Non-Player Characters

Flying Polyp Demon
A floating mass of tentacles and pincers that tracked the heroes to Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station").

Astralnaut #1
The corpse of a Hawking-13 crew member now horrifically tethered as a voicebox to the Flying Polyp Demon.

Astralnaut #2
The corpse of a Hawking-13 crew member now horrifically tethered as a voicebox to the Flying Polyp Demon.

Searchworth
A distrustful tabaxi thief caught trying to break into a Guild of Everywhere records vault at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station").

Alastir
AKA Subject 23566 (see below). Searchworth's partner in crime who wandered off two days earlier and never returned.

Luminary
A Guild mage at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station") who has taken the guide of Gary Numan.

Shaper
A Guild mage at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station") who has taken the guide of DJ Kool Herc.

Proteus
A Guild mage at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station") who has taken the guide of Iggy Pop.

Watcher
A Guild mage at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station") who has taken the guide of John Lennon.

Welcomer
A Guild mage at Vestige Transit Hub 7 ("Avalon Station") who has taken the guide of Jerry Garcia.

Memory Eater
Paper-like humanoid creatures of the Astral Plane whose touch causes psychic damage and permanent loss of random memories.

"Tin Man"
An assault android used as a military officer by the city of New Oz from the Machine Lands.

"Flying Monkey"
An uplifted simian soldier in a high-tech battlesuit used as a military grunt by the city of New Oz from the Machine Lands.

Exemplar of Allwheres
A senior mage in the Guild of Everywheres, possibly leader of the group. Wears the form of Prince.

Beacon of Allwheres
A senior mage in the Guild of Everywheres. Wears the form of Bruce Springsteen. Warns Elora not to trust Asmodeus (duh).

Watcher
A mage in the Guild of Everywheres. May or may not actually be Jimi Hendrix.

Archqueen of the Wind Lands
Reigns over Han Chinese sky wizards on mountaintops and cloud islands. Appears as Cher. Accuses Pern of being "careless cruel, seeing humans as disposable."

Archqueen of the Water Lands
Reigns over heroic ancient Greek sailors seeking gold and glory. Appears as Donna Summer.

Archqueen of the Tree Lands
Reigns over dark forests and a Celtic town magically kept underwater in a lake. Appears as Stevie Nicks.

Archqueen of the Stone Lands
Reigns over Norse clans, dwarves, half-giants, and drow in the north. Appears as Deborah Harry. Considers Pern "the ultimate shaman," but calls Elora "a spirit binder who steals magic and brings sorrow."

Archqueen of the Shadow Lands
Reigns over a savage post-apocalyptic wasteland ruin. Appears as Siouxsie Sioux. Seems abrupt and mean toward everyone else.

Archqueen of the Machine Lands
Reigns over a modern metropolis of technomagical fascism. Appears as a chrome-plated superstar. Praises Elora as an ideal student of magical lore, but calls Jervis a dangerous icon of non-conformity and mad science.

Archqueen of the Fire Lands
Reigns over the ancient Egyptian/Nubian theocracy along a river. Appears as Diana Ross. Considers Jervis an icon of justice between the living and the dead.

Archqueen Eternal
Reigns over only the Temple of Everywheres building. Appears as Patti Smith. May be keeping a secret about the black dagger used to kill Elora, Jervis, Li Bai, and Pern.

Archqueen of the Dream Lands
Reigns over the faerie kingdoms of endless childhoods where all emotions immediately manifest into physical reality (a Jungian playground). Appears as Betty Davis.

Crow
Animal spirit messenger between the living and dead. Talks in bird-like squawks.

Baron Samedi
Loa of death, resurrection, and fertility. Smokes huge cigar, carries bottle of rum. Friendly and creepy at the same time. Only deity manifestly present (not astral projecting).

Asase Afua
Goddess of life, death, and truth to the Akan people of Ghana. Talks about leading the spirits of her lands.

Asmodeus
Judge of sinners, ruler of the Hells, wearing the form of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. Accused by Sovereign Haldo of interferring in mortal politics too much. Smarmy.

Anubis
Protector of the dead, ensuring they reach the Hall of Ma'at for judgment. Mythic son of Ra and Nephthys. Only "speaks" via telepathy.

Sovereign Haldo
Leader of the mortal Royal Court and moderator between the Archqueens of Otherwhere and the divine judges of the dead.

Aphessuel
Angelic champion set to guard a doorway into the Court of Heaven.

The Yellow-Eyed Ghost
A hostile soul who very briefly possessed Jervis Chevalier's body as a means to escape her state of limbo in a broken Vestige. Now loose within the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery ops center.

The Wasting Ghost
Another sad soul seeking afterlife judgment amid a state of limbo in a broken Vestige, one of dozens of such lost ghosts.

The Vaporous Ghost
A sad soul seeking afterlife judgment amid a state of limbo in a broken Vestige, one of dozens of such lost ghosts.

Leto
A former lover of Zeus, mother to the deities Apollo and Artemis. In hiding within Otherwhere's vestiges to avoid assassins sent by Hera, Zeus' jealous goddess wife.

Scholar Orb
A technomagical device about the size of a modern softball. Not sentient, but telepathically responsive to its attuned user's inquiries about lore.

Subject 23566
A demonically-corrupted magic-user who took control of the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery's automated systems. Slain by the patry, body dissolved into smoke and maggots.

Demon
Mutant demons found running amok in the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery. Somewhat more human-looking, but dissolve into dangerous goo when slain.

Dr. Gideon Halverson
Corpse of scientist found in the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery operations center, at the center of a summoning circle. Slain by gruesome self-inflicted wounds (eyes, stomach).

Mana Vampire
An undead giant that feeds off magical energy instead of blood or lifeforce. Encountered on the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery outer platform. Thrown into the astral void by the Goddess before her departure.

DERP Utility Robot
A 5-foot-tall worker drone reprogrammed to attack intruders on the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery's outer platform.

The Goddess
A mysterious and mute celestial entity saved from being drained of her magical essence on the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery outer platform.

Thing From The Cargo Hold
Two demonic monsters "brought back" aboard the Hawking-13 astral vessel. Ejected into astral space when the Dimensional Exploration Research Program hanger discorporated, along with all DERP scientific staff.

Cipher
Wears the form of former Bauhaus musician Peter Murphy. Guild of Everywheres mage. Emerged with Wora from a transit sphere into the strange temple. Unflappable in crisis, protective of Wora.

Wora
A 5-year-old boy wearing green pajamas. Emerged with Cipher from a transit sphere into the strange temple. (Later revealed to be the primal "son of magic," a sort of celestial entity.)

Demon
Typical mutated demon, a mix of alien and humanoid genes, stalks of crimson fungi, arsenic, bloody ichor, fire, acid, poison, psychic madness, and abyssal corruption.

Demon
Typical mutated demon, a mix of salvaged mechanical parts, grafted bones and sinew, bloody ichor, fire, acid, poison, psychic madness, and abyssal corruption.

Demon
Typical mutated demon, a mix of human, orc, wolf, and crematorium ashes. Made from fire, acid, poison, and psychic madness. Oozes bloody ichor and radiates abyssal corruption.

Lt. Kyle Dix
Survivor of the Dimensional Exploration Research Program (DERP) aboard the astral vessel Hawking-13. Prone to panic. Met in strange temple, killed by robots on the Dimensional Harvesting Refinery.