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First Character Glossary

    Welcome to the First Character Glossary! This is here as a tool and refresher for any and all characters appearing across the first sixty four chapters. Yes, even if the chapter is not released yet. The list is divided into three categories:


    Tournament Invitees,


    Historically Important Characters, and


    Friends and Foes of Tournament Contestants.


    Each sections is listed in order of appearance.


    One last HUGE SPOILER WARNING!!


    Tournament Invitees


    The Knight


    True name: Ad Rem


    Age: 58


    Description: Ad Rem was once the captain of the notorious murugan squad, an elite group of the Pangean Entente’s greatest soldiers. He led them through countless battles and victories taking part in some of the most pivotal battles of the second human-mokoi war. As the war continued on his responsibilities expanded and he started taking charge over larger battalions eventually being in charge of leading the invasive force into the mokoi badlands. During the war, he met with Doyen the hero of New Heirisson conquest (though this was before he had that title) when the two had a friendly duel Ad Rem lost. This was the beginning of Doyen’s rise to fame much to Ad’s chagrin. Now with the war over and his age creeping up on him he has been relegated to working behind a desk; a fact that he is very much displeased with.


    The Sailor


    True name: Quietus


    Age: 1213


    Description: Quietus was a monster hunter who made a living being hired by sailors to guard their ships from sea monsters. One day he was attacked by a sea monster and cursed with undeath. He made it his life’s mission to get revenge on the monster but when he encountered it again he lost their duel a second time being cast to the bottom of the ocean. Many, many years later a fishing crew for supplying Parapet Island with food found him. With anyone he knew being long dead he had no home and so settled in under the wing of the Pangean Entente.


    The Pith


    True name: Pithy


    Age: 41


    Description: Pithy was a part of an adventuring duo with his girlfriend. Ever since her death he has been searching for a way to resurrect her. This mission leads Pithy to finding and using a unicorn horn but the ritual ends up failing.


    The Vampire


    True name: N/A


    Age: 1556


    Description: The vampire is an extremely powerful mokoi noble. Finding himself disillusioned with his home continent he set out to find his place in Trammel. The Vampire formed his own nation called the Pleurothallidinae and settled down in a valley which previously was owned by the sodality of rain. Now the Vampire only concerns himself with finding the blood of powerful people to consume.


    The Flare


    True name: Poetaster


    Age: 1998


    Description: Poetaster is obsessed with fame and attention and loves being in the spotlight. Poetaster made their debut right in time with the invention of the incalescent firebox and so has seen a meteoric growth in popularity being the very first IF-star.


    The Game


    True name: Not revealed yet


    Age: 23


    Description: Born in Aegis, the Game has had to deal with his fare share of struggles but he uses his power to create universal laws of the universe to get past it. Though his power does come with the downside that all those affected by his laws must agree to its terms.


    The Fusilier


    True name: Sapphic


    Age: 41


    Definition: Growing up in Aegis during the second human-mokoi war Sapphic along with her childhood friend Schlemiel made their living as bandits. In their escapades Schlemiel contracted Arcanal jackal Germination and unsuppressed accelerated essence metamorphosis. The two girls then dedicated themselves to holding back and finding the cure for this illness. Though unsuccessful in curing Schlemiel they were so successful in their banditry that the Pangean Entente had to pull the murugan squad from the frontlines to deal with them. In their confrontation with murugan squad, Schlemiel was captured and Sapphic presumed dead. Sapphic continued her life as a bandit though making sure to not draw as much attention until years later she found Schlemiel again. Except Schlemiel was married and with child as well as her sickness had progressed to a terminal stage. Sapphic stayed with Schlemiel for her final months before moving on where she was confronted by the white witch to help in her plan. The white witch informed that Schlemiel’s daughter inherited the same sickness as her mother and if she helped the white witch they could create the cure. With this in mind Sapphic agreed to join the white witch. Also of note: both Sapphic and Schlemiel were extraordinary marksman to the point that Schlemiel was considered the greatest marksman alive and upon her death Sapphic inherited the title.


    The River


    True name: Firn Rain


    Age: 29


    Description: Firn is the first born and currently only son to the chief of the sodality of rain and is a gifted practitioner of water manipulation. The problem is that he grew up alongside Névé and Scoria whose talents eclipsed his. Scoria being the first prince of the sodality of rains nemesis: the sodality of cinder. And Névé later running away to betray humanity and join the white witch, Firn is seen as a failure by his people for constantly losing to them.


    When they were younger, Firn had been betrothed to Névé.


    The Reliquary


    True name: Not revealed yet


    Age: 34


    Description: His mentor was killed leaving his final quest to deliver a certain briefcase uncomplete. The reliquary took his mentors rabbit mask and now hopes to finish what his mentor had started but he doesn’t know who or where he is supposed to deliver the briefcase. Following the clues left by his late mentor he discovers a secret organization known as the masks. The rabbit was a well known member of the group and upon sneaking into one of their meetings a fight breaks out leading to the death of the bull, the death of the lamb, the awakening of the starfish, and the betrayal of the octopus.


