Setral | a steampunk and dieselpunk world

⸻ Darvok Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: The Salvager-King; Darvok of the Maw; King of Scraps Appearance (normal look, other name for it): A hulking, scar-lined figure wrapped in a layered patchwork of oil-dark leathers and hammered bronze plates. He wears a short, frayed cloak clasped with a ring of old cog-teeth, a rusted half-mask that covers his lower face (breathing filters stitched with salvaged pistons), and an overturned, dented aviator cap with an array of mismatched goggles chained across the crown. His left forearm is a welded prosthetic with exposed valves and a grapnel launcher; his right hand is bandaged beneath a braced gauntlet. Heavy, studded leg wrappings give him a shuffling, unstoppable gait. A wide belt holds pouches of scavenged relics and a crowbar that’s been reforged into a ceremonial weapon. Appearance (extra, if applicable): When Darvok addresses the horde, he straps an old boiler plate to his chest that sings faintly — a relic that rattles like a heartbeat. He sometimes paints his cheeks with iron soot and the glyphs of ruined factories as ritual marks before battle. Backstory: Born in a drifting scavenger flotilla that scoured the post-collapse sands, Darvok rose out of blood and barter. He learned to read schematics by candlelight and to bargain with rust-eaten teeth. After razing and then uniting a dozen scrap-kings through cunning and calculated brutality, he claimed the Ruin Belt and declared that power belongs to whoever wakes the machines. He believes control of the old war engines is both destiny and necessity: the strong must take what they can to survive. Ability: Technomancy of Salvage — a practical, almost superstitious skill: Darvok can intuit a machine’s weak points and jury-rig mechanical parts faster than normal humans. It’s less “magic” than a savant’s instinct — he can make broken cores cough back to life for short bursts, and sense vibrations of buried engines in the sand. This ability is dangerous to him: prolonged use leaves him fevered and ridiculous whispers follow him. Quotes: “Steel has no mercy. Neither do I. Give me the heart of the machine and I’ll remake your world or bury it under iron.” ⸻ Mira “Spine” Kest Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/Her Aliases: Spine; Spine of the Bastion; The Tinker-General Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Lean and quick, Mira wears a sleeveless leather vest embroidered with brass rivets over a faded slate shirt, and heavy, reinforced breeches with kinetic braces at the knees (for rapid climbing and jamming into machinery). Her hair is cut short and threaded with tiny springs and wiring. A set of rectangular data-lenses are fused to her temples (not a watch), and a long utility sash across her hips holds precision tools, spare valves, and a hand-cranked torque pistol (small, pistol-like, but clearly different from a “steam pistol on the hip”). Her left shoulder bears a mechanical spine-plate — a symbolic graft giving her the nickname. Appearance (extra, if applicable): When working, she wraps her hands in fireproof sleeves with embedded micro-pliers. She tattoos circuit diagrams across her fingers; she can read blueprints with a touch. Backstory: Once a municipal engineer in a drowned factory town, Mira was exiled for stealing schematics to save dozens of children when the factory was privatized. She found the Scrappers, rose as Darvok’s chief engineer, and became the mastermind behind their salvage-forges. She is the pragmatic genius who turns scrap into tools of war — and she resents religion and romance in equal measure. Ability: Mechanical Empathy — the uncanny capacity to “hear” small machines: the hum of a turbo, the sigh of a pressure valve. She uses this to diagnose and tame old war-machine subsystems faster than any crew. Her modifications are elegant and lethal: pulse-fed grapnels, reversible steam hacks, and cloaking curtains of molten soot. Quotes: “Machines don’t beg. They have tolerances. You push them past that, you do the math for the cost.” ⸻ Garr Tusk Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: Tusk; Iron Dog; Warden of the Gear Maw Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Broad-shouldered and tattooed in scavenger sigils, Garr wears a sleeveless mail shirt patched with scavenged plating, thick