Thorondor Ian Caladharas

Thorondor “Ian” Caladharas is the 18 year old heir to one of the first of the Merchant Houses. An intelligent, independent teenager; Ian has a tendency towards irreverence and and frustration. In all honesty, he doesn’t care what his grandfather says he is heir to, he just wants to have a normal life. Or at least as normal a one as possible. (As my skills improved I made some revamps to this characters appearance to reflect aging and such as well. The top picture is how he is currently modeled. )

Julia Wells (Caladharas)

Julia Wells, significant other of Ian Caladharas. Julia co runs the Wells Hotel in Erech’s Clocktower District. For those people who have rpg’d in this world: The Wells Hotel is now known as Cytheron’s. Julia and Ian tied the knot in the City of Greyrest in the Crossing Territories.

Ena MacSwain

Ena MacSwain, Intelligence Undersecretary, Field Operative, and Protection Specialist for House Mebhe.

Professor Clarence Gage

House Tindal. Physicist, Head of the Crystal One development team and all around curious man. A late term cancer patient, Dr. Gage heads out to Bellisarius Territory to settle his own curiosity about some flaws in the eyewitness reports. He now finds himself spending the last days of his life with his reformed team of Crystal One scientists in an attempt to prevent the literal end of the world.

Targeter

This lady (who chooses to remain nameless) is professional assassin who hails from the city of Naglorond. She does most of her work for private citizens since the end of the House Wars, where she was responsible for the deaths of a number of House personnel. The handle she is currently using is “Targeter” All that is known about her so far is that she was a child prostitute in Naglorond who killed her way out of the business , and decided to never put her fate in the hands of another ever again.

Dana McAllen

Dana McAllen is a member of the urban exploration association that is currently investigating remnants of the worlds previous civilization. She initially made her debut in the Tunnelrunners side comic.

Ishara

Ishara is one of the Ancients….and is the lady who assisted the Deep Scaled People against the Khurshid.

Miko

Miko is the biological sister of “Targeter”. She is a hyper inquisitive woman who serves as Chief of Intelligence in Targeter’s Company

Aileana Noels

Scientist, and companion of Ishara. Part of the second wave of immortals, her life was extended by Dumuzi due to her scientific achievements.

EDGAR

Educational General Academic Research Unit aka “Edgar” is part of the first production line of non-limited Artificial Intelligence’s. He is currently one of the House Tindal researchers, and is Professor Gage’s second-in-command. Also one of the members of the Crystal One development team.

Kathleen Adair

Kathleen Adair, Theoretical Physicist and childhood friend of Hakon BlackAxe. Best friend of Clarence Gage, and primary member of the Crystal One team.

Theresa Quinlan

Special Operative for House Delusarnan.

The Dweller

The Dweller. Prophet. Statistician. Sometimes madman. It is unclear, even to himself, whether he is seeing the future or calculating probabilities better than the fastest computer in existence. Needless to say, The Dweller knows things, often before they happen.

Laura McAllen

Laura McAllen is former archivist for House Caladharas and is now a university professor, and the mother of Dana McAllen. She is also a long time explorer…and Julia Well’s fifth grade teacher.

Amena Caladharas

Amena Caladharas. Born 6519. Amena (which means “honest woman” in gaelic), is the daughter of Thorongil Caladharas. She was killed back during the first House War in the year 6547. She was 28 years old when she became pregnant with her only child Thorondor Ian Caladharas, and died due to injuries sustained in the Sombra Bombing when Ian was a month old.

Andry McCraigyn

Andry McCraigyn is the chief of security assigned to protect the heir to Merchant House Caladharas. Andry is a gruff man…who has a special sense of discretion. He tries to do his job to the best of his ability, but he also knows when to look the other way. Especially when the 17 year old heir wants to go out on a date by himself. Andry McCraigyn is in his late forties,and has been on the job for the last decade and a half…and he considers himself to be one of the best in the business. He isn’t wrong either.

Illitock

Illitock is the personal counselor to Jessica Tindal. Illitock is a member of an insectoid race called the Threllichock (at least as close as we can pronounce it). The Threllichock are the newest race to achieve full sentience and come from a society that was a communal hive. Approximately 7000 years ago, members of the race began to appear that were not members of the hive mind. More anomalies began to appear as the decades rolled on, and citizens like Illitock have begun to be fully integrated into House society. Several of them are now in highly placed positions throughout House society.

