World records · 15 entries

The places
and the people

One record per place and per speaking role in the pilot. Each states what the canon sources establish, what is only rumored or disputed between them, and what nothing settles. The pilot script wins on conflict; Book Two, the Castle and City guides, and the published fiction follow.

4 recordsPlaces

The Neutral City in the Videks

Kormor Kirak

Standing. Neutral mountain city-state ruled by Queen Kiraline; host site of the Albion-Terrassia royal wedding; its consulate quarter has just seen an arson, a murder, and a necromantic outbreak in the Hallaset Fields.

The Red Tower, seat of the Veresz dynasty

Castle Torony Piros

Standing. Seat of Queen Kiraline and Princess Szeret; site of the masquerade, the dungeon feedings, and the necromantic trellis in the Queen's chamber.

The crater beneath the castle

The Comet Chamber

Not seen in the pilot. In the Castle Guide it is an ancient impact chamber in the Deep beneath Torony Piros, visited by the Queen; later publications treat it as the spine of the Queen's ascension.

The Empire, and its Consulate in Kormor Kirak

Albion

At war with Terrassia for a hundred years; staking peace on a royal wedding. Its consulate in Kormor Kirak has been broken open, ransacked, and its vault emptied of gold, with its Counsel Feeney murdered inside.

11 records · every speaking role in the pilotPeople

The Dying Diplomat

Barron Whitehallow

Alive at the final cut but under attack: Kiraline has appeared uninvited at his bedside in the Bastion Inn through a necromantic portal and gone full vampire to 'guarantee our trust is eternal'. Dying of a lung illness. Leading Albion's effort to rebuild the wedding theater.

The Accountant

Olivia Faren

Alive. Barron's accountant and investigator in Kormor Kirak, lodging at the Bastion Inn; has drafted the theater's construction schedule, fought a Necrotic Bulk, seen the princess become a leopard, and lost her calculator to Szeret. Chooses to stay.

The Dark Cheerful Thing

Princess Szeret Veresz

Alive and immortal. In her castle bathtub, water red with gore, playing with Olivia's calculator; her lover the Gawky Model has just been killed by her mother. Has revealed herself to Olivia, Jack, and Eppy as a shapeshifter and, in leopard form, attacked Rozito at the Hallaset Fields trailhead.

The Soldier's Shadow

Jack Winbow

Alive. Barron's guardian in Kormor Kirak, lodging at the Bastion Inn; has fought the Necrotic Bulk, been recognised for what he is by Eppy, and is sharing tea with her. 'I don't love it here.' 'You will.'

The Fixer of the Kereskedo Market

Rozito Vallikozo

Alive. Exposed as a necromancer at the Hallaset Fields trailhead, where he murdered a carriage driver and three Red Guards and carved runes to raise a Necrotic Bulk; attacked and mauled by Szeret in leopard form; he survives the attack.

Keeper of the Bastion Inn

Eppy Flinder

Alive. Owner and barkeep of the Bastion Inn in Kormor Kirak; has fought the Necrotic Bulk beside Jack and Olivia and is making tea for Jack.

The Man with the Clockwork Arm

Devorlen Koss

Alive. Terrassian officer at the Terrassian Consulate in Kormor Kirak, partner with Barron in rebuilding the theater with Terrassian machinery; has admitted that his own automaton pursued Feeney into the Albion Consulate. Still owes Olivia a rematch.

The Vampire Queen of Kormor Kirak

Queen Kiraline Veresz Eroszakos

Reigning. Has murdered the Gawky Model in a necromantic trellis, entered Barron's room at the Bastion Inn through a portal, and attacked him in full vampire form as the pilot cuts to black. The series document names her the true enemy.

Chief Accountant of the Counting House

Lord Wooster

Alive. Chief Accountant of the Albion Counting House in the capital; rid of Olivia Faren and holding the receipt she flagged, which he promised to look into personally.

Foreman of the Theater Crews

Nero

Alive. Leads the construction crews rebuilding the Theater of Everlasting Peace under Albion and Terrassian decree, working around the clock with the promise of the queen's good graces.