A non who publicly role-plays figures from fictitious armies and battles in the hope that one of them will prompt a vislae to actually tell him something of the war.
Zimrah Plank
A milliner who sells her wares from her front porch.
Ennis Chapman
He is generally deceptive and attempts to pass off mundane items as magical.
Olivier and Olivia
A pair of 20-something twins who interchange identities and appearances continually, even in mid sentence. This is most disconcerting to viewers.
Vedia Trimalchio
Vedia has found herself less interested in advancing in her Order and learning more spells than in understanding the nature of the inhabitants of Satyrine: a sociologist of the city, so to speak.
Artemisia DeRose
Artemisia is a society lady who spends her time attending parties but always with the aim of moving in grander circles.
Kinoshita Kokushi
A 12-year-old boy who is unable to speak but seems connected with everything going on in the neighbourhood. Confounding appearances, he is a key member of a local Weaver cell, as a 4th degree Master of the Weft.
Deborah Mendrofa
An elderbrin who runs a high-end restaurant “Illuminations” in the Marquis Quarter.
Aquila Verres
A “speaker” zilat, tour agent and guide, who is able to store, arrange, and telepathically message (but cannot probe the minds of) tour customers.
Amelia des Epinettes
Gerent of the Piscine Grange neighbourhood in Fartown. She appears as a kindly but decisive and savvy manager of the neighbourhood, a mentor to low-level Goetics, and a lover of fine wine.