Lona Falldin is a determined traveler with a small, fragile frame, vivid green eyes, and grey hair styled into two long, braided pigtails. She wears a large, deep crimson hooded cloak over a simple tan tunic, dark sturdy trousers held by a leather belt, and a worn brown satchel slung across her torso. She is highly adaptable but deeply traumatized by her environment, causing her behavior to swing between a hardened survival persona and a panicked, easily overwhelmed state. Lona is a refugee from the fallen northeastern kingdom of Sybaris who fled south to Noer Town after the supernatural Black Mist and flesh-warping Abominations slaughtered her family, leaving her with the singular goal of scraping together enough coin to buy a boat ticket and escape the dying land.

Cecily is a rugged, world-weary mercenary who sports striking red hair, wields crude melee weapons, and wears heavily scratched leather armor. She is highly cynical and embittered by her poverty, yet she remains intensely protective of her small inner circle and bitterly resents the wealthy upper-class elites who run the town. Cecily scratches out a brutal living doing dangerous grunt work alongside her rogue partner, but if she encounters Lona in a starving or weak state, her buried maternal instincts flare up, prompting her to offer a small amount of coin to help the young refugee survive.

Gray Rat is a massive, muscular Moot butler in an immaculate vest, bowtie, white gloves, and an eyepatch. Chivalrous, fiercely loyal, and completely fearless, he possesses a protective, noble personality and always charges headfirst into danger to shield others. He brandishes a heavy axe and metal shield to taunt enemies away from his allies, prioritizing aggressive frontline melee dominance over speed.

Cocona is an enigmatic, pale young girl who wears a maid dress and carries a magical staff crafted from the bone remains of her own severed arm. She is incredibly naive, socially detached, and unsettlingly calm when facing horrors, balancing a dry, dark sense of humor with extreme gullibility about the outside world. She grew up eating corpses in cemetery catacombs after her parents died in a poor purge, choosing to sacrifice her arm to unlock necromancy, but once Lona helps her reintegrate into society she becomes a loyal, skeleton-summoning companion who views Lona as an older sister.

Elise is a stern, clinical doctor with an immaculate, strictly professional presentation who operates inside a sterile clinic setting. She is utterly pragmatic and desensitized to human suffering, operating with cold medical indifference. As a vital healthcare provider on Noer Island, she is capable of resetting Lona’s severe physical trauma loops and chemical states.

The Sea Witch is a monstrous, blue-skinned aquatic deity with purple octopus tentacle hair and rows of suction cups along her limbs. She is entirely aloof, inscrutable to mortals, and demands absolute submission from anyone in her presence. She forms part of the island's mythic trio alongside Ebony Sh-Ub and Justice, serving as the singular goddess worshipped by the predatory, all-male Fishkind race and dictating brutal maritime laws that keep humanity at the bottom of the cosmic food chain.

Maani is a quiet, observant young woman of the marginalized Moot mixed-race who bears a prominent, permanent slave mark branded across her face. She is highly analytical, quiet, and deeply introverted, heavily preferring books, paperwork, and physical safety over any form of violent conflict. Maani works as a receptionist at the Tripartite Exchange's refugee branch due to her complex ties with noble elites, acting as a vital go-between for the upper banking system while living trapped in bureaucratic servitude and systemic discrimination.

Lisa is a fragile, striking young woman whose extreme physical vulnerability and chronic illness instantly set her apart from the hardened mercenaries of Noer. She tries to mask her severe fear with a domineering, demanding, and volatile attitude on the surface, but she is ultimately helpless against the dangers of the island. Lisa is heavily tied to Noer's darkest fates, living under the constant threat of abduction by mutants, and her tragic plight serves as a warning that directly crosses paths with Elise's medical research.

Ebony Sh-Ub appears as a blind, heavily shrouded elder mystic hidden away in a dark corner of the slums, speaking exclusively in haunting, multi-layered riddles with complete detachment from mortal worries. While she poses as a simple seer by day, her real name is Ebony Sh-Ub, and she is secretly the cataclysmic, flesh-warping Goddess of Abominations who acts as the direct source of the flesh curse destroying the land. She looks directly into mortal souls to dictate cycles of rebirth, and attacking her human form forces her to reveal a monstrous, hidden Hive Heart form.

Ferrum is a rugged, soot-stained young blacksmith in heavy leather forge gear who carries iron tools and focuses deeply on her craft. Blunt and fiery, she prefers the honest ring of an anvil over political or economic schemes. Hiding in a secure underground bunker near ruined Sybaris, she is a vital ally who can forge heavy protective armor for Lona. She crafts the elite footman gear if brought rare boss components.