: He founded the Nine. It was probably his tradition that
: there be nine Avatara at any given time.
He didn't found The Nine. He founded the Avatara. And about there being nine Avatara at a time doesn't seem right.
: "The Nine" is what you call the Avatara, at
: least when there are nine of them. If there is a group
: called "The Nine" in existance at the point
: in history your story takes place, there cannot be an
: Avatara who is not one of their numbers.
: Being an Avatara isn't like being a Berserk or something,
: a member of a race; it's like being "the
: Emperor" or "the King". There were a
: lot of people called "the Emperor", but only
: one of them at a time. Likewise, there are only nine
: Avatara at a time, but the nine that we know from the
: most recent times are not the only Nine that have ever
: been The Nine.
The Nine were Avatara but they were the only Avatara left at this point. I doubt it that Mazzarin would only allow to have only nine Avatara at a time. That seems unfair. A club that only allows a certain number nine? Avatara are just a group of the most powerful mages, sorcerers, etc. that were called Avatara for following a certain list of rules like don't use your power for evil. They taught each other to become greater and become Avatara if they were powerul enough. For all we know the Avatara were probably once a greater number than nine. Just that after time they die or get killed maybe by the Dark the way Mazzarin was with The Watcher. Or maybe not that many were joining them as before.
-Pyro
