Lord Hugo Mandrake

Lord Hugo Mandrake is one of the main antagonists in The Dragonsdome Chronicles. He is the Grand Master of the Sorcerers Guild.

He takes a keen interest in Darcy de Winter's progress in the Royal Household Guard (the II Unicorn regiment), and promised him a golden unicorn stallion.

He parles with the hobgoblins, and makes them unite, further weakening the SDS's progress against the hobgoblins.

Quote from Lucinda Hare's Blog
"The Lord Hugo Mandrake, ArchMage and Grand Master of the Sorcerers Guild, childhood friend and mentor to young Rufus DeWinter. Handsome, charismatic, charming; he is the greatest sorcerer of his generation and the youngest ever Grand Master of the ruling Sorcerers Guild. As such he is one of the most powerful men in the Seven Sea Kingdoms, next only to the Commander of the SDS, and the Queen herself. Women are bewitched by him, men tell him their secrets. But unbeknown to them all, he is also a WarLock, a practitioner of arcane Maelstrom magic, forbidden since the Mage Wars almost destroyed the Seven Kingdoms. For this man has dark ambitions and powers that no one has dreamt of, and treachery stirs at the very heart of the Sorcerers Glen. He has failed once before...he will not do so again...for the hobgoblin tribes have united and are his to command..."