Characters

Armed with ancient wisdom and a dry wit, the Grand Vizier doles out his advice to Kings, Queens, and anyone who will listen. He Has seen hundreds of generations pass and is always confused and confusticated by how little the “saplings” seem to heed his sage words. History is riddled with the failures of those who didn’t listen.

The young, pretty Ingenue, R’Lyeh, hails from a distant side of the Thornclaw lineage. Only having arrived recently atThornclaw Manor, there is much about her that is shrouded in obscurity. Her mystical connection to the stars and her arrival so close to the Dowager’s end make it hard for her to fit in with the already suspicious Thornclaw clan. 

Deep in the woods surrounding Thornclaw Mansion, far into the edges of the sprawling estate, there lives a creature, both beautiful and fearsome. Some say she is as scared of you as you are of her, but watch out for the claws anyway.

Wife of the Lord and daughter of the Fae, she exalts in the luxury and glamour of the life of The Lady.  While she plays the part of the dizzy wife who is dazzled by the sparkle and shine of wealth and jewelry, she plots to put her husband into positions of power where she can manipulate him. Maneuvering on the sidelines she plots to get her hands on the power and wealth of Thornclaw Manor. 

This brain-cased “dimensional traveler” searches the multiverses for elixirs and potions to uplift the weary and heal the sick for a price. He takes good care of the Dowager who keeps him in his extravagant lifestyle.  Just make sure he doesn’t try to sell you his Aldebaran snake oil.

The beautiful Nanny has been with the family for as long as they remember. With Lenore getting older, she finds herself less needed, forgotten even. Not to be left out of the intrigue, the lovely Nanny has often been seen spending time with Lord Thornclaw, much to the Lady’s chagrin. It is said the lure of money and power has often corrupted the young, but what if the corrupted is the hand that rocks the cradle?

One of the Four Thornclaw brothers, he has never been one to take responsibility too seriously, but now that His mother (The Dowager) is aging, the matter of the inheritance has made him much more family-minded. His mysterious and transgressive club, The Antediluvian, plays home to the universes creative underground and sometimes the dark menace of the Underworld. He can often be found sitting at his table in the back of the club holding court with his hangers-on, drinking, playing cards, and making deals.

His Motto, ” I may sleep for a thousand years, but when I rise, it’s time to party!”

She was sent away to the Black Monastery at the far side of the dark wood as a child by the command of their parents to the delight of her older sister, the future Dowager. Over the centuries since her banishment, she has ascended to the highest levels of the Church, as an inquisitor and now the high priestess. The Priestess believes that too much leeway has been granted to the weak and puny humans over the years and that the order that the Dowager has placed to keep reality secure is ultimately killing the universe. As long as she lives, she will covet the power and fortune of the Thornclaw dynasty and will stop at nothing to overturn the current reality. 

A second-generation Thornclaw, the Professor has made a living out of his habit of reading into others’ motivations. As a psychoanalyst for the Thornclaw Clan, he probes into the subterranean depths of the monstrous psyche. Watch what you say, he is listening.

A kindly gentleman is willing to share the obscure knowledge he has been searching for. He hides his obsessive need for information and the dangerous practices he must enact to find his intellectual prizes in his dank and monstrous chamber in the Manor’s tower.