Publisher's blurb: Blades for hire! When the best-laid plans of kings and conquerors get bogged down in the dirty details, Elspeth Black offers heavy-handed solutions to hard-to-solve problems. Need a private militia? An assassination or two? Security for a brand new fortress of doom? The elite and morally flexible mercenaries of Blackblade are available for hire, and Elspeth Black is the connection that can make that happen. Elspeth is an experienced tactician and powerful psychic warrior with secrets of her own, commanding of a private army that can deploy to anywhere in the cosmos. Deadly, dangerous services like these are available in the Tarnished Souk for those who have a lot of coin—and not a lot of conscience. This product provides Game Masters with details on a savvy and razor-sharp character found amongst the "Faces of the Tarnished Souk", ready for immediate use in any campaign—but especially for use within the Coliseum Morpheuon. Each entry features ingenious stat blocks from multiple OGL sources, history, motivation, secrets, and insight into the NPC's most carefully guarded dreams, along with complete game statistics for low, middle, and high levels of play. Within you will find: Elspeth Black, Executive Officer of Blackblade, a psychic swordswoman and public face of a vast mercenary organization. CR 15 Female elan psychic warrior 5/metamind 5/war mind 5 CR 7 Female elan psychic warrior 5/metamind 1/war mind 1 CR 4 Female elan psychic warrior 4 Elspeth Black's psicrystal "Raze", a CN Diminutive construct with a mind of its own A guide for Elspeth Black's cohort and followers