Jasmine – human woman, representative of the Flower House and Flower Cooperative, mana cultivator, Freedom Cooperative (formerly Bloodborne Kingdom) in the Free Factions Union

  Lavender – elven woman, flower in Jasmine’s Flower House, studies business management, mage (weak)

  Iris – human woman, flower in Jasmine’s Flower House, tattoo and body inscription afficionada, mana cultivator

  Daisy – human woman, flower in Jasmine’s Flower House, manaless

  Brandon – human boy, orphan raised by Jasmine’s Flower House

  Edmund – dwarven man, officer in the city guard of the Freedom Cooperative (formerly Bloodborne Kingdom) in the Free Factions Union

  Thiago (the Whisperer) – human man, unaspected mage specializing in death whispering, leader of the hunters and representative of the Import-Export Cooperative in the Freedom Cooperative (formerly Bloodborne Kingdom) in the Free Factions Union

  Hector – human man, mage specializing in the shadow aspect, left-hand man of Thiago

  Intira – elven woman, unaspected mage, right-hand woman of Thiago

  Akemi – elven woman, Bright in the Circle of the Bright Lady, leading a circle of faithful in the Freedom Cooperative (formerly Bloodborne Kingdom) in the Free Factions Union

  Georg – (deceased) human man, Glimmer in the Circle of the Bright Lady, member of Akemi’s circle

  Alias Terry → the Whetstone Arcanian (Thanatos), the Arcanian Returnee (martialists), Freedom’s Guardian (Free Factions Union, Lich Kingdoms), The Benefactor (lizans)

  Terry: human man, our protagonist, major aspect impairment

  Samuel: human man, Instructor at Arcana Academy focusing on spellwork research, former Guildhead and famed dungeon expert, Terry’s accepted Uncle

  Brynn: human woman, Instructor at Arcana Academy focusing on mana crafting and constructs, Terry’s accepted Aunt

  Pelliana: human woman, Instructor at Arcana Academy focusing on healing, Terry’s former mentor, Clarity’s current mentor

  Ser: human man, Instructor at Arcana Academy focusing on rituals and applied spellwork

  Isille: dwarven woman, Guardian instructor (Arcana) specializing in bounty hunting and dual short spears, external mana control impairment, Terry’s accepted mother

  Bjorln: dwarven man, Guardian instructor (Arcana) specializing in medicine and unarmed combat, dual-aspected (fire and ice), Terry’s accepted father

  Olgorn: deceased, dwarven man, fire-aspected, brother of Bjorln, accepted brother of Samuel

  Florine (Lori): dwarven woman, earth-aspected, Terry’s accepted sister

  Jorgen (Jorg): dwarven man, slight external mana control impairment, Terry’s accepted brother

  Sigille (The Divine Hammer): deceased, dwarven woman, Guardian (Tiv), external mana control impairment, sister of Isille, accepted aunt of Terry, lives in the Tiv Empire

  Emaldine: dwarven woman, mana cultivator, external mana control impairment, daughter of Sigille, former Guardian (Tiv), former scavenger, accepted sister of Matteo, wanted for her role in the Libra Outpost rebellion

  Matteo (Elemental Fury): human man, possessing elementals, accepted son of Sigille, accepted cousin of Terry, accepted brother of Emaldine, originally from the Free Factions Union, lives in the Tiv Empire, wanted for his role in the Libra Outpost rebellion and for dealing the deathblow to Bright Willow

  Ben: human man, Guardian (Arcana)

  Leah: human woman, Guardian (Arcana)

  Calam: elven man, force-aspected, Terry’s first Guardian companion

  Nassim: human man, light-aspected, Guardian candidate whom Terry and Calam rejected as a companion

  Siling: elven woman, mage proper gifted in the spirit aspect and focusing on soul spiritualism, Terry’s third Guardian companion

