Cast of Characters
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The Fae
Illa Sh'rettgratti
Aliases:
Ian Falson
Rhett Shriver
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Autumn, with Winter ancestry.
Appearance:
Nape-length black hair, pale skin with cool undertones, red eyes, black upper wings, red lower wings. Wiry build.
Glamours:
Brown contacts
Ear-tip rings
Wing shields
Clever (male-style)
Magic:
Standard fae
Story So Far:
Involuntarily betrothed to Thairn and voluntarily Thairn's kink sub. Going undercover in the Wingless gang as a new sub, secretly under Thairn's collar, to gather information.
Thairn Aurvo'sha
Aliases:
Thea Falson
Alanna Abercorn
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Autumn, with Summer and Spring ancestry.
Appearance:
Hip-length blonde hair, bronze skin, amber eyes, white upper wings, gold lower wings. Leanly muscular.
Glamours:
Breast forms that act as all-in-one glamour for chest, ear-tips, wings and clever (female-style)
False fingernail that glamours the hands
Magic:
Strong fae, esp. healing
Story So Far:
Hopelessly in love with Illa and currently his kink domme. Going undercover in the Morley mafia's new school of magic as a teacher to gather intel, disrupt the school, and protect Mickey from the dangers of winning the Morley succession.
The Morleys
Dara Zhūyù Lynwood
Chinese Name:
林 珠玉 (Lín Zhūyù)
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Hàn Chinese and White.
Appearance:
Thick, wavy brown hair. Worn up in the lab, but not usually outside it. Dark-brown eyes. Tawny skin tone.
Magic:
Standard wizard
Education:
Potions knowledge and skill
Story So Far:
Lucía's close ally.
Greta Holloway
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Black and White mixed-race
Appearance:
A lean woman with a cloud of gray hair and odd-colored eyes.
Magic:
Standard wizard
Sight (ability to see magic normally invisible to wizards, including faerie glamour)
Story So Far:
Uses her Sight on behalf of the Morley crime family. Has unstated oaths binding her to the head of the family, Magdalena Morley. Cares deeply about her branch of the family, the Holloways, particularly her grand-nephew Mickey, though she doesn't show it very well. Between Thairn saving Greta's life after a potion went awry and Greta's desire to protect Mickey, Greta has bound herself into bargains with Thairn and Illa.
Lucía Qíngzhào Morley, of the Lynwoods
Chinese Name:
莫 晴照, 林族 (Mò Qíngzhào, Lín clan)
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Hàn Chinese, Latine and White.
Appearance:
Long, straight black hair, usually worn in a tight bun for lab safety. Night-blue eyes. Skin paled by long stretches indoors.
Magic:
Strong wizard
Education:
Potions knowledge and skill
Neurochemistry PhD
Story So Far:
Taking the Test of the Raven, hoping to win the heirship of the Morley mafia. Heads up the mafia's potions research. Knew about Xavier's nomination before Mickey did.
Luke
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
White
Appearance:
All gangly limbs, with messy strawberry-blond hair. Tall, but shorter than Mickey and Xavier. Skin tone pinkish-white.
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. fire evocation
Story So Far:
Mickey's bodyguard. Outside hire, not related to any of the Morley family. Close to Xavier.
Magdalena Morley
Current Pronoun:
She
Appearance:
An old woman, skin a light brown, paled with age, hands mottled with liver spots.
Story So Far:
Head of the Morley crime family.
Malachi Justinian Morley
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Latine and White.
Appearance:
Black curls in a short-cropped cut, square jaw. Lightly-tanned skin.
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. evocation
Story So Far:
Taking the Test of the Bull, hoping to win the heirship of the Morley mafia. Heads up the mafia's enforcement operations. Tried to sneak a dangerous drug called glowcloud into the succession announcement. Xavier's half-brother--Malachi's the legitimate one.
Mickey Morley
Legal Name:
Malcolm Godfrey Morley
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Latine, Black and White.
Appearance:
Shoulder-length wavy brown hair, light-brown skin, brown eyes. Lanky.
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. healing, shadows and wards
Story So Far:
Taking the Test of the Serpent, hoping to win the heirship of the Morley mafia. Heads up the mafia's diplomatic operations. Has discovered that Thairn is fae, but has decided to keep it secret and ask for her help.
