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Ironship Trading Syndicate
"Exceptional Initiatives" Division
Lizanne Lethridge
Lizanne Lethridge
A prodigious EI operative, Lizanne is notable even among Blood-blessed for being equally proficient in all four types of drake blood, and thus counts amongst the Syndicate’s most valued agents. Director Bloskin
Exceptional Initiatives Director Taddeus Bloskin
The aging director of Exceptional Initiaves, as well as a member of the Ironship Board of Directors, Bloskin is the archetypal spymaster and prodigious information broker, with contacts and assets all over the world. Madame Bondersil
Principal Lodima Bondersil
The Principal of Ironship Academy of Female Education, Director of Arradsian Continental Holdings and probably the most powerful person in Carvenport, as well as Lizanne’s cherished mentor and constant benefactor. Jermayah
Jermayah Tollermine
A genius inventor residing in Carvenport, contracted with an frequently employed by the Syndicate in general and EI division in particular. Jermayah is a master engineer, scientist and designer, as well as Lizanne’s former tutor in all things technical and arms-related.Longrifles Independent Contractor Company
Claydon Torcreek
Claydon "Clay" Torcreek
An orphaned thief turned petty criminal, Clay is recruited into the Torcreek expedition by his uncle Braddon due to being an unregistered Blood-blessed. Headstrong and free-spirited, Clay has little interest in the expedition’s fabled goal – unfortunately, his employers have made him An Offer You Can't Refuse… Braddon Torcreek
Braddon Torcreek
Clay’s uncle, a respected veteran Contractor employed by the Ironship Syndicate. He recruits his estranged nephew upon discovering his Blood-blessed powers to embark on a continent-spanning expedition after a certain legendary prize. Loriabeth Torcreek
Loriabeth Torcreek
Braddon’s teen daughter and Clay’s cousin, Loriabeth is a headstrong Contractor-in-training and eager to partake in her father’s exploits, dangers be damned. Silverpin
Silverpin
The Longrifles’ bladehand, Silverpin is a young Barrier Islander woman possessed of incredible combat expertise. She is also inexplicably mute, though she understands human language just fine. Skaggerhill
Cwentum "Skaggs" Skaggerhill
The Longrifles’ chief harvester and Braddon’s right-hand man. Preacher
Preacher
The Longrifles’ chief marksman, a stoic man of few words and a de-anointed cleric to the Church of the Seer. Foxbine
Visandra Foxbine
The Longrifles’ First Gunhand, chiefly responsible for the group’s supply of provisions, food and, most of all, ammunition.IPV Viable Opportunity
Corrick Hilemore
Second Lieutenant Corrick Hilemore
A freshly promoted Second Lieutenant in the Ironship Protectorate Navy, Hilemore is a military officer through and through, intent on devoting himself to his duties aboard the Syndicate’s premier vessel to his fullest - not least to try and forget a fresh batch of personal losses he’d recently suffered. Captain Trumane
Captain Wulfcot Trumane
The captain of Viable Opportunity, an immovable, inscrutable commanderwith a deceptively domesticated appearance belying a sharp intellect and nerves of steel, all wrapped up in a package a tad too concerned with the proper formalities and procedure for any sailor’s liking. Mr. Talmant
Ensign Dravin Talmant
A young ensign aboard the Viable Opportunity, Talmant makes up for his lack of experience with an excellent education, quick thinking and more than a little fear for his life. Mr. Bozware
Chief Engineer Naytanil Bozware
The grouchy Chief Engineer of Viable Opportunity, Bozware is a sarcastic, cynical old sailor more comfortable speaking with engines than people and immune to any form of standardized social conduct. Mr. Steelfine
Master-at-Arms Steelfine
The Opportunity’s Master-at-Arms hailing from the Barrier Islands, Steelfine is as typical an Islander as one could ever come across - boisterous, straightforward and always eager for a good scrap, not to mention honourable to a fault and built like a brick fortress. Mr. Tottleborne
Boswald Tottleborne
The Opportunity’s contracted Blood-blessed, a young and undisciplined man far too fond of his liquor and lurid reading for Hilemore’s liking.Citizens and Civillians
Fredabel Torcreek
Fredabel Torcreek
Braddon’s wife and Clay’s "auntie", a lively, clever woman who is the co-owner of the Longrifles and something of a community pillar in Carvenport. Derk and Joya
Derk and Joya
Clay’s best friends and accomplices, a pair of orphaned siblings formerly from the managerial class. After Clay discovered them straying through the slums, he took them under his wing and showed them the ropes, developing a close bond with both of them. Grayson Lethridge
