|
| Mrs Baker |
House keeper to Jeffrey for over 15 years. Or a
manifestation of Time/Gaia. Or? Appeared instead of Alfred for most of
Time Keeper saga, in the alternate timeline. S6 - S14 |
|
Books |
Reappears as npc when Boanne, Jack, TJ and Grace
successfully escape through Umbra from attack by druid Sioghan. S9
|
| Alan
Carder, BVS |
The
local vet. Took over the
practice
two years ago. Has regular
small animal clinics on the premises in mornings (Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat),
and visits farms in the afternoons. Stats S9. Turned out to be a
Nephandus, and most of first story-line revolved around his activities.
In second story, he escaped in the alternative time-line, and again
caused death and destruction until the mages stepped in. |
| Professor John Carstairs |
Columbia University
,
Department of Physics. father of Mary
(ex-PC, killed during attack on 21 December at Jeffrey's). Void
Engineer. S2 |
| A cat |
Image with some reality in
mental battle between Andrew and Carder near end of thread. S14 |
|
Frank Herman |
Suspect questioned but not charged over killing of a
teenage boy (Roderick Smith) in Dearlcastle in 1994. Had
ties to New Celtic Church (in time-line when it existed). S6 |
|
Carl Huntley and James Greene |
Leaders of the New Celtic church, based in Church in
Dearlcastle (in time-line when it existed). Descendents of people who
met and were impressed by Ohgma in mid-1800s. S7. They wear ceremonial
robes. James Green is a middle-aged man with a greying beard and hair. His face is lined
and tanned, so that even in January he looks as if he spent a lot of
time in the sun and open air. He has an air of health, efficiency and
niceness. S7, 8. |
| Keith 'The Oracle' |
In New York. Acquaintance of
Jack, met at a party thrown by Samantha. Cult of Ecstasy mage they tracked down to The Spot night club.
Has reputation of throwing excellent parties. Was killed opening time portal.
S3 |
| Keean |
Druid, assistant to Sioghan.
Dark-haired.
S5 onwards |
| Kolya |
Elder, leader of vampires
at The Spot. Killed by TJ. S3, 4 |
|
Kormack |
Another
member of party that travelled with Oghma. S8 |
|
Mike |
Cashier in a store in NY who sold Random a $500 winning
lottery ticket. S5 |
|
Minnie (Minniver) Riley or Donovan |
Appears alive in the alternate timeline.
Is still dead when return to normal time-line. S9 |
|
Professor Niles Oakly |
Another
middle-aged Hermetic mage of the
Oxford Chantry, known to Andrew Larkin.
In
his mid fifties, a non-descript balding man with thick spectacles
perched on his somewhat over-sized nose.
In the alternative time-line taken over by
a demon and killed by the mages. S11 |
| Oghma |
'Prophet ' of the New Celtic Church.
Gifted druid, leader of the pre-Roman villagers before he left and
handed over to Sioghan. One of a small party
of druids who time-travelled to 1800s to create NCC to prepare way for
whole village to appear in 2003.
Described vision of the coming of a new age that would bring
enlightenment and freedom to the people of the world.
Church
kept an eye out for Time mages or technology with time-travel potential.
Alluded to in S6,7. Appears in S14.
A tall, middle-aged man with shoulder-length brown, curly hair and a full
beard. |
|
John Prendergast |
Inhabitant of Little
Totterington who was controlled by Carder in his fight with mages at en
of thread. John was released by Andrew Larkin. S14 |
| Roxanne (Roe) and Carol |
Two women at the Spot, flirted with Random. S3 |
| Samantha
Heines
and Igor |
Samantha:
Mid-forties,
short and slender. Telepath, precog, special
aide to
the NYC police department's homicide unit, maybe another organisation as
well. Igor: Samantha's expressionless bodyguard.
6'4"
and looks like a line-backer. A robot?
S4,5 |
| Serena |
Woman with Keith's group at the Spot.