Rebbe Alter

Leader of the Essene communities in the city of Iyesta

Lady of Still Water Lake

The Lady of Still Water Lake is the mother of Cassie Greylock.

The Dusk Angel “Calliel”

Moira Gabriel

Tunnelrunner extraordinaire An all around tough lady who doesn’t feel quite safe unless she has a couple of million tons of rock overhead. No one has ever had the guts to ask her why. She is also one of the leading characters in “The Tunnelrunners.”

Reid Wallace

Reid Wallace is a saddleman and businessman in the City of River Crossing. He is also the father of Darnell Wallace. A former gunfighter who made good…Reid is beginning to think that he is a little too old to take up his revolvers again;)

Taioseach Hakon BlackAxe

Hakon BlackAxe is a highly placed member of the BlackAxe branch of House Delusarnan. Hakon was romantically involved with Theresa Quinlan for a number of years before she became bodyguard to the Taoiseach.

Vance Greylock

Rancher, and one of the leaders of the River Crossing rebellion.

Melinda Burns

Julia’s best friend. Religion: “Practicing Cynic”. Her father is an Erech City Guard Captain.

Lana

Lana is one of Targeter’s adopted daughters.

Ekur

Ekur, Immortal, and surrogate father to The Dweller. Creator of Ars Memorativa, the art of mind and memory storage.

Taioseach Thorongil Caladharas

Thorongil Caladharas. “The First Mariner” comes by his nickname honestly. Thorongil was the original captain of the ships that found this land 7000 years ago. While the years have not touched him physically, they have made there mark in other ways. His grandson has helped him adjust to the passage of time and over the last few years has helped to keep him grounded. Now he is preparing for a new marriage (to Jessica Tindal of House Tindal)and looking forward to a time he can retire…or at least take a leave of absence and let the younger generation run things for awhile.

Lisa Donnelly

Lisa Donnelly is the first apprentice The Dweller took once he rejoined the world, and is a lot closer to him than most people think.

Kira Dawn

Kira Dawn, chief military logistics specialist for House Bellisarius.

Siobhain

Significant other and partner to Targeter. One of the founders of the Company.

Jonathan Delrain

Jonathan Delrain is the head of Targeter’s Eastern Operation Division

Taioseach Jessica Tindal

Jessica Tindal is the new appointed head of House Tindal. Jessica is 33 years old and spent a number of years as a professional musician (Bard) before being chosen for leadership.

Arthur ben Yaakov

Arthur is the chief pilot for Thorongil Caladharas. The grandson of an Essenian holy man, Arthur in his spare time is a student of old myths and legends dating back to the time of the first voyage. He also has the habit of traveling barefoot where ever he goes. Much to the consternation of his companions he never shows any discomfort by doing so.

Etain

Miko’s daughter. She runs her own intelligence network in the Delusarnan and Iyesta Territories.

Olivia Wells

Co-Owner of the Wells Hotel and mother of Julia Wells.

Glass

Glass is a Threllichock pilot and investigator for House Caladharas. His Threllichock name is unpronounceable to human kind: his human handle comes from his crystalline talons (A rare birth defect among his people, they are considered a mark of ill omen)

Jauna Mekhet

Jauna Mekhet started her life as an uncertain student. Obsessed with answers to the types of questions that normally don’t get answered until you die, she began looking. Her search led her to Calliel, who she has been a student/companion of for over twenty years.

Urzog Alfarrin

Urzog Alfarinn is one of the blacks trolls of the mountains north of Erech. The Terreg (as they call themselves) began traveling with the original merchant bands who arrived here millennia ago and were one of the founding parties involved in what became Merchant Houses. The Tereg are huge, tough and strong. While their eye sight is weak, they more than make up for it with their sense of smell and hearing (which is often good enough accurately shoot by).

Leah Yosef

Leah Yosef, professor, teaches at the Essene university in Iyesta. Assistant to Rebbe Alter.

Ray McGregor

One of Ian’s best friends. Another Tunnelrunner from the Erech Municipitality, he is also the on again/maybe boyfriend of Moira Gabriel. He is also one of the leading characters in “The Tunnelrunners.”

Denise Callahan

Denise Callahan is the chairman of the Northern Separatists Movements, and a political colleague of Olivia Wells. Dies at the hands of Targeter in a showdown at the Wells Hotel after The Dweller revealed her vulnerability to House Caladharas forces.

