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.