| Character | Character Types | Description | Book | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prometheans | ||||
| Aeolipilus | Unfleshed | Cuprum | A mechanical man, Aelipilus is a truly human machine who has experienced all of the Refinements, and has sought to teach all that he can to others. He seeks to destroy his first progeny, who has gone astray. | SN 64 |
| Alpha | Ulgan | Centimani | Feral and wild leader of a Pandoran pack | PB 101 |
| Amadeo | Ulgan | Ferrum | A native and proud citizen of Paris, Amadeo is a skilled free-runner and other physical expressions of urban life. | SA 78 |
| Antea | Galateid | Stannum | Having embraced the refinement of Tin out of grief and tragedy, Antea is a spiteful and envious woman who none the less has a deep love and compassion for of children. | SA 95 |
| Bin Gereh | Extempore | Stannum | An ancient and unique Promethean, Bin Gereh is the product not of alchemy but of accident. Birthed by chance during a great earthquake, he is truly immortal, and has wandered the world for centuries, gaining and sharing wisdom. | MO 29 |
| Charles Bowde | Galateid | Centimani | One of the rare Galateids who study Flux, Charles finds beauty in corruption and darkness, and believes beauty is an aspiration, not a natural state of being. | PB 102 |
| Cancer Boy | Zeka | Mercurius | A pious and devout Nuclear Promethean, Cancer Boy looks at the world with eyes of wonder. He seeks to activate a device of his own creation, the 'God Machine', to serve the powers he believes in. | SN 147 |
| Carla Two | Tammuz | Cuprum | A young and naive new Promethean, recently having clawed her way out of a swamp, who is a pawn of the Botherúd cult of Prometheans. | PTC 276 |
| Cassius | Frankenstein | Ferrum | A not terribly friendly brute, Cassius was birthed as a servant to his creator. Like his namesake however, Cassius eventually murdered the Wretched responsible, and now is a drifter trying to find an application for his prodigious strength. | PB 147 |
| Paul DeVries | Osiran | Stannum | A businesslike and worldly Nepri, Paul does his best to acquire favors, power, and influence, both amongst the Created and mortals. He is also a member of the Botherúd cult, and despises other Prometheans for their waste of Pyros. | PB 149 |
| Eunice | Galateid | Aes | A naive Muse, who has a loving but obsessive relationship with one Tara K. Eunice will do anything to assist her lover, and so she has become a Sentry. | MO 60 |
| Eve | Frankenstein | Centimani | An envious, lonely and murderous Wretched, who wanders, devouring those she respects out of a vain attempt to achieve fulfillment. | PB 104 |
| Tura Evenkia | Ulgan | Cuprum | An unusual case of a Promethean crafted not from flesh, but from wood, Tura is a Construct. She seeks atonement for the murder of her creator upon her first awakening. | MO 25 |
| Father Mazda | Osiran | Centimani | A large, squat man, who has long since abandoned the Pilgrimage. While not as actively malicious as many of the Hundred Handed, he has no qualms with creating new Prometheans. He has created progeny using the creation rituals of each of the major Lineages, and even aspires to create her own. | SN 30 |
| Israel Hands | Tammuz | Cuprum | Israel, name taken from Treasure Island, is an aging and friendly Promethean. He has an affinity for the sea, and as suits his refinement he prefers its company to that of other living beings. A friend, companion, and mentor to Sister Stich. | SA 72 |
| Hendaid Bran | Osiran | Aurum | This unique Promethean, also known as Great-Grandfather Crow, is indeed not human but avian. He's ancient, and the Azoth within drives him to become human. He fears, however, that that may be an impossible desire, and so he despairs. | MO 45 |
| Ice Blue | Galateid | Aurum | A Botherúd cultist, whose deep loyalty to the group drives her to utilize her skills at manipulation and deceit to their nefarious purposes. | SA 153 |
| Lighthouse | None | Mercurius | A spiritual guide for other Prometheans, famed for his ability to mystically discern their milestones. | SA 150 |