    The Sage


    True name: Ken Ream


    Age: 112


    Description: Ken Ream was a genius prodigy being the youngest student ever to both be accepted and graduate from Ersatz University. He was invited to the fifth Tournament at the young age of twelve under the title of the Apprentice but lost in the third round. For many years he stayed at Ersatz University as a professor and dedicated himself to research. Later seeing great potential in a young peasant named Doyen, he joins the boy in his freelance efforts to help in the second human-mokoi war. After ‘defeating’ the mokoi khan with Doyen and the Saviors he returned to his prestigious position at Ersatz University. Though now with his invigorated fame he also holds a significant presence in politics as well.


    The Loner


    True name: Not revealed


    Age: 22


    Description: The loner has the power to manifest green balls of energy which he can expand and constrict at will. He also spends a lot of time in deserts though it is yet to be seen whether that is willfully so or simply due to a lack of navigational skills.


    The Band


    True name: Liederkranz


    Age: 32


    Description: Liederkranz was one of the original members of the murugan squad and also the youngest member of the team. She took part in the invasive force to the mokoi badlands. After the death of the mokoi khan she retired from the life of a soldier and returned to her hometown to be a teacher.


    The Asset


    True name: Weltschmerz


    Age: 34


    Description: Weltschmerz grew up in the north of the sodality of rain and her village felt firsthand the impact of the Pleurothallidinae. After a particularly gruesome raid, Weltschmerz was left as the only survivor of her village and has hence dedicated her life to exterminating all mokoi: especially the Pleurothallidinae.


    The Dragon


    True name: Muse


    Age: 1988


    Description: An extremely powerful dragon with only one arm. Widely known as one of the most powerful dragons of the serpentine mountains and worshipped by the Tarragon monks as one of the four primordial deities, specifically the dragon of knowledge. Muse is obsessed with knowledge and books and is always excited to expand his horizons. Currently he has kidnapped a human female called Maitre d’ to help teach him of the modern world.


    The Antecedent


    True name: Radix


    Age: 15


    Description: Radix is a normal teenage boy with green eyes from our world but after getting hit by a truck and having a strange meeting with a girl with a headband he was summoned. The devadoots summoned Radix granting him some of their divine powers to enter the Tournament and slay the White witch.


    The Bud


    True name: Copse


    Age: 292


    Description: Copse is a relatively young but extremely powerful forest spirit. His first forest was logged by humans for the construction of a new arena forcing Copse to create a new forest which all of his animal denizens keep reminding him is not as good as the first. Copse is very closely tied with the soul sea and may very well be the most skilled soul manipulator in the world.


    Bounty


    True name: Tiff


    Age: 36


    Description: Tiff always dreamed of being an adventurer. Unfortunately for him he has the world’s worst case of wrong place wrong time and is thought to be responsible for the obliteration of the city of Abut, the city of Scree, and the Country of Smiling Skies. Due to this, he has been dubbed the calamity kid and has the honor of being the human with the world’s largest bounty. Later he was even spotted conversing with the white witch making many believe that he is working with her. Due to all of these factors Tiff is either hated or feared by pretty much the entire world. His closest relationship is that with a bounty hunter group called the Mewls who have dedicated their lives to killing him.


    The Weapon


    True name: Not revealed


    Age: 22


    Description: The Weapon was built by the mokoi khan to fight in the second human-mokoi war but upon the hatching of the khan’s daughter princess Vow, the Weapon was relegated as her security. The Weapon then lived most of its life as Vow’s pet until she one day ran away from home. Now the Weapon spends its time searching for its princess.


    The Emulation


    True name: Pan


    Age: 45


    Description: Pan was childhood friends with Doyen and the two agreed that they would set out for adventure and defeat the evil mokoi army. Things would not turn out as Pan dreamed as his best friend left their small village without him and did exactly that. Pan stayed in his village protecting it from antagonist like the clotted forest mercenary. He even battled against Mulct and Filch at the time. One day Pan is confronted by the white witch and is told that Doyen is dying and if Pan joins the white witch they can save him. With this in mind he joins the white witch.


    The Topiary


    True name: Palmer


    Age: 134


    Description: Palmer wanders around the world searching for a place he can plant his fruit orchard. He carries around with him a basket full of fruits and can make trees bloom. If someone eats the seed of one of his trees they will transform into a tree. Palmer carries with him an empty purple sheathe.


    The Song


    True Name: not revealed


    Age: 21


    Description: The song is an adventurer who lives in the golden country. He is extremely poor and is hated by the adventurer guild staff, especially Inamorata. He carries a violin with him and is quite the talented musician. One day he takes a quest from the guild to subjugate a mokoi and finds out that the mokoi is a very amicable person. He kills the mokoi anyway.


    The Noumenon


    True Name: N/A


    Age: 3997


    Description: The Noumenon was created by the Chauffer and subsequently abandoned. It travelled around the universe in search of the chauffer before finally finding it in the world of our story. The Noumenon learned much about people, family, emotions, love, and decided that it hated the chauffer. The Noumenon was invited to the fifth Tournament and won. Its wish was to fight the Chauffer which it then lost to.


