Armayel the Pure-Devout was a noble and pious man of royal heritage who, alongside Garmayel the Far-Sighted, devised a clever scheme to rescue young men from Zahhak's brain-devouring shoulder-serpents. By infiltrating the royal kitchen as cooks, they sacrificed only one youth per night, mixing his brain with a sheep's brain, and spared the second youth, sending him safely into the mountain wilderness.