| Legion | Unfleshed | Stannum | A being brought to life by an unwitting experiment with materials science, this hivemind entity seeks to unify itself into a single human mind. Until then, it is a decidedly dangerous and inhuman entity. | SN 66 |
| Old Widow Maggie | Ulgan | Argentum | An aged Riven, who has found the deep bonds in interacting with and aiding the dead. Ghosts have taught her much, both about the supernatural and about being human, and this affinity makes her the oldest living practitioner of Silver. | MO 68 |
| Cynthia Mask | Frankenstein | Cobalus | Deeply inquisitive, Cynthia has been a life-long denizen of London. Enamored by the city, and its contrasts, she is among the rare practitioners of Cobalus, those who gain understanding through seeing imperfection. | MO 73 |
| Miranda | Osiran | Aurum | Miranda is a charitable woman, and she operates a non-profit in New Orleans that she uses to benefit others of her kind. She contributes support however she can to Papillon's refugee camp, but her efforts are suffering from the scrutiny of suspicious mortals. | PB 152 |
| Mircea | None | Mercurius | Mircea is the progeny not of Created or mortal, but of a vampire seeking to overcome the vampiric condition. He seeks to find a cure for his torpid father, and to become human, as his creator had hoped. | SN 35 |
| Nestor | Tammuz | Plumbum | Attractive, powerful, and wise, Nestor had drifted from Refinement to Refinement, before concluding that he could not become mortal without first knowing what he is. He is one of the well respected practitioners of Plumbum. | MO 79 |
| Ogilvy | Ulgan | Mercurius | A desperate and empty mystic, Ogilvy clings to the promise of the New Dawn as his sole purpose for life, and is determined to find a way to it at any cost. | PB 151 |
| The Page of Cups | None | Stannum | A servile young woman brought into false life by Awakened magic, the Page has a wasteland effect that is particularly destructive to mages: the loss of the ability to distinguish possibility and fact. | SN 38 |
| Papillon | Galateid | Aurum | A motherly and kind Muse, Papillon has formed a community of Prometheans in New Orleans, to support her follows and assist them on their pilgrimage. | PB 146 |
| Persephone | Ulgan | Mercurius | An androgynous woman, who tries to balance lives in both society and wilderness. She is renowned for the wisdom she modestly shares, lessons she has acquired in her travels. | SA 89 |
| Piker | None | Cuprum | Created through a unique werewolf rite, Piker is bestial and defensive, but not unkind. He seeks knowledge from anyone who can offer it, especially about the strange world which it seems only he can perceive. | SN 37 |
| Sicky | Osiran | Stannum | An orphan, abandoned by his creator and naive to the Promethean condition, Sicky is dependent on others of his kind to support him. | PB 148 |
| Sister Stitch | Frankenstein | Aurum | A devout Promethean crafted from the parts of no fewer than nineteen different women, Sister Stitch aspires to humanity but frequently finds herself succumbing to her sinful nature (as well as wrathful Torment). | SA 68 |
| Skin Girl | Zeka | Centimani | Deeply insecure, the Skin Girl was created by a cruel and malevolent Zeka whom she despises, but like a little girl she obediently remains subservient, and she would never do anything that would raise his wrathful ire. | SN 94 |
| Elijah Stillwater | Osiran | Centimani | A scholar of the Promethean condition, who has mastered the five common refinements, now pursues Flux out of fascination, but has not succumbed to its chaos. | PB 103 |
| Tachanka | Unfleshed | Aurum | A military gun drone that has awakened to artificial life, who was adopted by a scientist. She was killed swiftly thereafter, as the government pursued them both, and now he is on the run, wishing to become human so the chase might end. | SN 68 |
| La Tempestad | Frankenstein | Stannum | A vengeful and thuggish Wretched, who harbors a personal vendetta against Lighthouse and seeks to kill him. | SA 152 |
| Traveling Man | Extempore | Cuprum | A creature born of dreams made manifest, the Traveling Man has wandered the world over, seeing the dreams of a hundred nations. Unfortunately, this has brought him no closer to ending the Pilgrimage, and he grows weary. | MO 42 |
