The High King

The High King is the Great Sea's Creator. It is generally accepted to reference the High King as male, but in actuality the High King is a spirit, and so without gender.

The High King does not enter directly into any of the existing novels, although reference is made to him in a variety of ways. As of this posting, I can think of only one instance in which the High King speaks directly to anyone, and that is in a book which has yet to be written, so it may not even happen.

Although vocally absent, the sense remains that the High King is still very interested in what transpires in and on the Great Sea. Certainly he has the power to intervene however he wishes. It is to be assumed that he does, but that his methods of intervention are so intertwined with the natural course of events on the Great Sea it is difficult, if not impossible, to know when something took place by reason of intervention or simply as a matter of course.

This 'detachment', as it were, is necessary to the presentation of Swords of Fire. The characters who struggle through their lives must be seen to resolve their conflicts through natural means. No 'miracles' will aid them. (At least, none which are not of their own devising.) But as stated earlier, the High King is very interested in what transpires in and on the Great Sea.