Dramatis Personae (Part I)

Some of the key NPCs introduced in Part I:

• Count Rem Char Li Halan - the Red Count and patron of our troupe. He received an approach from Baron Tochiro Matsumoto Justinian concerning a lost relic that had previously been entrusted to House Li Halan by the Orthodox Church
• Lao Tou - an old Li Halan retainer who fears for the fate of his old master, Xiaohuozi Li Halan
• Duke Augustus Zhu Li Halan - Planetary Duke of Midian, son of Prince Flavius and overall patron and sponsor of the mission to retrieve the Skull of Saint Diana
• Captain Lady Ahgera - A Vorox of noble birth who is the master of the Expiator class escort Blessed Saint Horace, the ship which is currently home to the PCs and will host the reliquary for the return to Midian.
• Master Smmey - first officer aboard the Blessed Saint Horace (which he seems to refer to as "The Fury")