The Virian Chronicler

Lord Melvio Nentofore works as Spy Master for the family, along with his older brother Luigi.  He cultivates a mysterious appearance, dressing in all black and wearing fedoras and dark eyeglasses.  He is diligent and resourceful in his work. In his leisure time, he enjoys socialising with the family.  

Lady Kendra Nentofore has her own business.  She works as an architect and interior designer.  She is divorced and has one son, Lord Gavrio.  She is grooming him to work in her business.  She has a cheerful approachable personality and a lively sense of humour.  Like her sisters, she can be feisty when provoked. Later, she remarries and has a daughter, Lady Ravella, named after her second husband, Ravello.  

Lady Yovaine Nentofore owns an art gallery in Megasi City.  She is a firm but fair-minded businesswoman who treats her employees with kindness and generosity.  She employs several family members at the gallery.  Unlike her older sister Galea, she cultivates a neat and elegant appearance.  Most of the time she is cheerful and friendly.  She can become feisty when provoked.  

Lord Zando Nentofore works as the family's lawyer.  Like his older brother Alonzo, he prefers wearing tweed suits.  He is a career academic with vast knowledge of law, history and politics.  He dislikes the arrogant posturing, pompous rhetoric and sly mind-games displayed by the majority of Carpathian lawyers.  He prefers a simple straightforward approach to all aspects of life.  He is quietly spoken and reserved in his ways.  

Lord Dante Nentofore has biracial heritage.  His mother is the Carpathian Lady Isara Nentofore.  His father is a Sartorian by the name of Shamaal, who took the Nentofore family name on marrying Lady Isara.  Dante is cheerful and friendly.  He has a tendency to play pranks and get up to mischief, although he gradually grows out of that once he starts working.

Name: Lord Armando Ciresi (AKA Lord Armando Nentofore) Origin: Carpathian Appearance: Short stature, slim but muscular build.   Medium brown skin and dark eyes.   Frizzy collar length hair, once brown but now turned white/grey.   Prefers wearing utilitarian clothing. Personality: Calm, cheerful, a little on the playful side.   Caring, helpful and practical. Family: The obscure but reputable Ciresi family.   He married Lady Galea Nentofore.   They have seven children and many grandchildren. Abilities: Good administrative skills, accomplished in the culinary arts.   Reasonable at martial arts. Strengths: Calmness and thoroughness.   Good at defusing arguments.   A great comforter. Weaknesses: Lacks assertiveness.   Can be too passive and indecisive at times. Likes: Family gatherings, cooking and entertaining. Dislikes: Politics, conflict, being the centre of attention.

Older Version of Lady Galea Nentofore in one of her beloved gardens  Older Version of Lady Galea Nentofore in her parlour Older Version of Lady Galea Nentofore working in her office Teenage Version of Lady Galea Nentofore in one of her beloved gardens Name: Lady Galea Sagacia Nentofore Origin: Carpathian Appearance: Short stature, good figure for her age, but wears baggy, scruffy clothing that hides her figure.   Medium brown skin.   Medium brown shoulder length curly hair, streaked with grey.   Little half-moon eyeglasses. Personality: Seems gruff and grumpy but warms up when one gets to know her better.   No-nonsense, practical, unconcerned about physical appearances. Family: The vast Nentofore family, rumoured to number thousands.   Married to Lord Armando Ciresi, has seven children and many grandchildren.   She has been Matriarch (head of the family) for many years, having inherited the position from her father, Lord Galateo Sagacio Nento...

Name: Lady Livania Nentofore Origin: Carpathian Appearance: Short stature, slim build, medium brown skin.   Long dark brown hair, dark brown eyes.   Generally considered a very attractive young woman.   Dresses in designer clothes, figure-flattering but always tasteful.   Knows what looks good on her without needing the advice of a stylist. Personality: Vain, arrogant, used to getting her own way.   Throws tantrums if everything isn’t to her satisfaction.   Can be sweet and charming when she thinks it’s to her advantage.   Uses people, pretends to be their friend but casts them aside when they’re no longer useful to her. Family: The huge Nentofore family, billionaires who own several businesses and vast amounts of real estate.   She herself is single and has no intentions of settling down.   She is the youngest of the Nentofore siblings. Strengths: Surprisingly physically strong.   Practises martial arts, mainly for the sake ...

