Editing Crickets Conundrum:NPCs (section)

==Minions of Darkness==

===Bruno il Veccio di Milani===

''Ghostly Politician''

A ghostly noble politician of Skullstone seeking to make overtures into the Wavecrest Archipelago by any means necessary. Diamond and him have clashed many times over the years. ''We don't talk about Bruno.''

'''Relationships:''' Radiantly Transcendent Diamond (enemy)

===Scalpel Against Flesh and Steel===
''Abyssal Mad Scientist''

An Abyssal obsessed with forgotten technology and the twisted ends it can be turned to.  And the West sure is full of such treasures – sunken and otherwise. Treasures like god-powered warstriders, titan-slaying cannons and walking, talking soulsteel. Every time someone sights her, it’s rumored her appearance always differs – a result of the experiments and implantations she performs on her own body. Said to be working with Kael the Bloody and other such unsavory characters to source more fodder for her warped designs.

Scalpel Against Flesh and Steel is Koa's primary rival for the magitech treasures hidden in the West, and a dark and twisted mirror of his own desires of lost greatness. Her ghoulish band of half-dead scavengers are a favorite target of Koa's blade, and he's exchanged blows with the Abyssal more than once.

'''Relationships:''' Devoid of Due Consideration (enemy), Koa-Mika Kaimana (enemy)

===Tebitha===
''Infernal Sorceress and Healer''
[[File:Tebitha.png|thumb|150px|right|Tebitha]]
Tebitha is an Horizon-caste Infernal Exalt sorceress, who runs a floating asylum for those devoured by the Fair Folk. Koa-Mika and Tebitha crossed paths when they both tried to recover magitech scrap from a watery battlefield south of Wu-Jian. They crossed swords briefly, but were ultimately able to come to an agreement and split the booty. Since then, Tebitha has become a patron of Koa-Mika's forge, supplying a steady stream of orders for artifacts. They also have an on-again/off-again romance, depending on the mood of the focused and mercurial Exalt.
She's doing experiments on the Dream-Eaten to try and rekindle a spark of humanity within them.  Sounds like there's some sinister agenda behind this, right?  Well, yes, but it's not hers.  She's smart but not that great at reading people.  Especially manipulative demons.  She's fascinated by these strange Exalts who come from a non-Yozified Primordial.

'''Relationships:''' Koa-Mika Kaimana (ally, on-again/off-again lover), Nereid of Ebon Seas (ally)

===Salusar===
''The Worm Within, Indulgent Soul of Bostvade the Quicksilver Highway, 2nd Circle Demon''

'Partner' in Tebitha's research, intending to pervert it to let it extend itself into the dream-eaten and puppet them like a decanthrope but without their feeble limitations.  Right now it can just Possess one person at a time by entering through a bloody wound.  Pretends to be neutral at worst towards Tebitha's new 'out of town' friend but hates that they're a positive influence on her.  May be conspiring with a rogue artifact from the circle's history.

'''Relationships:''' Nereid of Ebon Seas (enemy)