Protagonists
Name: Alexander Ortega
Status: Alive
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: ‘Tin Man’
Curse: Magnetism (1st Grade)
Techniques: Path of Step, Path of Might, ‘Iron Scythe,’ ‘Rail Gun,’ 'Scrap Storm,' 'Arc Slash,' 'Iron Circle,'
First Appearance: Volume 01 Goldfist | Chapter 01
Feats: Defeated 'Mad Tyrant' Fabian by assassination. Defeated Apostle Lucien by nightshade. Defeated Deputy Silvertooth by knockout. Defeated Sheriff Goldfist by amputation. Defeated Ned ‘the Needler’ by knockout. Assisted in defeating Maki ‘the Beast.’
Current Location: Unknown
Bio: Alexander Ortega was taken to the nightsea from a mid-route flight on Earth from the United States to Buenos Aires. He was captured in a lab on the island of August and experimented on. His escape led to the events termed ‘Burning August’ and served as his rise to fame as an outlaw.
On Tombstone, he defeated two outlaws who were present in the town of Dry Gulch and obtained the island core.
Having arrived in Glory Plateau, Alexander Ortega has survived his fight with ex-Apostle Lucien ‘the Butcher’ Griffin and escaped from the island before it was turned into a black spot. He has acquired an ally in ‘Sword Saint’ Sayed.
Name: Sayed
Status: Alive
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: ‘Sword Saint’
Curse: Heat (1st Grade)
Techniques: ‘Demon’s Divide,’ ‘Demon’s Thrust,’ ‘Demon’s Wind’
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 21
Feats: Defeated Grabnar ‘the Barbarian.’ Defeated Maki ‘the Beast’ by decapitation.
Current Location: Unknown
Bio: Sayed came to Erth from the world of Hajh after the bloodiest and final battle in his people’s civil war. He escaped that chaos with Abed, his brother-in-arms. After finding themselves in the nightsea, they traveled with the mission of freeing people from oppression everywhere they found them. Sayed met his match in Glory Plateau, however, until he escaped with the assistance of ‘Tin Man’ Ortega. He joined Ortega after the events of Glory Plateau.
In regard to Hajh, Sayed has confirmed that there were no giants, but only legends of giants in the distant past.
Name: Erin Leah
Status: Alive
Occupation: Outlaw and Revolutionary
Aliases: ‘Thorn Queen’
Curse: Growth (1st Grade)
Techniques: ‘Thorn’s Grasp,’ ‘Thorn Garden’
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 21
Feats: Defeated cursed lightning user by thorns. Defeated illusion user by thorns. Assisted in defeat of Maki ‘the Beast.’
Current Location: Unknown
Bio: Erin came to Erth from the land of Erys, where she came into contact with the People’s Revolution soon after. Moved by the goals of the movement, she joined the revolution and became a stealth operative for secret operations. She arrived at Glory Plateau to find a man named Roald, however she could not locate him on the island, and left after escaping the arena with ‘Tin Man’ Ortega and ‘Sword Saint’ Sayed.
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Antagonists
Name: Lucien Griffin
Status: Alive
Occupation: ex-Apostle and Outlaw
Aliases: ‘The Butcher’
Curse: Monster Absorption (1st Grade), Body Transformation (2nd Grade)
Techniques: Path of Step, Path of Might, Path of Grit, Path of Breath, Path of Will, ‘Beast Arm,’ ‘Beast Maw,’ ‘Beast Wing,’
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 23
Feats: Defeated Nightshade. Fought ‘Tin Man’ Ortega, ‘Sword Saint’ Sayed, and ‘Thorn Queen’ Erin to a draw.
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Current Location: Unknown
Bio: Lucien served as an Apostle on the island of August, overseeing Dr. Ozymandias’s lab there. He had an unknown mission there that he completed as ‘Tin Man’ Ortega escaped the island. After defeating a nightshade on the island, he was thrown out of the Apostles and left to his own devices with a bounty on his head. At some point during this time, he obtained the moniker ‘the Butcher.’ After coming to Glory Plateau with promises from Gulantry for a grand fight, he was staved off by the three outlaws on the island and escaped the island before it became a black spot.