Name: Lord Alonzo Nentofore Origin: Carpathian Appearance: Short stature, slim build.   Medium brown skin and dark eyes.   Medium brown waist length hair and beard.   Prefers wearing tweed suits and sandals. Personality: Quietly spoken and considered.   Calm, caring and nurturing.   Patient and diplomatic. Family: The huge Nentofore family, billionaires who own several businesses and vast amounts of real estate.   He is the third son of Lord Galateo Nentofore.   He never married but later on in life he met Lady Vera Castiglioni, who became his lover. Abilities: Vast knowledge of history, politics and the arts.   Good strategist and expert teacher. Strengths: Generosity, patience and calmness.   Has a keen analytical mind. Weaknesses: Can be a ditherer.   Avoids unpleasant tasks, putting them off until later. Likes: Cooking, entertaining and teaching.   Often helps out the poor in his neighbourhood, providing food a...

Jilina (no family name) worked as a guild prostitute before joining the Castiglioni household as a housemaid.  She is tall, elegant and graceful.  She reveals little about her past.  Instead of a family name, she would have taken the name of her guild, which is standard practice for members of any Varathusian or Carpathian trade or services guilds.  She is awkward around young children, since she has no experience of how to treat them.  Due to her training, she can be cold and aloof.  She also has hidden compassionate depths which are only revealed to those few people she trusts.  

Lord Onelo Castiglioni is the youngest child of Lord Adriano and Lady Vera Castiglioni.  He lacks the spiteful and cruel personality of his older siblings.  He has a much quieter and gentler nature.  He rarely associates with them. He prefers to spend most of his time playing computer games and watching movies.  He is a closet homosexual and does not often indulge in pleasures of the flesh.

    Lord Furio Castiglioni is the third child of Lord Adriano and Lady Vera Castiglioni.  Like his siblings, he has lived a life of privilege and over-indulgence.  He was always spiteful and self-centred.  He paid more attention to his studies than his siblings.  As an adolescent, he began indulging in hedonistic pleasures, such as gambling, going to nightclubs and visiting prostitutes.  He continues those pleasures as an adult.

Lady Riga Castiglioni is the second child and only daughter of Lord Adriano and Lady Vera Castiglioni.  Spoiled from birth like her other siblings, she grew from a spiteful and demanding child into an imperious and dangerous adult.  Like her mother, she favours pink.  Most of the time she dyes her hair pink and wears pink clothing.  

Lord Enrico Castiglioni is the eldest child of Lord Adriano and Lady Vera Castiglioni.  During his infancy and childhood, he was over-indulged and never disciplined.  He neglected his studies, relying upon his younger siblings to provide answers when he needed them.  As a result, he grew into a violent and demanding adolescent and an arrogant controlling adult.  Throughout his entire life, he resorts to bullying and violence to get his own way.  

Image of Neeral made using Tengr AI image generator Neeral was a young sorceress born with the gift of fire. She had to learn how to to control it. At ten years old, she achieved mastery of fire. She loved using her fire sorcery to entertain people at the Modjian fairground. Later on, she had to use it for rather more serious purposes on missions.

The Nozkha Agency began on Mondias as an anti-Cyad movement.   The word Nozkha originates from pre-Cyad Mondian language.   It can mean night or nothing depending on context.   Both definitions suit the purposes of the rebels. Their leader is known as the Zlerok; another original Old Mondian term meaning shadow .   All Zleroks are Vyrdigaan Order sorcerers or sorceresses working undercover and implanted with dispersing crystals to hide their sorcerous crystalline energy signatures.   They wear black hooded robes and use personal alchemy to change their appearance when necessary.   They also use misdirection spells and banishing spells to make people forget seeing them.   When a Zlerok passes into the Beyond or wishes to retire from active duty, the Vyrdhrii Elders choose another and instruct them on how to carry out their covert role. Nozkha Agents work quietly behind the scenes to undermine the Cyad Confederacy with small acts of defiance ...

The Parallel Mondian movement began during the early stages of the Cyad Confederacy’s formation.   The original members were academics, historians, writers, artists, musicians, actors and craftspeople who wished to preserve the pre-Cyad way of life, including their culture, language, arts and entertainments. They set up their bases in disused warehouses, libraries and other buildings in remote regions which were of little interest to the Cyad regime.   They collected pre-Cyad books, works of art and entertainment media.   They made copies which they circulated to all their secret bases.   They also used Nozkha smuggling networks to relocate some of the more valuable items to Yttria and Malvania, where they would be kept safe in academic and scientific enclaves. They never set out to overthrow the Cyad.   Their main aim was to try to coexist in peace, hence the name they chose for themselves.   They do not consider themselves anti-Cyad.   They...

  Little is known about the culture on the four worlds of the Margian system — Margis Alpha, Margis Beta, Margis Gamma and Margis Delta.  Margians tend to be impractical dreamers who yearn for the glories of bygone eras and try to model themselves on legendary folk heroes.  The Margians operate a strict and well-trained military organisation.  Warrior crews live a semi-nomadic existence.  They build camps in wilderness regions where they put their soldiers through a rigorous training regime.  Their whole lives revolve around fitness training, battle training and warfare practice.