    The Monster


    True Name: Livy


    Age: 1952


    Description: Livy is a monster that lives atop the mountain on Hengist island. She collects the blood of trespassing humans to feed to a woman that is kept within Livy’s lair.


    The Hunter


    True name: not revealed


    Age: 55


    Description:A bounty hunter who captures and fights the dregs of society. A certain mission he was doing eventually led to an enemy who could summon vegetable creatures by using an arcane heart.


    The Repudiate


    True name: épée


    Age: 19


    Description: Daughter of a renowned general from the sodality of cinder who runs his own dojo. épée is a masterful swordswoman who has been practicing in secret from her father. Her father believes that as a woman she is not fit to be a fighter nor to be the next head of the clan. épée joins the Tournament to prove him wrong.


    The Hyperborean


    True name: Hiemal


    Age: 36


    Description: Hiemal was born in the country of smiling skies but when the country was suddenly cast into an endless assault of natural calamities he became the last living member of his family and left the country. Cursed with being eternally cold, Hiemal searched for a way to warm up leading him into the anhydrous desert where he met the Phlogiston tribe. The tribe happily took him in and taught him the ways of their phlogiston flame. In a feeble attempt to keep warm, Hiemal sits in the village’s central bonfire and wears their ritualistic crockpot on his head subsisting only off of its boiling soup. This has given him the name Mr. Crockpot by the village children. Hiemal has unlocked the first flame but is struggling with unlocking the second.


    The Mother


    True name: Granny Ayah


    Age: 155


    Description: Ayah is a swamp creature and caretaker for a special fruit that is growing there. When the fruit was stolen she left the cruor swamps to find it and even fought in the fifth Tournament in hopes of wishing for it back though she lost in the semi-finals.


    The Scribe


    True Name: Pen


    Age: 3,500,006,084


    Description: Pen is a shapeshifter with blue eyes and always wears a yellow headband over their head. Pen observes the world around them and when Pen went to go visit the last of the vvitchenbreivers it met the White witch. On a whim Pen chose to adopt the orphaned child.


    The Bolide


    True Name: Eddy


    Age: 16


    Description: A young farmhand who’s parents passed away when he was a baby. Now he lives with his abusive uncle dreaming of escaping and becoming an adventurer like the great hero’s of story. Now that he has been invited to the Tournament that might not just be a dream.


    The Apprentice


    True Name: Picayune Distingue


    Age: 16


    Description: A prodigious student of Ersatz university, best friend of Espy, boyfriend to Belabor and studies directly under Ken Ream. Having spent much of his life studying under and meeting some of the most powerful people in the world he is aware of their strength and is utterly terrified to face them in the Tournament.


    The Cockatrice


    True name: N/A


    Age: 4


    Description: A simple cockatrice whose abilities are leaps and bounds greater than any other of its species. It can turn everything it looks at to a special stone which doubles as nutrients for the creature.


    The Phoenix


    True Name: Scoria Cinder


    Age: 21


    Description: Son of the chief of the sodality of Cinder. One of the best fire users the sodality has seen for a long time.Secretly loves having pen pals and frequently writes to many individuals from all around the world. He lost against Névé in the elemental festival tournament every time they fought. In the few passing months before the tournament he was personally trained and groomed by Bennu the phoenix. Bennu then gave his phoenix title to Scoria. Scoria cares deeply for Névé and wants to somehow bring her back to the ‘good side’. Scoria often goes out into the forest to hang out with his friend épée and train.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    The Illusionist


    True name: Cicerone


    Age: 1548


    Description: Cicerone is an adult devadoot with one pair of wings. He is extremely powerful with the capability to create any illusion, and is one of the chief deities of the devadootian church. He had managed to get his hands on an arcane heart which Addle (a child devaoot) accidentally dropped into the other side of the edge of the world.


    The Curio


    True name: Arete


    Age: 230


    Description: Arete was a colonel and a spy in the mokoi army and reported directly to the mokoi khan. She had her spies infiltrated in many human organizations. Unhappy with the direction the mokoi khan was taking their country she allied herself with the white witch to create the mokoi surrogate revolutionary army and overthrew the khan by suddenly rebelling just when the human invasive force arrived in the mokoi badlands allowing them to kill the Khan. Now Arete is queen of the mokoi badlands and trying to subdue any remaining dissidents, namely general Zeal of the original mokoi army.


    The Chosen


    True Name: Wish Heirisson


    Age: 15


    Description: Wish is the child of Doyen and Iatric two of history’s greatest heroes. His familial relationship is strained due to his white hair and the many traumas his parents bare. Due to his mother being princess of Bemean he has close ties with royalty. Two of Wish’s friends, a noble and a commoner, secretly had a baby and Wish helped them deliver it. Unbeknownst to these friends, a certain group is aware of this and is trying to assassinate the baby. Also unbeknownst to the couple, Wish has been protecting them and has kept their attacker politically tied up.


    The Ghost


    True Name: Ignis Fatuus


    Physical Age: 13


    Spiritual Age: 53


    Description: A young child who had Basal, a powerful monster as a pet. The monster sacrificed its soul so that her own soul could survive destruction upon her death. Ever since then her ghost has remained with her family watching them grow.


