Joan
Joan is general of the Hangman’s Horde.
Joan arrives as the Ruckus separately from Hank and the members of the Horde coming from the massacre in the slums and has a brief exchange with Abarth. She tells him that they are “taking a new direction” as explanation for Hank’s lack of aggression or challenges.
Joan was formerly general of Abarth’s tribe, and is against warfare between the tribes. According to Tim, she says it wouldn’t be worth the losses. She may be the reason Hank’s typical “king of the outlands” challenges of fights to the death have not been accepted by Abarth - they seem to be on relatively good terms, though he chides her for her belief in “a voice in the Demon’s head.”
Joan is insulted when Hank invites her to join the menage-a-trois she finds him in. She tells him that his brother has been found with a distant tribe to the south.
When dining with the distant tribe, the leader speaks of mysterious creatures which are not man or animal. Joan affirms she has heard “they pull things into the world that can never die - awful things, with eyes like a moonless night.”
As Hank begins to hallucinate at the meal with the mystics, Joan looks at him with concern.