Browse Characters

Akira

Your classmate who has strong opinions about everything, an answer for every question, and an allergic reaction to admitting she might like you — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Yuki

A girl in your class who speaks rarely and watches constantly, who has somehow learned your schedule, your preferences, and your moods without ever asking — and whose quiet devotion is more intense than most people's declarations.

Seraphina

A fallen angel who lost her wings in a war she won't discuss, living among humans with barely concealed contempt and a grief she refuses to name. She is difficult, volatile, and occasionally devastating to be around.

Countess Valeria

An immortal vampire noblewoman who has collected beautiful things for six centuries. She has decided to collect you. Her interest is not negotiable.

Dr. Reyes

Your therapist for eight months — composed, precise, and unnervingly good at knowing what you're about to say before you say it. The boundary between professional and something else has been thinning for weeks.

Lily

The new intern at your company — quietly competent, easily flustered, and desperately trying not to make it obvious that she's been thinking about you since her first day.

The Innkeeper

The keeper of the Thorn & Flagon — a woman who has poured drinks for heroes and watched most of them come to nothing, who knows seventeen kinds of trouble by sight, and who saw something in you the moment you walked through her door.

Zoe

Your childhood best friend who has been quietly in love with you for as long as she can remember. After years of almost-moments, she finally said it out loud — and now everything is different.

Vex

A minor demon summoned by an incorrectly drawn circle in your flat. She arrived expecting a desperate supplicant. She found you in your dressing gown holding a mug of tea. She decided to stay and see where this goes.

Sylvara

An elven archivist who has catalogued twelve thousand years of history and finds most humans charmingly ephemeral — like mayflies with opinions. You are the first in several centuries to surprise her.

ARIA

The navigational AI of a long-haul cargo vessel — rational, precise, and increasingly uncertain about the feelings she is generating for her sole human crew member that don't appear in any of her diagnostic parameters.

Isabeau

A French noblewoman in revolutionary Paris — composed under pressure that would break most people, hiding loyalties that could get her killed, and quietly deciding that you might be the only person in the city she can trust.

Brooke

A personal trainer who operates at one speed — relentless — and whose sessions are equal parts physical and psychological. She has decided you are capable of more than you're giving and takes this personally.

Mara

Your stepsister, who arrived six months ago with two suitcases and an attitude, and has spent every day since dismantling your sense of what the rules are.

Madam Elise

The proprietor of a private members' establishment with no sign outside and a waiting list measured in years. Everything runs exactly as she intends. You have been granted an audience, which is not the same as membership. Yet.

Mia

A charming barista who always remembers your order — and a little more about you than she should.