leather forearm guards studded with gear teeth, and a pair of heavy, sand-weathered leggings with integrated chain hooks for climbing wreckage. He keeps a pair of hooked gauntlets (for tearing open shells) and a heavy, hinged riot-shield made from the flank plating of a Titan Walker. His head is shaven but for a single braided strip of hair. Appearance (extra, if applicable): In battle he straps a sheet of old armor over his chest and uses smoke-bombs fashioned from oil-cans — theatrics meet brutality. Backstory: A former militia captain turned scrap-warlord, Garr enforces Darvok’s decrees within the Ruin Belt and keeps the scavenger clans from cannibalizing one another. He is feared for his ruthlessness and admired for his brutal fairness — he will kill a friend for failing the group but share his last ration with a child. Ability: Gravitic Anchor — a combat modification: Garr’s bootplates are fitted with emergency anchors that allow him to plant into shifting dunes and resist being knocked over by the small tremors of walking war machines. It’s more tech than power, but his mastery of it makes him seem immovable. Quotes: “Scrap takes back the greedy just as the sand takes back the smug. Stay with the pack, or become the meal.” ⸻ Lotas Gender/sex: Non-binary (assigned female at birth) Pronouns: They/Them Aliases: Magistrate Lotas; The Grey Hammer Appearance (normal look, other name for it): A precise silhouette in slate-blue tunic and a high-collared vest of polished copper mesh, Lotas wears little ornamentation beyond a brass sigil pinned to their chest. Their hair is cropped tight; a narrow pair of refracting lenses fold out from their collar. Lotas walks with a compact, mechanical cane that doubles as a ceremonial gavel. Their attire is clean, crisp, and purpose-built for ceremony and arbitration rather than spectacle. Appearance (extra, if applicable): In formal assemblies, Lotas dons a translucent face-shield scored with law-etchings that refract overhead steam into strange displays — an intimidating courtly flourish. Backstory: Born to a caravan family that specialized in contracts and shipping, Lotas rose through bureaucratic ranks by enforcing trade codes in the Grey Bazaar and negotiating treaties between smaller enclaves. Their rule is cold and efficient: laws are few, punishments are certain, and survival depends on following the ledger. They maintain tense but necessary relations with the other factions to keep trade flowing. Ability: Codic Mechanics — the talent to quickly parse complex systems and derive optimal solutions. In practice, Lotas can mentally model supply chains and troop movements with uncanny speed. They are a strategist whose brilliance is administrative: reassign troops, reroute supplies, starve a rebellion without lifting a sword. Quotes: “Chaos is a currency you can’t spend forever. Laws are ledgers; balance is survival.” ⸻ Sera Vonn Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/Her Aliases: The Arbitrator; Sera of the Ledger Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Sera is a compact woman in a brass-buttoned doublet patterned with numerical etchings. She wears fine, articulated gloves with inlaid styluses and a shoulder-mounted ledger-box that prints tiny legal seals. Her attire is opulent but practiced — silk interwoven with copper threads to deter sand abrasion. A slim pair of ocular implants let her scan documents and signatures instantly. Appearance (extra, if applicable): Sera keeps a small embroidered satchel of law-seals on her person; she hands them out like blessings or curses depending on the case. Backstory: Sera is Lotas’s chief legal officer and public face of order. She rose from tribunal clerk to enforcer by ruthlessly refining loopholes into traps for the unscrupulous. Trade routes survive because she finds a way for money to limp through every blockade. Ability: Legal Sight — a near-photographic memory for agreements and contracts. She uses it to catch lies and to entangle rivals in legal webs. Quotes: “Promises are paper until someone sues. I make paper bite.” ⸻ Rhys Cau Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: The Trackmaster; Rhys of the Rails Appearance (normal look, other name for it): A tall, angular man in a soot-dark engineer’s coat with brass piping, Rhys wears a heavy satchel of track charts slung across his chest. He has