Embassy Staff: The diplomats, guards, servants, and other workers at the Sønheim Embassy in Ceannis.
A group that includes Leif. All working off debts which are currently owned by the Embassy, as signaled by the fact that their last names are replaced with “of Sønheim.”
Fitted with compulsion microchips embedded in the backs of their necks, with the position marked by an Embassy fleurcode. They use Sønheim Sign to communicate unobtrusively.
In the comic: Katya of Sønheim
Housekeeper and general-purpose servant. Stoic, cautious and quiet, she knows a lot more than she lets on. Covers for her fellow servants in rule-bending situations. Would be totally capable of poisoning someone in their sleep.
Katya was raised by adoptive parents. She's a different ethnicity than Leif, and most of the rest of the staff, though it’s hard for southerners to tell. She is also asexual.
In the comic: Elisa of Sønheim
Kitchen attendant and general-purpose servant. Likes romance novels, making photosets with fashion and cute aesthetics, baked goods, and fun memes. She's bi/pan, though she spends more time getting emotionally invested in fictional characters than real-life crushes.
Elisa's dads have the family name Svansson, which she gets back once her contract is up. She's a native speaker of Sønheim Sign, as one of her dads is deaf. The other was one of the trapped miners in Landslide Bring Me Down.
In the comic: Tilda
Cleaner and general-purpose servant. Wants her allotted time on the net, please.
In the comic: Torsten
Kitchen attendant and general-purpose servant. Avid fan of fantasy hockey.
Starts to get tremors in his hands, disrupting his ability to use sign language, and do a lot of general-purpose servitude.
The counterparts to Thorn and his team. Officially their allies, although unofficially they may have clashing goals.
Most of them have a high level of Ceannic understanding, although their ability to speak it varies.
Minor/unnamed guard appearances: Embassy guards
In the comic: Captain Sigrún
Stoic crack shot Captain of the guards. Has wings, which grew in her early 20s. Doesn't have much time for reading, but will watch the musical. Not good at holiday cheer.
Her last name is pronounced “story.”
In the comic: Alruna Haetta
Nonbinary guard (ze/zir). Another minority ethnicity, and the first person in zir district to be approved for foreign service. New to the team in the first year of the comic.
Speaks Ceannic with stilted grammar, but a strong vocabulary. Zir family name means “danger.”
In the comic: Brynhildr Gyllenhallr
Shy large guard. Cheek/ear scar. Too embarrassed about her low Ceannic skill to speak it. Won the guards' Szélanyanatt contest with her knowledge of civics.
Her hairstyle is a reference to Topaz from Steven Universe, and her family name means “gold stone.”
In the comic: Geirölul Lilblomma
Optimistic young guard. “Lulen” to her friends. Throat scar. Loves kids. As a child, she changed pronouns three times before settling on “she”.
Extremely talented archer, to the point where she can hit a target dead-center even with her vision compromised.
As a young(er) adult, Lulen spent some time as an indentured servant on a vampires' estate in Sønheim. Early in her service she was at the castle of Lady Fastný, where she encountered some of Stanczia and Imri's servants at the end of their servitude.
Her hairstyle is an homage to Seras Victoria, and her family name means “Mignonette.”
In the comic: Róta Loptfreyr
Cocky young guard. Low on patience. Same ethnicity as Katya.
Her hairstyle is an homage to Sailor Uranus, and her family name means “sky king.”
All high-level officials are required to be fluent in both Sønska and Ceannic. They have accents in spoken Ceannic, but in writing you wouldn't know it wasn't their native language.
In the comic: Sven Nibelungsen
Culture Minister, reports directly to the ambassador. Single dad to twin girls, Ragnild and Iona.
In the comic: Ambassador Beringar
Newly appointed head diplomat from Sønheim to Ceannis.
In the comic: Ludolf Andersson
Coordinator of all the servants at the Embassy, making him the direct supervisor of Leif and the others. Shows a matter-of-fact disregard for their privacy and feelings. Bichromatic eyes (brown/purple), prematurely grey hair.
In the comic: Sigvard Blixt
Local tech support, spycraft tech included.
Characters | |
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Ceannis | Thorn • Kale • Knights • Team Relatives • Mages • Historical • Other Ceannic characters |
Sønheim | Leif • Embassy Staff • Vampires • Other Sønska characters |
Other | Tamaputians • Other Characters |