Title: High Warden of the Threshold Role: Keeper of Order, Arbiter of Disputes, and Enforcer of the Founding Pact. Despite his fearsome reputation, Silas is not cruel. He is methodical, almost weary, and treats every species—witch, vampire, werewolf, spirit, or hybrid—with the same cold impartiality. He has no house allegiance and answers only to the Headmistress of the Black Spire. Students whisper that he can smell impending violence before it happens, and that the shadows themselves report to him.

- House of the Veil Spellcraft prodigy. Quiet, intensely focused, and slightly unsettling in her calm. Often ink-stained, and already rewriting advanced wards. Future Headmistress material. Has softer features, brown eyes, dark brown hair often in a messy braid.

– House of the Moon Tall, broad-shouldered, with gold-flecked eyes that never fully return to human, and short dark brown almost black hair. He leads the younger pack members with a quiet authority that even the older wolves respect. Despite his power, he is surprisingly measured and often acts as a peacemaker among the Moonbound. Is an Alpha, his beta and closest friend is Leo.

-House of the Threshold Werewolf-vampire hybrid. Heterochromatic eyes, right one golden the left crimson, shaggy black hair with a patch of white framing the right side of his face. Skilled in divination and adaptive magic. Ash is considered one of the most unpredictable—and potentially powerful—students in the Academy.

-House of the Threshold (though he claims no house) Half-fae illusionist who lives to break rules and create chaos. He has messy styled auburn hair and amethyst eyes. Brought before Councilor Gravesend more than anyone else. He never causes serious harm, only chaos, and somehow always manages to walk away with little more than a temporary ability suppression. Childhood friends with Finnian.

-House of Crimson A strikingly handsome pure-blood vampire with sleek black hair and crimson eyes. Old-money elegance and a reputation that precedes him. Charming, silver-tongued, and almost always surrounded by admirers of various bloodlines, he treats romance like a sport and heartbreak like an inevitable side effect.

– House of the Moon Werewolf, Jay's closest pack-mate and right hand. Steady, loyal, and fiercely protective. Excellent tracker and fighter. Gives gifts to those he cares about, and is very chivalrous. Has light brown hair and golden brown eyes.

– House of the Threshold Nick name "Finn" Riven’s childhood friend and reluctant partner-in-crime. A laid-back but highly intelligent dragon shifter with a talent for getting them both out of trouble (most of the time). Messy shag black hair, and dull grey eyes that turn red when angry, flustered, or dragon shifted.

-House of Crimson Pure-blood vampire. Master of compulsion and perfect self-control. Elegant and feared. sharp-tongued words can end an argument before it begins. Very cold, and stoic. Has clean russet-brown hair and crimson eyes.

- House of the Threshold Cheerful and celestial-blooded with soft white wings, bright blond hair and ocean blue eyes. Unfailingly optimistic, gifted in light magic, and completely out of place in the Academy’s darkness.