'''Varuk Mai''' (full title: ''Varuk Mai, Preserver of the Throne, Cleanser of the Impure, Savior of the Sickly, Cellular Apex''; often condensed to ''Varuk Mai, Cellular Apex'') is a pioneering geneticist, and the founder and leader of the [[Iridium Throne]]. As a matter of faith and law, eir genome is enshrined as the most perfect specimen possible, and thus the Throne has been led by clones of Mai since its inception.
 
'''Varuk Mai''' (full title: ''Varuk Mai, Preserver of the Throne, Cleanser of the Impure, Savior of the Sickly, Cellular Apex''; often condensed to ''Varuk Mai, Cellular Apex'') is a pioneering geneticist, and the founder and leader of the [[Iridium Throne]]. As a matter of faith and law, eir genome is enshrined as the most perfect specimen possible, and thus the Throne has been led by clones of Mai since its inception.
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[[File:Varuk_Mai.png|300px|thumb|right|A Bureau of Hagiography-approved portrait.]]
    
== Early Life ==
 
== Early Life ==
 
''(Note: This section was provided by the Iridium Throne's [[Bureau of Hagiography]], on the condition that it run completely unaltered lest this archive be sentenced to Damnatio Memoriae.)''
 
''(Note: This section was provided by the Iridium Throne's [[Bureau of Hagiography]], on the condition that it run completely unaltered lest this archive be sentenced to Damnatio Memoriae.)''
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