Character Registry

A single searchable directory of named characters across the world. Principal protagonists, guild officers, historical figures, houses of note, and supporting cast. Each entry is a stub with the load-bearing facts; fuller profiles live in other documents.

Entries are grouped by category. Within each category, names are listed alphabetically. Where a character has canonical detail, it is given; where the detail is open, it is marked.

1. The Archons

Cyl / Cylenna of House Corveliss

Archon of Chaos. Left Hand of the Alum-sidek Alliance. Adopted (or blood) heir of House Corveliss, the family that holds the charter for the inter-provincial magnerail. Speaks on behalf of Nathia Tolleman on the Council, in royal formal register. Private name Cyl is used only by Oen and a very small circle. Full profile:.

Archetype shortcut. Batman who is willing to kill. Cyl holds herself to an absolute standard of loyalty to those she has chosen, carries the moral austerity of a self-made protector, and crosses the line Bruce Wayne will not cross when the stakes require it. This shortcut is for writers’ reference and is not to be cited in-world.

Physical register (from Campfire notes). Athletic build disguised by layered, high-register court dress; the physique is not advertised. Carriage is deliberately understated in public, deliberately efficient in private. Decisive to a fault. Does not hesitate to kill when the calculus is clear. Loyalty, once given, is total; the path to that loyalty is narrow.

Oen

Archon of Order. Junior infrastructure worker. Raised in the Steam Tunnel community. Full profile:.

2. The Council of Eighteen Guilds

Each guild is listed with its Leader, Right, and Left. Fuller disposition, register, and politics:.

Three-layer architecture note. The guild Leaders below are public-operational figures. Most are also Council of 18 members (the secret coordinating cabal) and most are also heads of their houses (senate-seated at the public political layer). The Temple of the One is the structural exception at its full-canon state: Alont is the public Leader and Niska holds the Council seat through the inner teaching. The figures who are at full standing at book one (Aesen, Searlis, Olandra, Lady Summer, Niska, Gren, Vazzerin, Nathia, Pershaun, Berreldin, Fidi’olliana, and others by age) stay at their locked positions. Full canon: (Senate of Great Houses), (three-layer architecture intro), (class pyramid and control mechanisms). Per-character three-layer position canon (senate, trade lodge, Council, city residence, homeland connection, dome relationship) is in 19-CHARACTER-PROFILES/ for the principal cast.

Emphemere

Lady Summer, “Lady Winter.” Leader. Elf, old, presenting as mid-40s. Ruthlessly ambitious. Slow and weak voice disguising appetite. Flowing robes and regal bracers.
Heathcliff. Right Hand. Human. One of twin Fey advisors.
Sergey. Left Hand. Aarakocra. Second of twin Fey advisors.

Torrus Ectos (The Red Octopus)

Gren’o’nos’n’offak, “Gren.” Leader. Human, 50s, stout. Grizzled, happy, covered in story-tattoos. Armor leaving arms free. Short sword and gauntlet. Norse-coded register. Widely used by other guilds.
Amber. Right Hand. Asimarr (angel-touched).
Rolinda. Left Hand. Asimarr (angel-touched).

Order of the Blue Cross

Vazzerin Ohn, “Vaz.” Leader. Vampire, presents as late-30s human. Kind-faced, soft-spoken, obsessed with dying well. Long white-and-blue coat. Rapier. Council voice for peace between guilds.
Nell. Right Hand. Vampire.
Hayzek. Left Hand. Gnome.

The Iron Coin

Pershaun. Leader. Human. Scottish-coded register. Believes in economic independence. Loves those who earn her trust. Holds women in higher regard.
Jaka. Right Hand. Dwarf.
Ban. Left Hand. Vampire.

Abyssal Fires

Rhys. Leader. Gnome. Spanish-coded register. Threat-evaluator. Enormous knowledge across many subjects. Insists on asking more questions than he answers.
Baith. Right Hand. Goliath.
Montroy. Left Hand. Half-elf.

The Core

Creven Alont. Leader. Human. Southern-coded register. Self-understanding as the path to cosmic understanding. Works to de-escalate the cold war.
Thervo. Right Hand.
Kadazaki. Left Hand. Tabaxi.

