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Vihaan: chief/king/leader of the Canopy. i guess more like a beloved neighborhood watch captain. he spent years and years building empty homes and treehouses sort of by compulsion. he doesn’t remember anything from before Kyah found him, except for his name. considers Kyah his mother.

Kyah: found Vihaan feral in the jungle in a hand-built ghost town. Nursed him back to health and convinced him to open up his village to folks who need homes. she used to be an archivist in a research facility on the Focal Point.

Cheia: also an ex-archivist, he has been searching for ways to restore his mother’s library after it was burned to the ground. His burn wounds have been troubling him of late, so Jack convinced him to take a break and settle down for a while in the Canopy.

Jack: Cheia’s lover. Found him wandering the Arcane wastes, badly burned and sobbing about his mother. (i have nothing about Jack’s history yet sorry)

Aleksas: Good old Aleksas is a twice-failed Guardian. Their first Charge was their first clan, and after that one was destroyed in a war, they spent a long, long time with the Wardensreach as Guardian of the city and lover of the high prince. Again, everyone died. Aleksas considers themself a failure, a non-Guardian who only deserves to live so they can repent. They are starting to forget their precautions and falling in love with a new city (and a new woman).

Myles: A scholar specializing in Guardians, the Search instinct, and Charges. He convinced Aleksas to accompany him in his travel for a while. He told them he was an acolyte of the Lightweaver and could help bring Aleksas peace and atonement, but really he’s skeezy and is getting a free experiment.

Bieren: he and his husband Alda were taken by the Cult of Restitution (you assholes thought i’d given up, huh), escaped to Wardensreach, then ran when the royal family were assassinated. In the confusion, the two were separated. Bieren came to the Canopy in search of Tawnseelin, a really good tracker he knew from back when.