power behind the throne

(person) by Frater 219 (5.3 y) Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:32:37
Eminence grise. Court wizard. Kingmaker. Cardinal Richelieu. Tremere.

Someone who is not overtly in political power but who controls or directs the actions of a puppet or figurehead who ostensibly has the power.

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