The characters of Masquerada: Songs and Shadows are divided into factions within the Citte. The factions are as follows:
- The Registry: The ruling body of government in Ombre. It’s principal duty is negotiating with foreign powers. The Registy is divided into the Portieri, which are the city guard; the Vegilus, which are the scholars of the city, and the Regenti, which are political scientists and economists who inform the registry’s decisions. The Registry also employs the Inspettore, elite agents, diplomats and investigators who answer directly to the Vaorone.
- The Guilds:
- Sorelle del Mare: The Blue Guild. Focuses on charity work and helping the helpless.
- Luca Infinita: The Golden Guild. Their job is to bring justice to those that need it, although their version of justice might not be the same as everyone else’s.
- Cacciatore: The Green Guild. They protect the natural world. They try to stay out of the politics of the Citte, in part because their main base is outside of the city proper.
- Dieci Sovrani: The Opal Guild.
- Labores Solis: The Purple Guild.
- Altus Nobilis: The Brown Guild.
- The Songstresses:
- The Contadani: Muggles who don't have mascherines.
- The Maskrunners: People with mascherines who are not part of the guild system. Their techinques are less refined since they don't get formal training in using them. Some of them are criminals, but not all.
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The Party
Inspettore Cicero Gavar
Voiced by Matthew MercerCicero is the older brother of Cyrus Gavar, the man who started the War of Bearings by abusing his position as Custodian to steal mascherines from the Registry. Born Contadani (maskless), Cicero climbed the ranks of the Portieri to become an Inspettore (Inspector General). Cicero was tasked with the case that led him to discover his brother’s plot, and chose not to turn him in. After Cyrus’s failed attempt to assassinate the leader of the registry, Cicero was sentenced to exile as punishment.
Five years later, Cicero receives a letter from the Vaorone, offering him enough coin to last the rest of his life if he should return. The Vaorone reinstates Cicero and tasks him with finding Razitof Azrus, a member of the Regenti who had gone missing.
- The Ace: Cicero is a Maestro, which means he can use any of the three combat styles, and can switch between them mid-fight.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership
- Character Customization: Downplayed. The only customization is picking which element Cicero wields.
- The Chosen One: The entirety of the game was a ploy by The Lady to unite Ombre behind him.
- Disney Death: He dies after getting speared through the chest in the finale, but The Lady revives him.
- The Exile: He was exiled for letting his brother go instead of arresting him for smuggling mascherines.
- Hero Harasses Helpers: After The Reveal that Lucia is the Herald and a demonstration of The Lady's power, he decides to sneak off in the middle of the night and confront them alone out of fear of his companions getting hurt.
- Insists on Paying: He objects to Leventhos offering free board and room at his inn since they're close friends.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Hated by both sides of the War of Bearings for not stopping/supporting his brother's uprising.
- The Leader
- Only in It for the Money: He initally only returns to Ombre because Avestus was offering enough money to last a lifetime in exchange for One Last Job.
Mariner Kalden Azrus
Voiced by Rick D. Wasserman- Gayngst: He fears being outed since his status plummeting would mean that he'd no longer have custody of the Sailheart and that Razitof would have his song taken off the Singing Tree.
- Heal It with Water: A Waterbrand and the primary healer of the group.
- Heartbroken Badass
- Humble Hero: In the epilogue, he's content in staying with his current lifestyle as opposed to everyone else who became an important figure from the adventure.
- I Have No Son!: He was disowned by his parents for being gay.
- It's All My Fault: He blames himself for a bit, thinking that he essentially killed a Dactite agent who was their only lead on the case.
- Making a Splash: The resident Waterbrand of the party.
- Manly Gay: The biggest and strongest guy in the party.
- The Medic
- Nice Guy: The nicest guy in the game which makes Cicero all the more suspicious about the secret he's hiding.
- Orphanage of Love: Manages an orphanage called the Sailheart.
- Parental Substitute: To the children of the Sailheart.
Tiziana de Felici
Voiced by Michelle Lukes- The Big Guy
- For Great Justice: A very righteous person in contrast to her guild's Might Makes Right attitude.
- Hates Their Parent: She blames her mother for her father's death. He had overworked his body in nursing his wife out of a coma.
- Honesty Is the Best Policy: She openly tells Cicero that she's there to report everything to the Golden Guild, but also that she'll help the investigation to the best of her ability if he's as forthcoming.
- Jurisdiction Friction: She's sent into the investigation due to the Golden Guild wanting to keep tabs on the Registry's movements.
- Leeroy Jenkins: She openly assaults the Saltbreather after learning about his crimes which gets her chewed out by Vasco for raising his guard and interfering with his own plans to quietly assassinate him.
- Pen-Pushing President: Before the final battle, she gets promoted to Magistrate and finds herself dealing with significantly more paperwork.
- Playing with Fire: The Firebrand of the party.
Amadea Invidius
Voiced by Catherine Taber- Adventurer Archaeologist: She's very interested in studying the ancient Dimenticate civilization and can fend off the Fey just fine.
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Dishing Out Dirt: The Earthbrand of the party.
Vasco Tessitore
Voiced by Robbie Daymond- Attack Reflector: He sends the Saltbreather's thrown knife back into his back.
