Sult

The white-robed Arch Lector who runs the Inquisition and Glokta, until he overreaches.

Last updated 27 October 2026

Arch Lector Sult is the head of the King's Inquisition and a member of the Union's Closed Council, the bitter rival of High Justice Marovia. A tall, white-haired man in his sixties who dresses in immaculate white, he is clever, greedy and manipulative, and he is Sand dan Glokta's master for most of the First Law trilogy.

Quick Facts

Title: Arch Lector of the King's Inquisition
Council: The Closed Council
Rival: High Justice Marovia
Status: Deceased

Facts from the source article.

Background

He despises commoners and the newly rich merchant guilds and fights Marovia over everything on the Closed Council. He sets Glokta on the Mercers, sends him to defend Dagoska and afterwards makes him co-Superior of Adua. After the king's heirs die he joins Marovia in voting Jezal dan Luthar onto the throne, expecting a puppet. When Jezal proves less pliable and Glokta less loyal, Sult sends Practicals to kill Glokta during the Gurkish siege while he tries to contact demons at the University; Glokta breaks up the ritual, arrests him for treason and takes his place as Arch Lector.

Source

Text adapted from Sult on the First Law Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.