NOCKERS

Dr. Mungo Grumbungle (grump, 1828)
Dr. M. Grumbungle (grump, 2006)
The only machine that has ever interested this nocker is the body itself. He first set up a practice in the City during the nineteenth century, as a physician and pharmacist working in association with the mortal Dr. Oliver Burlington III. His experimental medications have never been the most reliable in the world, but he is the City's premiere phsyician these days, able to cure whatever ails you (for a price) -- and if you can't afford his steep dross fees, you can always accept a position as a "temporary test subject." Thankfully, there's rarely any lasting damage. Recently, he has made an exciting breakthrough in what he calls "biochimeraionics" -- chimerical cybernetics. Dr. Grumbungle resides in the Borough of Markets.

Nick o' th' Tick (wilder, 1759)
Nick-Tick (wilder, 2006)
Though rather young at the time, and short even by his kith's standards, this nocker rose to the position of Master Temporist at the Albion Temporal Experimentation Society by virtue of two things. First, he knew more about time magic than most of the Society's other members put together, and second, he could shout loudly enough to be heard over the frequent and energetic arguments at their weekly meetings. His leadership was crucially important in the efforts to destroy the solimond of the Great Fire when it returned to London in 1759. He lives now in the Borough of Stages.

Thom of the Tower, Lord Magistrate (wilder, 1480)
Clang-Tom Wodgerman (wilder, 1651)
Clang-Tom Wodgerman (grump, 1759)
Clangerman (wilder, 2006)
For a nocker, this fellow is surprisingly fond of order. He has often held positions of responsibility in the City, being the Lord Magistrate in the late fifteenth century, the freehold owner for Dripping Hearth in the mid-seventeenth century, and the Master of the City in the mid-eighteenth. Though he never cared much for titles and the other trappings of rank, he did his best to uphold his duties, until he permanently lost power to Harrow Bonecruncher in 1759. He holds no authority now except for his Bes Din standing, but he's the chief representative for the City of the Tower, living in the Borough of Reeds.

Wilhelm Clockmaker (grump, 1651)
Willie Clockmender (grump, 2006)
Originally a German fae, Wilhelm came to Albion in 1648, following his exile from Port of Tulips (Amsterdam) for mistakes unspecified. His overwhelming passion for time-related magic led him to found the Albion Temporal Experimentation Society in the Borough of Clocks. Now, as the only remaining "active member" of the defunct Society, he lives on the premises and maintains the museum there, enjoying a perpetual state of inoffensive Bedlam.

PISKEYS

POOKA

Edward Black (wilder, 1399)
Charcoal Eddie (wilder, 1651)
Charcoal Eddie (wilder, 2006)
[Raven] The one contribution this pooka ever made to the City was the plan, cooked up jointly with the crow pooka Robin White, to institute the chimerical raven messenger service, with its dross fee that went to support the Web of London. More commonly, he's been known as a City hothead, used to cause trouble as needed. In the modern day, he ran with an Unseelie motley called the Gutter Shits, playing pranks of the nastier sort, of which the crowning glory (or idiocy) was his theft of the ravens from the Tower of London. Fate had its revenge on him, though, when the operatives of the Purification Institute destroyed his fae soul, leaving him a blank and Banality-ridden shell.

Jack-a-Day (grump, 2006)
[Raven] Though not a crow himself, this fellow nonetheless mentored young Hallistair Yorke for a time. No one has seen him in quite a while, though.

Jenny Wren (wilder, 1480)
Jenny Wren (wilder, 2006)
[Wren] She might be the world's only truth-telling pooka -- if anyone could understand enough of her rapid-fire words to find out. Jenny has always been a restless soul, sailing with Sir Ruadh on the Fearn, or engaging in piracy wherever she can (the better to gather shiny loot). In recent times she's haunted the docks and shipyards of the city, claiming to be London's premiere (and only) buccaneer. . . just without the ship, crew, eyepatch, parrot or big hat. Not so much a pirate as a loud-mouthed nuisance, she'll show up once in a while to 'plunder' something, like an old woman's purse, and then disappear chirping into the fog. A Tower girl born and bred, most know her by her real name: Hephestia Yorke, sister to poor Hallistair.

Raasi, Lady of Roads (wilder, 1589)
Rrrah (wilder, 1759)
Ranae (wilder, 2006)
[Cat] This woman has always known how to use her seductive qualities to win friends and influence people. In the Onyx Court, she was Lady Carline's main rival for Invidiana's favor; during the eighteenth century, she operated as a courtesan out of a lovely house in the District of Hunts, Borough of Graves, and sold tidbits of information to those who could offer her something in return. Now she is the bartender and owner of Dragonfly, London's hottest dance club. An outspoken opponent to the sidhe rule in the city, she has connections with the ravers, the druggies, the punks and the rockers. She delights in countering noble influence in the mortal world with her own special brand of social weight.

Tomcat (wilder, 1916)
Tom (wilder, 2006)
[Alleycat] Tom's moved around so much, even he has begun to believe the tales he spins about being a really hairy eshu. Tossed out of his home back during the Great War, he made his way in the world by looking pitiful at nice, impressionable women; now he seeks adventure, life, love, but most of all freedom. Constantly looking to get into mischief seems to be his hobby, although no place ever seems to keep him long. His youthful spirit keeps many of the pranks and plans of Fire in the Sky a little more innocent than they had been in previous years.

Valentin Aspell, Baron of Graves (wilder, 1589)
Quentin Synasston, Lord of Graves (wilder, 1651)
Martin Sedde (wilder, 1828)
Astin Gislein (wilder, 2006)
[Snake] Rumours whispered that during the sixteenth century, when he served Invidiana as the Baron of Graves, Valentin Aspell had little to no free will of his own. If that was true, then he remembered the lessons he learned from Albion's most manipulative queen; few, if any, of the fae under his rule a hundred years later trusted him any further than they could throw him (a distrust that had little to do with his pooka nature), and in the nineteenth century he turned his hand to slave-trading, selling exotics of all kinds through the Goblin Market. Now a member of the Gutter Shits, he lives in the Borough of Ravens.

REDCAPS

Blacktooth Meg (wilder, 1759)
Blacktooth Meg (wilder, 2006)
This river hag has often haunted the fouler waters around London, taking up residence in the River Fleet during the eighteenth century, and the area of the Thames around the Isle of Dogs in modern times. She is currently under investigation for charges of Reaping mortals in both Ravens and Clocks.

