The Lephs FamilyThe Lephs are the underdogs of Mizahar. Not the valiant, redemption-seeking variety, but the mean-spirited, opportunistic variety. With family spread across several cities, the Lephs operate their shady, dodgy business however they can, making frenemies and spurious connections along the way.
The Father FigureToin Lephs
Pronounced: Toe-in Leffs
Dob:Skills:Charismatic, with a deep, resonant voice, Toin has fathered many children over the years with many women, though Gritta is his true match in the biggest thing that matters to the Lephs: ambition. As a resident of Sunberth, he makes sure he keeps in the relatively good favour of all the gangs. He works as a brewer but his fare is often compared to pisswater, its only virtue being that it
will get you drunk enough to be able to dismiss the terrible taste. As well as providing Sunberth with beer he has many sidelines. Mostly, Toin bends his brain to managing the Lephs and their business in Sunberth and beyond. He collects a small tax from the various branches of the family, so as to provide a measure of wealth for all the members and gradually promote them from drudgery to their true place in the world. As well as this he peddles in petty stolen goods, and runs a small thieving business which usually only employs urchins to pick pockets.
The Stray MotherMama Gritta LephsA crooked woman of Svefra origins, become taxi and smuggler for her extensive family. Gritta has become an old woman now, but she is as full of cunning and
The Opportunistic Eldest SonKlaviston "Klave" LephsKlave is a trader dealing with luxury goods from Riverfall, who occasionally picks up women for slavery purposes to transport to his true hometown of Ravok. Klave desires nothing but an easy life in Ravok surrounded by the treasures and trinkets he so greatly desires, but his younger sister holds him to his family name fiercely, which usually gets him into trouble of some kind.
The Loyal SisterChristine "Chrissie" LephsIntensely loyal, Chrissie believes in her family more than anything else in the world. She 'looks after' Klave, making sure he isn't straying from the path, and truly believes that she and the other Lephs can become rich, famous, and respected across the world. Time hasn't shattered that delusion yet. She works with her brother in his trading business, mainly financing and hiring crews.
UncleMoreston Lephs, otherwise known as Uncle StoneMoreston is brother to Toin, and he is similar in many respects to his sibling. However, whilst Toin's voice is usually raised in good cheer and booming with pleasantries, Uncle Stone rarely uses his own, except to utter the odd scathing remark as he ends another sorry life. He is a mercenary by trade, and a particularly brutal one at that. Younger members of the Lephs family have turned Uncle Stone into something of a horror story, but there are enigmas to the brutal giant. He works wherever the coin takes him, but he always religiously finds time to take back his share of the Lephs family tax.
The Shining SonRuben LephsRuben's father was Toin, but his mother was not the mother figure of the Lephs family, but some poor prostitute that Toin took a fancy to.