  Alrik: dwarven man, mage proper, Lori’s first Guardian companion

  Elena: human woman, blood-aspected, Lori’s second Guardian companion

  Gellath: dwarven man, water-aspected, Jorg’s Guardian companion

  Miguel: dwarven man, coldfire-aspected, archer, Jorg’s Guardian companion

  Khaled: human man, Guardian instructor (Arcana) specializing on mana cursed

  Verecund: human man, Guardian instructor (Arcana) specializing on dungeon work

  Mirabilia (Mira): human woman, Guardian instructor (Arcana), friend and former Guardian companion of Isille

  Mercedes: human woman, researcher that studies mana cursed, Arcana

  Kimutai: human man, manaless engineer, Arcana

  Tiana: human woman, external mana control impairment, specializing in switching weapons according to the situation, Terry’s third Guardian companion, possessed by lightning elementals

  Daiyu: elven woman, Guardian (Arcana), Siling’s mother

  Chadwick: human man, lightning-aspected, Arcanian soldier, Tiana’s brother

  Tamar: human woman, Guardian (Arcana)

  Dwayne: human man, Guardian (Arcana)

  Javier: Guardian (Arcana)

  Naer (Roy, Weran): elven man, Guildhead (Arcana), dimensional mage, true mage (archmage proper)

  Mia: elven woman, Guildhead (Arcana), dimensional mage

  William: Guildhead (Arcana)

  Alrick: Terry’s nickname for ghouls

  Devon (Dev): human man, unwilling and uncooperative incarnation of the Devonian Lord, Deathguard scout (Tiv), incomparable life/death sense, impaired mana sense, undying, multi-aspected (life, blood, death, hellfire, netherfrost)

  Megumi (The Captain): human woman, former soldier and current Deathguard (Tiv), one of Tiv’s Nine Blademasters, air-aspected

  Elizabeth the Third of Castellan (Lizzy): human woman, Deathguard (Tiv), Tiv nobility, dual-aspected (life and metal)

  Elvis: elven man, fond of mechanics and gadget crafting, living in Chara Settlement with his sister Poppy

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  Poppy: elven woman, self-taught mana crafter, living in Chara Settlement with her brother Elvis

  Amelia (The Spellcrusher): human woman, mage proper specializing in anti-magic, former mage hunter, former Guildhead (Tiv) that was active in Guild management, spirit-bonded with Dargones, wanted for her role in the Libra Outpost rebellion

  Dargones: (The Magebane): human man, mana cultivator, magebane i.e. single-aspected (nullification), former Guildhead (Tiv), spirit-bonded with Amelia, wanted for his role in the Libra Outpost rebellion

  Jee (Silver-Eyes): dwarven man, dimensional mage, Guidhead (Tiv)

  Diwa (The Mage Supreme): human woman, the most powerful mage in the Tiv Empire, mentor of Mahalia

  Fernanda: deceased, human woman, soldier of the Thanatos Empire, killed by Megumi at the Bulwark

  Damian: human man, former soldier of the Thanatos Empire, current representative in Thanatos’s government (Lucky Wing of the Bloody Hall), dual-aspected (earth, metal)

  Logan: (former) human man that reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, originally from Tiv (Silent Stream Village), father of Romana, lives in Syn City

  Ying: elven man and vampire, soul spiritualist, mayor of Syn City

  Saul: lich (reincarnated), leads Syn City together with Ying

  Gretchen: (former) human woman that reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, death executioner, wife of Wilhelm, originally from Tiv (Yellow Creek Village), lives in Syn City

  Wilhelm: (former) human man that reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, death reaver, husband of Gretchen, originally from Tiv (Yellow Creek Village), lives in Syn City

  Olivienne: (former) human woman that reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, death mage, mother of Pedro, originally from Tiv, lives in Syn City

  Yancey: (former) human man that reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, death mage, originally from Tiv, lives in Syn City

  Castellan (The Brave Iron Giant): Old noble in Tiv, war companion of the Hope, Tivius, Korra, and Diwa

