Another villain character from 'Ordera'. He's called a zara. They appear as demonic, hermetic and hermaphrodite at first glance and are extremely intelligent speakers. Here's a paragraph from the book where Shivarka discusses with a sangrae composer (young wizard) Kifu, while being detained and wounded by Kafko.

"Can i ask you something, Taurus?"

Zara opened his skewed eyes and slithed his long tongue out quickly between thin lips. His throat felt dry and he was out of strenght.. and because of the curse Kafko casted, there was nearly none of the chances for recovery.

”Only if it's something to do with your future violent death, mousey.”

Kifu snorted. ”I'm not so sure about that., but who knows.. can you see the future? Since you're demons and such..”

”I'm a zara, not some trivial demon. Same as talking to a wooden head about anything, since each of you are such morons.”

”I'm sorry. I won't call you like that ever again. I couldn't have done nothing to stop what Kafko did. He always does something like that.. something vicious. I don't want to make anyone angry, especially not a dem.. zara. I only want to know what's happened to my friend. I don't care about anything else anymore.. I wish that you'd..--”

”You must be talking about Raeson Haverth? Oh he's on his way towards the heart of Hell. Or then he's stuck on a pole and someone is pecking his rotting eyes out."

Kifu glanced at him in disbelief and sneered with amusement: ”Well at least there's no limits to your theatricality. First of all, I don't believe in Hell. Those who think such delusion exists are loosing an awfully lot of real substance about the world.”

Shivarka laughed very loudly and cordially, until asked: ”Do you then rather believe in life after death?”

This conversation started to feel more and more uncomfortable to Kifu. You couldn't discuss anything else than about death, torment and Hell with a zara. No matter he'd reply, he's just laughing and mocking him back anyway.

”What did you mean by that? I'd rather choose to believe in something else? Does it matter that much?” Kifu asked, being slightly annoyed.

 Zara just sighed and shook his head in exhaustion.

"You thought even I was a fable, slackminded boy. I can see inside your mind easily as watching a starry sky in bright moonlight. Everything can be seen with bare eyes, but you don`t even try to pass beyond your own stupidity. You`d be surprised what lies out there.. there can be whole worlds which you don`t want to look upon. However they see you the moment you close your eyes! Hahahaha!"

After this been said, Shivarka didn`t speak further that night.
Kifu couldn`t sleep at all. He watched the zara and tried to resolve his mixed and frightened thoughts.

Was Rei in such a place what Shivarka had mentioned? It just can't be..."