Florence Chien

Fayrian Phlorik

The Pickpocket Prince,
Champion of the Revolutionaries

But where was his place on the tower of society?

Between the crown that ought to be his and a death sentence for a murder he didn’t commit, he was looking at the entire height of that tower and there was no place for him except for six feet under.

Lucas Rhine

Colonel of the Crownsguard Gendarmerie, Noumenmancer, Treasonist

“Have you forgotten the things I taught you? Calculate all variables before every action—”

“—and accept all consequences without regret. Yes, I know. I’m not regretting. I’m just frustrated. There’s nothing I can do to save you. I must save you.”

Elsa Fontaine

Daughter of Merchants, University Scholar, Diplomatic Ambassador

“People of Surolifia, I plead for your mercy! Let our triumph be one of benevolence, and let the songs sing of our dignity and not of savagery!”

(Illustrations by Sehna)

Full Characters List

This list contains minor spoilers and reader discretion is advised.

Crownsguard Gendarmerie

  • Lucas Alaric Rhine: Acting colonel of the Venni Regiment. Formerly the colonel of the Azena Regiment.
  • Antoine Sebastian Bromont: Commander of the Crownsguard Gendarmerie. Formerly the colonel of the Lifeguard Regiment.
  • Marcia Rothus: Colonel of the Azena Regiment. Formerly a captain of the First Division of the Azena Regiment and Lucas’s second-in-command.
  • Norman Ferron: Captain of the Penitentiary Division of the Azena Regiment.
  • Eridan Feist: Former colonel of the Venni Regiment.
  • Sarnia Arathi: Captain of the First Division of the Venni Regiment.
  • Braiden Connery: A private in the First Division of the Venni Regiment.
  • Gareth Falston: Colonel of the Surolifia Regiment.
  • Miras Tyrell: Captain of the First Division of the Surolifia Regiment.

The Revolutionaries

  • Fayrian (Faye) Persis Phlorik: The usurped prince sovereign of the former Sovereign State of Al Senia prior to the Empire’s annexation. Older twin brother to Isaac Phlorik.
  • Lucian Royce Vesperin: Son of Maurice and Estelle Vesperin. Childhood friend with Elsa Fontaine. The so-called Revenant of Surolifia.
  • Maxome Cherro: Commander of the Revolutionaries. Formerly the treasurer of Surolifia.
  • Edmund Hayden: A physician and strategist. Lead coordinator of the Revolutionaries’ Venni branch. Formerly the Vesperins’ court physician. Guardian and teacher of Lucian Vesperin and Faye Phlorik.
  • Alexandre Edward Sennett: An investment analyst at the National Bank of Al Senia.
  • Jodariel Inglis: Captain of a Revolutionary reconnaissance vessel. Formerly a Malian pirate.
  • Cyris Viet: First mate and physician on Jodariel Inglis’s ship. Greatly admires Edmund Hayden.
  • Lachlan Fawn: A deckhand on Jodariel Inglis’s ship.
  • Kassian Harten: Former quartermaster on Jodariel Inglis’s ship. Killed by Eridan Feist during Operation Valera.

A.W. Fontaine & Company

  • Elsa Lemeria Fontaine: A doctorate student in business administration at the Royal University of Science. Daughter of Meredith Fontaine. In a courtship with Rio Sullivan. Childhood friend with Lucian Vesperin. Sent by Isaac Phlorik to Surolifia to find the Vesperins’ hidden etherite mine.
  • Meredith Adria Fontaine: Chief executor of A.W. Fontaine & Company. Mother of Elsa Fontaine.
  • Graham Reed: The chief of security of A.W. Fontaine & Company.

Royal University of Science & Ministry of Natural Resources

  • Riordan (Rio) Leslie Sullivan: A master at the Department of Phenomancy at the University. In a courtship with Elsa Fontaine. Childhood friend with Faye and Isaac Phlorik. Sent by Isaac Phlorik to find the Vesperins’ hidden etherite mine in Surolifia.
  • Thomas Dorian Morrison: Grandmaster of the Department of Phenomancy at the University. Sent by Isaac Phlorik to find the Vesperins’ hidden etherite mine in Surolifia.
  • Elias Kroniss: Grandmaster of the Department of Economics at the University. Body-double for Thomas Morrison during the trip to Westrend Point.
  • Mathieu Essen: A master in the Department of Chemistry at the University. Body-double for Gerrian Wylfurt during the trip to Westrend Point.
  • Gerrian Wylfurt: Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Sent by Isaac Phlorik to find the Vesperins’ hidden etherite mine in Surolifia.

