Characters from the 1st Age
Dr. Lyra Kovacs is a geneticist whose quiet brilliance has long been overshadowed by louder, bolder minds. Trained at Zurich Institute of Technology several years after Kaelan Müller, she spent her early career striving to match his precision and innovation—often landing just behind his breakthroughs. At Vaia Plus, Lyra served Read more
Status: Deceased (Officially)Current Affiliation: Project Ghost, Paragon (Confidential)Known Alias: “Ghost”Origin: Freienbach, SwitzerlandAge: 23 (24 on January 1, 2047) Adam Forrer was never meant to live an ordinary life. Born through genetic manipulation as part of a Di Inferi experiment, Adam was separated from his twin sister at birth and placed with adoptive parents, Victor and Read more
Luther Audaire was born into a middle-class academic family in Marseille, the only child of two university lecturers — his father a logician, his mother a linguist. Dinner conversations in the Audaire home were as formal as they were affectionate, and Luther learned early that emotion was a weakness of Read more
Faith Devere was born into the fractured upper crust of what was soon to become a declining family squeezed by the shifting socio-economics of the Ascendancy’s climb to power. Her mother raised Faith and her two sisters, Charity and Hope, alone in a London townhouse that still carried the stubborn Read more
“Power doesn’t have to shout. Sometimes it simply listens — and is still obeyed.” Evanya Tarasovich is the daughter of DI’s Patron, Myshelov Tarasovich, and a model remembered only for her beauty and brief, brilliant life. Where her brother Daniil embodies the family’s sharp ambition, Eve carries their father’s charm Read more
In 1937, Arabella Beatrice Cordelia Asquith married into the Volthström family. Her union was with Émeric Volthström, youngest brother of Baron Maurice of the French line of Volthstroms. The marriage contract included the standard dowry of property, bonds, and minor heirlooms, but buried among the annexed documents was a curious Read more
As a child, Marek fit awkwardly into the shape of the world around him: a square peg for a round hole. His developmental delays were apparent, but despite a mutism that lasted until he was four years old, his eyes lingered with intelligence on his surroundings. When he did speak, Read more
Casey grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee to an Evangelical Christian family. Her parents loved her, but they were emotionally distant. Growing up, Casey’s faith was very important to her, but as she aged she began to question it as it continually made her feel guilty. Her parents, blaming a lot Read more
Ozymandias Kassim, better known to fans as Ozy, comes from Singapore’s upper-class. The Kassim family was old money, polished, and respected, but never quite dominant in the hierarchy of the city’s elite. That didn’t matter. Ozy didn’t just inherit status, he claimed it for himself. He was a force from Read more
Elend was born into wealth and privilege as the son of Jonas Braitwaithe, owner of Arc Entertainment, a global entertainment conglomerate encompassing film studios, video game developers, and music production companies. Raised in London, Elend attended elite private schools before enrolling at Oxford University, where he earned both a Bachelor’s Read more