Earl Yander Merkondus is a small man in his early thirties. He has dark hair and wears a short beard that is neatly trimmed and well oiled.

A man of endless charm and twisted but brilliant intellect.

Yander’s parents died in a carriage accident when he was 15, leaving him the family's extensive Opparan manor, several successful trading companies, and the title of Earl of the Western Rushing Marches—a large swath of land along Taldor’s swampy Moda Prefecture.

The Merkondus family operates in sea trade. They’re landed in Moda prefecture, but Yander works heavily in Oppara. Martella descripted him thus:

“I’ve had the dubious pleasure of working with him in the past, and he is charming, insightful, and ruthlessly efficient. He’s the sort of man you watch very carefully, only to be struck down by a carriage you never saw coming.”

Ended up being behind 2/3s of the trouble in Yanmass and exposed by the players.