    The Mire


    True Name: N/A


    Age: 1794


    Description: A swamp creature charged with taking care of the entirety of the Cruor swamps. It is parent to almost all life in the swamp. Due to its importance and growing frailty. The mire has been spending much of its time tending to a tree deep in the swamp that has lost its fruit.


    The Ardent


    True name: Sanguine


    Age: 13


    Description: An up and coming fighter in the sodality of cinder. Due to her amazing performance in the elemental festival tournament many of the sodality are looking to her as the next prodigy. At the elemental festival she met prince Scoria and the two became fast friends and pen pals. Sanguine has a crush on Amore and accidentally said I love you to him. She is also best friends with Malady who has an unknown fatal illness. Sanguine is also unwittingly deeply tied to the soul sea and if any of her emotions get out of control a soul entity tied to that emotion can possess her. She uses this ability to her advantage to be a super hero magical girl in her community.


    The Commander


    True name: Zeal


    Age: 999


    Description: As a young mokoi, Zeal was obsessed with the stories of the mokoi khan and its exploits in the first human-mokoi war (at the time just the human-mokoi war) and dedicated his life to being the greatest warrior. When the mokoi khan was freed from the clutches of the devadoots by the white witch, he helped the khan reclaim its throne and became general of the first army. He then became chief strategist for the second human-mokoi war. When a large portion of his own army betrayed him revealing themselves as the mokoi surrogate revolutionary army and let the mokoi khan die he had to relinquish his troops from Trammel and reclaim the throne for his late khan.


    The Obstacle


    True name: Espy Foofaraw


    Age: 20


    Description: A prodigious student of Ersatz University, he managed to get an internship at the Tournament Corporation. While interning there he begins to unravel a conspiracy regarding the purpose and origins of the Tournament. A last-minute change is made to the Tournament roster to shut him up. He is best friends with Picayune and has a younger sister named Patsy.


    The Child


    True name: Vow


    Age: 20


    Incubation time: 200


    Description: Vow was gifted to the mokoi khan as an egg for winning the fourth Tournament. In the year 3980 the white witch visited the mokoi khan and hatched her egg. She lived with the khan for only four years before it was murdered and Arete and the white witch took over as her paternal figures. Disillusioned by all the violence and pain that made up her childhood she ran away from the mokoi badlands going to the human continent of Trammel in search of discovering why their species conflict so much.


    The Fairy


    True name: Nymph


    Age: 507


    Description: Nymph is a mischievous fairy that loves the taste of flesh especially young children. Her favorite cut is the lower lip.


    The Nimbus


    True name: not revealed


    Age: 42


    Description: A being tied to nature itself. It was captured by the country of smiling skies to be used and abused. When it escaped from its confinement it exacted its revenge destroying the entire country and killing nearly all who remained within.


    The Animal


    True name: Basal


    Age: 113


    Description: A powerful monster who was adopted by the Fatuus family. He sacrificed his soul to save Ignis’s soul from complete destruction upon her death. Though no longer in his own body, his soul still lives through her and such he did not die from this sacrifice. Ever since, he has watched over the Fatuus family refusing to let another lose their life. Now without his own soul in his body he can no longer glimpse into the soul sea.


    The Flower


    True name: Not revealed


    Age: 33


    Description: The flower has the ability to make small plants sprout anywhere his body touches. He was once told about a specific flower in his journey and has dedicated his life to finding it.


    The Toil


    True name: TOIL


    Age: 1 month


    Description: The Toil is a weaponized mechanical humanoid that was reverse engineered by the TOIL initiative using the similarly designed weaponized machines of the ancient civilization. A large portion of the TOIL team snuck into the office after hours to use a formula given to them by the white witch and complete the Toil’s creation.


    The Umbra


    True name: Errant


    Age: 20


    Description: Member of the Banausic cardinals. He uses an unwieldly massive sword as a weapon and has far since surpassed the capabilities of his comrades. He remains with them regardless. After killing a baby dragon and having a scare with meeting an adult dragon the team decided to take it slow and join the militia effort to defeat the pleurothallidinae. There they met Weltschmerz.


    The Sin-eater


    True name: Mulct


    Age: 30


    Description: Once a member of the clotted forest mercenaries he even fought Pan and successfully held him back along with his love Filch. After the death of his partner at the hand of Ad Rem (The Knight), Mulct plummeted into a negative spiral until finally the white witch approached him and offered him a way to bring Filch back to life. With this in mind he joined the white witch. Mulct has been sober ever since.


    Divine-warden


    True name: Lenity


    Age: 1217


    Description: Lenity is a child devadoot who is charged with enforcing the law in the divine realm. Lenity is a prodigious child being both extremely powerful and extremely intelligent at such a young age. Her growth however has been stunted as she refuses to partake in the aging ceremony to become an adult and get hers wings. Lenity was the one responsible for pulling out a summoned soul to pit against the white witch. Lenity is also responsible for seeking out the heretical devadoot known as Tartuffe.