  Kipkoi (The Preacher): Minister in one of Tiv’s district that borders the Wasted Zone, former soldier, mage proper, proponent of magic restrictions, proponent of reestablishing patrols in the Wasted Zone, proponent of integrating the faithful, founder of the Devout Division

  Romana: human woman, self-taught aspect archer, daughter of Logan, originally from Tiv (Silent Stream Village), lives in Syn City

  Pedro: human boy, son of Olivienne, lives in Syn City

  Millie: human girl and vampiress, lives in Syn City

  Chris: human boy, lives in Syn City

  Ethel: human woman reincarnated as a skeletal warrior, spectral knight (specter with forged skeletal frame), sister of Gretchen, lives in Syn City, aspiring Deathguard (Tiv)

  Mal: canan man, Wasteguard (Tiv) focusing on coordinating Guardian activity in the Wasted Zone, stationed in the Chara Settlement

  Varnika: human woman, Wasteguard (Tiv), stationed in the Chara Settlement

  Lucas: human man, former Guardian, ministerial representative for Guardian management in the Libra Outpost (representing Minister Kipkoi), married to Ruslana

  Ruslana: human woman, married to Lucas

  Willow: deceased, human woman, follower and channeler of the Bright Lady (rank: Bright), lead the Guardian management in the Libra Outpost, responsible for Sigille’s death, killed by Matteo

  Dhruv: dwarven man, druid and Guardian (Tiv), most senior Guardian at the Libra Outpost

  Cadence: human woman, follower and channeler of the Bright Lady (rank: Luminous), Guardian companion of Sigille and Matteo (Tiv)

  Vhida: elven woman, former Guardian (Tiv), specializes in mana crafting, former direct disciple of Sigille (honorary)

  Ghinn: human man, imperial censor (Tiv)

  Santos: human man, working as information broker in Tiv’s Guild, married to Alejandra

  Alejandra: human woman, married to Santos

  Elenec: human woman and vampiress, Guildhead (Tiv) and death hunter

  Vell: human man and vampire, Guildhead (Tiv) and death hunter

  Apex (Aparicia, the Heretic of the Martial Tower): human woman, mana martialist, Guildhead (Tiv)

  Eric (Vicious): human man, channeler of the Shapeless Pond, disgraced Guardian, Guildhead (Tiv), grudge against Matteo, grudge against Apex

  Carlos (Sudden Death): human man, channeler and follower in the Serenity of Pax, Guildhead (Tiv)

  The Venom Siblings: three human siblings, two deceased (male and female mana cultivator), one survivor (female mage), Guildheads (Tiv)

  Ava: human woman, daughter of Mahalia, dimensional mage, follower of Kipkoi, living in Tiv’s capital

  Mahalia: human woman, disciple of the Mage Supreme, mother of Ava, living in Tiv’s capital

  Rachel: human woman, Guardian instructor (Tiv) focusing on spellwork

  Palmer (The Demonpalm): human man, former Guardian instructor (Tiv), mana cultivator, specializes in the sonic aspect, known for hunting demons, wanted for his role in the Libra Outpost rebellion, moving to Thanatos

  Tara: canan woman, former Guardian (Tiv), direct disciple of Sigille, wanted for her role in the Libra Outpost rebellion, moving back to her native realm

  Thena: dwarven woman, sister of Jee, student and aspiring disciple of Sigille, mana cultivator, external mana control impairment

  Clayson: dwarven man, bodyguard and friend of Thena, mana cultivator

  Clarence: elven man, Kipkoi’s childhood friend and helper, thief and assassin

  Derek: human man, direct disciple of Palmer, permanently crippled mana pool, Terry’s first Guardian companion in Tiv, wanted for his role in the Libra Outpost rebellion, following Palmer to Thanatos

  Rosheen: human woman, mage that specializes in utilizing a sonic-aspected spell and remaining hidden, Guardian companion of Derek, wanted for her role in the Libra Outpost rebellion, following Palmer to Thanatos

  Isabella: human woman, mage that specializes in utilizing the Shadow Bind spell, former Guardian (Tiv), wanted for her role in the Libra Outpost rebellion, considered moving to a conclave of the Magic Liberation Front

