Samsul Lacharmad

Lord Samsul Lacharmad is the leader of the Jakapan nation.

Appearance
Samsul was noted to be tall for a Jakapar and lean, with black hair that was peppered with frost, and had gilded muttonchops.

Personality
Samsul is seen as a typically Jakapar that follows tradition, but is fairly a progressive leader at times.

Background
Samsul had befriended Dan and Liza when the two joined his community. Through them he was able to drive away the Politia thanks to the couple introducing him to the idea of cataphracts.

During the Dakamash attack on his people Samsul used the cataphracts to drive the invaders out of his people's lands though not without cost. In the bloodshed, Dan and Liza appealed to the lord to change tactics in rather outright killing his people's ancient enemies to capture them so that they could find a way to negotiate with them as in another generation the Dakamash would return to repeat the process.

After some convincing from his advisors he agreed to try the Oglethorpe's idea though his people were unable to find any surviving Dakamash after the latter retreated, as those that were left behind during the battle chose to commit suicide than be captured.