A Prosopography of characters, their titles, age, and occupations as of 1 March 2875 (Galactic Relative)

"Cordelian Crowd"

Edward Heatherland

A classical piano student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 23. Born on the Auroran world of Amaranth, an avid aficionado of history and a generally open-minded individual. His mother is a Dionysian Generation-Two person, something that has both had a genetic and a cultural impact on his life. Started practicing piano for fun, his real hobby being history, but he is exceptionally talented, to the point where he is getting top grades at the prestigious Countess Montroy's Conservatoire at the QMMU. Struggles quite a bit with homesickness, and is very worried for the future, both in terms of his career and the direction the interstellar political situation between the Royal Union and the Independent Systems Alliance is going. He is easily stressed-out and lives inside his mind quite a lot. Is very skilled at making food. Has taken to smoking as a way to calm his nerves. Is starting to notice subtle changes to his body that he cannot account for.

Physical description: Around two metres tall, bronzed skin, dark brown slightly curly hair that is maintained fashionably short on the side and long on the top. Favours a short, tightly trimmed and maintained full beard. Emerald-green eyes, and wears glasses despite the fact that he had eye-corrective surgery as a young child; he feels they make him look mature.

Adea Sophia Kynnane Carlisle-St. Eiron, Lady Sélincourt

A political science student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 19. An accomplished student athlete and the scion of two very old Auroran noble families, she was accelerated from upper secondary through university, and is constantly an honours student. Due to her familial circumstances, she is expected to join the Royal Navy upon finishing her university degree, both of her parents being decorated naval officers. Is a bit of a social chameleon, being able to slip in and out of perceived personas depending on the situation, as comfortable in high-heels and a robe à la française as in a swimsuit or a jogging outfit. She lives in the now, generally uncaring of the future, but is being forced to live alone as her parents are deployed to different Royal Navy stations, which takes a toll on her. A bit of a party-girl, and has a tendency to drink a bit too much.

Physical description: One-ninety centimetres tall, pale skin, very physically fit due to her intense training regimen. Her long hair is naturally fiery red, and she usually wears it naturally falling over her shoulders or in a ponytail. Eyes are ice blue courtesy of her father's genes, and contrast heavily with her hair colour.

Artemisia Vivienne Aurore Cordelia de Vere, Lady Trewellynshire

An ancient history student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 18(?). The illegal Generation-Two child of the Duke of Trewellynshire, her appearance and personality tailored more or less specifically to his tastes by Earth clone-crafters. Has lived her entire life with the stigma of being an illegal "clone", being ostracised from normal society and even ridiculed during very formal aristocratic get-togethers. She is also physically and mentally abused by her "father", who regularly pays a black-market surgeon to remove the scars this abuse creates. Has only one true friend, Amelia de la Lune, and has more or less resigned herself to living a life in solitude. Due to her genetic code, she is razor-sharp and intelligent, is able to learn languages extremely rapidly, and has a love for tragic opera. Is extremely passive-aggressive and protective due to her upbringing.

Physical description: Perhaps around one-seventy centimetres (she refuses to disclose her real height and weight), with extremely pale skin, and her apparent short height (quite short by Auroran standards) belies her wiry muscles. Her hair is very pale blonde to the point where it is almost white, and her big eyes are grey with a red tinge that makes them look pink.

Alexandra "Sandy" Barham

A psychology student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 22. A childhood friend of Adea due to their close-knit families, she aspires to make a career as a rear-area Medical Officer in the Royal Navy, despite hailing from one of the most famous military families in the Kingdom of Aurora, having no interest serving on warships. Incredibly socially competent, she is usually regarded as everyone's "best friend". She has a bubbly personality that masks her extremely well-developed sense of intrapersonal intelligence; she has an uncanny ability to read situations and emotions.

Physical description: Just short of one-eighty centimetres tall, her hair is a dirty-blonde that goes well with her nickname. Cobalt-coloured eyes, set in a slightly triangular face.

Horace Sciacca, Lord Horace

The first son of the Marquess of Howeland and the Lady Isobel Greco, age 26, Horace is the heir to the considerable Howeland estates. While his father is the current Secretary of Defence of the Kingdom of Aurora and an important member of the House of Lords, Horace has no ambition to follow his father into politics. Instead, he is intensely fascinated by the quite unique Auroran wildlife, and is pursuing a PhD in biology at the King's College of Sciences. Extremely well-versed in the social world of the Auroran nobility, he has a noble grace to his conduct that is both extremely noticeable which he plays off by being comforting and affable.

