due to Uleris' prejudice. Eiru asked for Maia's patience. When Csevet noted that Captain Volsharezh did Orimar's work in the Courier General's office while Orimar wasted away time, Maia asked Csevet to send his name to Eiru, so as to not clear away the good with the bad.

Meanwhile, Anzhevo Berenaran was in the midst of “moving the Berenadeise household from the apartments they had occupied for thirty years to the apartments which came with the Lord Chancellor’s office.” Overall, he was the happiest he'd been in his work since his children were small.

After Eshevis Tethimar attempted to murder Maia at the Winternight Ball, Csevet and Eiru worked to restore order. Eiru was involved in keeping the number of people involved in the arguments over what to do afterward low. After Captain Vizhenka reported that he'd seen Eshevis speak to Count Solichel, Count Pazhis Nethenel and Mer Reshema, and Dach'osmer Odris Ubezhar, and Csevet and Maia revealed that Thara Celehar had discovered a connection between the Tethimada and the destruction of the Wisdom of Choharo, Eiru was bewildered, and demanded to know why Maia hadn't shared this information earlier.

While Maia went to check on his nephew and nieces in the nursery, Captain Verer Orthema got into an argument with Eiru: Verer wanted to arrest all the Tethimada in the Court, as well as the men Vizhenka identified, while Eiru could not countenance it without Maia's direct order. Maia sided with Eiru. Eiru attended the questioning of Pazhis, Reshema, and eventually Odris. When Maia noted that Pazhis was oddly nervous, Eiru voiced his disapproval of Pazhis' open involvement with his lover, Reshema. When Odris noted he "had nothing to do with it! It was all Eshevis' idea!", Eiru asked what he was referring to: the attempted assassination of Maia, or the assassination of Varenechibel IV? This made Odris panic and attempt to flee. He was detained, and spilled everything he knew. When Maia eventually asked if it was all right if he left, Eiru told him, "Please, go and sleep", and stayed behind to continue listening to Odris' revelations.

Eiru began to establish innocence as well as guilt, and advised Medo Ubezharan to seek a divorce so as to not fall with her husband, and sent Maia a summary of the investigation after Maia awoke. He later arrived in person to explain that while Eshevis intended for Varenechibel IV, Nemolis Drazhar, Nazhira Drazhar, and Ciris Drazhar to die, Eshevis intended it after Eshevis was married to Vedero Drazhin, and the bomb on the Wisdom of Choharo was intended as practice, to see if such a thing could be hidden, but the Curneisei changed their plans and placed the actual bomb on the Wisdom of Choharo, before Eshevis had even signed a marriage contract with Vedero. Eshevis had intended to become Idra Drazhar's regent, and the noble members of the Tethimadeise Conspiracy seemingly forgot Maia existed or thought he was a non-entity. When Maia took over quickly, denied Eshevis' attempts to marry Vedero, and the investigation was ongoing, Eshevis felt trapped and blamed Maia for everything, which led to the

Skills
Eiru was a good and patient teacher.

Csevet Aisava
Eiru seemed to have a pleasant relationship with Csevet, and they often worked together on different problems, particularly when it came to helping Maia.

Lord Deshehar
Eiru frequently supported Deshehar in the Corazhas.

Lord Isthanar
Isthanar was often at jealous odds with Eiru in the Corazhas.

Maia Drazhar
Eiru “expected no favors in return" for his teachings, and he had not the slightest hesitation in disagreeing with his emperor, either in private or in the Verven’theileian. But he was never offended when Maia’s opinion did not march with his own. Of all the Corazhas, Berenar was the one Maia trusted most to be able to see beyond the self-interest and rhetoric that filled the Verven’theileian like fog.” Maia supported him becoming the Lord Chancellor, and they grew to have a warm and even playful relationship.

Uleris Chavar
Eiru seemed to disapprove of Uleris' out of touch way of handling - or not handling - his duties as Lord Chancellor.

Quotations

 * To Maia: “A lack of knowledge is a remediable problem".
 * To Csevet: “We see quite clearly that, through no fault of his own, the emperor lacks the knowledge he needs, and we thought that, having spent much of our life at court, we could supply the deficit.“
 * “Berenar looked startled, then something illuminated his face that Maia shied away from understanding.”

Trivia

 * Eiru has a personal secretary, who sometimes converses with Csevet.