Shaman caste

The Shaman caste is the whole of the Charr Shamans of the Charr legions and is the current leaders of the Charr, headed by Hierophant Burntsoul. They have forced the other Charr to bow to them and rule over them with an iron fist, using their fiery gods and the promise of more power to maintain control over the four High Legions.

History
It is unknown how long the Shaman caste has existed, as the earliest knowledge is from two-hundred years ago, when the Charr were seeking gods, the Burnt Warband discovered the beings known as Titans and brought them back as gods. At first only the Shamans of the Flame Legion followed them, but the Shamans of the other High Legions eventually agreed to worship the Titans as gods. When Bathea Havocbringer refused to worship the new "gods", the Shamans had her executed and as punishment prevented all female Charr from fighting in combat.

For over 200 years, the Shaman caste ruled over the other Charr alongside the Flame Legion, until the Flameseeker Prophecies came to pass and their Titan gods were defeated by humans. With the Titan downfall, their stranglehold on the rest of the Charr was weakened and various Charr, such as Pyre Fierceshot, began to rebel against the Shaman caste. To regain some of their power, they tried to force a new set of "gods," the Destroyers, upon their race. This failed quickly due to the Destroyers attacking all life, and Hierophant Burntsoul was killed by Pyre's warband and humans of the Ebon Vanguard. Pyre and his warband then began a rebellion against the Shamans.