Name: Gulantry
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Ruler
Aliases: ‘Great Lord’
Curse: None
Techniques: None
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 23
Feats: Obtained an island core.
Current Location: N/A
Bio: Gulantry was the ruler of Glory Plateau for over two decades after obtaining the island core. He used the core to set up fights on the island and, over time, created a stratified society that existed solely to watch people fight in the arena. During the fight between the ex-Apostle Lucien and a group of outlaws, the overuse of the island core caused a backlash that took Gulantry and Glory Plateau with it.
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Side Characters
Name: Abed
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: None
Curse: None
Techniques: None
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 21
Feats: None
Current Location: N/A
Bio: Abed traveled to the nightsea with Sayed, but never received the same powers. Together they fought to free the oppressed across the nightsea. However, Abed would meet his end at Glory Plateau at the hands of an unnamed man cursed with the power to manipulate lightning.
Name: Jack Down
Status: Alive
Occupation: Thief
Aliases: ‘Street Urchin’
Curse: None
Techniques: None
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 21
Feats: ‘Assisted’ in defeating Maki ‘the Beast.’
Current Location: November
Bio: After a life on the streets, Jack was caught with his father near Glory Plateau and transported to the maze below. There his father died and he was found by Sayed. After a few weeks with the group, he was sent away, by unknown means, to the island of November.
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Minor Characters
Name: Grabnar
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: ‘The Barbarian’
Curse: None
Techniques: Unknown
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 27
Feats: Unknown
Current Location: N/A
Bio: Grabnar was defeated in one strike in Glory Plateau by ‘Sword Saint’ Sayed. His only known words were his name, ‘Grabnar.’
Name: Maki
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: ‘The Beast’
Curse: Lizard Form (1st grade)
Techniques: Unknown
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 32
Feats: Unknown
Current Location: N/A
Bio: Maki was a man who was cursed with the power to become a giant lizard creature. He met his end at Glory Plateau at the hands of ‘Sword Saint’ Sayed, ‘Tin Man’ Ortega, and ‘Thorn Queen’ Leah.
Name: Ned
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Outlaw
Aliases: ‘The Needler,’ ‘Attempted Child Murderer’
Curse: Quill Growth and Manipulation (1st Grade)
Techniques: ‘Pin Missile,’ ‘Dark Needle’
First Appearance: Volume 02 Glory Plateau | Chapter 28
Feats: None
Current Location: N/A
Bio: A man who fought at Glory Plateau. After trying to kill ‘Street Urchin’ Jack, he was defeated by Alexander Ortega and killed by the arena’s restructuring.
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Organizations
Name: The Military Police
Description: An organization working for the Scions that are built to protect the Twelve Kingdoms and the greater Empyrean. It is a militaristic organization that operates a massive fleet of slipships that operate across the nightsea. It also has several outposts out in the Fringes that seek to protect the interests of the Empyrean in the nightsea beyond the Twelve Kingdoms.
Name: The Scions
Description: A group of individuals who rule over the Twelve Kingdoms from the Empyrean. They are treated like gods by many in the nightsea. Their powers are unknown. Their purpose is unknown.
Name: The People's Revolution
Description: An organization that fights against the Scions. All other information on them is unknown.
Name: World Daily Post
Description: A media organization that reports news, distributes bounties, and is the go-to source of information for anyone out in the nightsea. It is said that they have eyes and ears everywhere.
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Ships
Name: The Night Queen
Description: A frigate type ship that is built to transport goods. It is a massive slipship with multiple lodestones down its length. The current captain of the ship is unknown.
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Monsters
Name: Nightshade
Description: A creature that lives in the mist when the Veil is broken. A massive creature with white skin, long nail-like claws and a single dominating circular mouth. It has been the bane of many an island in ancient times.