"Pooch. I am Uther, born in the city of High Cromlech, far past the Cold Claw Seas, third son to what was then a Livehouse but now is the Deadhouse of Doul." He's not usually quite so chatty, but Pooch looks and acts much like the creatures he knew on Bas-Lag and the familiarity is pleasing. "After I left my home to study abroad I was press-ganged into service aboard the pirate city of Armada and there I spent a decade as a mercenary."