Characters

Every named person in the campaign, grouped by faction. See
Adventure Log for chronological order; see Chronicle for the
running story.

Relationship map

flowchart TB
  subgraph Cell["Congregation of the Unwashed (the cell)"]
    Vothrog["Vothrog the Wise<br/>slug-man Heretic-Scholar (PC)"]
    Selindi["Selindi<br/>cell recorder"]
    Dov["Dov<br/>ex-dockworker"]
    Pav["Pav<br/>ex-dockworker"]
    Hamech["Hamech<br/>new recruit (weak link)"]
    Tuket["Tuket<br/>cell elder, remembers the Disturbance"]
    Pip["Pip<br/>ulufo"]
    Krah["Krah-Moh<br/>free crab-man, veth-cheth bearer"]
  end

  subgraph Cheth["Cheth's congregation (remnant)"]
    OldCrab["The unnamed old crab-man<br/>twenty-two years tending the offerings"]
    Cheth_["Cheth-of-the-Salt-Shore<br/>absent prophet, presumed alive, distant"]
  end

  subgraph Watch["Yellow City Watch"]
    Uvaris["Constable Uvaris<br/>Spice-Factor District"]
  end

  subgraph Unknown["Unknown"]
    Letter["The anonymous letter writer<br/>learned-hand High Tongue"]
  end

  Vothrog -->|rescued| Krah
  Krah -->|navigates for| Vothrog
  Krah -.veth-cheth scar.-> Cheth_
  OldCrab -.recognizes scar.-> Krah
  OldCrab -.has tended offerings for.-> Cheth_
  Letter -.directs to.-> Cheth_
  Letter -.has read pamphlets by.-> Vothrog
  Uvaris -.face logged.-> Vothrog
  Selindi -.identified habit of.-> Uvaris
  Pav -->|extracted| Hamech
  Tuket -.remembers.-> Cheth_

The Congregation of the Unwashed

The player character’s cell, based at the Canal Quarter Safehouse.

• Vothrog — slug-man Heretic-Scholar; the PC.
• Krah-Moh — free crab-man, veth-cheth bearer, no Common.
• Selindi — cell recorder; runs the safe house in Vothrog’s absence.
• Dov — ex-dockworker, brother of Pav.
• Pav — ex-dockworker, extracted Hamech from the Amber Moth.
• Hamech — new recruit; the weak link.
• Tuket — cell elder; remembers the Salt Shore Disturbance.
• Pip — ulufo cell member; absent during the raid.

Cheth’s congregation (remnant)

• Cheth-of-the-Salt-Shore — absent prophet; presumed alive, distant.
• Old crab-man at the tidal mark — twenty-two years tending the offerings.

Yellow City Watch

• Uvaris — Spice-Factor District constable; logged Vothrog’s face.

Unknown / off-stage

• Anonymous letter writer — learned-hand High Tongue; pointed at Cheth.

How to add a new character

When a new NPC enters the story:

1. Create Characters/<Name>.md with this frontmatter:

   ---
   type: character
   name: <Display Name>
   species: <slug-man|human|crab-man|ulufo|...>
   caste: <low|scholarly|free|formerly enslaved|...>
   group: <faction or "unknown">
   role: <short role descriptor>
   alignment: <player-character|cell-ally|fragile-ally|antagonist|...>
   status: <active|off-stage|presumed alive, distant|...>
   first_appearance: "[[Turn 01]]"  # or whichever turn they enter
   publish: true
   ---

2. Add a wikilink to them from the relevant turn note and from this
   landing page.
3. Add a node + edges to the Mermaid diagram above if they’re
   load-bearing for relationships.