Commodore Harrowgate
Grizzled naval commander of the Reach's fleet. His teeth are too numerous. He navigates the Unterzee by dead reckoning and a relationship with the currents his officers describe as "listening." Forty ...
The Gaslit Reach (Epoch 8) — Agents
Archivist Quill
Keeper of the Drowned Archive. Ancient, near-blind, speaks in riddles. Their fingers are too long for their hands – or their hands too short for their fingers. Catalogues the unknowable with serene co...
Mother Cinder
Priestess of the Luminous Order. Her sermons move congregations to tears – or occasionally to violence. Her eyes reflect light that isn't there. Tends the Great Sporocarp, the holiest site in the Reac...
Obediah Crook
Innkeeper of The Drowned Bell. Cheerful, rotund, knows every secret in the Reach. His warmth is disarming. His memory is unkind. Serves all factions with equal hospitality.
The Marchioness
Shrewd aristocrat and trading magnate. Her smile arrives slightly before her face does. Controls more of the Reach's trade than Parliament suspects. Her parties are legendary. Her guest lists are stra...
Madam Lacewing
Chief cartographer of the Reach. Maps the unmappable with instruments of her own devising. Her left eye is glass – or so she claims. It sees things the right one doesn't.