Escapes vampires etc. S3 |
| Mr Simpson |
Jeffrey's driver. Appeared at the same time as Mrs Baker
in alternate time-line,
and vanished along with her when return to normal. S6 |
|
Lady Sioghan |
Druid priestess, leader of the
pre-Roman villagers. S5
onwards |
| Roderick Smith |
Murdered in 1994. He was 17, a
pupil in his final year at the Bluecoat Foundation School in
Dearlcastle. This is a boys only private, fee-paying school with an
excellent reputation for academic achievement. There is now a Roderick
Smith Memorial Prize awarded annually to the boy with the best
performance in science in the state examinations (A-levels). The
murderer was never found and the case remains open. Several people were
questioned, including Frank Herman, but none were charged. S7 |
| Five NCC druids in Dearlcastle,
includes Abigale
Treadway |
Attack Nikki/Random/Ede.
One man is James Greene. Another man is thirtyish, dressed in casual
clothes, and mostly non-remarkable with a scoped rifle which was hanging
loosely by a strap at his side. A
grey-haired man, a young lad of perhaps 20, with golden hair hung
low to his shoulders and a staff. A woman, Abigale Treadway.
She was killed by someone masquerading as TJ in the alternative
time-line. S9, 10, 12 |
NPCs
associated with the Player characters:
| Jack
Peterson |
|
| Kayla |
Ex-girlfriend
of Jack Peterson. Had lived
with him in his New York for two years, but was moving out as he left
for trip to England to do some shots of the English countryside.
Relationship had come to an end. |
| Samantha |
A
mage who has taught him spells in the past |
| Edith
Cooper |
|
| John |
Her
late husband, died in June 2002, three months after the elderly couple
moved to the village from a council estate in Dearlcastle. |
| John |
Her
son, age 38 unmarried. |
| Elizabeth
|
Her
daughter, age 41, married with 2 children (ages 14 and 17) |
| Aaron
Knight |
|
| Avra |
A
mage with whom Aaron contends, and who was much stronger than him.
She knew almost as much as he did about magic, and she had the
raw power he lacked. On her
first appearance in this story, she was dressed in a long black dress
and completed the black ensemble with a pair of leather boots. |
| TJ Simpson |
|
| JT |
His insubstantial avatar
with whom he talks for advice and reassurance. |
| Jeffrey
Stone |
|
| Alfred |
Butler
to Jeffrey Stone |
| Andrew
Larkin |
|
| Jessica Burke |
Oxford professor. His Mentor and lover |
| Nikki |
|
| Marcus Carlson |
Chakravanti mage. Consumate assassin. Revered by some Euthanatos mages, despised by the Tradition mages who know of him. Specialised in rooting out and killing Nephandi. Father and mentor, whom Nikki killed. |
| Miss Vivianne Holiday |
An Ecstatic Mage. Runs private finishing school for girls in southern Wiltshire. She's a bit of a Sadist, and 'trains' her girls in the arts of subterfuge and discipline as well as etiquette and culture using a variety of pleasure/pain techniques. Introduced Nikki to vampires.
|
Members
of the Time Keepers (Knights of Chronos):
| UK (Time
Lords) |
|
| Professor Jonathan Elders |
In one time-line, around
1800, he led a research team that
discovered chronotonic particles, laying the foundation for future
discoveries in time-space projection and manipulation. Eventually
the research group evolved into an organization (the Time Keepers) whose
mission was to use the wisdom gained from predictive mathematics and
time-space wave detection to influence and guide humanity's evolution.
It can be ruthless in enforcing the Edict Against Time Manipulation
Knowledge. S10 |
| |
|
| Peter |
New member, works in a
control centre. Responded to alarm set off when Minnie's ring got loose,
starting off the story on 21 December 2002, Winter solstice. S1 |
| Elena, Yuri, Robert, Sanjeev,
James |
Attacked the mages at
Jeffrey's. S1 |
| Detective Inspector
Telegraff |
Officer |
| USA (Time
Cops) |
|
| General Bates |
Leads effort to clean up after events in the Spot. S4 |
| Joseph |
Works in a control centre.
S2 |
| Leonard |
Works in a control centre.
S4 |
| Agents Parker, Tucker |
Tried to prevent theft of
artefacts from NT Museum. S2 |
| Agent John Schmidt |
Captured by mages as he
tried to prevent theft of artefacts from NT Museum. S2 onwards |
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