Physical description: About one-ninety centimetres tall. Dark brown hair that he wears quite long, but ties in a rear-knot. His skin his quite bronzed due to his mother's Earth Sicilian origin, his eyes a chocolate brown.

Arvind Dahon

A third-generation Indian descendant from Earth, age 23, and the best friend of Edward Heatherland, both attending Classical Piano majors at Countess Montroy's Conservatoire of the QMMU. An energetic person with a huge social network, Arvind is incredibly socially intelligent and is able to read most situations at a mere glance. Unwillingly specialising in playing classical piano-forte due to his unfortunate affinity with the troublesome instrument, he is always trying his best to help and cheer up his friends.

Physical description: Short for an Auroran male, standing just north of one-eighty centimetres. His hair is brown-going-on-black, and has basically no facial hair growth. His eyes are almost black, but still sparkling with a sense of mirth.

David Lee

A student majoring in Galactic Standard French at QMMU, age 22, his family originated from Hong Kong on Earth two generations back. Usually quite nonchalant, he does genuinely care about his family and friends. Among Edward's friends, he is the one who understand his frustrations and struggles the most, having left his family home on Cymru to pursue an academic career.

Physical description: Nearly one-ninety centimetres tall, a combination of Caucasian and East Asian features, his fashionably-cut hair usually coloured a shade of blue or red.

Peter Townshend

A scholarship architect student at QMMU, age 23, Peter is a reserved individual, but with a very strong sense of morality. He abhors violence, and believes intrinsically in social justice and liberty. He is obsessed with the Cordelia Grecians ice hockey team of the Royal Hockey Association, owning several game-worn jerseys that he has spent inordinate amounts of money on. Peter is a proponent of the Neo-Georgian style and aspires to be a neü-classical architect once he graduates.

Physical description: Medium height, brown hair and brown eyes, a slightly paler than normal skin colour for a Caucasian-descendant due to living most of his life in the upper mountain regions of Greater Luin on Aurora.

Aubrey Aurelian Carlisle-St. Eiron, Lord Darkmoor

A first year officer-cadet at King William's Naval Academy, age 22. The son and eldest child of Alistair Carlisle and Iphigenia St. Eiron, the older brother of Adea, Aubrey has often been described as dour or overly serious. Unlike his younger sister, Aubrey has never been overly gifted in any sort of field other than mathematics, and has always lived with the overhanging responsibility of assuming the mantle of the large Sélincourt titles and estates once his father passes on, a prospect he dreads. Socially slightly awkward and disliking his elevated status compared to other people around him, he is nonetheless extremely dedicated to fulfilling what he perceives as his social role; to serve the Kingdom before himself, and had planned to join the Royal Navy already at age 10.

Physical description: Two metres tall, pale skin, clean-shaven, with his father's wavy black hair kept short and a pair of heterochromatic eyes, where the left is the same ice blue as Alistair and Adea, and the right is the jade green of Iphigenia.

Nimue Hastings, Lady Nimue

A very shy Nova Caledonian noblewoman of relatively direct Scots descent, age 23. She has been a pen-pal and unofficial confidante of Adea for years, having spent most of her life in the city of Seraphim on Nova Caledonia. Having just completed a degree in astrobiology, she has been hired as an analyst at the Foreign Office's Interstellar Relations Desk. Despite her extremely bashful mannerisms, she has photographic memory and is very analytical.

Physical description: Around one-seventy-five centimetres tall, completely black hair and pale freckled skin. Her eyes are a very deep green colour.

Valerio Greco, nee Sciacca

The disowned third child of the Marquess of Howeland and younger brother of Horace Sciacca, age 22, a party-boy who is seemingly enamoured with his own voice. He is in actuality quite analytic and uses his construed persona as a shield. Despite his declared distancing from his family, he still receives a big allowance from his family's bank, and is consciously presenting as a noble whenever in public. Is joining the Royal Navy following his graduation from QMMU.

Physical description: Tall for an Auroran, just about one-ninety-five centimetres tall, dark curly hair, a markedly chiselled chin and well-toned body. His eyes are trademark Greco-brown.

