Magistrate Tsehei Kaukai

Plump, sweating, silk-robed, with soft hands and a fine collection of jade. Passed the examinations respectably and has spent fifteen years converting the Southern Reach's mahogany and pepper into personal wealth. Takes a tenth of everything, which in Kaishon is considered moderate. Genuinely competent: the roads are good, the granaries full, the jungle garrisons paid. Believes corruption is simply the Doctrine applied sensibly. Terrified of the Tzalan, terrified of an audit, terrified of his wife. Dull, venal, harmless until cornered. A perfect specimen of the thing that will sink Kaishon if the Cherüsh don't.

Ties

• Kaltzi — she has killed three sentries of the Reach's garrisons