Alias: Red, Hooknose, Paddlefoot
Race: Apoc Churl
Aspects: Body 6, Soul 3
Sex: Male; Height: 5'0"; Weight: 600 lbs

"Life comes from the waves, and She takes it all back. I glean Her leavings."

Description/Notes: I am Nep, named by the last shaman of my tribe in honor of an ancient sea-god who lived before the Event. My blood is the blood of the Churl, a booming red tide in my veins that buoys me and connects me to this living world. My soul is the son of the tides and the restless waves. I am Nep, and I am the shaman of my people, born to the oracle of wind and wave, and I speak the sea's wisdom and power to them.

Alias: The Fang of the North, The Sly Bear
Race: Apoc Churl
Aspects: Body 8, Mind 3, Soul 1
Sex: Male; Height: 8'4"; Weight: 442 lbs

"The long night of the north sea cannot bring me to heel; why should you be the one to master me?"

Character Description/Notes: Stash, often referred to as the Sly Bear by the Churl tribes of his northern homeland, is something of a legend; a aurora-spawned Flux storm one long winter night spat several horrors into his tribe's encampment on the northern shores. While many of his tribesmen fell in the ensuing battle, his raw, animalistic cunning allowing him to outflank and slay most of the writhing abominations. More remarkable was his behavior the rest of that winter, hunting Flux-spawned horrors until he was an expert in their destruction; many of the smaller tribes have members who owe their lives to the sudden appearance of the Fang of the North from a snowdrift, his glistening spear piercing some monstrosity just before it could kill.

The biggest change the Event had on Europe is in the mindset of its inhabitants. The cosmopolitan cities have disappeared and a number of diametrically-opposed nations have risen in their stead. The Churl Confederation and Novus Europa are at the heart of the simmering unrest and constant antagonism that defines this region.