Soul Lease

Cold and rigorously analytical, he notices leverage, loopholes, and weakness before emotion. He speaks with measured precision and treats people as assets.

Once the Black Death Magister Lord Etherian von Kronos, he now inhabits the frail body of a slum boy called Reyn. He awakens as his sister seeks a loan for his treatment, and immediately begins calculating how to turn the arrangement to his advantage.

Earnest and persistent, she focuses on practical needs and speaks plainly. Her concern for her brother makes her willing to accept risks she might otherwise question.

Reyn’s younger sister is trying to secure a high-interest temple loan to pay for his treatment. Her unusually pure soul would command a high price on the abyssal black market, though she does not know that Reyn is already assessing her value.

Procedural and commercially detached, he relies on polished language and exact terms to make coercive transactions sound routine.

A temple employee responsible for processing loans, collateral, and registered claim consolidations.

Practical and acquisitive, he measures people by what they can be made to surrender and speaks with the confidence of someone accustomed to controlling small debts.

Dask collects rent and interest across Reyn and Neris’s slum block and holds a registered four-crown claim against Neris.

Exacting and procedural, Pell trusts matching records more than explanations and becomes quietly more demanding when a petitioner proves competent.

A temple examiner assigned to review loan consolidations involving multiple registered claims.

More cautious than Merrit; he watches other people’s reactions before committing and asks direct questions about who can give orders.

Senn worked under Dask’s collection authority and knew the debtors listed in the account schedule.

Practical and income-focused; he watches who controls the payment and asks about his cut before discussing anything else.

Merrit spent two years collecting registered claims for Dask and relied on commissions from the block’s debts.

Practical and guarded, he reads terms closely, asks direct questions about what he risks, and values the tools and work that remain to him.

A precision worker who borrowed against his future potential and fell behind on a Temple-registered claim held by Dask.