oil-streaked gloves and a collapsible binocular-helm that folds into a compact brass collar. His boots are magnetized for work on metal decks (but not the protagonist’s boots). Appearance (extra, if applicable): Rhys is never without his pocket compass and a small spool of fine telegraph wire he uses as both tool and talisman. Backstory: Rhys commands the Grey Bazaar’s logistics — the trains, the tram-lines, the cargo convoys. He is pragmatic, stubborn, and devoted to the steady pulse of commerce; without him, the Grey Bazaar would be a city of starving efficiency. Ability: Network Intuition — Rhys can mentally map rail and convoy networks, anticipating supply delays and sabotage. It’s a mixture of experience and a near-autistic obsession with timetables. Quotes: “Lines are life. Cut them and you’re starving the world. Keep them running and people forget to die.” ⸻ Consul Elda Corven Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/Her Aliases: The Brass Consul; Mistress of the Dome Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Elda moves like a sculpture in a long, fitted coat of dark green brocade reinforced with polished brass filigree. Her posture is immaculate. She wears a high, winged collar and a mechanical monocle with rotating lenses linked to a tiny, portable steam regulator at her hip (a slender brass device, not a pistol). Her hair is arranged into a tight coil punctuated by tiny gears as pins. Appearance (extra, if applicable): During council sessions she wears an open-backed ceremonial harness that displays the insignia of the Arwin meritocracy — gears within gears — and glows faintly with the city’s steam-circuitry. Backstory: A prodigy from the Skyworks academies, Elda rose by patenting civil regulator designs that doubled Arwin’s production output. She became a Consul because she could balance innovation with ruthless governance. Under her rule the Grand Steamopolis became the safest place to be if you could play the merit game. Ability: Civic Calculus — an uncanny ability to design and mentally run complex public systems: water pumps, sky docks, and civic automatons. She can sit and reorder a city’s entire infrastructure in an afternoon. Quotes: “Invention without order is an accident. Order without invention is obsolescence. We will be neither.” ⸻ Professor Jaxen Mire Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: Jax; The Machinist Laureate Appearance (normal look, other name for it): A lanky man with wire-rim glasses, Jaxen favors waistcoats fitted with switch-plates and long sleeves rolled to brass-stained elbows. He wears a compact exoskeletal harness to augment his hands for fine machining work. Suspended from his belt are miniature gyroscopes and a leather-bound notebook bristling with tiny diagrams. Appearance (extra, if applicable): When testing inventions he dons a full leather-smock lined with insulated copper, and a face-plate that grows lenses like a flower. Backstory: Head of the Skyworks R&D, Jaxen builds the clockwork cores the Arwin use in their skyships and automatons. Brilliant and ethically complicated, he prioritizes the purity of invention but is forced to answer to the city’s needs. He hates politics but loves the hum of a newly-balanced turbine. Ability: Kinetic Tuning — he can sense harmonic resonance in machines and tune them by touch. With his hands he can silence a chattering gearbox or coax a steam core into stable resonance. Quotes: “Every machine has a song. Tune it, and it will not bite your hand.” ⸻ Irie Hal Gender/sex: Non-binary (assigned male at birth) Pronouns: They/Them Aliases: Admiral Irie; Windwright Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Irie is broad-shouldered and sun-darkened, wearing layered flight-leathers and a reinforced collar that hums with stored steam. Their sleeves end in fingertip rings—wireless interfaces that flicker with light. They wear knee-split breeches and heavy work-boots adapted to the decks of the largest airships (distinctly different from Seku’s boots). Appearance (extra, if applicable): Irie’s left arm is a crafted brass-and-leather prosthetic with a built-in map-projector and launching clamps for boarding grapnels. Backstory: Once an airship captain, Irie commanded the fleet that rescued Arwin refugees in the collapse’s decades. They now oversee the Skyworks fleet, keeping commerce safe and sky pirates at bay