Begma
* Edwin James: Captain, Begman [First appearance: And where's a bloody fray?]
* Jack - a Begman Admiral [first mention: Intermezzo I]
Regata
* Alfie - Arolyne's butler [first mention: Hither and Thither]
* Arolyne Appleglass - superb duelist and god daughter of Queen Glorianna [first mention: Hither and Thither]
* Belcolore — originally from Aragon, ex-pat in Regata, a colorless, staid man. An accountant, secretary, or lawyer. He arranges things for people. Bureaucrat, not mobster. [first appearance/mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Cyrus Violanté — [first mention: Hither and Thither]
* The Dancer — an individual possessing various features and skills [first appearance/mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Eliora Dandle - [first mention: Hither and Thither]
* Glorianna — the Queen of Regata [first mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Goldburr - firebrand politician in Regata [first mention: Intermezzo I]
* The Harlequin — Regata’s mysterious, masked procurer-of-mind-altering substances, an artiste [first appearance/mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Iver - pickpocket, former? [first appearance: hither and thither/Intermezzo I]
* The Jeweller - a fashionable young jeweller-slash-alchemist in Regata with an 'eye to to the metaphysical [first appearance: Intermezzo 1]
* Julien Vargas - Ophelian's nephew [first mention: Hither and Thither]
* Ophelian Vargas — the General of Regata who is not trying to throw a coup [first mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Persifer - a lady of Glorianna's court in Regata
* Sylvie Violanté — a lady of one of Regata’s ‘new’ families, a maker of insruments, throwing a party [first mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Vespertine Laeon — one of Regata’s most famous libationists, doing illegal things all the time [first mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
Tamyr
* Jeshua - a member of Rahad’s retinue, beautiful plum-colored eyes, violent nature [first mention: The lone and level sands stretch far away]
* Khalil - youngest Emperor of Dumuzid in Shadow Tamyr, called 'The Adored' [first mention: The lone and level sands stretch far away]
* Rahad Napata - ambassador for Khalil of Dumuzid [first appearance: The lone and level sands stretch far away]
* Zumurrud — a tall, muscular woman with coppery tattoos sinuous up her arms, a member of Rahad Napata's retinue [first mention: The lone and level sands stretch far away]
Golden Circle NPCs without a “home” Shadow
* Albertino Paravidino - deceased, director of Nocni Cirkus [first appearance: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Andreas — a dancer in Nocni Cirkus [first appearance: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Antonio Paravidino — current director and master of Nocni Cirkus [backstory]
* Emry - a stagehand for Nocni Cirkus [first mention: Intermezzo I]
* Isabella — a dancer in Nocni Cirkus [first appearance/mention: like absinthe, half poison half god]
* Rudolfus — an actor in Nocni Cirkus [player NPC, first mention: ]
* The Sacred Order of Emrys — a mysterious order [first appearance: And where's a bloody fray?]