Ipso Family

The Ipso Family are one of the Great Families, the 9 families that descended from the original tribes that followed Ozymandias out of the Crimson Desert and founded the city of Surket. While the family once controlled most of the business that flowed through the city, in the last century it has gained a reputation for its brutish and cruel tendencies.

The Ipso Family control Slum City, a district filled with shanty towns and gangs that fight for control over it. They fuel the growing drug industry in the district and play the gangs off each other to secure their position. They rarely enter Slum City themselves, but instead work through mercenaries and thugs to achieve their ends. They are headquartered in Ipso Manor within the Diamond District.

The Family's patriarch is Luther Ipso, who has a seat on the Council of Surket. He is a large man who is said to have a terrifying temper, though he spends most of his time indulging his taste for women and wine. There is also Veronica Ipso, Luther's eldest daughter, who has a keen interest in alchemy and magic and is rumored to have an unhealthy fascination with the reanimation of the dead and the more unsavory fields of magical study. Luther also has a son named Jacob Ipso who is currently under house arrest for killing a slave.