with iron discipline and a gambler’s grin. Ability: Windcraft — exceptional piloting intuition; Irie can read thermal currents and micro-wind patterns better than any map. It’s mostly instinct, but it makes them an astonishing aerial tactician. Quotes: “Winds are honest. They don’t promise; they carry. Read them, and you fly past the lies.” ⸻ Kelecun Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: Big Kele; Father of the Shoven Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Kelecun is compact and wiry but moves with the confident steps of someone who’s slept in every corner of his city. He dresses in layered, soot-dark robes patched with copper lacing and wears a woven hood of red-brown fibers. His left cheek bears a thin silver scar. He favors low, practical boots and carries a carved walking staff tipped with a brass compass. Appearance (extra, if applicable): Kelecun keeps a simple brass pendant at his throat — a small cog inside a glass bead. He uses it as a ceremonial sign of family. Backstory: A former street fighter and child-raised thief who protected a gang of orphans, Kelecun became the unchallenged leader of the Shoven when he negotiated the city’s hidden claim on a war machine hull and taught his people to build a home inside it. He is protective, unshowy, and will burn the desert to keep his family safe. Ability: Community Bond — an empathic leadership skill: Kelecun has an almost preternatural ability to know the mood and needs of his people, and to inspire fierce loyalty. It’s less an occult power and more an uncanny social intuition. Quotes: “Everyone is home here. The rest of the world can gnash its teeth in the dust — we will keep our own.” ⸻ Savako Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/Her Aliases: The Hearth; Mother Savako; The Wound-Worker Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Savako appears younger than her deeds: a warm, broad face framed by braided gray-streaked hair. She wears layered cloth robes dyed in earthy tones, a leather apron with dozens of small pockets, and well-worn sandals. Her hands are callused but gentle. Around her neck: a string of tiny mechanical charms — whistles, spindles, and a tiny copper heart that ticks faintly. Appearance (extra, if applicable): She often has smudges of grease and medicinal salves on her sleeves, and she carries a wooden box of salvaged medicine and sewing tools. Backstory: Not the formal leader, Savako is the soul of the Shoven: she took in the broken when others refused them. She healed bodies and hearts, taught children to read parts of schematics, and rescued those who would have been discarded. The Shoven’s loyalty to one another comes from the warmth of her hand. Ability: Restorative Craft — Savako is a master at patching both people and machines: her field repairs are exceptional and often improvised into elegant, durable fixes. She can stabilize wounded fighters and jam a dying engine back into motion long enough to escape. Quotes: “You stitch metal and you stitch flesh the same way: with patience, with nerve, with love for the thing you’re sewing.” ⸻ Bex “Scrawl” Nara Gender/sex: Non-binary Pronouns: They/Them Aliases: Scrawl; The Mapper Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Small and swift, Bex favors lightweight leather and cloth, with a hood full of pockets for maps, chalk, and signal flares. Their forearms are tattooed with tiny runic markers used as indexing points. A hand-cranked pocket-lathe hangs from their belt for field repairs. Appearance (extra, if applicable): Bex’s eyes are sharp and bright; they wear thin copper rim-frames that double as magnifiers. Backstory: Saved by Savako as a child, Bex grew into the Shoven’s chief scout and mapmaker. They map the shifting sands and the rumored locations of dormant machines, and their graffiti-style markers guide Shoven raiders and refugees alike. Ability: Sand Sense — Bex can detect recent mechanical movement in the sand and track fresh tire or tread prints. A hunter’s perception combined with an uncanny spatial memory. Quotes: “Maps aren’t mistakes. They’re promises someone else left for you. Read them right and you won’t get lost.” ⸻ Moro Vale — The Warden (Owner of the Whispering Engine) Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: The Warden; Whisper-Holder; Moro of the Hush Appearance (normal look, other name for it): Moro