    The Golem


    True name: N/A


    Age: 38


    Description: The golem was created as a guardian for its master. This task was made a little more difficult when the golem’s master died. It now travels the world with the master trapped in the golem’s stone body in search of a way to bring its master back the life. On its journey the golem came across a pebble and felt that the pebble was important so brought the pebble with it. Now the golem has two quests, to save its master’s life and understand why the pebble is so important to it.


    The Bulwark


    True name: Not revealed


    Age: 26


    Description: This is not the Bulwark. The Bulwark is dead and this man claimed the title. This ‘Bulwark’ is an assassin who works for the Tabulate syndicate. He was ordered to assassinate Jocund the wall, a member of the legendary adventuring group the Saviors. Just as his assassination was successful Jocund received an invitation to the tournament under the title of the Bulwark. This assassin finds joy in difficult assassinations that require a lot of thought and planning to pull off.


    The Archeologist


    True name: Sully Surety


    Age: 33


    Description: Sully is a genius scientist who founded the TOIL initiative during the second human-mokoi war. One of Sully’s greatest inventions was the incalescent firebox. Getting bored with the slow progress of the Toil initiative, he stepped back from direct involvement and began exploring the ruins of the ancient civilization. Sully is immune to mercurial essence and has a device that can calculate how much mercurial essence is in a given area. On one expedition into the ruins, Sully came across an underground facility in which there was a strange device that could warp and shift, grow and shrink in incomprehensible ways. The chauffer took interest in this device as well and took it right before giving Sully the invitation.


    The Amaranthine


    True name: not revealed


    Age: 4320


    Description: An exceptionally old immortal with strange eyes. His entire family lineage have increased regenerative abilities but none can compare to the near omnipotence of his own.


    The Spear (Rabbit-foot)


    True name: Waif


    Age: 8


    Description: Waif is a young orphan living in Aegis. When she discovered that her orphanage was planning on selling her to an investor in the orphanage she ran away and uncovered a cave in which a suit of armor was impaled by a spear. When touching the spear she discovered that she could hear its thoughts and it has commanded her to wield it for the Tournament.


    The Spear (True)


    True name: Schizo


    Age: 527


    Description: Schizo is a powerful human who had won the first Tournament and was imprisoned by the devadoots so that they could drink from his soul. After the Patriarch and many of the higher ups of the divine realm were killed by the white witch, all who knew of Schizo’s existence were killed. He was then left to slowly build up his power by consuming rogue souls until eventually Waif found him and formed a soul bond. Now he meets the chauffer again and gets an invitation to the Tournament again.


    The Friend


    True name: Pinna


    Age: 76


    Description: Pinna is a mokoi who, disheartened by the terrible state of the mokoi badlands, tried her luck at the dungeon of Ingress. There she found a fondness for human culture and has become a bit of a fangirl to this foreign culture, reading all their literature and gobbling up their media. The only issue is that she also likes gobbling them up. Pinna dreams of a unified world where human and mokoi can live together in harmony.


    The Anlace


    True name: not revealed


    Age: 21


    Description: The Anlace is a mutant who was in hiding from the tabulate syndicate. She also managed to steal a briefcase from the Masks and has collected three of these powerful porcelain masks.


    The Lead


    True name: Rex


    Age: 42


    Description: Rex is the king of the golden country, he was cursed by a gold spirit to have everything he touched turn to gold. The curse was supposed to lead to his death but due to the king’s adept use of magic he was able to feed himself off of essence and never starved. This ability still led to the destruction of gold as a form of currency. Despite this, the golden country is relatively affluent as gold is still an extremely useful metal.


    The Angel


    True name: Tartuffe


    Age: 120


    Description: Tartuffe is the youngest adult devadoot in all of devadoot history. Tartuffe has gone through the aging ceremony eleven times giving her eleven pairs of wings. Tartuffe abandoned the divine realm and fell in love with a human named Swain. She hopes that by winning the Tournament she can wish to be human so that the Devadoots no longer seek her retribution.


    The Toxophilite


    True name: Biddy


    Age: 17


    Description: Daughter to Schlemiel the savage archer greatest marksman alive and trained by both Schlemiel and Sapphic (the new greatest marksman alive). From a young age Biddy has walked in her mother’s footsteps to become powerful enough to enter the Tournament and defeat her mentor claiming the title of greatest marksman alive back for her family. That is her final goal she hopes to accomplish before the sickness she inherited from her mother claims her life.


    The Ascetic


    True name: Squally


    Age: 56


    Description: Squally is a high ranking Tarragon monk who worships under one of the four primordial dragons, Ménage the blood dragon. When Squally takes a nap on the day that the invitations are handed out he has a strange dream of many great beings conferring above a foreign solar system.


    The Floe


    True name: Névé


    Age: 19


    Description: Névé is a prodigious child from the sodality of rain. Every year she took part in the elemental festival tournament she had to be pushed up to an older category as she was too skilled for her peers. This garnered the attention of the rain royalty which led to her, once a mere peasant, being adopted by a noble family and betrothed to Firn, the first prince of the sodality of rain. During her time at the elemental festivals, Névé befriended Scoria the prince of the sodality of cinder thinking of him as a comrade in excellence. Eventually she learnt a secret technique that she wanted to unveil to him at the elemental festival but when they met she was so disappointed that his skills did not grow as quickly as hers that she beat him to a bloody pulp. When running away she was confronted by the White witch who said that if she joined her, she could be with other excellent people. With this in mind Névé joined.


