High Priestess Prayana the 49th is the head of the Church of the Higher Mind, and the most recent in a long succession of High Priestesses. Legend has it, the founder and first leader of the Church was a survivor named Prayana who co-founded Sky Island, helped forge trade alliances with grounder chiefs, and laid the foundations of how society exists today. Every High Priestess chooses her own Successor, and in honor of that first great leader, each Successor takes the name Prayana during the Ceremony of Ascension, when the current High Priestess dies and passes the reigns of leadership.