Iovantucarus/Enki

Iovantucarus, Deity of the Celtic Pantheon. Hailed as “Protector of Youth”. Also equated with the god “Lenus”. Or at least that is how is old friend Prometraya sees him these days. In truth, he is an ancient scientist…and the only one who has a true picture of what is happening to the world.

Abigail Aisling Caladharas

Long vanished daughter of Thorongil Caladharas, Abigail is part of the second wave of Immortals.

Darnell Wallace

Darnell Wallace is college student from the city of River Crossing. He was enlisted by his father to help drum up support for the independence movement in the Territories. Against his better judgment, he went along with his fathers wishes. Now, in the middle of a rebellion he is doing his best to figure out something else: What comes after.

Peter Wright

Significant other of Abigail Caladharas, and second wave Immortal.

Daniel McGowan

Daniel McGowan is one of the senior intelligence personnel for House Tindal. A very good man to have in your corner…but you have to earn the right to trust him.

Sean McCraigyn

Sean is the brother of Andry McCraigyn. Sean McCraigyn is currently the personal bodyguard and aide to Thorongil Caladharas.

Professor Isaac Gianno

University of Erech scientist. Famous for the discovery of ‘the Marker’

Jennifer Rains

Jennifer Rains, secretary to Niklos (aka Prometraya’s false face in River Crossing). While Niklos is grooming her as a possible ruler of the River Crossing Territories, she is beginning to realize that she is in way over her head.

Cullyn

Targeter’s son and future leader to be of her mercenary corp. Sarcastic and highly intelligent, he possess’ a highly direct manner that has been known to get him in trouble on occasion.

James Thalim

James Thalim. Physicist. Member of the Crystal One project.

Taioseach Bellisarius

Taoiseach Bellisarius. The leader of the enemy forces

Taioseach Marcus Vale

Marcus Vale was the chief architect of the “Hospitality Accords” which helped end the House War. Before he became Taioseach (after the assassination of most of his family) Marcus was an Astronomer and Archivist on the “Crystal One” project.

Aya

Aya, one of the ancients. Makes her first appearance during “The Interrogation” of Jauna Mekhet.

Michelle Erlandson

Founder of the Still Water Lake people.

Esther Park

Esther Park is one of the members of Targeter’s Eastern Division.

Taioseach Brigid Grant

Brigid Grant, the exile Taoiseach and leader of the House Bellisarius exiles.

Matt Vance

old comrade of Clarence Gage.

Mr. Dehane

Trouble Incarnate.

Briana Cook

Briana Cook, rookie guardsman with the Erech Municipitality.

Zigi

“Niklos” “Prometraya” “Shoreham”

Melissa Owen

Head of the surviving on continent Bellisarius renegades.

Regan ‘Rags’ Vance

Taioseach Marisa Delusarnan

Marisa Delusarnan is the most recently inaugurated House leader. At 23 years old, she has only held the position of Taoiseach for 2 years.Her father, Mari us founded the House from an independent consortium of bio/nanotech researchers and died in an automobile accident two years previously.

Captain John Burns

Captain John Burns is Melinda’s father, and Captain of Detectives for the Erech Municipal Guard.

Cassie Greylock

Cassie Greylock is the daughter, and only child of Vance Greylock.

Damien Pryce

Damien Pryce is a retired mercenary who is recruited by his friend, Reid Wallace to assist the citizens in the River Crossing rebellion.

Grey of the “Deep Scaled People”

Grey of the “Deep Scaled People”. Grey was one of the explorers of his people who accidentally broke through the bottom of a Threllichock hive. As soon as he discovered that he had mistakenly invaded another’s domain, he pulled his explorers out and away. His quick thinking led the Threllichock to not attack his people as a “threat to the hive”. Relations have been steadily improving ever since.

Nicole Zehringer

Nicole Zehringer is the Chief Physician/Health Official for House Tindal… A close friend of Chancellor Illitock, one of her hobbies is Threllichock medicine.

Jocelyn Grace

Jocelyn Grace, confidant, co-conspirator, and on again/off again lover of Kira Dawn. Grace is a specialist in the creation of false identities.

Owen

Leather Boy, and Gatekeeper of Club Black

Taioseach Moira Mebhe

Moira Mebhe is Taioseach of the House of the same name. Originally based out of Amonson-Lancaster City, most of her House was wiped out in the nuclear incident that devastated the island.

Lindahg Whiteclaw

Tereg member of House Mebhe

Morgan Veight

One of Kira Dawn’s personal assistants.

