Thorondor “Ian” Caladharas is the 18 year old heir to one of the first of the Merchant Houses. An intelligent, independent teenager; Ian has a tendency towards irreverence and and frustration. In all honesty, he doesn’t care what his grandfather says he is heir to, he just wants to have a normal life. Or at least as normal a one as possible. (As my skills improved I made some revamps to this characters appearance to reflect aging and such as well. The top picture is how he is currently modeled. )
Moira Mebhe is Taioseach of the House of the same name. Originally based out of Amonson-Lancaster City, most of her House was wiped out in the nuclear incident that devastated the island.
This lady (who chooses to remain nameless) is professional assassin who hails from the city of Naglorond. She does most of her work for private citizens since the end of the House Wars, where she was responsible for the deaths of a number of House personnel.
The handle she is currently using is “Targeter” All that is known about her so far is that she was a child prostitute in Naglorond who killed her way out of the business , and decided to never put her fate in the hands of another ever again.
“It’s our one true advantage. We have people we can trust.”
That right there is why he played the “coup card”, the Old Guard could in no way be trusted. This is definitely a spook/cold war. However, we all knew that already, non?
According to a blog I follow this was one of the strengths the Allies had and the Axis didn’t in World War 2. The Allies got together and told the Soviet Union, “We’ll send you trucks and support stuff. You focus on destroying Hitler on land.” The US had Sonar, the UK had radar and we swapped technologies.
On the other hand, the axis powers didn’t entirely trust each other or communicate. Pearl harbor was a surprise to Hitler for example and Germany’s non-aggression pact with the Soviets (which Germany broke early on) really ticked off Japan.
Another advantage they have is that Ian, Targeter and their top people are not reactive; they won’t leave the initiative to the other side. Their enemy will try to keep them off balance by provoking them, but Miko in particular doesn’t play that game. She sees feints for what they are and uses them as data points to anticipate what’s really going on.
That right there is why he played the “coup card”, the Old Guard could in no way be trusted. This is definitely a spook/cold war. However, we all knew that already, non?
On the other hand, the axis powers didn’t entirely trust each other or communicate. Pearl harbor was a surprise to Hitler for example and Germany’s non-aggression pact with the Soviets (which Germany broke early on) really ticked off Japan.