The Sulamir League

Berreldin. Leader.
Tefeska. Right Hand.
Perym. Left Hand.

Prodigus Group

Fidi’olliana. Leader.
Ralana. Right Hand.
Luqa. Left Hand.

Order of the Spider

Jinto Sien. Leader.
Elonzo Besk. Right Hand.
Safiya Chinue. Left Hand.

The Hand

Dru Danum. Leader.
Imril. Right Hand.
Olamae. Left Hand.

The White Legion

Elacole Stone. Leader.
Cemenda. Right Hand.
Wynjaren. Left Hand.

3. Outlaw Order Leaders

Iosan Serpents

Shaesahn. Leader.

Heralds of the Sunborn

Valareth. Leader. See for the history.

4. Historical Figures

Valekith

Theologian who became King of Theocracy during the Triarchy. Convinced the other two kings to consolidate the monarchy. Took power. Used mirrors to invade minds and spaces. Transitioned into the lich Zar Valareth.

Zar Valareth (also: Val, Valareth, The Last Zar)

The lich that Valekith became. Destroyed Aldasen. Turned its inhabitants into ghouls. Defeated by the alliance of Sulamir’s great houses and guilds. Possibly returned as Valareth of the Heralds of the Sunborn.

The three Triarchy Kings

King of Theocracy. Valekith (the last).

Founding-era angel-demon pairs

Fulthren

Fairy-tale hero with perfect aim. Beat his nemesis with an impossible shot that struck him in the eye.

5. Great Houses (principal characters)

House Jukaggle

Azhandian family with a home and family in Sulamir. Scottish-coded register. Preservationist. Maintains that the Azhandian system kept the country safe and that their rituals maintained “the wall.”

House Brackun

Factory operators. Recently filed complaints with the Council about malfunctions in their steam line tunnels caused by an unknown problem.

House Nhanga

Maintains interests in Cloud network security. Recently requested official guild security in the Cloud network at Council.

Master Enwith

Azhandian freed slave. Built his own great house through entrepreneurship. Low-British-coded register. Publicly holds that the Azhandian way was unnatural and cruel.

House Abbrachus

Retired working name. Appears in older Campfire notes as a candidate for Cyl’s family; superseded by House Corveliss, which is the canonical name. Can be repurposed as a rival or cousin house if needed; otherwise archived.

6. Supporting Cast

Jerrod of Thedia

Foreign noble. Appears at the Council requesting guild security for an earlier-than-expected departure for home. Feels snubbed for being made to wait until the end.

Ethelinda

Merchant with a shipment of stones to bring into Sulamir. Her deal with Cyl has fallen apart and she is seeking a new arrangement. Chapter 1 scene fodder.

Mo

Expert capable of identifying angel feathers by showing where they came from. Cyl consults Mo to identify the angel feather kept from the Aldasen raids.

Pat

Referenced in informal scene notes as a person the author talked with about a heist-themed party of noble kids. Not an in-world character. Retained here only to avoid confusion if the name resurfaces in source material.

Sam

Referenced in campaign character-sketch notes as a player focused on individual responsibility and creative damage. Not a fixed in-world character. Retained here only to avoid confusion.

7. Potential Recurring Names (Bench)

Sulamiri names from source material without assigned characters, available as needed. Use as minor nobles, servants, adventurers, villagers, or extras.

East-leaning register: Andelon, Oroko, Nuru, Mitsuni, Japes, Fulencreft, Hander, Haidurai, Emfo, Kwame, Kizza, Kosontar, Kosonta, Mawinah, Gen, Gun, Hisayuki, Kaori, Kazuko, Kiko.

A-group names: Aban, Abat, Abathen, Abidiwoda, Abiza, Abek, Abekka, Abel, Aben, Abesh, Abus, Acculum, Acet, Ademi, Adom, Aieesa, Ailith, Aiken, Autun, Augus, Aza.

B-group names: Badunmi, Ban (also used for The Iron Coin Left Hand), Bappa, Bapo, Behthea, Ben, Befador, Befadorra, Beggold.