Cast

Dal ValEng is a sylph thief, formerly based in Ras Huran. At age eight, Dal ran away from her home in Llyri to escape her family and, with the help of the eidolan Qebrus, learned quickly how to survive on her own.

Though a generally upbeat and self-sufficient person, Dal yearns for a true sense of family and belonging she feels she may never have had, and fears she may never find.

Ro ValEng is a sylph fugitive and former acolyte in the Celestial Heritage Conservatory’s Astral Templar. After a disastrous reunion with her younger sister, Ro was apparently killed by Qebrus in combat. However, she soon found herself very much alive, surrounded by Ybric thralls, and having suddenly manifested some unusual new capabilities.

Quick to anger, Ro is driven by the shame of having mutiliated her younger sister, and she is determined to prove—to even Dal, to even herself—that she was correct to do so.

Qebrus is an eidolan decadent of the Luminous Body, as well as the former business partner and defacto guardian of Dal ValEng; together, the pair would separate hundreds of slabs of glass from hapless citizens of Ras Huran. But, having recently struck down Dal’s older sister in a petty display of avarice, Qebrus finds he must now re-evaluate his priorities.

Qebrus has spent much of his life uncritically following the doctrine of the Luminous Body, which demands the perpetual acquisition and retention of physical wealth at any cost. He is beginning to wonder why.

Sorril Aeolinsth is an erjan thief and head cook for the venerable Ras Huran restaurant Neb’s Chophouse and Sundry. Originally from the slums of Myrea outside the wall of Navi Yanu, Sorril essentially followed his erstwhile love interest Lyale zen Tors to Ras Huran, and it is at her trekstop he now spends much of his spare time, regaling patrons with all manner of irritating stories and scents.

Though he prefers to envision himself a ruthless scoundrel and cunning element of Ras Huran’s underworld, Sorril is in fact a thoughtful and compassionate individual.

Crjth, the Unbridled is a suneater marksman and engineer, specializing in firearms. One of a younger generation which takes its religious veneration of the Sun a little less seriously, Crjth has enthusiastically joined the effort to keep the flagging satellite from losing its orbit and causing a fiery extinction for life in Erj. As she sees it, it’s simply preferable to dying.

Crjth is renowned among her peers equally for her attention to detail and her aloof, acerbic demeanour—the confluence of which has created for her a reputation as a bit of an ass.

Lyale zen Tors is a Yanuan barkeep and owner of The Brink, a small trekstop serving travellers journeying to and from Ras Huran. After having grown up wanting for nothing in the affluent city state of Navi Yanu, Lyale became so disenchanted by the idle pomposity of Eri’s high society that she took to the Waste, choosing to brave the rigours of desert life for little more than the challenge.

Lyale is virtually unflappable, though is quick to defend against anything she deems a threat to her family—in particular her younger brother Bome, for whom she is responsible.

Bomaryl zen Tors is a Yanuan former thrall. After having been extracted from the cult by Sorril Aeolinsth, Bome now spends his days ostensibly under the watchful eye of his older sister, Lyale.

The particulars of Bome’s past are little known even to those closest to him—and he’s not exactly talking about it; as a result of an incident while still a thrall, Bome lacks the ability to speak, and is virtually inscrutable to all but those closest to him.

Hotat is an eidolan mail carrier, and one of the Western Allied Postal Guild’s longest-serving. As his occupation takes him routinely across much of Erj’s Western Waste, Hotat is a veritable encyclopedia of Western geographical and cultural information.

A confluence of his stolid demeanour and long-haul occupation ensure Hotat doesn’t make many long-term friends—a state of affairs he happily accepts.