Bonecruncher (wilder, 1399)
Harrow Bonecruncher, Lord of Fishes (wilder, 1589)
Harrow Bonecruncher, Master of the Tower (wilder, 1759)
Harrow the Bones (grump, 2006)
Though no one has ever mistaken him for a likeable fellow, Bonecruncher has often been an integral part of the City. He lit the balefire of Bridgeside in 1400, and held that as his freehold during Invidiana's reign, when he worked as a torturer at the nearby Tower, shattering the bones of his prisoners. Easily pissed off by the silliness of his title as "Lord of Fishes," he tried and failed to achieve a place in Hengsin's court at the Tower proper. During the eighteenth century, he shared cyclical rule with Clang-Tom Wodgerman, until on Beltaine 1759 he refused to hand over power, bringing an end to that tradition in the City. He lives now in the Borough of Ravens.

Cosh the Brash, Lord of Fishes (wilder, 1480)
Kashtag (childling, 1589)
Cash-finger (childling, 1916)
Kashton (wilder, 2006)
Redcap hunger takes the form of insatiable greed in this foul and violent fae. He was a wilder when he briefly held the freehold of Bridgeside in the fifteenth century, but often he's a childling; he served as Invidiana's tax collector (kept honest by some unknown trade the queen made with him), and operated as a pickpocket during the early days of the twentieth century. His talents meant he rarely got caught, but he hardly feared it anyway; he so terrified those of his victims who noticed him at work that they were glad to let him take their wallets and run. Now a member of the Gutter Shits, he lives in the Borough of Ravens.

Wroth (pre-Shattering)
Wroth (wilder, 1589)
Wroth (childling, 1651)
Wroth (wilder, 1759)
Wroth (grump, 1828)
Ripper (wilder, 1916)
Wroth (grump, 2006)
Again and again this redcap has appeared in the life of Wessamina Hammercrank. Since their falling-out before the Shattering left them both cursed, he has returned repeatedly to her side, doing his best to protect her, usually to his own detriment. In the fifteenth century, a chance encounter at sea left him dead. A hundred years later, he was imprisoned by Invidiana for having murdered the Earl of Lichfield, a key pawn in one of her political schemes, and was trapped in a corner of the Onyx Hall; during the attempted rescue, he was murdered by Halgresta Nellt. He vanished with the Wild Hunt on Samhain in 1651, when he ran at Wess's side in wolf form, then worked as a partner in her eighteenth-century slave-trading business (in "acquisitions"). Servants of the Burlington family shot him in the early nineteenth century, when he attempted to rescue Wessamina from the Banality of her situation. He found the childling nocker again in 1916, but his assumed name of "Ripper" did not prevent him from being identified as a known troublemaker and targeted by Master Black. In 2006, he leads the Unseelie motley Fire in the Sky, spending most of his time at a seedy bar known as the Boar's Head, one of the bloodiest and most violent bars in all of London.

SATYRS

Lady Carline (wilder, 1589)
Cara Hipley-Goodemeade (wilder, 1651)
Madam Curvy (wilder, 2006)
Some satyrs may depart from the stereotypes of their kith, but she is not one of them. Between the two of them, this satyr and the cat pooka currently known as Ranae have probably bedded three-quarters of the City's fae inhabitants over the centuries, and quire a few of the mortal ones. She was Invidiana's closest friend and confidante during the days of the Onyx Court, then enjoyed a more respectable position as Dickon Goodemeade's wife in the mid-seventeeth century, though she was not remotely faithful to her husband, and City gossips spread scurrilous rumours about her and her then-brother Ben Hipley. Now she is Madam Curvy, the mistress of the High Kick in the Borough of Ditches.

Halle Stein (grump, 1759)
Harold Stein-tosser (wilder, 2006)
Forget the dancing and the sex -- well, don't forget them, but pay attention to the drinking instead. Wherever this satyr has lived, he has sought out the best drink available, then served it to all and sundry. He lives now in the Borough of Ditches.

Torthen Cachemayd, Baron of Stages (wilder, 1480)
Sir Tormi Cadogant, Lord of Moots (grump, 1589)
Tormas Cather (childling, 1828)
Torren Camering (wilder, 2006)
This satyr has long displayed the ability to negotiate between people in different walks of life. When trade increased along the Thames in the fifteenth century, raising the importance of the Borough of Stages, he achieved a successful balance between those of his subjects who favored the changes and those who did not. As Lord of Moots under Invidiana's rule, he formed an effective buffer between the backstabbing intrigues of the Onyx Court and the common fae who wished to live calmer, saner lives. During the industrial changes of the nineteenth century, even Granny Gullet tolerated his presence, which is more than most fae could say. Now he lives in the Borough of Buns.

SIDHE

Aesin

Gislerð Auðunsson, King of Heather (pre-Shattering)
Brother to the Seelie King of Heather, Gislerð was even colder and harsher, as befitted the winter ruler of Albion's northernmost kingdom. He did not, however, return at the Resurgence, and there are some dark rumours as to why.

Grettir Auðunsson, King of Heather (pre-Shattering)
Grettir Audunsson, Count of the Wall (grump, 2006)
This stern and heavy-handed sidhe once held the kingdom of Heather as a vassal state of Albion from a glen in the County of the Wall. His realm was claimed by another following the Resurgence, but in the few short years since his return, Grettir has clawed his way back to an influential position as the Count of the Wall, and may climb higher yet.

Volva Kajsa Sunnive (1399)
As one of House Aesin's seers, this volva journeyed a great distance following the Shattering to reach the Chapter-House of the Order of Arcadians. Upon her arrival in the City, she claimed the White Tower from the troll thane Rickard Seastone, who had kept it in trust following his lord's departure for Arcadia. This move made her highly unpopular with the many commoners left behind by their nobility. She disappeared not long after her sentencing of Suspiria in 1399; her ultimate fate is not known, but as she never took on mortal form, death by Banality is likely.

Vigdis Einarsdottir, Baroness of Boats (wilder, 2006)
A well-timed vacancy in the Borough of Boats allowed this Aesin sidhe to acquire lands not long after her return in the Second Resurgence.

Ailil

Cerenel Faleron, Baron of Coins (wilder, 2006)
As virtually no fae live within the tiny area that is formally known as the City of London or Borough of Coins, the position of Baron of Coins carries almost no prestige -- which is, perhaps, why an Ailil was permitted to claim it.

Melantha Shir Ambrosine, Queen of Albion (pre-Shattering)
Albion's gracefully Unseelie queen once ruled the land during the winter months. Technically she was wed to King Weylan, but their marriage existed solely for monarchical purposes, and was not in force when they returned to the Autumn World in modern times. Melantha died not long after her arrival, supposedly at the hands of commoner rebels, but some speculate that her Seelie opponents took the opportunity to dispose of her and blame it on others.

