4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Supporting Cast — Index
Recurring characters have their own files. Minor characters are tracked in the table below.
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) |
| Brennan Toor | brennan-toor.md |
The Wolf's old Pathfinder comrade — visible Cairns node |
| Duchess Pamira | duchess-pamira.md |
Book 3 client, Devod's love interest |
| Kimra | kimra.md |
Phelan's mother (Book 3 reconnection subplot) |
| Pip | pip.md |
Pixie dragon, Mere's living magic detector (Book 3+) |
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 | B2 Ch05 | Active — minor |
| Sable | Ledger's field operative. Quiet, competent, late 20s. Attached to the Book 3 Athel Repository expedition as observer/security. Everything Phelan does appears in her reports — she doesn't hide this, Phelan doesn't object. Field survival, basic ward defence, sending-stone comms back to Ledger. Injured but alive during Cass's Ch18 breach. | Guild observer | B3 Ch06 | Introduced Book 3 |
| Seraphel "Sera" Varrant | Phelan and Mere's unborn child. Conceived late Book 2 / between books. Not born in Book 3 — the pregnancy and preparation ARE the arc. Named based on "Sarah." Nursery planned at Chandler's Row (east-facing, adjacent to the kitchen). | Daughter (in utero) | B3 Ch01 | Expected Book 4+ |
| Patren | Kimra's husband. Decent, quiet man she met through work. Not present for Kimra's Ch04 Chandler's Row arrival but mentioned. Phelan has never met him. | Phelan's stepfather (effectively) | B3 Ch04 (referenced) | Off-page |
| Margeth ("Mags") | Kimra's best friend. Referenced in Kimra's Ch11 letter ("Margeth visited"). May visit Chandler's Row while Kimra is there. | Phelan's mother's best friend | B3 Ch11 (referenced) | Off-page |
| Aldric Vane | Warehouse district, east side, near the old grain exchange. Logistics, security. Contact offered to Phelan by Brennan Toor in B2 Ch15 — "Tell him the Wolf sent you." Not yet on-page. | Cairns network node | B2 Ch15 (referenced) | Seeded, not yet on-page |
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]