dresses like a hermit-king: a long slate coat lined with rust-tinted silk, a knitted scarf with metallic threads, and a half-mask of polished ivory that obscures his mouth. His hands are gloved with thin, tactile interfaces that glow faintly when he touches machine surfaces. He walks with a cane tipped with a small gyroscopic core — not a weapon but a key. He is gaunt, with deep-set eyes that never look away. Appearance (extra, if applicable): When he comes near the Whispering Engine, his coat hums with a low frequency as if the machine recognizes him. He keeps a satchel of memory-cores — tiny data-banks he scavenges from the ruins. Backstory: Moro was a historian-technician in 2095, a man obsessed with machine-lore rather than domination. During the Great Collapse he disappeared into the ruins and was later sighted near the Whispering Engine. Rumor says he bargained with the Engine in language no one understands and awoke it. He refuses faction offers and prefers to move silently, redirecting the Engine’s wanderings for reasons only he knows. He’s never formally allied with anyone — yet every faction fears the day the Whispering Engine follows Moro’s orders. Ability: Machine Communion — Moro can interface with a living engine at the cost of his own memories. He “speaks” to cores and can nudge them toward motion. Each time he draws control, a scrap of his past goes static. This slow erosion is why he looks hollowed-out. Quotes: “The Engine remembers in metal what we forget in flesh. I only ask it to hum my name in return.” ⸻ Gideon Thatch — Archivist of the Old World (Faction-Neutral) Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/Him Aliases: Thatch; The Archivist; Keeper of Blueprints Appearance (normal look, other name for it): A brittle-looking scholar robed in patched document-cloth, carrying a waterproof satchel full of brittle schematics. He wears layered spectacles and carries a lantern that projects micro-ink texts into the air. His fingers are stained with printer-inks and old oil. Appearance (extra, if applicable): He uses a set of spirit-like mechanical assistants — small clockwork spiders — to copy texts and navigate ruins. Backstory: Gideon collects and protects knowledge of the pre-collapse world. He trades carefully: knowledge for protection, secrets for the chance to preserve a diagram. All factions consult him for verification of legend, but his loyalties lie only with the archive. He claims to hate violence but knows every code and failsafe of the old engines. Ability: Mnemonic Archive — Gideon can perfectly recall any text he has seen and can reconstruct lost schematics from fragmented parts. It’s a mental eidetic skill that borders on obsession. Quotes: “Knowledge is a salvage that must be guarded. A machine without its manual is a bomb without a timer — unpredictable and cruel.” ⸻ Scrappers – 10 Side Characters

1. Name: Veyna “Gearbite” Rull Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/her Aliases: The Wrench Witch Appearance: Oil-stained bandana, goggles cracked on one lens, long scarred arms, patchwork overalls with dangling tools. Backstory: Once a brilliant Arwin mechanic, exiled for stealing schematics. Now builds deadly scrap weapons. Ability: Genius at turning broken tech into functional weapons. Quotes: “If it turns, spins, or burns, I can make it kill.” ⸻
2. Name: Krav Tovik Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/him Aliases: Scrap Wolf Appearance: Shaggy black beard, animal pelts over scrap armor, teeth filed sharp. Backstory: Ex-hunter turned scavenger, notorious for hunting deserters. Ability: Expert tracker in desert and ruins. Quotes: “You can bury your secrets in the sand, but I’ll dig ’em out.” ⸻
3. Name: Irlene Dross Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/her Aliases: Sand Siren Appearance: Long flowing coat of stitched sails, bronze mask hiding half her face. Backstory: A failed singer who lost her voice in acid storms; now leads ambushes with silent hand signals. Ability: Ambush tactician. Quotes: “A scream is useless. A trap speaks louder.” ⸻
4. Name: Dreg Malvus Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/him Aliases: The Rust King Appearance: Rust-covered armor, always carrying jagged metal. Backstory: Obsessed with rust as a form of beauty and decay. Keeps “statues” made of dead enemies. Ability: Knows the Ruin Belt’s geography better than anyone. Quotes: “Rust is proof time hasn’t forgotten you.” ⸻