City of Azena

  • Isaac Severin Phlorik: Viceroy of the Imperial State of Al Senia, appointed by the Empire of Elthanora after annexation.
  • Serena Rosaline Esreale: Vicereine of the Imperial State of Al Senia. Wife of Isaac Phlorik. Daughter of Soren Esreale and Katherine Fortier. Childhood friend of Faye Phlorik.

City of Venni

  • Soren Esreale: Governor of the City of Venni. Father of Serena Esreale.
  • Katherine Fortier: Wife of Soren Esreale. Mother of Serena Esreale.
  • Jules Dondalion: The chief prosecutor at the Crown Prosecutor’s Office of the City of Venni.
  • Francis Ammon: A former magistrate of the Court of Justiciary for the City of Venni. Pledged allegiance to the Lucian Vesperin during Operation Valera.
  • Gideon Moreau: Proprietor and chief curator of the Galleria of Venni.
  • Merys Sybelius: Proprietor of a chain of upscale diners and hotels in the City of Venni. Pledged allegiance to Lucian Vesperin during Operation Valera.
  • Maria Bellerose: Former proprietor of the House of Opportunity. Pledged allegiance to Lucian Vesperin during Operation Valera and killed in the fire that followed.
  • Scarlett Rosalia: A courtesan at the House of Opportunity.

City of Surolifia

  • Martha Gosselin: Governor of the City of Surolifia.

Republic of Maliona

  • Ishen Valrohna Delamora, the Lord Transcendent: A member of the Transcendents, founders of the Republic of Maliona. Progenitor of the craft of etherite reformation. The last known spaciomancer.
  • Lyanna Valenyer: A High Councillor of the Grand Concillium of Maliona. Ambassador plenipotentiary. Younger sister of Estelle Vesperin. Aunt to Lucian Vesperin.

Empire of Elthanora

  • Frederique Morris Sullivan: Admiral of the Imperial Fleet of Elthanora. Formerly the commander of the Crownsguard Gendarmerie. Father of Rio and Irene Sullivan.
  • Irene Sullivan: Older sister of Rio Sullivan. Daughter of Frederique Sullivan. Killed in an etherite mishandling accident.

Others

  • Maurice Vesperin: Former governor of the City of Surolifia. Husband of Estelle Vesperin. Father of Lucian Vesperin.
  • Estelle Vesperin: Wife of Maurice Vesperin. Mother of Lucian Vesperin. Guardian and teacher of Elsa Fontaine.
  • Leonard Sennett: Father of Antoine and Alexandre Sennett. A Surolifian folk hero known for arranging the secret escape of several hundred civilians during Frederique Sullivan’s siege of the southern cities.
  • Royce Adrian Valenyer: Father of Estelle and Lyanna Valenyer. Grandfather of Lucian Vesperin.
  • Syron Amadeus Vesperin: A distant ancestor of the Vesperins. A member of the Transcendents. A friend to Ishen Delamora. Keeper of Ishen Delamora’s etherite shortsword, Aisling, after Ishen Delamora’s death.
  • Klymora del Larsa: A famous Malian painter during the foundational realism movement.
  • Marcyanis Lysendi: A famous Malian violinist and composer. Composed Estelle Vesperin’s favourite piece, Serenade No. 4.
  • Averil Staccona: A famous composer of mythic epics from the Sovereign State of Noria during the War of Lords period. Composed Tempest Falls, which was recently performed at the Austerlinden House in Azena.
  • Verys Levyon: A Malian folk hero. A soldier fabled to have set free a hundred comrades from an enemy prison.
  • Yanis “Clear-Eye” Rhine: Father to Lucas Rhine. A former captain in the Imperial Legion of Elthanora. Recipient of the Medal of Heroics, the highest military honour in the Empire of Elthanora.