- Blow You Away: The Airbrand of the party.
- Childhood Friend: It is later revealed that Vasco is actually Cicero’s childhood friend Javs
- Disability Super Power: Being Salted allows him to understand the Dimenticate language and communicate with Oli.
- Friend of Masked Self: He presents himself as an agent of the Bloodless, but is actually him.
- Heroic RRoD: He ends up Salting himself after flying the party out of some collapsing ruins. Unlike other Salted people, his mind remains mostly intact and his tongue recovers over the course of the game.
- Knowledge Broker: He's a messenger for The Bloodless. Actually, he is the Bloodless.
- Musical Assassin: Fights by playing music on his flute.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Cicero thought that he died when they were kids.
- The Trickster
Oli
Voiced by Jacob Burgess- Team Pet
- Token Heroic Orc: It's a friendly Fey.
The Registry
Vaorone Avestus Aliarme
Voiced by Peter Jessop- Last Request: On his deathbed, he asks for assurance from Cicero that everything he did was worth it. Cicero's response is to say goodbye and walk away.
Valencio Tristan Delzole
Voiced by Crispin Freeman- Guest-Star Party Member: During the final battle, he acts as the party leader for the companions not taken with Cicero.
- Redemption Equals Death: While he and Cicero chose not to have any bad blood between them before the final battle, he fervently does his best to bring Cicero reinforcements to the point of Salting himself and having a Last Stand.
- Trial by Friendly Fire: Follows Avestus' orders to collapse the ruins on Lucia even knowing that Cicero would be crushed too.
Inspettore Lucia Shuria
Voiced by Jennifer Hale- Ironic Echo: She tells a lackey that The Lady's methods are beyond their understanding and to keep faith; in the latter half of the game, she finds herself with the same doubts and receiving the exact same excuses from The Lady.
- I've Come Too Far: After learning the exact details of The Lady's plan, she realizes that Cicero was right about her being fallible, but continues playing her role to ensure that Cicero becomes a hero.
- Unwitting Pawn: She discovers in the end that The Lady was just using her to make Cicero a hero.
Razitof Azrus
Voiced by Gideon Emery- I Owe You My Life: Cicero and Kalden both owe him greatly for reducing Cicero's death sentence down to exile and taking care of Kalden after he was disowned respectively.
- Mundane MacGuffin Person: The main story is kicked off by his disapperance and the deaths of the other Inspettores who tried to find him.
Kairi Aquila
Voiced by Maura Vincent Sorelle del Mare(The Blue Guild)
Head Matron Zelda Deladore
Voiced by Barbara DiricksonMatron Beniva
Voiced by Misty LeeVint
Voiced by Ashly Burch The Luca Infinita (The Golden Guild)
Judgemaster Faveo Fedelta
Voiced by Dave Fennoy- Defeat Means Friendship: He's much friendlier and turns over a new leaf after Cicero defeats him in a duel.
Jaxus Corvail
The Cacciatore (The Green Guild)
Rex Brekken Tarius
Voiced by Fred Tatasciore The Dieci (The Opal Guild)
- Cavalry Betrayal: They strand the other guilds in enemy territory in the hopes of getting into the Herald's good graces.
The Labores Solis (The Purple Guild)
- List
- To
- Hide
The Altus Nobilis (The Brown Guild)
- Cavalry Refusal: They believe that the final threat is just an excuse for the Registry to grab power and refuse to engage.
The Songstresses
Contadani
Ricardo and Alena Tvothe
Voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas (Ricardo) and Fryda Wolff (Alena)- The Blacksmith: They prove to have a gift for inscribing weaponry and painting masks, so Cicero allows them to handle the party's weapons instead of dealing with the Registry's bureaucracy.
- The Driver: They primarily serve as coach hands that transport Cicero and his party.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Alena is the more outgoing of the twins, while Ricardo is the shyer one.
The Merimbus Family (Leventhos, Livia, and Damien)
Voiced by Yuri Lowenthal (Leventhos), Stephanie Sheh (Livia), and Michelle Ruff (Damien)- Sacrificial Lion: Ven and Livia are killed when their inn is set on fire, causing the two of them to die from too much smoke inhalation. Damien barely survives, but is heavily burned.
The Maskrunners
The Maskrunners are split into many different factions, two of which have an impact on the story.
Cyrus Gavar
Voiced by Graham HamiltonCicero Gavar’s younger brother. Players take control of him during the prologue. Cyrus worked as the Custodian of the Registry’s cache of maschrines, until he used his position to smuggle mascherines out to the Maskrunners and attempted to assassinate the Vaorone as part of a coup. Cyrus felt very strongly about the plight of his fellow Contadani, and he united the many factions of the Maskrunners in an attempt to change the balance of power in the Citte. His actions began the War of Bearings, which has gone on for five years.
- Decoy Protagonist: He's the playable character for the prologue and set up as the hero, before getting killed at the end.
Lissandra Rorik
Voiced by Karen StrassmanIzander Ershel
Voiced by Lucien DodgeThe Lady
Voiced by Courtenay TaylorThe Lady is the mysterious leader of the Dactite faction of Maskrunners. The Dactites appear to revere her the way one would a deity.