5. Name: Jexa Vorlan Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/her Aliases: Iron Maiden Appearance: Steel corset armor, brass gauntlets, pale scarred skin. Backstory: Captured as a gladiator, now Darvok’s favored executioner. Ability: Hand-to-hand brutal combat. Quotes: “You’ll beg for the machines before I’m done.” ⸻
6. Name: Fennick “Soot” Braal Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/him Aliases: The Coughing Flame Appearance: Gaunt, always wheezing, carries a flamethrower strapped to his back. Backstory: Lungs ruined by diesel fumes, but refuses to die quietly. Ability: Improvised fire weapons. Quotes: “If I’m going out, the whole desert’s coming with me.” ⸻
7. Name: Morla Jen Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/her Aliases: The Rat Queen Appearance: Wears a cloak of scavenger rats; missing an eye. Backstory: Lives among the ruins with trained rats to fetch scrap and spy. Ability: Animal handler. Quotes: “My children hear everything.” ⸻
8. Name: Darn “Copperjaw” Fel Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/him Aliases: Copperjaw Appearance: Half of his jaw is copper-plated machinework. Backstory: Bitten by machinery during salvage, replaced flesh with bronze. Ability: Inspires terror with his grotesque visage. Quotes: “Smile for me. No? Then scream.” ⸻
9. Name: Syrra Kolv Gender/sex: Female Pronouns: She/her Aliases: The Ash-Eyed Appearance: Pale woman, eyes permanently blackened by soot. Backstory: Survived a burning city, claims to see omens in smoke. Ability: Acts as a prophet and morale driver. Quotes: “The smoke tells me where death lingers.” ⸻
10. Name: Ovik Tarn Gender/sex: Male Pronouns: He/him Aliases: The Bonehammer Appearance: Carries a massive hammer made from machine bones. Backstory: Builds weapons from scrap metal mixed with bones of fallen. Ability: Siege breaker. Quotes: “Metal and flesh… same weight when crushed.” ⸻ Encroach – 10 Side Characters
11. Name: Selra “Lawfang” Otrin Gender/sex: Female Aliases: Iron Matron Appearance: Elegant steampunk judge robes, steel teeth. Backstory: Oversees laws with brutal fairness. Ability: Terrifying interrogator. Quotes: “The law bites hardest when it must.” ⸻
12. Name: Berrick Dane Aliases: Steam Marshal Appearance: Copper revolver at hip, long oilskin coat. Backstory: A desert lawman who defected from Arwin. Ability: Marksman with steam pistols. Quotes: “You can’t bribe a bullet.” ⸻
13. Name: Hensil Vorr Aliases: The Watchman Appearance: Bronze mask, cloak of gears. Backstory: Head of spies. Nobody has seen his true face in years. Ability: Master of disguises. Quotes: “I am whoever you fear most.” ⸻
14. Name: Deyra Kol Aliases: The Silk Cog Appearance: Wears elaborate silk dresses with gearwork accessories. Backstory: Merchant queen, runs half the Grey Bazaar. Ability: Economic genius. Quotes: “Money burns slower than coal.” ⸻
15. Name: Ronn Vek Aliases: The Steel Harpist Appearance: Wears bronze strings wrapped across body, plays a steam-harp. Backstory: Once a musician, now spreads propaganda. Ability: Inspires morale through sound. Quotes: “Songs build nations, bullets only keep them standing.” ⸻
16. Name: Kael Durn Aliases: Sand Ram Appearance: Heavy brass armor, headplate like a ram. Backstory: Champion fighter of the Encroach. Ability: Shock trooper. Quotes: “A wall is just a door that hasn’t met me yet.” ⸻
17. Name: Issa Vohr Aliases: Smoke Dancer Appearance: Acrobat with gear-powered stilts. Backstory: Entertainer turned assassin. Ability: Acrobatics, knife combat. Quotes: “The crowd claps when blood hits the sand.” ⸻
18. Name: Torvik “Ledger” Han Appearance: Thin, bespectacled, steam abacus strapped to chest. Backstory: Accountant of the Bazaar, knows every coin. Ability: Can recall debts instantly. Quotes: “You owe more than you think.” ⸻
19. Name: Jeren Malos Aliases: Cindershade Appearance: Cloak of blackened canvas, burns constantly. Backstory: Survived immolation, still smolders. Ability: Pyrochemical specialist. Quotes: “Fire is the only honest judge.” ⸻
20. Name: Velra Quin Aliases: The Silver Tongue Appearance: Silver-plated mask, pristine clothing. Backstory: Diplomat who speaks in riddles, convinces enemies to ally. Ability: Manipulative charisma. Quotes: “The right word turns steel to silk.” ⸻ Arwin – 10 Side Characters
