# Supporting Cast — Index

Recurring characters have their own files. Minor characters are tracked in the table below.

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## Character Files

| Character | File | Role |
|-----------|------|------|
| Mere Fields | `mere-fields.md` | Love interest |
| Jonael Carterson | `jonael-carterson.md` | The Exasperated Partner |
| Leon D'Nardis | `leon-dnardis.md` | The Morally Gray Friend |
| Devod Fields | `devod-fields.md` | The Comic Relief Who Is Unexpectedly Competent |
| Ledger | `ledger.md` | Guild Intelligence |
| Cassius Rykhard | `cassius-rykhard.md` | Compact Antagonist (Book 1) |
| Carson Johnsby | `carson-johnsby.md` | The Right Reverend Carson |
| Kaeran "Kae" Thrainn | `kaeran-thrainn.md` | Book 2 Antagonist (tragic) |

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## Minor Characters

*Short entries for characters with smaller roles. Promote to their own file if they recur or grow complex.*

| Name | Role | Relationship to Phelan | First Appearance | Status |
|------|------|----------------------|-----------------|--------|
| Ned Floundry | Curse victim | Client (indirect — via family) | Ch04 | Dying, cursed |
| Gavren Holst | Herbal supply store owner (Gavren's Botanical & Sundry) | Former employer | Ch01 | Active — Phelan resigned Ch05 |
| Guild Receptionist (name TBD) | Guild front desk | Professional | Ch04 | Active |
| Charlette Fields | Mere's controlling mother. Owns Thresholds (the leash). Forced Devod out via ultimatum when Mere was 12. Layered rules: income control, schedule control, social control. Named by Devod in Ch12. | No direct relationship yet | Ch12 (named, off-page) | Active — off-page |
| Harwick | Tanner, occupies ground floor below Devod's place on Millford Street | None | Ch12 (referenced) | Active — minor |
| Calla Floundry | Ned's wife, case client | Client | Ch11 | Active |
| Brida Voss | Hendrick Voss's cousin. Early 30s, wiry frame, tired brown eyes. Sheltered Kae because Elara asked her to. Ground-floor tenement, southern warrens near old tannery. Provided Kae's full backstory. Recognised Phelan as "the man who burned my wall." | Witness / source | Ch14 | Active — minor |
| Drannick | Pipe smoker outside metalworking shop in Kae's territory. Referred Phelan to Carson. | Street contact | Ch05 | Active — minor |

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## Naming Conventions

*Track naming patterns to keep the world consistent.*

- Surnames: Mix of trade-derived (Fields, Carterson) and regional (D'Nardis suggests different origin/class)
- [Expand as patterns emerge]