Balor

Ar Agor Cylla, Queen of the Hollow Shore (pre-Shattering)
Queen Ar Agor Cylla (2006)
Hard and ugly as the rocks of Cornwall in winter, Queen Ar Agor was once the bloodiest and harshest monarch in all of Albion. She was denied her throne following the Resurgence, and now fights alongside the Red Fomori in Ireland.

Dame Luna Acacia (wilder, 2006)
Nowhere in the City of the Tower will you find a more brutal or mistrusted knight than Dame Luna. As mercurial and prickly as her name suggests, this sadistic warrior is a welcome sight nowhere but that battlefield. A ward of the Baroness of Ravens, she serves her ruthlessly, rather like a rabid pit bull that attacks anything you point it at. She was "adopted" by the baroness as part of a treaty established when a Balor lord decided to rebel. He was soundly defeated, but Luna, his daughter, was kept as insurance that they will have no more problems from him. If not for the fact that she is bound by heavy oaths and geases, most doubt that she would ever be allowed out in public.

Beaumayn

Lady Muriel Neassa (1399)
This scholarly lady made her home in Morbon until the Shattering, and missed her opportunity to reach Arcadia due, they say, to the interesting book she was reading. When she heard that the Library of Albion had been left without a keeper, she came to the City of the Tower, where she took up responsibility for the collections. Not once did she set foot outside the Library's premises, as the Banality of the city would have killed her in no time. She eventually departed back to Morbon, leaving the library to Vivata Arcanorum.

Pia Sophronia, Queen of the Chalk Coast (pre-Shattering)
Queen Pia's authority in Albion was something of a sore point, as it reflected the shifting conflicts between England and France, which echoed over into Albion and Neustria. There was no love lost between her and her Seelie counterpart, King Elu. The Resurgence brought her back to Neustria, not Albion, which everyone viewed as both appropriate and a relief.

Daireann

Sir Ruadh mac Rigdonn Noíchéile, Captain of the Fearn (1480)
The legends of this sidhe do not recall why he remained in the Autumn World after the trods closed during the Shattering -- whether he was somehow barred from fleeing to Arcadia, or whether he chose to stay freely. Whatever the truth of his past, Sir Ruadh subsequently dedicated himself to the quest to rediscover a path to the fae homeland. Disdaining to take refuge in a mortal body, he protected himself from Banality by sailing the western seas, where the boundary between the Autumn World and the Dreaming blurred and shifted. He eventually reached the island of Hy-Brazil, which held a gate to an Arcadian trod. Having received a promise that others would relay word of the island back to fae in the Autumn World, he sailed to Arcadia.

Diuc Naoise Ragallach of the Black Arrows (wilder, 2006)
With the exception of Grettir Audunsson, this Daireann is the most influential of the Second Resurgence fae in Albion. His lack of land hampers his political ambitions, however.

Banbharun Siari Andren, Baroness of Ravens (wilder, 2006)
Marriage gave her entrance into a barony, which then became her own domain following the death of her husband.

Thuria Careen, Queen of Tears (pre-Shattering)
The Seelie/Unseelie cycle in the Land of Tears was less clear-cut than most, as Queen Thuria, like her summer counterpart, walked close to the line between the two Courts. She did not return during the Second Resurgence.

Dougal

Amarante Laelia Rhi Junia, Lady of the Western Grove (pre-Shattering)
One of the pre-eminent fae alchemists in the Order of Purification, prior to the Shattering. She spoke out against Roger Caultry at the Order's final meeting.

Cunobel Mar, King of the Hollow Shore (pre-Shattering)
Duke Cunobel Mar (wilder, 2006)
Called "the Hammerhand," Cunobel was a close friend of King Weylan, and his vassal king of the Hollow Shore, dwelling in the central County of Granite. The political maneuvering that followed the Resurgence left him without a kingdom, but he serves his friend as an unlanded duke.

Odwin Toffenham, Baron of Clocks (wilder, 2006)
It's a pity that the Albion Temporal Experimentation Society was effectively defunt when the sidhe returned, for otherwise a profitable alliance might have been formed with the baron ruling the area.

Ratria Nimarin, Baroness of Markets (grump, 2006)
Under the watchful eye of this steady Dougal, the Goblin Market's excesses are kept in hand.

"Justicar" Swana Winnowheart (grump, 2006)
Despite having no official title higher than Lady, this sidhe noblewoman is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable fae in the City when it comes to law, both mortal and fae. She acts as a judge and advisor to the Count, and as one of the most highly regarded lawyers in London, protects changeling (especially noble) interests in the courts. Called "Justicar" only partially in jest, she is mostly fair and impartial when dealing with the commoners, and has earned respect in that regard. Some maintain that she has been granted no higher title due to her Dougal disability -- she is mute, and has two mechanical songbirds enchanted to speak for her (though, since they are nocker designed, they come with the irritating flaw that they may speak only in rhyme). Others say, perhaps more accurately, that her low rank has far more to do with the fact that, when Lady Swana speaks, uncomfortable and uncanny truths come spilling out.

Weylan of the Copper Arm, King of Albion (pre-Shattering)
Wellan of the Copper Arm, Prince of the Hollow Shore (grump, 2006)
Though less grand in his appearance and manner than many of his vassals, this legendary blacksmith was once acknowledged by all as the ruler of Albion. The Dreaming no longer recognized a king of Albion in the same manner when the sidhe returned, however, and Wellan lost his bid to reclaim his throne, being relegated instead to the Hollow Shore and a lesser rank.

Eiluned

Lady Elonwae d'Aubigne (childling, 2006)
Once upon a time, Lady Elonwae was the best friend and playmate of Bethy Batfriend, and the two childlings were fast friends, never seen apart. It was Elonwae that convinced her parents to watch Bethy dance, and her parents that got her a position in the Court. The one became synonymous with the other, and a day didn't go by where they weren't getting into some kind of innocent trouble. And then something awful happened . . . Bethy grew up. Elonwae's parents, terrified at losing their child, sequestered her away in their freehold. She has not set foot in the mortal world in four years, and some whisper that there is there isn't something quite right about her . . . . Still, she is a perfect little lady in court, and absolutely adorable. Surely, all those rumors must be false . . . musn't they?

Lydee Pivane, Baroness of Ashes (wilder, 2006)
Lady Pivane seems content to leave her barony mostly to its own devices, preferring instead the attrations of her studies.