    The Craven


    True name: Tiffany


    Age: 16


    Description: Tiffany is a poor peasant who lives in a small town. She spends her time idly doing drugs and drinking alcohol. One of the town elders, a man named Care sees the potential that Tiffany has and has made it his goal to see her use her full capabilities. With this, he was able to convince her to apply to Ersatz university. In the final interview stage of her scholarship application she became so frustrated with the process she purposefully sabotaged it making as much of a scene as possible. When she returned back home, she managed to successfully create an arcane pill which she swallowed. When offered an invitation to the Tournament she denied it but the next day when she woke up she discovered that the Chauffer simply went and offered the invitation to Care who accepted it on her behalf.


    The Hero


    True name: Doyen Heirisson


    Age: 44


    Description: Left his home at a young age to found an adventuring group called The Saviors and join in the second human-mokoi war. Due to his great efforts in the battle of New Heirisson he was given the title hero of New-heirisson conquest. Later in the war, The Saviors made it all the way to the mokoi khan’s castle and Doyen uses a powerful relic to sacrifice his life to gain the power required to defeat the khan. After defeating the khan the white witch steals his heart and sends the group back to Trammel. Doyen later marries Iatric and bears a child named Wish. After his battle with the khan, Doyen no longer ages and also has these strange feelings invade his mind sometimes.


    The Witch


    True name: White Witch


    Age: 238


    Description: A blind inhuman creature that is hated for having killed God (The patriarch of the Devadoots). She has formed an alliance with Arete to secretly help humanity make it across the mokoi badlands and defeat the mokoi khan. Moments before the human’s victory the white witch interrupted sending all but Doyen back to Trammel so that she could steal his heart. Throughout the years, the White witch has been recruiting exceptional people for a scheme she plans to enact upon the start of the Tournament.


    Historically Important Characters


    Name: Schlemiel


    Relation: Mother of Biddy (The Toxophilite) / Infamous Bandit / Member of murugan squad


    Life: 3959-3989


    Description: In her younger years she was a bandit along with Sapphic (The Fusilier) where she eventually contracted Arcanal jackal Germination and unsuppressed accelerated essence metamorphosis. In one of their attempts to find a cure, Schlemiel was captured and imprisoned by the murugan squad. Later she joined the murugan squad and helped them in the war where she would be known to the masses as Schlemiel the Savage archer, few people would know of her past as a bandit. Once over she retired and got married to a soldier she met during the war eventually becoming pregnant and giving birth to Biddy. Her sickness worsened and eventually Sapphic returned staying with Schlemiel and her family until she eventually died. Schlemiel taught Biddy many of her skills with archery.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Father of Firn (The River) / Chief of sodality of rain


    Age: 54


    Description: Chief of the Sodality of Rain. He is unimpressed with the constant failures of his son and questions whether he is worth inheriting the throne. He wants to see Névé returned to the sodality.


    Name: Rabbit


    Relation: Adoptive parent of The Reliquary / high ranking member of the Masks


    Life: 3948 - 3990


    Description: Was a member of the secretive group known as the masks and carried the mask of the rabbit. He was tasked with a special mission to deliver a briefcase to someone. On this mission he took in the reliquary. A few years later the rabbit was killed leaving his mission and mask behind for the reliquary.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Unknown relation with Livy (The Monster)


    Age: 1952


    Description: An extremely fragile woman that requires blood to live. She is bedridden and only acquires this blood with the help of Livy (The Monster)


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Creator of the Golem


    Life: 3928 – 3994


    Description: An extremely powerful wizard who somehow found a way to manipulate pure therra and created the Golem.


    Name: Goldy


    Relation: Gold spirit / torturer of Rex (The Lead) / friend of Rex (The Lead)


    Age: 5,230,000,017


    Description: A gold spirit that cursed King Rex to have anything he touch turn to gold. Having failed to teach Rex the lesson he wanted, Goldy has dedicated his life to tormenting Rex and making him regret ever having met Goldy.


    Name: Iatric


    Relation: Wife of Doyen (The Hero) / Mother of Wish (The Chosen) / Princess of Bemean / member of The Saviors


    Age: 39


    Description: A princess of Bemean who joined Doyen (The Hero)’s team the Saviors in their quest to fight back the mokoi in the second human-mokoi war. During this time she was dubbed Iatric the Holy light. She was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands and fought against the mokoi khan. After the khan’s defeat she married Doyen and gave birth to Wish.


    Name: Jocund


    Relation: Member of the Saviors


    Life: 3950 – 4000


    Description: A peasant who joined Doyen (The Hero)’s team the Saviors in their quest to fight back the mokoi in the second human-mokoi war. During this time he was dubbed Jocund the Wall. He was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands and fought against the mokoi khan. In this fight he lost an arm. After the khan’s defeat he was granted the title of noble and was eventually assassinated by the tabulate syndicate.


