Sahrim

Alternate Names: Prince of Quiet Knives, Lord of Crawlspaces, The Hidden Coin
Circle: Shadow

Symbol: A coin with daggers crossing in front.
Attitude: Neutral evil
Typical everyday influence: Robbers and the Black market
Domains: Crime, smuggling, bribery, blackmail, underground markets, corruption.
Orc male, Yellow predatory eyes
Coarse dark hair shaved on sides with a topknot.
Tusks, small gold and iron piercings reminding of deals struck.

Clever, opportunistic, and quietly amused by systems he exploits. Sahrim sees rules as tools to be bent or broken. He is personable in a disarming way, which makes him effective at building networks. He doesn’t view himself as evil, he is just realistic about how people behave. His flaw is that he underestimates the damage of long-term corruption.

What he thinks of the others

Aurelion “He builds the kind of rules people love to break. Honestly, I’d be out of a job without him.”
Seressa “She’s too kind for her own good. People like me survive because people like her keep giving.”
Calethar “He writes everything down like that’ll stop anything. All it really does is make it easier to know what needs erasing.”
Elyndra “She patches people up so they can go get hurt again. I don’t know whether to call that noble or convenient.”
Thalen “He’s always in the way, solid as stone. Doesn’t mean there aren’t cracks, you just have to be patient enough to find them.”
Myria “She’s chaos with a smile, and I can respect that. Difference is, I know exactly what my chaos is for.”
Orenna “She grows things slow and steady. Not much room for me there, so I wait until something starts to rot.”
Lioren “They let things fall apart so they can ‘balance’ later. Makes my work easier, honestly.”
Varkos “Now there’s someone who takes things personally. Every coin I move feels like it offends him, which makes it all the more fun.”
Velistra “She plays the same game I do, just dressed up nicer. Still, she thinks she’s above it, and that’s where she slips.”
Zevar “He’s the real thing: quiet, careful, effective. We don’t step on each other’s work if we’re smart.”
Nythra “She’s bad for business. Hard to run anything when everyone’s being dragged through a trial.”
Kaeth “He’s worse than Nythra. He shuts everything down and calls it order. You don’t work around him, you wait him out.”
Nhal “He’s the one you can’t bargain with. Doesn’t matter what you’ve got, when it’s time, it’s time.”