Melessa Arian, Queen of Mist (pre-Shattering)
Melessa Arian, Princess of Mist (grump, 2006)
Without a doubt, Queen Melessa was and is the most talented sorceress in Albion, and could potentially claim a much larger realm than the Mistlands. She made no attempt to claim the throne of Albion after the Resurgence, however, seeming content to return in her Glamour-rich home, however, with its secret grotto concealed inside Glastonbury Tor.

Nianna Areforn, Baroness of Graves (grump, 2006)
This sidhe lady enjoys a courteous relationship with the number of sluagh who call Graves their home -- chief among them, the matron Begonia.

Fiona

Alicia Corson, Baroness of Stages (wilder, 2006)
Lady Alicia bears what many sidhe would consider to be the unenviable duty of dealing with the tourists and sightseers who throng parts of Southwark.

Allia Trillian, Princess of Chalk (wilder, 2006)
Young compared to many of her peers, Princess Allia was installed in her position following the mysterious death of her predecessor, Elu Suleric ap Gwydion, seven years ago. The hope is that she will be able to reach a state of peace with Basher's Boys and the other unruly commoners along the Chalk Coast.

Ferrima Allarn, Queen of Wool (pre-Shattering)
Countess Ferrima Allarn (wilder, Resurgence)
Some unknown event in Arcadia led to the reduction of this sidhe from a queen to a countess. The pastoral heartland of Albion was formerly the realm of this passionate and friendly Fiona queen, but she returned in the Heatherlands, accompanied by a husband she had married in Arcadia and ranked lower than she had once been. She died few months after the Resurgence, when a grenade used by the Heather Lads accidentally exploded instead of merely releasing smoke (or so the commoner rebels claimed).

Jarrah Kenfeld, Baron of Ditches (wilder, 2006)
If this baron has been sighted more than once at The High Kick, well, what Fiona could resist the charms of Madam Curvy?

Ky Dansor, Baron of Oars (wilder, 2006)
The love of rowing and other sport that makes its home in Hammersmith and Fulham is greatly appealing to this sidhe lord.

Perceval Young, King of Wool (pre-Shattering)
Perceval Young, Prince of Tears (wilder, 2006)
Passions ruled the days and nights of winter in the Kingdom of Wool, when Perceval Young occupied the throne there. Ancient bans prevented him from marrying Queen Ferrima, but those forces did not forbid the love they shared. The Resurgence took her to the Heatherlands, however, and him to the Land of Tears, where he fell in love either with the boggan Lady Melda Shadymere or the land itself, depending on whom you ask. He lives in a glen now, protected from aging, with Melda as a trusted adviser.

Count Tharlin Allarn, later Prince of Heather (wilder, Resurgence)
Husband to Ferrima Allarn when she returned from Arcadia, Count Tharlin put down the Heather Lads following his wife's murder, and thereby became the first Prince of Heather. Basal Allarn Redland, the current ruler, is his son.

Vester Sorant, Earl of the Tower (pre-Shattering)
Count Vester Sorant, Lord Chancellor of the Tower (wilder, 2006)
It was no doubt jarring for Vester Sorant to return from Arcadia to find a troll in possession of the domain that had been his before the Shattering, and worse when that troll was confirmed in that holding. It's to his credit, however, that he put aside any bitterness in the face of responsibility. He now administers the boroughs of Outer London, and also serves an indispensible role as the mediator between the blunt, practical Lord Whitestone and the prickly sidhe he rules over. With so many barons to keep in line, no one is surprised it takes two counts to do the job.

Gwydion

Alon Fidelu, Baron of Angels (wilder, 2006)
The third ruler of Angels since the Resurgence, Lord Alon takes a great deal of advice from Jocko Goodemeade at the Cauldron of Plenty.

Basal Allarn Redland, Prince of Heather (wilder, 2006)
Son of Tharlin Allarn (but not of Tharlin's wife Ferrima), Prince Basal inherited the Heatherlands after his father's death.

Belinus Grann, King of Roses (pre-Shattering)
Belinus Grann, King of Albion (grump, 2006)
Though his original realm was the Roselands, Belinus Grann made a successful bid for the throne of Albion itself after the Resurgence. Following his victory, he took up residence in a recreation of his old hollow-hill freehold in the County of the Circle, from which he still rules today.

Elu Suleric, King of the Chalk Coast (pre-Shattering)
Elu Suleric, Prince of Chalk (grump, Resurgence)
The southernmost vassal kingdom of Albion was originally under the rule of Elu Suleric, an honest and fair-minded Gwydion who reclaimed his realm after the Resurgence. He fought against the greatest commoner resistance outside of the Heatherlands during the War of Ivy, and may have given the ill-advised order to poison Lord Basher, which possibly led to his own mysterious death seven years ago.

Geoffrey Tarfell, Baron of Reeds (grump, 2006)
The commoner fae of Reeds mutter irritably about the stick up their Gwydion lord's ass, but one thing you can say for him: he is, at least, competent at his job.

Kethlinn Tywick, Baroness of Buns (grump, 2006)
Lady Kethlinn gives Lord Geoffrey of Reeds a run for his money in the snobbery race.

Peronelle Doren, Queen of Roses (pre-Shattering)
The Unseelie wife of Belinus Grann was never a particularly strong ruler, but she kept order within the Roselands during the winter months. She died in Arcadia, however, leaving her husband to raise their daughter alone.

Shiel Fairhands, Princess of Roses (wilder, 2006)
Born to Belinus Grann and Peronelle Doren in Arcadia. Her father gave her the Fiefdom of Roses as a gift following his accession to the throne of Albion, but also gave her as a gift to Edgar Whitestone, the troll who had previously ruled the Roselands and now rules the County of the Tower. As Shiel stands to succeed her father, her marriage is a source of much worry to conservative nobles.

Leanhaun

Lysimachus Ilar, King of Mist (pre-Shattering)
They say the only thing that used to distract Queen Melessa from her studies of magic is the touch of her Leanhaun lover, the Unseelie King of Mist. Given the ages which Lysimachus devoted to perfecting the amatory arts, this story was not hard to believe. If he returned during the Resurgence, however, he kept his head down, for no one is certain what happened to him.

Sir Slade Eonisius (wilder, 2006)
This seductive knight is well known for his lusts, and there isn't an attractive lady in the City who is safe from his attentions. He chooses a target and dotes on her until she gives in, and then loses interest and moves onto the next. Despite this reputation, he tends to have a gaggle of swooning ladies following him around, as he is a renowned hunter, and one of the handsomest youths at court. (Darker rumors, never mentioned with any chance of being overheard, of course, name him as a secret operative of the Shadow Court. Whether these are true or not, he certainly doesn't seem to mind the whispers -- they only seem to increase his bad boy appeal.)