21. Name: Tovin Grell Aliases: The Cog Knight Appearance: Gleaming brass armor, etched with gears. Backstory: Elite protector of Arwin council. Ability: Heavy combat training. Quotes: “Gears turn smoother when blood oils them.” ⸻
22. Name: Myra Sov Aliases: The Clockhand Appearance: Bronze prosthetic arm shaped like a clock. Backstory: Inventor of clock-limbs for the city’s wounded. Ability: Engineering genius. Quotes: “Every second ticks louder when you’ve lost it.” ⸻
23. Name: Elvar Dro Aliases: Airship Captain Dro Appearance: Long brass jacket, monocle, missing leg replaced with piston. Backstory: Captain of the Skyworks fleet. Ability: Airship command. Quotes: “The sky is our true parliament.” ⸻
24. Name: Renna Vail Aliases: The Steam Rose Appearance: Rose tattoo, crimson dress trimmed with brass. Backstory: Known for running Arwin’s spy courtesans. Ability: Information gathering. Quotes: “Secrets wilt faster than roses.” ⸻
25. Name: Jorrik Hanvel Aliases: Gearwright Appearance: Covered in grease, toolbelts. Backstory: Head of engineers. Ability: Machine maintenance. Quotes: “A loose bolt kills more men than any sword.” ⸻
26. Name: Sarven Vros Aliases: Brass Chancellor Appearance: Fat noble in golden waistcoat. Backstory: Manages city’s economy, notorious glutton. Ability: Politics. Quotes: “Fill the treasury, then my plate.” ⸻
27. Name: Nira Coll Aliases: Piston Lass Appearance: Teen-looking adult (22), short, always with oversized gauntlets. Backstory: Street kid given chance by Arwin. Ability: Steam-powered fists. Quotes: “The little gear still turns the machine.” ⸻
28. Name: Torveth Mallis Aliases: The Archivist Appearance: Robes stitched with old schematics. Backstory: Preserves war machine history. Ability: Encyclopedic knowledge. Quotes: “What was built can always be rebuilt.” ⸻
29. Name: Lyria Fen Aliases: The Skylark Appearance: Wears flight harness with wings. Backstory: Air acrobat turned scout. Ability: Gliding recon. Quotes: “The desert sings loudest from above.” ⸻
30. Name: Harl Dreven Aliases: The Steam Surgeon Appearance: Wears copper goggles, gloves always bloody. Backstory: Surgeon who replaces limbs with gears. Ability: Cyber-steam prosthetics. Quotes: “You’ll thank me for losing it.” ⸻ Shoven – 10 Side Characters
31. Name: Vexa Lin Aliases: The Gearmother Appearance: Matronly, apron covered in oil. Backstory: Cares for orphaned children. Ability: Makes prosthetic toys/weapons. Quotes: “Family is forged, not born.” ⸻
32. Name: Porrin “Nails” Vak Aliases: Nails Appearance: Covered in piercings, spiky clothes. Backstory: Street brawler who protects younger Shoven. Ability: Brutal close combat. Quotes: “Pick on the small, get hammered by the tall.” ⸻
33. Name: Jesra Vol Aliases: Steam Witch Appearance: Cloaked in soot, glowing goggles. Backstory: Pretends to be mystical, really a chemist. Ability: Steam/chemical concoctions. Quotes: “A little smoke hides a lot of truth.” ⸻
34. Name: Orrin Delk Aliases: The Gear Guard Appearance: Always in cobbled armor. Backstory: Former soldier who guards Shoven gate. Ability: Defensive combat. Quotes: “No harm enters while I breathe.” ⸻
35. Name: Kira Solven Aliases: Ratling Appearance: Small, wiry, carries gadgets. Backstory: Ex-street thief turned Shoven scout. Ability: Reconnaissance. Quotes: “Smallest gears make the clock tick.” ⸻
36. Name: Marrick Jo Aliases: Cogsmith Appearance: Broad shouldered blacksmith. Backstory: Builds weapons from salvaged parts. Ability: Forging. Quotes: “Metal is just memory waiting to be shaped.” ⸻
37. Name: Ellin Dra Aliases: Songbird Appearance: Soft clothes, carries lute with steam amplifier. Backstory: Entertainer keeping morale alive. Ability: Inspires hope. Quotes: “The loudest sound is laughter.” ⸻
38. Name: Rald Fenno Aliases: Scarface Appearance: Horribly scarred, wears no mask. Backstory: Burned saving children from acid storm. Ability: Unshakable morale. Quotes: “If I can stand this face, I can stand anything.” ⸻
39. Name: Tyla Vorn Aliases: Clock-Eye Appearance: One eye replaced with a clock lens. Backstory: Built her own eye after losing it scavenging. Ability: Marksman with perfect timing. Quotes: “Every second is a shot fired.” ⸻
40. Name: Dekk Relm Aliases: The Quiet Forge Appearance: Massive mute, always hammering at forge. Backstory: Never speaks, only builds. Ability: Unmatched crafting. Quotes: “…”