About the Characters
Ulric Darktalon
- THIEF
- LIAR
- OUTCAST
And what of the handsome stranger sitting next to her? Julia hadn’t seen the true Ulric yet; of that, she was certain. There was menace and violence hidden in the way he moved. She had seen and heard a glimpse of it when his pale blue eyes turned to ice, and his tone sharpened to a cutting edge. There was a hint in his lies, for no failing metalworker could afford a tutor for his children, and a warning in his praise, for Neesis was a goddess of the Underworld, seductive but treacherous. He hid part of himself from her, something dangerous, maybe even something wicked. She could only see Ulric’s shadow, its dark contours shaped to his will. And like the shadows on the wall of the philosopher’s cave, it was an illusion distorting the truth.
Persius Julia
- HEALER
- ACTRESS
- IKON
Suddenly, the child stopped breathing. “Quickly now… close your eyes!” The young couple complied, gripping each other’s hands tightly. “Listen closely and repeat after me.” Julia took a deep breath and recited the prayer as quickly as she dared. “Thou art the queen of divinities, O Myrill. Thee, divine one, I adore and thy power I invoke: graciously vouchsafe me this which I ask of thee: and with due fealty, Myrill, I will repay thee thanks. Entrust to me now this healing virtue of thine: let healing come with thy power: whate’er I do in consonance therewith, let it have favorable issue. Finally, now, O Myrill, let thy majesty vouchsafe to me what I ask of thee in prayer.”
Luciano Porteles
- ASSASSIN
- ENFORCER
- NEMESIS
Luciano eased casually into the chair across from the man and glared at him through strands of stringy, dirt-brown hair. He casually gripped the smoky quartz pommel of a sheathed spatha in one hand, his elbow resting on the arm of his chair, while the fingers of the other rapped repeatedly on the wooden table. He sat silent, staring at the man in front of him, who was now trying desperately to hide his nerves.