Liam

Sir Francis Windswept (wilder, 2006)
A not-particularly-distinguished member of the Seelie Court, Sir Francis makes his mark primarily by mentoring commoners in Court affairs.

Harald Feldring, Prince of Smoke (wilder-grump, Resurgence)
The suspect status of House Liam means that few fae will trust its members with much, but the overwhelming Banality of the Smokelands made other nobles more unwilling to take over its rule. Prince Harald was the first to rule the fiefdom, and succumbed to Banality in 1977.

Sir Lauchlan Senast (1399)
Stranded in the Autumn World by his determination to help commoners make their way to the Arcadian gates, Sir Lauchlan struggled to keep himself alive in the face of overwhelming Banality. He would not accept mortal flesh, but his pride unbent enough to accept a spot at the Cauldron of Plenty when his need became dire. Despite the best efforts of Billin Goodemeade, however, he eventually fell to Banality.

Othon Tornot, Prince of Smoke (grump, 2006)
The eighth member of House Liam to hold that title since the Resurgence, Prince Othon is the subject of many betting pools on how long he'll last before falling to Banality. As he is already a grump, the offered odds are not good.

Scathach

Aurelien Aristaeon (wilder, 1480)
Aris Addison (wilder, 1916)
Though young and relatively inexperienced in most matters, Aurelien was a highly reliable guide through the Dreaming when he led the fae to Morbon. Over the lifetimes, he acquired more seasoning, and held the City of the Tower as his responsibility for a time in the early twentieth century.

Lord Cedrych Wisperswerd, Baron of Graves (wilder, 1480)
Sir Cedric, the Whispering Blade (wilder, 1759)
Cedrich of the Whispering Blade (wilder, 1828)
Cedric Whisper-sword (wilder, 2006)
The good looks of his kith have often stood this warrior in good stead, but so has his sword arm. When the mortal civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York briefly spilled over into fae society in the region of the Tower, he helped quell the unrest, and was granted the barony of Graves by the ghille dhu kings of Albion. Later, he served as the sidhe representative on the Seelie Council that advised Clang-Tom Wodgerman, the Master of the City. During the Industrial Revolution, he was one of the few to make serious efforts to broker peace between the Captains of Industry and the Poetic Hearts. In modern times, he is his House's chief operative in the City of the Tower, living in the Borough of Angels.

Derwood Corr (wilder, 1651)
Derwood Corr (wilder, 1828)
Never a victim of nostalgia for the past, Corr became a ranking officer in Cromwell's "New Model Army" during the English Civil War, making no attempt to hide the fact that he believed the time for royal rule had ended in fae and mortal society alike -- perhaps that it ended when the other sidhe fled at the Shattering. During the Industrial Revolution, he was an ardent proponent of the Captains of Industry, and accused of subversive actions to undermine the Romantic movement supported by the Poetic Hearts. Though few remember it, Corr was the Unseelie combatant in the fight commemorated by the Long Duel Memorial.

Jaime Ellair (wilder, 1589)
Sir Jaiden Tirnach (wilder, 1759)
Jamen Natanel (grump, 2006)
The Library of Albion was in this Scathach's keeping during Invidiana's reign. More concerned with the pursuit of knowledge than the politics of the Tower, he still did not allow everyone access to certain of the Library's collections, but just what criteria he used to determine who he would let in was unclear to everyone but Jaime himself. His greatest service to the City came in the eighteenth century, however, when he condemned himself to death from old age by spending years of his life in the special time room of the Albion Temporal Experimentation Society, where he searched for an answer to the solimond threat. He emerged at last with a stranger possessing his body, who gave the fae of the city the solution to their problem, following which Sir Jaiden died. These days, he moves in and out of the City of the Tower, as the Scathach responsible for the Roselands as a whole.

Mikkel Ennis, Lord Magistrate of the Tower (grump, 1589)
Michael Ellis (grump, 1916)
When Lord Magistrate for Invidiana, Mikkel Ennis was somewhat lacking in a sense of humour, but he was dedicated to his duty, and startlingly fair for a member of the Onyx Court. The events that caused someone to be sent to his justice might have been unjust in the extreme, but once an individual was in his keeping, Mikkel could be relied upon not to extract false confessions, nor to abuse a prisoner more than necessary. He was one of the only fae to enlist in the Great War; he did not suffer as badly as the late Lord Highpeak, but it certainly left its mark on him. Despite the best efforts of other fae, he succumbed to Banality a little over a year after his return to Albion.

Quiana Eveleen Sylvrane (wilder, 1480)
Morbon was Quiana's posting for over a century. From the City of Doors, she coordinated a great deal of Scathach effort throughout the Dreaming.

Tatha Sky-Eyed, Queen of Tears (pre-Shattering)
Dame Tatha Sky-Eyed (grump, 1651)
Tatha Sky-Eyed (grump, 2006)
When Queen of Tears, Tatha was a renowned seeress, more talented in her field of specialty than even Queen Melessa of Mist. After the rest of her kith left for Arcadia, she rallied the members of her House to care for the world and the fae they had left behind, returning in life after life to watch over part of all of Albion, as suited her skills at the time. The Long Duel Memorial in the Borough of Oars commemorates her duel with Derwood Corr in the eighteenth century. She is only rarely in the area now, being the Scathach in charge of the entirety of Albion.

SLUAGH

Suspiria (wilder, 1399)
Suspiria (wilder-grump, fifteenth century)
Invidiana, Queen of Albion (1589)
Belladonna (grump, 1759)
Ivy Blackthorne (grump, 1828)
Begonia (grump, 2006)
The tragedy of this sluagh's story is largely her own doing. Following the Shattering, in an attempt to reopen a gate to Arcadia, Suspiria Reaved a balefire, destroying it in the process. For her crimes, a council of nobles, led by Volva Kajsa Sunnive Aesna, sentenced her to derive no benefit from a freehold until such time as she made amends for what she had done, and understood its value. She fulfilled the first term by working with other fae to create the Onyx Hall in 1549, but when this failed to lift her curse, she grew bitter and desperate to preserve her youth, eventually forming a pact with infernal powers. In exchange for immortal youth and beauty, Hell took her ability to love. Suspiria then took the name Invidiana and quickly rose to power as the Queen of Albion, leader of the most Unseelie and manipulative court the land has ever seen. The kinain seer Francis Merriman, whom she had once loved and affectionately called Tiresias, stayed at her side as her pet, bound (by a Treasure she possessed) to never betray her. When he finally did so, a coalition of fae broke the terms of her pact with Hell, destroying her youth and restoring her ability to love. In her attempt to stop them, Invidiana Reaved the balefire of the Onyx Hall, failing the test which would have otherwise lifted her curse.

