Planetary wizard

The wizard responsible to the Powers that Be for the management and maintenance of a given planet as a whole. Ranks above the Continental supervisory level and below the Cluster/stream supervisory level (or the System supervisory level in star systems where more than one planet harbors sentient life forms of the same general matter-base makeup).

The power levels accessible to a Planetary are tremendous: in AWOM, Mamvish remarks to Nita and Kit that if the Powers that Be needed the Earth destroyed, the Planetary is the one they'd turn to. She also suggests that the Planetary may either control the Earth's kernel, or actually contain it.

The Earth's Planetary during the period beginning with SYWTBAW and ending with AWOM is named Irina: her last name and age are presently unknown. She is apparently of European extraction. (AWAB, et al.)

(See also: Geomancer)