The Ordination of Orthwein was a far less close affair than that of Nostradamus, some six months before. Snowlock, then Guildmaster of the Thieves, had earned the trust and support of the combined forces of the Mages and Enchanters Guild (Garet, Dankworth, Belvadere, Nalek, and Aerynius, to name a few), in addition to the Sorceress Simaril, the Astrologer Xpor and the Seers Derillion and Zakath. His opponent was Zollrender, whose allies were far fewer - only Isildur, Sturm, Conan and Kiall the Sorcerer.
First to hold the amethyst was Zollrender, but not for long, for early on in the ordination quest he paid the price for his lack of leadership and reliance on the wisdom of Isildur. Zakath of the Seers used his seeing stone to force Zollrender indoors, and the amethyst slipped through his fingers. Snowlock was first to regain the stone - and under cover of ritual and fatalism, Snowlock was never again threatened. Though Zollrender, Isildur and Kiall gave tentative pursuit, Snowlock was never troubled by their attentions and while his opponents were left scrapping with the Mages, Snowlock calmly held the amethyst for the allotted time and ascended to immortality without breaking sweat. Thus Ordination V ended with the creation of Ortherin, god of fate.