    Name: Forgo Miff


    Relation: Member of the Saviors


    Life: 3962 -3984


    Description: A noble who joined Doyen (The Hero)’s team the Saviors in their quest to fight back the mokoi in the second human-mokoi war. During this time she was dubbed Forgo the Ballista. She was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands and fought against the mokoi khan. In this fight she lost her life saving Ken (The Sage).


    Name: Bennu


    Relation: The Phoenix of the sodality of cinder / mentor to Scoria (The Phoenix) / member of murugan squad.


    Life: 3016 – 4000


    Description: Inherited the title of The Pheonix and was one of murugan squad’s original members. He was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands. After the khan’s defeat he went into pseudo retirement and spent much of his time tutoring Scoria (The Phoenix). Just before the Tournament begins he sacrifices himself so that Scoria may inherit the Phoenix title and have a better chance to capture Névé (The Floe) and bring peace to the sodalities.


    Name: Emeritus


    Relation: Member of Murugan squad / brother of Emerita


    Age: 37


    Description: One of the original members of murugan squad. Was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands. Not much is known of Emeritus after the Khan’s defeat.


    Name: Emerita


    Relation: Member of murugan squad / sister of Emeritus


    Life: 3963 – 3984


    Description: One of the original members of murugan squad. Was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands. Died in the expedition to the mokoi badlands.


    Name: Ardor


    Relation: Mokoi Khan


    Life: 1984 – 3984


    Description: Ruler of all the mokoi. Started both the first and second human-mokoi war. After its loss in the first war it was captured and imprisoned by the devadoots. Later Ardor was saved by the white witch. Ardor took back its place as the ruler of the mokoi with the help of Zeal (The Commander). Ardor won the fourth Tournament and wished for an heir being granted an egg. Ardor started the second human-mokoi war. Ardor was visited by the white witch who helped hatch the egg giving birth to Vow (The Child). Later Ardor would fight against the Saviors and be killed by Doyen (The Hero).


    Name: Patriarch


    Relation: Leader of the Devadoots / ex-God


    Life: 1800 – 3776


    Description: The Patriarch was the leader of the devadoots and led them in saving humanity during the first human-mokoi war. After this, the devadoots were worshipped as gods and the Patriarch was worshipped as the capital G God or head-god so to speak. Popular belief is that the Patriarch was killed by the white witch in 3776 proving that the devadoots were not gods, but the patriarch’s lingering soul told Lenity (The Divine warden) that the white witch may not have been the one to kill the Patriarch.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the starfish or black star by the Masks


    Age: 18


    Description: He was seeking revenge so he teamed with the Masks and quickly rose up the ranks. Eventually he was granted the Masks of the starfish and was told to replace the Octopus.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the Octopus by the Masks


    Age: 347


    Description: Secretly a mokoi, the octopus was a high ranking member of the Masks but had to leave the organization when he accidentally let the Lamb be killed by the Reliquary. He is now a rogue agent.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the wolf by the Masks


    Age: 46


    Description: Was a high ranking member of the Masks and very close to the Rabbit. She had her arm melted off by the Starfish and was abandoned by the Masks. She is now a rogue agent.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the fox by the Masks


    Age: 54


    Description: Was a high ranking member of the Masks and very close to the Bull. He was abandoned by the Masks and is now a rogue agent.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the Bull by the Masks


    Life: 3950 – 4000


    Description: Was a high ranking member of the Masks and very close to the Fox. Was killed by the Reliquary


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the Turtle by the Masks


    Age: 33


    Description: Was a high ranking member of the Masks. Was attacked by the Starfish putting her in a coma and was abandoned by the Masks. She is now a rogue agent.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Masked as the Lamb by the Masks / unknown high nobility


    Life: 3985 – 4000


    Description: Became a high ranking member of the Masks by using his connections and power as a powerful noble outside of his persona. He was killed by the Reliquary.


    Name: Ménage


    Relation: The Blood Dragon


    Age: 2153


    Description: An extremely powerful dragon who collects the dropped blood of other dragons. Is Worshipped by Squally (The Ascetic). Is worshipped by the Tarragon monks as one of the four principal dragons, the dragon of blood.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: The Power Dragon / The three-armed dragon


    Age: 1137


    Description: Widely believed to be the most powerful dragon and one of the most powerful beings in the world. Handedly won the third tournament under the title of the dragon. Is worshipped by the Tarragon monks as one of the four principal dragons, the dragon of power. Defeated Muse (The Dragon) and took one of his arms grafting it to his body for his own use.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: The Soul Dragon


    Age: 2746


    Description: Worshipped by the Tarragon monks as one of the four principal dragons, the dragon of soul.


    Name: Villein


    Relation: Farmer of great skill


    Age: 26


    Description: A farmer from the sodality of rain whose daughter and wife were killed by a stone anomaly. He learnt how to create sentient vegetable minions and used them to steal an arcane heart. He plans to get revenge on this stone anomaly.


    Name: Mosey


    Relation: One of the last Vvitchenbreivers


    Life: 3722 – 3766


    Description: One of the last vvitchenbreivers who was hunted down by the devadootian church.


