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Bilgi [Robust, Logosian]. Mentor and father figure to Mila, Bilgi is also the stalwart and capable head of the resistance (see Opor).
Denni [Robust, Fiorian, deceased]. Resistance fighter and friend to Mila and Demitri. Killed four years ago in the battle for the Gracile Leader’s rocket.
Demitri [Gracile, missing]. Former Gracile experimental physicist, tormented by another voice in his head: Vedmak. Demitri believed quantum entanglement allowed him to connect with Vedmak’s ‘coherent information’ following the madman’s death. Upon teaming up with Mila and the resistance to defeat the Gracile Leader, Demitri suffered a catastrophic injury that allowed Vedmak to take control of his body.
Evgeniy [Gracile, deceased]. A Gracile scientist and friend to Demitri. Killed by the Gracile Leader for dealing with the Robust resistance.
Faruq [Robust, Baqirian, missing]. Musul turned resistance fighter, stepson to Kapka and older brother to Husniya. Faruq is believed to have been killed four years ago during the battle for the Leader’s rocket when he confronted Kapka on the launchpad. His body was never recovered.
Ghofaun [Robust, Zopatian]. A Lawkshaun monk turned resistance fighter. Ghofaun is one of the only Chum Lawk practicioners who can regularly best Mila. His fierceness is only matched by his wisdom and absolute composure under fire.
Giahi [Robust, Fiorian]. Resistance fighter and constant thorn in Mila’s side. Strong-willed and capable, Giahi believes he should be leading the resistance and he’s willing to do anything he can to see that goal achieved.
Gil [Robust, Velian, missing]. Drug addict and Mila’s former information broker. No one has heard from him since the fall of the lillipads.
The Leader [Gracile, deceased]. Former head of the Graciles. Four years ago, he set a plan to accelerate the evolution of the Gracile kind by encoding their species information on the event horizon of a black hole—but not before orchestrating the genocide of all Robusts living in Lower Etyom. Conspiring with the Baqirian warlord Kapka, the Leader’s plan fell apart when Mila and Demitri rallied the Robust resistance against him in a desperate struggle to prevent annhilation. Demitri killed him on the Asgardia space station.
Husniya [Robust, Baqirian]. She is the little sister of Faruq and daughter of Kapka. Rescued from danger by Demitri four years ago, she was found to share the biology that connected Demitri to Vedmak. Her companion spirit, Margardia, is benevolent who tries to shepherd and protect Husniya. Mila is currently her guardian and teacher. Now fourteen years old, Husniya, displaced from her people and angry at losing her brother, has grown into a troubled and defiant teenager.
Kapka [Robust, Baqirian]. Known as the Tyrant of Baqir, Kapka has long held the Musul people captive to his violent extremism. Kapka survived the blast during the battle for the Gracile Leader’s rocket four years ago. Part gangster warlord, part terrorist, Kapka will go to any length to destroy his enemies. He has a particular hate for Logosians.
Mila [Robust, Logosian]. Tough and uncompromising, Mila is a true survivor. In the four years that have passed since the Fall of the Gracile empire, Mila has gone from reluctant freedom fighter to war-weary leader of the resistance. In a desperate bid to cling to her faith, she tries to follow the path of the Lightbringer and protect the people of Etyom. It is a task that keeps her from what she truly desires—finding and rescuing Demitri and Faruq.
Mos [Robust, Kahangan]. Resistance fighter, Opor’s head of security, and long-time friend of Mila. Of all those who stand with her, few are more loyal than Mos.
Nikolaj [Gracile, deceased]. Demitri’s neobrother. Killed by the Gracile Leader.
Oksanna [Gracile, missing]. Robotics scientist and former mate to Demitri’s neo-brother, Nikolaj. She is missing along with all other Graciles.
Vedmak [Unknown entity, missing]. Believed to originally be a Bolshevik soldier who died during the Red Terror of Russia in the early twentieth century. His spirit/information became entangled with Demitri. Seizing a puppetmaster-like control of Demitri’s body, Vedmak has only one aim: to bring back the glory of Russia and watch the world burn.
Yuri [Robust, Fiorian]. Bilgi’s most trusted friend and advisor. One of the founders of Opor, he is known for his skill in the ways of deception and cloak-and-dagger tactics.
Zevry [Robust, Logosian, deceased]. Mila’s older brother, who died attempting to sabotage the Gracile Leader’s plan long before the Resistance knew of it.