She vanished from public knowledge at that point, but not from public affairs. Under other names (and with a far uglier face than anyone associated with her), she came to control the city's politics from the shadows, never again taking an overt position of power. As Belladonna, she supported Harrow Bonecruncher's move to end cyclical rule in 1759, though she put aside her political goals long enough to help in the effort against the solimond, and she was the terror of the drawing-room in Victorian days. In modern times she is the undisputed mistress of high sluagh society. As Wilhemina Nestor, she operates a decaying antique shop in the mortal world; in fae society, Begonia is one of the most fearsome manipulators of the sluagh information webs to have ever lived. Her bitterness over her experiences, though, poisoned her heart and mind, until the same coalition of fae that overthrew her in the sixteenth century gave her, by improvised proxy, Francis' forgiveness for what he had suffered. This healed the wound she suffered from, and set the stage for (hopefully) the eventual removal of her curse.

Ifarren Vidar, Lord of Books (wilder, 1589)
Hawthorne Whisper's-son (wilder, 1651)
Selwyn Reyes (wilder, 1828)
Ifan Tiede (wilder, 2006)
Whatever name he goes by, this sluagh has never had a particularly savory reputation. Popular opinion believed him to be Invidiana's spymaster, though there were two counter-arguments to that (one being that he was too obvious a candidate to be suitable, the other being that Invidiana oversaw all the spying herself). Certainly he had his long fingers in many pies, whether he was working on the Queen's behalf or not, and he attempted to usurp her throne after her disappearance. His assassination the following Samhain night put an end to that. A hundred years later, he insinuated himself into Cromwell's supporters, reportedly authoring many of Cromwell's policies of fear and control, and often purchasing information from the pooka spy Magrat. During the nineteenth century, he turned his hand to slaving, operating in the recesses of the Goblin Market. He is currently a member of the Gutter Shits, living in the Borough of Ravens.

Vivata Arcanorum, Lady of Books (wilder, 1480)
Lady Vivienne Melita (childling, 1651)
Vera Melita (grump, 1916)
The secrets that interest this sluagh lie in books. The freehold of Cinderwall has been in her keeping twice, and the Library of Albion once. After those places were destroyed in the Great Fire, she still held influence, being the matriarch of London's sluagh society during the Great War.

TROLLS

Sir Aedelstan Stoutarm (grump, 1759)
Sir Julien Stoutarm (wilder, 2006)
Never the sharpest knife in the drawer, this troll nevertheless has his heart in the right place. Though his marriage to Lady Lina Lightfeathers in the eighteenth century (arranged by their mortal families) nearly drove him mad, he preserved his sanity by escaping daily to the Lord Penrose Academy of Arms in the District of Herons, where he taught young men the arts of shooting and cavalry warfare. Now he is the nephew of a respected troll guardsmen, occupying a low-risk position in the Court where he spends most of his time trying to look stern and imposing, and failing miserably. He likes to hit things, though not too hard or he might hurt them, and isn't bad looking -- if you like the big blue sheepdog look. Mostly, though, he's there to give a friendly greeting to visitors, stay out of the way, and wear a big silly fur hat.

Edgar Whitestone, Lord of the Tower (wilder, 1916)
Edgar Whitestone, Count of the Tower (grump, 2006)
For more than ninety years now, the City of the Tower has been under the rule of this well-respected troll, thanks to the blessing of faerie eternity. He inherited his title from Lord Highpeak when his predecessor went to fight in the Great War, and soon passed a controversial decree forbidding his subjects to enlist in the army, lest they be lost to Banality. (He did, however, participate in World War II, declaring it a less Banal war than the one before, and his enlistment a patriotic duty.) Thanks to the support of his aldermen and the work of Master Black, his once-tenuous authority endured, such that when the sidhe returned during the Resurgence, he held sway over the entirety of the Roselands. Realizing that to depose him would anger the commoners greatly, the sidhe installed him as the Count of the Tower, and gave him the hand of Shiel Fairhands ap Gwydion, the new Princess of Roses. He struggles these days to maintain order among his barons, as the County of the Tower is divided into no less than thirty-three baronies, corresponding to the boroughs of London. He is assisted in this unenviable task by Count Vester Sorant ap Fiona, who administers the baronies of Outer London on his behalf.

Dame Halgresta Nellt (wilder, 1589)
Halga Redfield (grump, 1705)
Dame Halgrette Hakan (wilder, 2006)
For some fae, their Seelie and Unseelie sides are as different as day and night. Under the aegis of her latter Legacy, Dame Halgresta achieved the position of Captain of the Royal Guard by defeating her brothers Kentigern and Prigurd in pitched combat before Invidiana's throne. She defended the Queen rabidly until her death at the hands of Wessamina Hammercrank. Following the Great Fire, however, she was one of the guardians of the solimond's prison, and in 1705 received a vision warning that Halley's calculations would bring the solimond back with the comet. She currently lives in the Borough of Oars as a minor servant of the Seelie Court, and the kinain servant Neil Pemfold briefly worked in her service.

Wheels (pre-Shattering)
Sir Edmund Wheels (wilder, 1651)
Sir Richard Wheels ap Dougal (grump, 2006)
The personification of relentless time itself; also known as the Clockwork Troll or That Relentless Bastard. Once the Lord of Fishes under Lady Jenelle Eydissdottir, he is more comfortable following orders than giving them. He is presently one the city's duellists, known and feared for his unstoppable, uncaring onslaught and unnerving precision. He rarely talks and never laughs, nor betrays any sign that he is, in fact, alive. Flesh and blood and capable of being defeated, nonetheless, struggling against him is like struggling against the grave.

INANIMAE

CHIMERA

Nanny Lisp (2006)
Bane of any decent Sluagh in the city, Nanny Lisp is a horrific chimera that constantly hungers for the flesh of young children. She appears at first to be a kindly old nanny, appearing to desperate parents and offering to care for their sweet children at such a low cost, the parents can't help but hire her. Children can see her what she really is -- a bloated, toad like body with translucent skin, horrid bulging eyes, and an enourmous mouth full of needle-like teeth -- but can do nothing, as the lullabies she croones paralyzes them. She is currently on the loose, hiding somewhere in the sewers.

HUMANS

Merrimans

Thomas Merriman (pre-Shattering)
The son of a mortal father and a fae mother, Thomas was one of the most talented alchemists in Albion or England. When the Order of Purification split not long before the Shattering, his Sight was powerful enough to show him that both sides of the debate were wrong, but their division had somehow rendered it possible to create the Philosopher's Stone, some day far in the fugure. He secured the assistance of four fae when that day came, in exchange for an alchemical ritual that would bind them to mortal hosts, and his family's aid in the course of their task with the seven trees.

