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Hrathen was [[Fjordell]], and like other followers of [[Shu-Dereth]] he viewed [[Aonic]] magic as "heathen".{{book ref|Elantris|12}} Many people in Fjordell did not even believe that seons exist.{{book ref|Elantris|12}} Hrathen always believed that they are real, but he had several misconceptions about them, including an assumption that they were created by [[Elantrian]]s.{{book ref|Elantris|12}} Hrathen ascended the ranks of the Derethi church and became one of twenty gyorns, high priests that directly served [[Wyrn (title)|Wyrn]] [[Wulfden the Fourth]].{{book ref|Elantris|5}} He was shocked to learn that Wyrn and the other gyorns each had a seon that they used for communication, and had to be convinced by Wyrn over a period of several years that their use by the Derethi was justified.{{book ref|Elantris|12}} It is not known how the Derethi church originally obtained the seons.