NPCs
Aldous
Maren's late mentor in the scriptorium
A scribe of the Pale who spent his life copying sacred texts and, in his last years, taught the novice Maren the discipline of the pen. He watched …
Archivist Quinn-IX
Keeper of the Broken-Patent Stacks
A very old Clank archivist who runs the broken-patent stacks in Glassgear's Logic Yards, the largest Clank archive in Velthuryn. Methodical and long-memoried, she knew Custodian Atelan-VII personally.
Berala Thorn
Cook of the Ridge Lodge
The blunt, sharp-eyed cook of Frostglen Rest and a decades-long resident of the ridge. She knows every sound the lodge makes and has been listening hard to the …
Boomwright Patien "Patty" Quill-Riggs
Captain of the Skyward Curse
A rapid-fire, profane, endlessly tinkering Goblin skiff captain who runs the Skyward Curse out of Boomcradle. She ferried Vessa south once and will do the same for the …
Borik
Caravan Guard
A pragmatic, hard-edged caravan guard who has survived the Spires before. When the bridge fails he is ready to cut the ropes and save who he can, even …
Custodian Atelan-VII
Inkward Custodian of the Codex Bastion
A dutiful Clank Inkward Custodian with eighty years of service, their forearms etched with confiscated leaves of text. They speak in careful numbered enumerations and take their oath …
Esvran Galepeak
Injured Chasm Scout
A scout badly hurt near the singing ice bridge, sheltering in the chasm's edges. If the party stabilizes him he becomes a grateful ally with vital eyewitness knowledge. …
Fen
The scarred lay-brother who leads the hidden readers
A lay-brother with the scarred hands of someone who has handled fire, and the calm of a man who has been keeping a dangerous secret for a very …
Fu Lan Chi
Listener of Patterns
A retired elf mystic who tends an ancient wind-shrine of stone and silence, where snow never gathers and voices soften of their own accord. He does not hunt …
Hetch Ratchet
Tunnel Foreman
A rough, plainspoken tunnel foreman who knows the pipes, drains, and underlevels beneath Brightcrawl better than anyone. Gruff but dependable, Hetch has no patience for guild theatrics and …
High-Adept Mallelon
Mirrorwell Temple Conservator
A measured, gentle scholar who serves as conservator of the Mirrorwell Temple, speaking in slow, weighty parables. Mallelon reveres the old lore and worries where the temple's more …
Keep-Sworn Janna Tellermark
Captain of a Time-Fracture Keep
The practical, terse captain of one of Gravenreach's Time-Fracture Keeps, who has spent nine years observing the Aethergrave and noticing pitch-patterns no one else has cataloged. She trades …
Niraen Vell-Soris
Annotator of the Whispering Steps
A centuries-old Elf archivist who annotates the debates at the Whispering Steps amphitheater and once mentored Vessa Thrin. She speaks slowly, obliquely, and only when approached during a …
Osten
The Dockhand Who Won't Dive
Osten is a young dockhand in Carrow's Reach who has been down to the cracked reef twice and swears he will never go again. He deflects fear with …
Shira, the White Wolf
Spirit-Touched Guide
A great white wolf, spirit-touched companion to Fu Lan Chi, who appears before her mystic does and studies visitors in silence. She speaks through no words, only body …
Vass
A novice who prays with her eyes raised
A young novice Maren has quietly watched for weeks — the one who prays with her eyes up rather than down, a small and dangerous inversion of the …
Yulen Drask
Archive Porter of the Lower Stacks
A slow-to-trust archive porter who has worked the lower stacks of the Luminous Archive for decades and counted Vessa Thrin among his few real friends. Unshakeable once won …