William Merriman (1399)
To Will fell the first step in the long task of the Merrimans, assisting the changelings in their duties to the sacred trees of Albion. His talents at alchemy proved useful when plague struck London again in 1400; though the disease resisted fae healing, he was able to keep the poet Geoffrey Chaucer alive long enough to finish his work.

Anne Thatcher (1480)
Prior to her marriage to William Thatcher, the keeper of the Round, Anne's surname was Merriman. Placed by her family to watch over Rowan's freehold, she revealed herself to the Scathach when word came from her brother Simon that the time for their work was at hand.

Simon Merriman (1480)
The Dreaming must have had a good reason for choosing Simon as the member of the Merriman family to accompany the fae on their voyage, for he did not love the sea. He dedicated himself to aiding them, though, even to the point of sacrificing his life in the effort to close the final gate to Arcadia. He is buried on the island of Hy-Brazil.

Arthur Merriman (sixteenth century)
Francis' father was a respected kinain alchemist. He died in a fall from his horse in 1558; his wife Susanna died of the plague soon after, and two of his three sons in the next ten years. Francis, the third son, had vanished, and the deaths may be attributed to the same cause; Invidiana wished to keep him to herself.

Francis Merriman/Tiresias (1589)
Born in 1528 to the kinain alchemist Arthur Merriman, Francis was involved enough in fae society to fall in love with Suspiria, a sluagh. After the creation of the Onyx Hall, he made a fatal mistake, telling her of a vision he had received. This gave Suspiria the notion of forming her pact with Hell, in which she sacrificed her ability to love in exchange for youth and beauty. Francis she kept at her side, calling him by the pet name "Tiresias," and magically binding him never to betray her. Enchanted and held within the Onyx Hall, Francis fell repeatedly into a dream-struck state, out of which Invidiana Ravaged him time and time again. As the decades passed, Francis lost the ability to distinguish reality from his dreams, and so did not recognize when the fae he served arrived in the Onyx Court. He brought about his own death in the end, gambling on the hope that Rowan was real, and revealing to her that Invidiana was the foe they opposed. This breaking of his ban killed him, and his spirit was subsequently torn to pieces by the queen's pet specters.

Richard Merriman (1589)
Father of Eleanor and John Merriman, Richard carried fae blood, but descended from a branch of the family distant enough to have no knowledge of the legacy.

Mary Merriman (1589)
The mother of Eleanor and John Merriman, and wife or Richard. She was fully mortal, with no fae blood.

Eleanor Merriman (1589)
Invidiana's slaughter of Francis Merriman's family in order to ensure that he had no one in the world but her caused a terrible break in the Merriman legacy. Eleanor, the daughter of a distant branch of the family, inherited what remained, learning from the fae what they remembered, and swore to pass on those fragments to her cousin Thomas, so that the family's duty would not be lost.

John Merriman (1589)
The elder of Eleanor's two younger brothers, and Richard's eldest son, John was unfortunately a poor candidate for carrying on the family legacy.

Thomas Merriman (1589)
After Francis' death in the Onyx Hall and the changelings' trip out to Oxfordshire, Thomas learned of the family legacy from his cousin Eleanor; from him are descended all the later Merrimans who took up the task.

Stephen Merriman (1651)
The second son of his father, Stephen came to London in search of the fae while his father and elder brother Charles fought in support of the Royalist cause. His younger brother, who did not inherit their legacy of faerie blood, turned to the Puritan side. Stephen met with his fate when he rode with the fae against the Wild Hunt on Samhain night in 1651; unable to keep up with his companions, he ended up being claimed by the Hunt as their prey.

Philip Merriman (1759)
When Philip passed knowledge of the famiy legacy on to his son Jacob, the Sight left him, and Philip assumed that was the end of his own service. War took Jacob away from England at the necessary moment, however, and so Philip was forced to take up the family duty. He sacrificed his life to defeat the solimond, by placing himself at the center of the ritual which forced the Inanima into his body, where it could be killed.

Jacob Merriman (1759)
By unfortunate chance, Jacob was on the Continent, fighting in the war, when his time to serve the fae came around. He deserted the army and made his way home to England, but not in time to forestall his father's death at the hands of the fae they served. Seeing only a disjointed version of these events in his dreams, he cursed Wessamina Hammercrank for firing the fatal shots, forbidding her to use her guns in lifetimes to come.

Christopher Merriman (1828)
This gentleman inherited the Merriman duties when his father chose to pass them on to him rather than to his older brother, Henry, whose homosexual preferences made it unlikely that he would sire children. Christopher kept a bookshop in Westminster, selling the poetry of the Romantics, and had a faint touch of the Second Sight. He offered himself up as bait to the willow tree in Somerset, and was subsequently rescued by Rowan's claim of love.

Henry Merriman (1828)
Christopher's elder brother was passed over in the family legacy due to his preference for men; their father, assuming his first son would sire no children, turned instead to the second.

Archibald Merriman (1916)
Youngest of the Merrimans to serve the cause, Archie struggled to keep his family afloat after the death of his father in the war. Despite a courtly respect for Bethany, Rowan was ultimately his love, and he stayed with her until her death. Later in life, he wrote a series of poems called The Seven Trees, which spoke in metaphorical terms of alchemical matters (an interest he picked up from Wessamina Hammercrank). Archie ultimately succumbed to Alzheimer's, which robbed him of the greater part of his memories, but he passed on just enough information to his grandson Nicholas.

Belinda Merriman (1916)
Archie's mother faced hard times after her husband's death. She was a mortal with no fae blood. Her other children were Annie, Mary, Susan, and Lizzie.

Annie Saunders (1916)
The eldest child of the Merriman family, Annie lost her husband Frank Saunders during the war, and was sent for a time to the Brethren of Purity Sanatorium.

Nicholas Merriman (2006)
A bookish young man, Nicholas is an assistant lecturer in history at the University of a London, with a specialty is the history of alchemical science. Though he knows little more about the family duty than the fragments his grandather Archibald was able to impart to him, and his fae blood is little more than a whisper, Nicholas seems to have inherited the family sense of responsibility. And, if Thomas' vision more than six hundred years ago is to be believed, he may at last create the Philosopher's Stone.

Kinain

Edward d'Alencon (pre-Shattering)
Keeper of the Library of Albion during the Black Death.

