Gangs of Ziphyr Hargonla

Three families control most of Hargonla in Ziphyr: the Diterians, the Maltans, and the Nama-Da.

## The Diterian Family

The Diterians control the western part of the slums, using the Diterian Compound as the home of their operations. The Compound is surrounded by a heaxgonal wall at least twelve feet tall at all points and with a guard tower at each point.

The head of the Diterian family is Axkar Diteria, widely considered the last of the Silopaskars. Silopaskars are a shadow people that lived in the western part of the Western Continent of Vastire. After the arrival of the Iveleen, most of the Silopaskars were wiped out.

Most of the Diterians are related to Axkar Diteria, though the Silopaskar blood has been diluted with Vastirian blood. Due to the Silopaskar ancestry, their skin is gray and ashy. Because of this, they tend to wear bright colors: neon orange, yellow, and green.

Diterians have a natural skill when it comes to making and maintaining weapons. They are able to use scraps to build hand-built weapons, or combine guns into mutated weapons. They extend this capability to building automated weapons and robots that can perform menial tasks.

The Diterians rose to power when they massacred the Barma family at the Courtyard of the Broken Statue. The Barmas had actually previously helped the Diterians gain their feet in Hargonla, only for the Diterians to turn on them. All of the Barmas were killed at the Courtyard, and to this day the Courtyard remains empty as a monument to the fallen family.

## The Maltans

The Maltans control the eastern part of Hargonla. Their primary trade is in drugs and prostitution.

## The Nama-Da

The Nama-Da were exiled from the planet Kiri for their rampant use of necromancy. Vastire, while frowning upon the use of magic in general, had no specific laws against necromancy (though it is outlawed in Erodia) and thus the Kirilites moved here. As part of it, they were required to live in Hargonla and raise up to a higher caste, but their deeds would never allow that to occur anyway. They are mostly left alone due to fear.

They are led by the father Naman. Their family structure is unknown. Some think the Naman is the only sentient member of the family, controlling the others through his necromancy. Others think he is simply eternal while other Nama-Da live and die beside him.

When they speak P.A. Standard, they hiss their 's' sounds. They all wear black robes with white belts, with the exception of Naman.

## The Barmas

The Barmas used to control the western sector of Hargonla. However, when they were celebrating their ancestor Gond Barma's birthday in 484 ARI, the Diterians massacred the entire family, leaving no survivors. The courtyard they were massacred in is now called the Courtyard of the Broken Statue, due to the damage done to the statue of Gond Barma during the massacre.

The Barmas were known to have magical healing powers due to Erodian blood in their ancestry. Their powers were so potent that even Virin-leen would come to them for aid. Gond Barma was a hero during the Second Erodian Conflict due to his ability to heal many soldiers well enough to send them right back into battle.

## The Kubahhn

The Kubahhn are a relatively new group in Hargonla. They are mostly composed of aliens to Vastire who disaagree with the levying of the embargo and hope to take actions to end it quicker. They have usually resorted to violent tactics, blowing up both Virin-leen and clergy buildings motly in and around Ziphyr.

They made their headquarters at the Kubahnn house in Ziphyr Hargonla, in the northwest side of the neutral district.