Guo Zhou is the shrewd and pragmatic warlord of the Sekae prefecture located at the outer boundary of the Iron Empire. As a leader he has historically adopted only those laws and regulations of the Empire that make sense to him, failing to acknowledge and enforce those that he views as a hindrance to his rule and the peace and prosperity of Sekae. Guo openly accepts adventurers and users of magic that would otherwise be shunned in other parts of the empire, a position that was strengthened by the commandeering of his garrison of trained samurai by the Iron Empire.