    Name: Aphor


    Relation: General of the Sodality of Rain


    Age: Unknown


    Description: Famous general of the Sodality of Rain. Firn (The River) put him in charge of managing the militia which was too attack the Pleurothallidinae.


    Name: Seer


    Relation: murugan squad informant/ member of Inapt adventurer group


    Life: unknown - 3999


    Description: Graduated from Ersatz university, worked as a strategists for the murugan squad during the second human-mokoi war. After the war finished he formed the Inapt adventurer group with his friends. Was killed by the Monster while on a quest with the Inapt team.


    Name: Wane


    Relation: member of the Tabulate syndicate/ member of Inapt adventurer group


    Life: Unknown - 3999


    Description: Was once a member of the tabulate syndicate and was present at New Heirisson during its famous conquest, though why is unknown. Later claims to have left the syndicate and joined the Inapt adventurer group. Was killed by the Monster while on a quest with the Inapt team.


    Name: Unknown


    Relation: Soldier under the direct command of murugan squad/ member of Inapt adventuring group


    Life: Unknown – 3999


    Description: Was once a soldier under the direct command of murugan squad and was even trained by Schlemiel in archery. Was a part of the team that went to the mokoi badlands. After the war ceased, he formed the Inapt adventuring group with his friends. Was killed by the Monster while on a quest with the Inapt team.


    Name: Payola


    Relation: Duke of Bemean


    Description: A very influential duke of the country of Bemean. He was a target of Arete during the second human-mokoi war.


    Friends and Foes of Tournament Contestants


    Name: Maitre d’


    Relation: Servant to Muse (The Dragon)


    Name: Mark


    Relation: Employee of Tournament Corporation and boss of Espy (The Obstacle)


    Name: Nubnub


    Relation: younger sister of Radix (The Antecedent)


    Name: Kith


    Relation: Childhood friend of Radix (The Antecedent)


    Name: Jilt


    Relation: Childhood friend of Pan (The Emulation) and Doyen (The Hero)


    Name: Inamorata


    Relation: Was once friends with The Song


    Name: Gascon


    Relation: Older sister of Hiemal (The Hyperborean)


    Name: Zen


    Relation: Child of the Phlogiston tribe and twin brother to Mondo


    Name: Mondo


    Relation: Child of the Phlogiston tribe and twin sister to Zen


    Name: Black Vvitch


    Relation: Brother of the white witch


    Name: Dour


    Relation: Aunt of Eddy (The Bolide)


    Name: Belabor Impel


    Relation: Girlfriend of Picayune (The Apprentice)


    Name: Patsy foofaraw


    Relation: Younger sister of Espy (The Obstacle) / has a crush on Picayune (The Apprentice)


    Name: Gelding


    Relation: An adult devadoot and a very high ranking one at that.


    Name: Sobriquet


    Relation: Servant of the Vampire and high ranker leader of the Pleurothallidinae


    Name: Maladroit


    Relation: Student of Liederkranz (The Band), Is in Liederkranz’s school band and has a crush on her teacher.


    Name: Feller


    Relation: Student of Liederkranz (The Band)


    Name: Vanilla


    Relation: Student of Liederkranz (The Band) has a crush on Feller.


    Name: Traducer


    Relation: One sided friend of Tiff (The Bounty) and leader of the Mewls.


    Name: Escutcheon


    Relation: One sided friend of Tiff (The Bounty) and member of the Mewls.


    Name: Wan


    Relation: Associate bounty hunter of the Hunter.


    Name: Chattel


    Relation: Young servant of épée.


    Name: Kin


    Relation: Younger brother of épée.


    Name: His Lordship


    Relation: A frog.


    Name: Keen


    Relation: Nephew of Ignis (The Ghost).


    Name: Scrimp


    Relation: A peasant friend of Wish (The Chosen).


    Name: Malady


    Relation: Sick friend of Sanguine (The Ardent)


    Name: Amore


    Relation: Schoolyard crush of Sanguine (The Ardent)


    Name: Crave


    Relation: Frequent enemy of Sanguine (The Ardent)


    Name: Consanguine


    Relation: adventuring acquaintance to Vow (The Child)


    Name: Surcease


    Relation: Meal for Nymph (The Fairy)


    Name: Mason


    Relation: Scientist who worked on inventing the TOIL


    Name: Starlet


    Relation: Scientist who worked on inventing the TOIL


    Name: Mar


    Relation: Granddaughter of Jocund


    Name: Ritzy


    Relation: Best friend of Waif (The Spear (Rabbit foot))


    Name: Oust


    Relation: Fellow orphan with Waif (The Spear (rabbit foot))


    Name: Contra


    Relation: friend of Pinna (The Friend)


    Name: Lade


    Relation: Attendant to Rex (The Lead)


    Name: Swain


    Relation: Lover of Tartuffe (The Angel)


    Name: Yearn


    Relation: Noble friend of Tiffany (The Craven)


    Name: Puce


    Relation: Noble friend of Yearn and has a crush on Tiffany (The Craven)


    Name: Care


    Relation: An elder that wants to see Tiffany (The Craven) live up to her potential
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