Xavier
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Black, Latine and White.
Appearance:
Even taller than Mickey and more built. Black, bald-shaved and bearded.
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. shadows, wards, scrying and tracing
Story So Far:
Taking the Test of the Kraken for the heirship to the Morley mafia. Mickey's bodyguard. Malachi's half-brother--the illegitimate one. Close to Luke.
The School
Jenna Huáng
Chinese Name:
黄 晶慧 (Huáng Jīnghuì)
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Afro-Asian (Black and Hàn Chinese)
Appearance:
Skintone chestnut, warm undertones. Short with rounded features and space puffs that are honestly at least partly because she's a Sailor Moon fan (Moon is not her favorite Scout, that’s actually Venus, but. Hair.)
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. wards
Story So Far:
New student at the Morley magic school. She's just cast her first ward.
Michelle Kim
Korean Name:
김 미영/金 美影 (Kim Mi-Young)
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Korean
Appearance:
Chubby, keeps her hair its natural color (black) and grown out long in such a way that it often covers her face some. She has grown-out bangs. She wears makeup that reads a little older than she is, as a sort of keeping-within-expectations thing. Possibly as she starts to open up more, she might adapt a more personal style. She also wears a lot of long skirts and drapy styles. Her appearance and dress naturally casts a lot of shadows.
Magic:
Strong wizard, esp. shadows
Story So Far:
New student at the Morley magic school. She's just broken her first ward, using shadows. On seeing this, Mickey offers to tutor her.
Tricia Vernon
Current Pronoun:
She
Appearance:
Short, dark-brown hair and a weighty, grounded frame.
Magic:
Standard wizard
Education:
Magical plants
Story So Far:
Has strong opinions about plant monoculture. Friendly with Alanna. Dislikes Lucía.
The Wingless
Bev
Current Pronoun:
She
Ethnicity:
Mixed-ancestry, White and Cherokee
Appearance:
Older woman with brassy-blonde hair and tan-worn skin. Her hair is dyed.
Magic:
None
Story So Far:
A woman who's been kinking around with the Wingless gang since before she transitioned. She's good friends with just about everybody in the gang. She's got an easygoing manner and a whip-crack tongue.
Eric Wilkinson
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Unknown
Appearance:
Taller than Gabriel. Square face.
Story So Far:
Gabriel's second-in-command, lover, and kink partner. Friends with Greta. Owns a bar that's cover for the Wingless operation.
Gabriel
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
Mixed ancestry, incl. Latine
Appearance:
Slicked-back black hair and smooth, light-brown skin. Died as a teenager and has not aged.
Magic:
Standard wizard (was strong before death)
Story So Far:
Leader of the Wingless gang, which scuffles with and rescues people from the Morley mafia. Hates fae. Kink dom.
Greg
Current Pronoun:
He
Ethnicity:
White
Appearance:
Big, soft and hairy, with a buzzcut.
Magic:
None (had weak wizardry before death)
Story So Far:
A sub who kinks around the Wingless gang and is close to both Gabriel and Eric. Recently befriended Rhett.
Minor
Adam
Plays a scene with Illa where Thairn can watch. Rigger and all-around good top. Black, stout.
Ava Holloway
Greta's sister and Mickey's grandmother. Has the Sight as strongly as Greta does.
Noraline Morley
Greta's niece and Mickey's mother. Has the Sight, but not as strongly as Ava or Greta, so she doesn't know the succession will endanger Mickey.
Backstory
Alice Lynwood
Lucía's late mother. Was researching Sight potions. Died in a mysterious fire.
Des and Nils
Mickey's old bodyguards, who took a bribe from Lucía to try and kill him.
Donald Rhodes
Thairn's late partner. Killed by a wizard. White with broad features and a brown beard.
Dorian Holloway
Greta's and Ava's late brother and Mickey's late great-uncle. Had the Sight as strongly as Greta and Ava. Refused to swear an oath to Magdalena. Dead, unknown causes.
Shandra
Illa's ex-domme. Spirit channeler. Dark-skinned with cool undertones.