Haruspex (Artemy Burakh)

Artemy, also known as Haruspex, is the son of Isidor Burakh, the Town's only physician and a Menkhu, the spiritual leader of the Kin. Artemy is tasked with discovering a solution for the outbreak. The Kin, are the indigenous people of the Steppe, living both in the Town as well as independently throughout the Steppe. The Town is a small, remote settlement, lost in the Eastern steppe. It developed from the Bull Enterprise—the town's meat-making industry, owned and operated by the Olgimskys. Unique and isolated, the Town combines various eras of history and all aspects of humanity. The Haruspex has an intense stare, with blue eyes and short dirty blond hair. Artemy has a visible stubble on his face. Artemy wears a butcher's outfit of green cloth with brown hide straps around his shoulders, as well as strapped under his stomach, which a large green flap covers. Artemy has similar straps on his thighs, and matching green pants. Several buckles hold the hide in place on Artemy's clothing. Artemy wears chunky brown boots. Under Artemy's green smock is a blue sweater that Lara Ravel made for him. The Town of Gorkhon is currently under an epidemic of The Sand Plague. Artemy studied the steppe lore and medicine under Isidor's guidance, learning the fundamentals of surgery and herbalism, all closely tied to the Kin's perception of the world through the concept of the Lines - connections between things both of physical and spiritual nature. Upon arriving in the Town, Artemy is attacked by three men at the Train Station who believe that he is responsible for the murder of his father, Isidor Burakh. Artemy must seek out the people in the Town who know him and would be willing to vouch for his innocence.

"What can I say? I said everything yesterday. It's strange to hear—I thought you were supposed to be the genius."

I'm sorry I'm not that smart.

"Well, we have the panacea. As for the General… cheer up. We'll see how things go."