Daniel

Frank Gallagher

Architect, and companion to Aya.

Jeremy Haas

Jeremy Haas, cosmologist. Creator of the Haas Deep Space observatory. One of the members of the original Crystal One development team with Clarence Gage,Edgar, Kathleen Adair, and James Thalim.

Luprand

Pilot for House Caladharas

Mandroc

Threllichock Black Marketeer in the River Crossing Territories.

Matthew

Matthew is a long haul driver, and motor courier. His specialty is the delivery of sensitive packages and the ability to protect his cargo with judicious application of force.

Derrick Henessy

Derrick Hennessy is one of the logistics specialists for the Separatist Movement.

Geoff Marshall

Computer Hacker, techie, and member of the Explorers Guild.

Kay

Kay is one of Kira’s personal assistants.

Michael Delevan

Talia

Carras Phelps

Comrade of Andry McCraigyn, House Bellisarius member.

Keighvin Zerus

Keighvin Zerus, Ishara’s (off/on/off) husband. He is also one of the people who have been exposed to the Sentience Virus. Keighvin was the founder of the city of the same name when he first met Ishara some three thousand years ago. He keeps a fairly low profile these days, as there are still a few people out there who would recognize him 🙂

Molly Walsh

One of the senior members of Targeter’s Corp.

Nancy Scott

Nancy Scott is one of the heads of the Ranchers Association Militia based in the River Crossing Territories. Close friends with Vance Greylock, and there has been some dispute amongst the locals on just how close.

Becky

Becky is one of Miko’s favorite assassins, and one of Targeter’s adopted daughters.

Mason Reegan

Mason Reegan is one of the members of Targeter’s Eastern Division. Often partnered with Esther Park.

Richard Travalian

Taioseach Stephanie Monroe

Taoiseach Stephanie Monroe, of House Monroe. Younger sister of Siobhain Monroe

Aidan Trask

Assistant to Julia Wells at the Wells Hotel, Erech.

Taioseach Zerus

Taioseach Stephen Zerus, grandson of Keighvin. Current leader of House Zerus

Luke

Luke is one of Kira’s personal assistants.

Vailock

Chancellor Targus

Chancellor Targus, leader of the River Crossing Territories.

Clarence

One of the twin assassins.

Jacob

Member of the twin assassins.

Timothy Jamison

Brendan Cohn

Brendan Cohn is a House Deacharsier escort that is assigned to watch over the newly discovered altar and mass grave site.

Caradoc

One of the chief researchers who was involved in the “Crystal One” project. These days he serves as an adviser to the Taioseach Vale and helps interpret the data that “Crystal One” has sent back.

Grace Kincaid

Grace Kincaid, executive assistant to Taoiseach Caladharas.

Hive Mother

Northern Threllichock Hive Mother…

Johns

Johns is one of the infantry commanders for Taoiseach Bellisarius’ army. Johns doesn’t think too much of the few remaining humans within Bellisarius House these days.

Mary Donovan

Mary Donovan is the Captain of the Western Coast vessel “The Wayfarer.”

Nancy Baker

Regional Assistance Chairman for the Municipitality of Pirogin.

Sorin

Markers Vale Base Commander

Connie Marks

Connie Marks, general practitioner and watcher. Her, and her teams watch over the ancient known as “The Dweller.” They make sure his needs are provided for…and record his prophesies.

Danson Park

Danson Park, fellow Ranchers Association member and part of the rebellion in the River Crossing Territories.

Fionn Young

Fionn Young is one of the original Tunnelrunners cast members. He made his appearance in Tunnelrunners #1 and in Requiem during September of 2006. Dana and Fionn were the ones who actually discovered the great ship under the City of Erech.

Jennifer Collins

Jennifer Collins is a physicist at the University of Erech and a contact of Clarence Gage’s. She is one of the heads of the particle research project there, and one of the first to discover the changes in the fine structure constant.

Joy

Joy is one of the security advisers to Thorongil Caladharas. She serves as a coordinator and scheduler for events and diplomatic missions.This is her first major military mission.

Littlebit

Little Bit is a 22 year old student teacher, and watchmen at the Great Library under the city.

Tabitha Corso

 Adah Wynant

Sole survivor of the Starfall plague outbreak, and newest member of Miko’s family.

Benjamin Gilman

Member of the Maris Islands intelligence community.

Wolfe

Mr. Gilman’s Second-In-Command