"A plague that cannot be cured is a plague that must be purged" -Darko Maal's motto

Darko Maal is a type of caster tamer of the flame, using their spells to purge the uncurable diseases, though made up of sphynxians, they have armies of servants to tend to their needs and unwind

These servants are often gathered from survivors of encounters with these plagues or recruited from places of peril and desperation like extreme poverty, very rarely are recruited the common way, hiring their services with coin or goods.

Darko Maal's servants do the menial task to allow for his/her Darko Maal caster to focus on training and purging, they cook, clean and tend to its Darko Maal's needs, relation from Darko Maal and servants vary from group to group, some Darko Maal see their servants as just that, servants, others see their servants as lesser beings that serve a higher purpose, some even see their servants not as such, but as lovers or even as family, for some servants are taken as sole survivors of encounters with plagues when they were just new born or young kids, so it varies from Darko Maal to Darko Maal.

In this instance, this Darko Maal seems to have a loving relationship with her Zebran servants, she rescued them from the death plague, however, their village was taken fully by the plague, warriors without purpose, she gave them a purpose, for now they serve her and care for her needs while also performing security and guarding duties for the near villages, its deal they seem to have grown quite fond of...