Grand Mage

Grand Mage
China Sorrows, the current Grand Mage who doesn't have any Elders alongside her.
Group Information
Location	Global
Date Founded	Before the events of Skulduggery Pleasant
Notable Members	Erskine Ravel, China Sorrows, Renato Bisahalani

The Grand Mage is the highest ranked official in each Sanctuary, who leads along with two Elders as part of the Council of Elders. Grand Mages are usually highly respected individuals, either for their power, wisdom, or even their handling of each Sanctuary's affairs.

Grand Mages generally have a rather advanced grasp of their magic, and a wide knowledge of most aspects of the Magical World.

Whenever a new Grand Mage is required, the applicants are merely chosen through a vote out of the more influential members of the Magical World. An exception to this is China Sorrows, who elected herself as a stand-in Grand Mage equivalent when no one else would.

History[]

Before the Sanctuaries existed, there were magical communities. Each of these was ruled by twelve village elders. Each of these twelve would oversee a different aspect of village life, but, when the time came to make important decisions, all twelve votes were counted equally. When the Sanctuaries were established twelve were cut down to three.

They never met with mortal leaders due to a policy of non-interference.