Player Characters

Fran Weaver (she/her)
Human Craftsman* – Played by Mayanna Berrin (she/her)

A waitress scraping by, she dreams of breaking into the high fashion scene with her magically-enhanced garment designs.

Ibra Bracha-Shinmar (they/them)
Hexblood Warden* – Played by Bex Taylor-Klaus (they/them)

A genetic experiment and heir to powerful military family, they are trying to break free from haughty expectations to live a normal life.

JJ Calderon (she/they)
Half-Dwarf** Cleric – Played by Lyn Rafil (they/them)

An anxious engineering student, she is veering from family’s hopes of making it big in the trade to instead find her place among the common people.

Gordon Baker (he/him)
Human Alchemist* – Played by Ian McQuown (he/him)

A junior baker in the Bakers Guild, he is working his way up the ladder to become a culinary great known throughout the city.

* From Valda’s Spire of Secrets
** Adapted Near-Human (Mul) from Valda’s Spire of Secrets


Other Notable Folks

Gweneviere Concordis (she/her) – The Magistrate of the Dept. of Labor Resources, where JJ & Ibra are interns.

Thorgunn Boomslaang (he/him) – A washed-up old inventor with pre-war arcane knowledge, now a regular in Gambler’s Alley. Fran’s strange & begrudging mentor.

Dr. Abbadio (he/him) – Ibra’s physician, a doctor and proprietary researcher in the Upper City. He reports on Ibra’s well-being to a board of shadowy investors.

Inspector Ravona (she/her) – Detective for the Governor’s Office, and lead on a mysterious investigation.

Cecilia Baker (she/her) – A prominent figure in the Baker’s Guild and Gordon’s boss, she is the main emissary for the Guild and business contacts in the Upper City.

Fuller Silvring (he/him; played by Julian Mundy) - A craftsman & head of a guild of secret Weavers, who forge paper Tags from their own memories to imbue magic into objects, instead of relying on Astra.

Cecilia Baker (she/her) – A prominent figure in the Baker’s Guild and Gordon’s boss, she is the main emissary for the Guild and business contacts in the Upper City.

Pasmina “Paz” Voxana (she/they) – Ibra’s childhood best friend, and a student at the School of Rhetoric. She walks with the help of mobility aids, and has a bit of a crush on Gordon.

Samira Mason (she/her) – JJ’s childhood best friend, and a student at the School of Rhetoric.

General Shinmar (she/her; played by Reed Sights) - Ibra’s mother, a ruthless taskmaster and former military strategist. Now that the city is at peace, she is plotting ways to remain in power.

Brama (she/they) & Hima (he/they) Bracha-Shinmar – Ibra’s siblings, identical triplets. Brama attempts to please their parents by following orders and keeping the peace; Hima stays under the radar, so that their private schemes may continue uninterrupted.

Leylan Darvani Heron (she/her) – A wealthy industrialist, involved with the upper echelons of power in the city since before the Balverox War