Achilles (1589)
Invidiana kept a number of kinain pets in the Onyx Hall, of which Achilles was one of the most prominent. He possessed the ability to go into a tremendous battle fury, during which he defeated even skilled fae opponents. Defeated, and killed; Achilles seemed incapable of stopping short of death, and so Invidiana used him as a device for trial by combat, or gladiatorial entertainment when she became bored. He not the first Achilles the Queen had; his predecessor died in combat, and she scoured Albion looking for another kinain with the same talent to replace him. Achilles was slain by Rowan Scott in the assault on the Onyx Hall.

Eurydice (1589)
This kinain pet found herself in a dangerous position. Her predecessor was suspected of conspiring with one of Invidiana's political enemies to murder the Queen; dark rumour said that woman was imprisoned in the White Tower, tortured without being permitted to die. As her name suggested (for Invidiana enjoyed naming her pets from classical mythology, in a painful mockery of her original use of the nickname "Tiresias,"), Eurydice possessed the rare kinain gift for interacting with the dead. This made her a useful servant to Invidiana, in dealing with the Queen's wraith servants, but her mistress kept a suspicious eye on her. Eurydice was poisoned by Sabbeth during the hunt for Tiresias' ghost, and her body dumped in the Fleet.

Orpheus (1589)
Though most of Invidiana's pets were not well-liked in the Onyx Court, Orpheus enjoyed more popularity than most. Like the mythical poet whose name he bore, he could compel his audiences with his songs, moving them to great extremes of emotion. It was a favored form of entertainment, but it could also be used as a weapon, and most of the fae dealing with Orpheus took care never to forget this fact. More than any other pet with the possible exception of Tiresias, Orpheus appeared very dedicated to Invidiana.

Neil Pemfold (2006)
Not particularly gifted with wits, looks, or physical talent, Pemfold was granted to Hallistair Yorke to serve as his retainer. This awkward teenager takes care of the day-to-day mundanities of Yorke's life.

Mortals

Anne Fisher (pre-Shattering)
A young woman who once dreamed of slaying dragons with her stick-sword . . . who, when offered the chance, took the opportunity to slay dragons for real. The first mortal host of the Rowan Knight.

Elizabeth la Cleve (pre-Shattering)
A quiet, bookish young lady with a talent for healing. The first mortal host of the sluagh Hope.

Mary Smith (pre-Shattering)
The abused wife of a blacksmith, she murdered her husband with assistance from a fae. The first mortal host of the nocker Wessamina Hammercrank.

Robert Forester (pre-Shattering)
A somewhat isolated, but intensely curious, young man from Derbyshire, who accepted an offer to learn more than he'd ever dreamed of. The first mortal host of the crow pooka Yorke.

Roger Caultry, fourth Lord Mortimer (pre-Shattering)
One of the pre-eminent mortal alchemists in the Order of Purification, prior to the Shattering. He spoke out at the Order's final meeting in favor of rationalizing alchemical work, in the hopes of making greater progress.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1399)
A court poet and minor government official, this older man took up residence in a house on the grounds of Westminster Abbey, where he devoted his time to his poetry. Guided by the inspiration of the four fae, he spent the last year of his life completing his series of poems known as The Canterbury Tales; the one manuscript was subsequently burned in order to light the Web of London. Chaucer died of the plague in the fall of 1400.

Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England (1589)
Just what relationship, if any, existed between Queen Elizabeth and Queen Invidiana, no one was ever able to uncover. Rumours that they were the same woman were easily disproven, but whether Elizabeth was a Dreamer of Invidiana's, a cantrip-controlled puppet, or something else entirely was never revealed.

John Dee (1589)
Formerly Queen Elizabeth's astrologer, Dee returned to England in 1589, following a six-year stay on the Continent. He no longer enjoyed the Queen's favor as he once did, but his occult knowledge won him respect in many circles, and he possessed many powers beyond the average mortal's ken. With his assistance, the fae were able to gain the temporary patronage of Anael, the angel of love, which freed Wroth from his prison in the Onyx Hall.

Sir Francis Walsingham (1589)
"Video et taceo." This line, spoken by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, means "I see and keep silent." In his later age, Sir Francis became too Banal to serve as anyone's Dreamer, but for a time he was a great sluagh favorite, and he remained a source of valuable information for the city's information-mongers.

William Hewson (1651)
A Puritan born of good family, and the betrothed of Grace Roland.

Oliver Burlington III (1828)
The husband of Wessamina Hammercrank (aka Willamina Burlington). He kept a medical practice in Marylebone, in partnership with the nocker Mungo Grumbungle; they also performed a certain amount of charity work for the destitute of London.

Lord and Lady Chatterton (1828)
These minor nobility kept an estate in Highgate, where they hosted weekend parties at which the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a frequent guest.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1828)
A famed Romantic poet and literary scholar, this pillar of English letters suffered late in life from ill health and an opium habit, both the result of a contact some years previously with a sidhe spirit imprisoned in a willow tree, who granted him (and other Romantic poets) inspiration, at the cost of their lives. He lived with his physician, Dr. James Gillman, in the village of Highgate, north of London.

Gus (1916)
The young leader of a small, petty gang in Lewisham, he received the scare of his life when a factory came to life one night.

Jack Bailey (1916)
A former patient of Adora Belle Dearheart. He lost his arm in the war and was sent to the sanatorium to recover following his release from the hospital, but an experimental treatment for his psychological trauma killed him. He continued for a short time as a wraith, before being sent on by Bethany.

Constance Reed (1916)
This young woman lingered on at the Brethren of Purity Sanatorium as a wraith. She was committed there following her dishonor at the hands of Russell Hampstead; when he refused to see her again, she drowned herself in the pool at the base of the garden. As a wraith, she collected the shredded remnants of innocence removed from the patients brought to the sanatorium. She passed on when, possessing the body of Bethany, she again drowned herself, along with the man she believed was her love.

Vivian Reed (1916)
The mother of Constance Reed, living in Chelsea.

Russell Hampstead (1916)
A well-bred young man who served as a low-ranking officer in the Territorial Army until his death at the Battle of Verdun. He seduced Constance Reed, then refused to see her again after the scandal became known. Geoffry Blyde impersonated him so that Constance might have the conversation she needed in order to pass on.

Beatrix Anne Cudney (2006)
Bethany Batfriend's mortal half, and a talented dancer.

Paul Reeds (2006)
The mortal host of Hallistair Yorke (whom he considers to be "a complete wanker").

Roseanna Pike (2006)
The Scathatch tendencies of Rowan Sommers ended this young woman's ambitions to be a police officer, but she's found other outlets for her desire for justice.

Willa Grace Hardwicke (2006)
An abused young woman rescued from her family by the Chrysalis of Wessamina Hammercrank.

OTHERS