Professor Grayson Lethridge
Lizanne’s eccentric father and a genius inventor in his own right, though unfortunately most of his designs tend to find very little commercial success. Scriberson
Orwin "Scribes" Scriberson
Principal Field Astronomer to the Consolidated Research Company, Scriberson embarks upon an expedition to witness a once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignment from a location deep within the Arradsian interior. Firpike
Erric Firpike
A fraudulent archeologist and disgraced researcher interested in obtaining the designs of the infamous Corvantine Scholar, the "Mad Artisan", and consequently regaining his lost fortunes.Corvantine Empire
Emperor Caranis
Emperor Caranis Vol Lek Akiv Arakelin, First of His Name
The Divine Emperor of the Corvantine Empire, the product of centuries of inbreeding and a ruthless, heartless despot with a cold and calculating mind - or so he is meant to appear, at least... The Blood Imperial
Viscount Caled Vol Kalasin
The Blood Imperial, the highest ranked Blood-blessed in the Empire and the commander of the Blood Cadre. However, unlike most of the Imperial Court, Kalasin is of low-born origin and faces a great deal of opposition because of it. Grand Marshall Morradin
Grand Marshall Henris Lek Morradin
Publicly known to all as "Grand Marshal of Legions and Victor of the Day of Justice", and privately named by some as the "Emperor’s attack dog", Morradin is the Empire’s premier commander known for his ruthlessly effective tactics. Electress Dorice
Electress Dorice Vol Arramyl
A high-born Blood-blessed accompanying Morradin, the Electress possesses a personal connection to the Blood Imperial, lending her far greater importance than her meagre abilities would suggest. Lieutenant Sigoral
Junior Lieutenant Myratis Lek Sigoral
A young officer in the Imperial Marines, who through a series of unfortunate circumstances winds up in command of the INS Superior.Morsvale
Burgrave Artonin
Burgrave Leonis Akiv Artonin
A kindly old Corvantine noble and a retired veteran living in the colony of Morsvale, Burgrave Artonin becomes the object of Lizanne’s interest after she traces a device containing priceless information back to him. Tekela Artonin
Tekela Akiv Artonin
The burgrave’s spoiled, bratty young daughter, known privately as "the Horror" by the house’s exasperated staff for her constant petty tantrums. Major Arberus
Major Arberus Lek Hakimas
Burgrave Artonin’s trusted friend and confidante, Arberus Lek Hakimas is a major in the Corvantine Imperial Dragoons and a man of some renown, though not of the publicly discussed variety. Sirus
Sirus Akiv Kapazin
The son of the Head of Imperial Antiquities Museum in Morsvale, a scholarly young man madly and hopelessly in love with Tekela.Others
Zenida Okanas
Captain Zenida Okanas
The Blood-blessed pirate/privateer captain of the Windqueen, Zenida becomes involved in Hilemore’s storyline after her ship comes to blows with Viable Opportunity. Arshav Okanas
Chief Director Arshav Okanas
Zenida’s resentful half-brother and Chief Director of the pirate conglomerate based out of the Hive port-town. Scrimshine
Scrimshine
A convicted smuggler with a great amount of expertise with sailing the waters of the Arradsian South.Spoiler Characters (UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL)
The Mastermind
The White Drake
Last in a line of drakes who once ruled over Arradsia, this White was hatched by Ethelynne Drystone during the Wittler Expedition. It escaped and hid itself, falling into a deep slumber while it grew in size and power. Yet even in its sleep, it reached into the minds of other drakes, Spoiled and Blood-blessed, preparing for the day when it could retake all its ancestors had claimed and more. The Watcher
Ethelynne Drystone
A former Exceptional Initiatives operative, and Madame Bondersil’s most cherished student, Ethelynne was sent into the interior with the Wittler Expedition to retrieve the fabled White drake. However, upon making their discovery, the expedition met an unfortunate fate, leaving only Ethelynne alive and full of regret. Thus, she declined returning to civilization and dedicated her life to hunting down that which she had unleashed upon the world.- Dragon Rider: The unique, quasi-familial bond Ethelynne shares with Lutharon allows her to use the mighty Black as a mount, though it is less Ethelynne "riding" the drake and more Lutharon giving his adoptive mother a piggyback ride. .
Lutharon
Lutharon
A young Black drake and Ethelynne’s "adopted son", after a fashion, Lutharon was saved by the Blood-blessed after his mother had been shot by Contractors. Now he remains constantly at Ethelynne’s side, aiding her in whatever she requires and seeing her as a surrogate mother. Kriz
