It is so funny that in the timeframe between Dwarghen (raz's brother) becoming king and Razareth asking him to lift the curse Razareth has been his primary royal advisor.
Imagine your old, wise king steps down and gives the crown to his very young, pretty impressionable son (20yo). Almost immediately some guy appears out of fucking NOWHERE who always wears long robes, gloves, a hood and a mask and he is the fucking main advisor.
EVERYONE would think Raz is Ultra Shady, but the guy is pretty smart and he advises the king pretty okay? so while everyone is super suspicious of why the fuck does this royal advisor is such a weird, offputing guy, nobody really calls him out on it.
Then, one day, he just gathers up a bunch of people and rents some elementals and fucks off for around 10 years. Everyone forgets this Ultra Shady Guy.
And then he comes back, alone, all fucked up, is revealed to be a half-elemental, has made a pact with BASICALLY SATAN AND TRIES TO DO A COUP AND OVERTHROW THE KING. ALSO HE IS HIS OLDER *BROTHER*
and then also he becomes a martyr of a movement he unknowingly started and a symbol for elemental liberation