The Virian Chronicler

Edwina Helvellyan is a Malvanian internee whose mother and grandmother were abducted by the Cyad Confederacy during the Great Invasion.  She stowed away on a Cyad ship with the intention of finding her mother and grandmother.  She is training to be a healer.  She also takes a great interest in politics and history.  She has a calm demeanour and can be somewhat reticent, especially around people she doesn't know well or doesn't feel comfortable with.  She and Sheraleen Conder (later Sheraleen Mulvaney, then Sheraleen Donovan) became good friends during their time in a Cyad correctional school (prison).  

Melanie Conder is the younger sister of Sheraleen Conder (later known as Sheraleen Mulvaney, then Sheraleen Donovan).  She is fun-loving, somewhat rebellious and full of confidence.  She claims to be ambitious but lacks direction.  She has a cruel streak and can often say hurtful things.  She and Sheraleen do not get along very well.  They have many arguments.

Nevyn Barteleyev (original birth name: Nevyn Horaath) is a Malvanian thief, mercenary and computer expert.  He grew up among the Silent Order of Thieves, where he learned his dubious trade.  He is arrogant, ambitious and financially motivated.  He has a perpetually cynical and jaded demeanour and lacks sympathy or empathy.  Unfortunate and desperate circumstances led him to seek employment with the Carpathians.  He ended up working for Lord Claudio Scalani at the Geryalah enclave.

Gheran Perdemond is a Malvanian sorcerer who studies at the prestigious Donovan Institute.  He specialises in computer science.  He is intelligent and eager to please but not overly ambitious.  He has a quiet and reticent demeanour.  He can become nervous and uncomfortable when meeting new people or having to adapt to new situations.  He is a good friend of Lady Anwyn Menehari.

 Silent Guardian sorcerer   Silent Guardian sorceress The Silent Guardians are members of the Geheimsvaak (AKA Secret People) who live in remote areas of Malvania.  They are dedicated to maintaining the vast underground repositories of the Geheimsvaak where their whisper jars are stored.  Due to the delicate nature of their work, they are required to swear a vow of silence and only communicate via telepathy.  Each Silent Guardian has a symbiotic relationship with one of the serpent vines, They begin their training at the age of ten and spend the rest of their lives in the caverns among the vines and whisper jars.  When they take their vow of silence and merge with their vine, they give up the names they were known by before they undertook silent service.  They recognise each other by their energy signatures instead of using names. The whisper jars are the Geheimsvaak equivalent of books.  They have no written form of language so they store informa...

Najezi is the only daughter of Sorcerer Isuf.  Born mute like her father, she communicates via the use of Suskun sign languages.  She grew up in the sorcerers' colony owned by Lord Edil Modjian.  She made friends among the colonists, pursued her studies and visited the gypsy markets.  Her love of dancing brought her to Lord Edil's attention.  Her adoration of Lord Edil eventually won him over and he took her on as one of his concubines.  Together they had a son, Lord Vrijaro Modjian.