A first-born Jana'ata noble on the planet Rakhat, Ira'il is outranked by the powerful Kitheris. He witnesses Supaari VaGayjur kidnap his doomed daughter from the Kitheri compound in Inbrokar City and informs Hlavin Kitheri, whom he accompanies from his Galatna Palace exile in order to attend the birth. Ira'il greatly admires Hlavin's singing and verse, having no musical talent himself and existing on the fringes of the artistic community. He is flattered to be invited to the event. Hlavin reveals to Ira'il that Supaari has killed his two older brothers who stand in his way to power, before adding Ira'il to the list of victims of the massacre that he orders.