Level 1 Non, -1 Skepticism
A non who publicly role-plays figures from fictitious armies and battles in the hope that one of them will prompt a vislae to actually tell him something of the war.
Zimrah Plank
Level 3 Elderbrin, +1 Wariness
A milliner who sells her wares from her front porch.
Ennis Chapman
Level 4 Vislae, +1 Persuasion
He is generally deceptive and attempts to pass off mundane items as magical.
Olivier and Olivia
Level 5 Vislae, (3rd degree Vances); +3 Subterfuge, +4 Sow confusion, +2 Avoidance
A pair of 20-something twins who interchange identities and appearances continually, even in mid sentence. This is most disconcerting to viewers.
Vedia Trimalchio
Level 7 Vislae, +2 Observation, +2 Recall
Vedia has found herself less interested in advancing in her Order and learning more spells than in understanding the nature of the inhabitants of Satyrine: a sociologist of the city, so to speak.
Artemisia DeRose
Level 2 Non, +2 Observation, +2 Deception
Artemisia is a society lady who spends her time attending parties but always with the aim of moving in grander circles.
Kinoshita Kokushi
Level 7 Vislae, (4th degree Weaver); +2 Investigation; +2 Persuasion.
A 12-year-old boy who is unable to speak but seems connected with everything going on in the neighbourhood. Confounding appearances, he is a key member of a local Weaver cell, as a 4th degree Master of the Weft.
Deborah Mendrofa
Level 6 Elderbrin, +3 Withstand, +2 Dodge, +3 Resist; +3 Cooking, +3 Gardening; can determine ingredients of anything edible by taste alone.
An elderbrin who runs a high-end restaurant “Illuminations” in the Marquis Quarter.
Aquila Verres
Level 6 Zilat, +2 Resist, +3 Organising; sends misleading directions with some compulsion to follow them.
A “speaker” zilat, tour agent and guide, who is able to store, arrange, and telepathically message (but cannot probe the minds of) tour customers.
Amelia des Epinettes
Level 7 Vislae, +2 Resist, +2 Leadership, +1 Cunning
Gerent of the Piscine Grange neighbourhood in Fartown. She appears as a kindly but decisive and savvy manager of the neighbourhood, a mentor to low-level Goetics, and a lover of fine wine.