Cast

Alyx Blacke-Hood

  • Species: Demihuman
  • Height: 5’4″ (5’7″ with ears)
  • Abilities: Skilled in combat magic and particularly adept with a jo staff.
  • Background: Alyx is the child of three parents—Theresa, Chrys, and William. They bear traits from all three parents, including mystical influences from Chrys, martial prowess from William, and resilience from Theresa. Though they have wolf-like ears and a tail, these features are inherited from William and are not a marker of being a morphique.
  • Personality: Alyx is confident, charismatic, and compassionate. They are protective and often take on a mentor-like role, especially with Danica, showing deep empathy and emotional intelligence. Alyx is quick to notice when someone is struggling internally, offering support even when others might not recognize the problem.

River Gryph

  • Species: Human
  • Height: 6′
  • Abilities: Has Key powers linked to The Chariot, allowing him to enhance his mental and physical abilities.
  • Background: River is energetic and carefree, often using humor to lighten situations. He is in a long term relationship with Alyx. His abilities as a Key make him vital to the group’s efforts, especially in research or combat, where he can push himself beyond normal limits. Despite his playful exterior, River is deeply committed to his friends and the multiverse.
  • Personality: River is a free-spirited, femboy who embraces his feminine expression without being transgender. He uses his lightheartedness to balance the more serious or introspective moments, often serving as a source of levity and encouragement. However, he can also show surprising depth when the situation calls for it, proving that his carefree nature does not mean a lack of seriousness when it comes to protecting those he cares about.

Danica/Devon Hyde

  • Species: Human
  • Height: 5’10”
  • Background: Initially introduced as Devon, a construction worker from Earth, Danica undergoes a significant transformation after discovering her true identity as a transgender woman. Her early life is marked by feelings of disconnection from her male identity, which she struggles to understand until the events of Chapter 1 force her to confront those feelings.
  • Personality: At first, Devon is shy and unsure, often feeling out of place or inadequate. After coming to the profound realization that she is Danica, she begins the journey of embracing her true self, though she continues to experience dysphoria, mirror-lag, and mirror shyness. As Danica, she becomes more introspective and determined, gradually learning to navigate the multiverse and her new identity.

Theresa Zia Smith-Hood

  • Species: Human
  • Height: 5’7″
  • Abilities: Theresa is a Key of The Devil, which gives her intuitive knowledge of weaknesses. She is also an accomplished marksman, and through William’s tutelage, has become versed in many forms of martial combat.
  • Background: Theresa originally encountered Chrystalline, her wife, when she was 16, in an abandoned subway tunnel. She has since built a fulfilling life at The Fool with Chrys, William Blacke, and their child, Alyx. Theresa helps Chrys manage the Inn, and at times, they will rotate out on errands, or visiting other Arcana to gather supplies.
  • Personality: Not a lot has changed since she was a teen. Theresa is quite the tomboy, and while she has a hard exterior, she has since embraced her emotions, acting as a grounding force for Chrys and Alyx.

Chrystalline (Chrys) Master Piper-Hood

  • Species: Dreamer
  • Height: 5’7.5″
  • Abilities: Chrys is a Dreamer, a mythical race of beings able to traverse the Arcana using an ability called Dreamwalking. She is also a powerful magic user, able to create forcefields, energy beams, orbs, and various energy based magic powers.
  • Background: Chrys met Theresa while fighting in a subway after becoming separated from her mother. She was raised at the Inn, on the Fool Arcana. Along with William and Theresa, she is Alyx’s parent. She manages most of the day to day of the Inn nowadays, but is not beyond taking time to still occasionally go off on adventures with her wife, Theresa, and their daughter, Alyx.
  • Personality: While she has grown up substantially, she still has her moments of flights of fancy. She loves the Inn, as she considers it her home, and she is fiercely protective of it, and its inhabitants. Theresa has definitely quelled a lot of her adventurous urges, but for the most part, the two of them have settled down.

William Blacke

  • Species: Anthropomoprhoic Jackal
  • Height: 6’6″ (not counting ears)
  • Abilities: Skilled swordsman, intuitive knowledge of the enemy through his Key ability: Knight of Swords.
  • Background: William was created through Vitamin X-treme in his home Arcana: The Tower. Chrys and William have a rather casual dating relationship, and he is Alyx’s father. Even at this point in his life, he is still very much an adventurer. He’s friends with the Surgeon, and the duo tend to work well with one another.
  • Personality: Thanks to his history with Theresa, William has quelled a lot of his mysogonistic viewpoints that he had when we was younger. He’s still incredibly confident in his abilities, and is not afraid to stand his ground before any opponent, especially when Alyx is involved.