Cala Athmaza

Cala Athmaza is a dachenmaza and First Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII.

Appearance
When Maia first saw Cala, he “wore a baldric with the Drazhadeise seal, but it looked almost incongruous over his shabby blue robe”. He had remarkably long, bony legs, and was taller than Deret Beshelar, but "gawky as a newborn colt." He had pale blue eyes and wore "thick round-lensed spectacles" that gave him a gentle look, though he also had a "long, high-arched nose. His untidy maza's queue did nothing to flatter him, but he was clearly not the sort of man who would ever care."

Personality
Cala typically has a very pleasant, benevolent look about him when he is working with Maia. He is also polite and diplomatic, and has good insight. Cala's said he's absent-minded.

Life
Cala joined the Athmaz'are and attained the rank of dachenmaza before Varenechibel IV and his nohecharei were killed on the Wisdom of Choharo. At the time, there were few dachenmaza around, so Cala was chosen to be First Nohecharis for Maia.

Deret joined Maia's side shortly before Cala did. Maia took to him far quicker than to Deret. Cala and Deret accompanied Maia to the funeral at the ulimeire, and asked why Maia had attended. When Maia began going through more correspondence in the course of his duties, Cala also helped educate Maia on different topics.

Cala was the first nohecharei to stand guard over Maia while Maia slept, at Maia's request.

The second day that Maia took up residence at the Untheileneise Court, Maia's Second Nohecharei arrived to relieve the First Nohecharei: Lieutenant Telimezh and Dazhis Athmaza. Dazhis was anxious that Cala "not forget to go to sleep."

Cala witnessed Maia answering questions from Lord Chancellor Uleris Chavar as part of Maia's coronation. Maia took Cala and Deret as his companions to his vigil. After Maia's vigil, Cala gave his oath to Maia (along with Deret, Dazhis, and Telimezh) as one of Maia's nohecharei. “They were. . . bound to him until their deaths, and past, for they would be buried with him”.

Sheveän Drazharan and Uleris Chavar talked Dazhis into their employ, promising him that he would become Adremaza after the death of Sehalis Athmaza, and that he would be Idra's First Nohecharis, and used him to knock out Telimezh, and thus allow Sheveän's armsmen to kidnap Maia to Idra's apartments, in an attempt to get Maia to abdicate. Maia bought time for the Untheileneise Guard to arrive and break down to the door to where Sheveän and Uleris were keeping Maia to rescue him.

Skills
As a dachenmaza, Cala was one of a small group of powerful maza able to qualify to be nohecharei for the emperor.

Dazhis Athmaza
Cala and Dazhis seemed to be close: Dazhis worried about Cala taking care of himself. Though this did not extend to Dazhis thinking about what would happen after Dazhis betrayed Maia (Cala's revethvoran). Cala grieved when Dazhis was assigned to commit revethvoran.

Kiru Athmaza
Cala was uncomfortable about Kiru's position as Maia's nohecharei, but vouched for her when Maia was uncertain.

Maia Drazhar
Maia appeared most fond of Cala of all his nohecharei, and was most comfortable with him. Cala was fond of Maia.

Quotations

 * "Nothing can make death easier . . . but silence can make it harder."