Valerie Alexandra Louise, Princess Royal of Aurora

Claude O'Shaughnessy

Evelyn Delafontaine, Lady Wraith

Narissara Roxburgh, Lady Narissara

Siobhan de Céile

Vincent Minkjan

Robert de Loladze

Royal Auroran Navy

Alistair Carlisle, Marquess de Sélincourt

Admiral of the White RN, age 106

Jeremiah Grantham, Earl of Hartcastle

Admiral of the White RN, age 93

Sir Hugh Donegal

Lord Admiral of His Auroran Majesty's Royal Navy, age 98

Adeline Le Fey, Countess New Acre

Admiral of the Black RN, age 80

Adrienne Bower-Henton

Vice Admiral of the White RN, age 59

Anthony Rostov, Earl of Lowe Hill

Admiral of the White RN, age 125

Dame Vanessa Howards

Admiral of the White RN, age 106

Sir Cornelius McIndoe

Vice Admiral of the White RN, age 206

Valentina Kirkland, Countess Ashwike

Admiral of the Red RN, age 69

Erica Kuznetsova

Vice Admiral of the Black RN, age 72

Emily Chiang, Countess of Suncrest and Rubybrook

Admiral of the White RN, age 80

Sir Morgan Mizushima

Admiral of the Red RN, age 99

Iphigenia St. Eiron, Countess of Darkmoor

Post-captain RN, age 64

Matthew Lysimachos

Commander RN, age 31

Andrea Picoletti

Commander RN, age 33

Amelia de la Lune, Lady la Lune, nee Dawnshire

Lieutenant Commander RN, age 26

Hannah Lowell

Lieutenant RN, age 25

Juliette Hunter-Jones

Vice Admiral of the Black RN, age 53

Stephanie Azaïs, Baroness Goldspyre

Vice Admiral of the Red RN, age 60

Brandon Locke, Baron Locke

Vice Admiral of the Red RN, age 81

Anaïs de Chevalier

Rear Admiral of the White, age 48

Artem Sarkassian

Rear Admiral of the Black, age 50

Caroline Grosvenor

Captain RN, age 43

Cleopatra Allencourt, Lady Cleopatra

Sub-lieutenant RN, age 22

Auroran Politics

King Nicholas I

Queen Carolyn

Prince (of New Ontario) George Edward Augustus

Prince (of Findias) William Charles Patrick

Prince (of Arcadia) Constantine Alexios James

Sir Alfred Carmichael

Sir Edward Ranganekary

Dame Fiona Spyros

Linton Sciacca, Marquess of Howeland

Michael de Vere, Duke of Trewellynshire

Edmund St. Algernon de Lune, Duke of Dawnshire

Felicity Thenjwayo, Baroness Yserhall

Erin Findlay, Countess of Greenvale

Caitlin de la Croix, Duchess of Grey Hill

John Baptiste

Sir Damien Koyanagi

Independent Systems Alliance

Terrance Rodrigo Kelley

Edwina Bradford

Philippe ibn Houdri el-Ahmadi

Chantelle Montmorency

Hitoshi Tachibana

John Davies

Intira Chirathivat

Yared Himura

Yuki Himura

Star Empire of Myndowen

Kaiser und König Theobald Valdemaras IV

Vijktor Saldys

A nano-mechanical engineering student at the Kaiser Maximillian II Polytechnische Universität of Kajserwald, age 25, he has been witness to state secrets the Myndowan Empire would have rather gone unnoticed, and as such has landed on the the Myndowan Secret Police's list. Currently seeking asylum in the Auroran Embassy in the Myndowan capital city of Lemberg.

Physical description: Tall for a Myndowan, about one-ninety centimetres tall, golden hair, dark eyes and golden fuzz around his lips and chin.

Olbracht Krópka

A Chief Inspector of the Kajserwald Police Department on Tschornohora, age 42, wrongfully accused of a murder he did not commit, and sentenced to hard labour on the farthest of Tschornohora's moons, Elisabethmond. Innocent of the crime he has been committed for.

Physical description: A somewhat short Myndowan, he is barely passing one-seventy centimetres, but he is very stocky and muscular. Slightly too long brown hair compared to national norms. Brown eyes set in a pretty rounded face.