  Harrison: deceased, human man, follower and channeler of the Bright Lady (unranked), second Guardian companion of Terry in Tiv, killed by Terry during the Libra Outpost rebellion

  Wallace: elven man, dungeon scavenger, aspect archer, expert in hiding his mana and picking magical locks, like a father to Matteo, father of Emily

  Emily: elven woman, like a little sister to Matteo, daughter of Wallace, aspiring druid, disciple of Dhruv

  Bigsby: human man, dungeon scavenger

  Dee: human woman, dungeon scavenger

  Borf: dwarven man, dungeon scavenger

  Anand: human man, necromancer, dimensional mage, expert in elementals, former mentor of Matteo, willfully caused Matteo to be possessed by elementals and triggered a calamity in the lands of the Four Towers in the Free Factions Union that also led to the death of Sigille’s husband, responsible for Sigille’s death

  Anem: human man, follower and channeler of the Bright Lady (rank: Luminous)

  Eli: human man, crimson iris at the center of his forehead, General of the Thanatos Empire

  Yana: human woman, soldier in the Thanatos army, acts as right hand of General Eli

  Clarity: human woman, student in Arcana Academy, protégé of Pelliana

  Patricia: human woman, specializes in shadow-aspected magic, Guidhead (Tiv)

  Hope (The Valkyrie): elven woman, force-aspected, Tiv’s most well-known hero and mage

  Yujin: human woman, soldier in Tiv’s army

  Claude: human man, soldier in Tiv’s army, special forces that guard the Valkyrie’s prison dungeon

  Tivius: deceased, human man, Founding King of the Tiv Empire, married to Korra

  Korra: human woman, Founding Queen of the Tiv Empire, married to Tivius

  Beatrice: human woman, former soldier in Thanatos, death whisperer, enthusiast for constructs and unorthodox forms of magic, plotted against Lizzy and Megumi on the Bulwark

  Blue: deceased, lizan man, initiate from the lizan native realm that was supposed to bait and eliminate Fate

  Fate: lizan woman, powerful mage that utilizes spellwork including divination, scrying, and unachored dimensional transfers

  Nash: deceased, human man, prisoner in the Thanatos Proving Grounds, shadow-aspected

  Yesenia: human woman, former soldier of the Thanatos army, overseer in the Thanatos Proving Grounds, friends with Yana

  Rafael: felan man, mana martialist, unaffiliated cultivator, relying on the Heavenly Wolf Slash, sticky fingers

  Xuan: lizan man, mana martialist, member of the Soaring Mountain Sect, same lizan tribe as Fate, grudge against Thanatos

  The Librarian: deceased, elven woman, mana martialist, member of the Skyriver Sect, from the Free Factions Union, former prisoner of the Thanatos Proving Grounds

  The Bloody Duchess: human woman and vampiress, from the Lich Kingdoms, escaped prisoner of the Thanatos Proving Grounds

  Shen: deceased, human man, martialist, high status in his sect and part of its intelligence division, son of Mei

  Mei: human woman, martialist, high status in her sect and part its leadership, mother of Shen

  Sheila: human woman, martialist, high status in the Icy Dew Mountain Sect

  Zhang: human man, martialist, member of Icy Dew Mountain Sect

  Barnes: human man, martialist, member of Icy Dew Mountain Sect

  Chalita: human woman, martialist, high status in Shadowed Forest Sect, soul in new body

  Hom (the Immortal Tigress): felan woman, martialist, high status in her sect

  Guillermo (the Outcast): elven man, martialist, polarizing character in the Ironbark Fist Sect

  Jason: elven man, martialist, (former) member of the (disbanded) Skyriver Sect

  Annabelle (the Crow’s Ghost): human woman, martialist, member of the Blazing Sun Sect, sister of Peter

  Peter (the Crow’s Reincarnation): human man, martialist, member of the Blazing Sun Sect, brother of Annabelle