| Tsar Bomba | Zeka | Centimani | An immense Zeka, and one of the most powerful Prometheans in the world, Tsar Bomba is a creature of legends. Taking the name of the largest nuclear weapon ever tested, he is convinced he is the vehicle of fate, sent to end the world; the only thing stopping him is schizophrenia and laziness, preferring to indulge delusions than truly annihilate. | SN 96 |
| Unknown Soldier | Frankenstein | Ferrum | Created from the bodies of fighters of the Iraq war, the Unknown Soldier is a lost and confused soul who is more than willing to hurt others if it will bring him the worldly comfort he believes he deserves. | SA 151 |
| Watcher | Tammuz | Centimani | A polite and ponderous Golem, the Watcher is one of the Hundred Handed as a natural development of his attempting to understand and mirror the darker side of humanity. | PB 105 |
| Windscale | Zeka | Cuprum | Lost and alone, Windscale was born in the heart of a nuclear reaction, and has since wandered on her Pilgrimage, hoping to one day achieve humanity and end her suffering. | SN 93 |
| Oleg Wormwood | Zeka | Centimani | A curiously successful Zeka, Oleg was born by the Chernobyl meltdown, and soon found his way in life as a member of the Russian mob. A charming, personable, and extremely powerful mob boss, he is using his ever growing resources to gently prod many parts of the world toward nuclear warfare. He is terrifyingly close to success. | SN 95 |
| Pandorans | ||||
| Bezoar Hounds | Kryptae | Rank • | Mutated and hungry junkyard dogs. | PB 154 |
| Bog Stalker | Sebek | Rank • | A mutated cross between canine and a frog, this beast lurks in swamps, waiting to pounce and devour on any Promethean unfortunate to pass. | PB 106 |
| Fleshbats | Ishtari | Rank • | Man shaped creatures cut off at the legs, these predators swim and crawl to their prey. | SA 154 |
| Incinerator Monster | Torch-Born | Rank • | A small but dangerous imp-like creature that hides in the disused incinerator of an elementary school | PTC 234 |
| Thing from the Vats | Carcinoma | Rank • | A length of flesh not unlike a caterpillar, these creatures wind their way around their victims, boring into them to extract Pyros and Vitriol. | SN 95 |
| Bors, Glare, Tannad, and Eruth | Sebek | Rank •• | Dangerous and cunning canines, possessing dangerous tentacles. | PB 156 |
| Chaos Swarm | Render | Rank •• | A swarm of Pandoran insects that devour victims piece by tiny piece. | PB 107 |
| Clemens Street Horror | Render | Rank •• | A brutal killer that lurks in secrecy in a suburban neighborhood, capturing and consuming all Prometheans who pass its way. | PTC 230 |
| Leaper | Ishtari | Rank •• | A monster that haunts underground, the Leaper is well adapted to surprising prey with a powerful pounce, then devouring them. | MO 143 |
| Napalmist | Torch-Born | Rank •• | Small animated globs of tar and teeth, these creatures delight in burning all that they can. | PB 107 |
| Foo Dogs | Render | Rank ••• | Large and deadly canine hunters. | SA 154 |
| Harpy of Paris | Silent | Rank ••• | A monster that terrorizes the skies of Paris at night, this beast poses as a gargoyle during the day. | PTC 233 |
| The Impalpable | Silent | Rank ••• | Skeletal beings that lurk always at the edge of vision, they hate all that is beautiful, and will stop their hunts for some moments to destroy priceless art and other such expressions. | PB 108 |
| Yellow Fever Swamp-Flayer | Ishtari | Rank ••• | A fetid and stinking hunter who haunts the waters of flooded New Orleans. | PB 156 |
| Angel of Coggeshall Abbey | Ishtari | Rank •••• Sublimatus | An ancient and demonic gargoyle, which waits in Dormancy for an unlucky Promethean to return to the Abbey. | PB 109 |
| Kaijū of Nagasaki | Carcinoma | Rank •••• Sublimatus | An intelligent horror, taking the form of a man minus a head, is an infamous being renowned for both its brute power and its delight in torture. | SN 99 |
| Lady of Chains | Ishtari | Rank •••• Sublimatus | A sadistic and philosophical operator of a cult of mortals, Pandorans, and Centamani, she seeks to subjugate and control all around her. | PTC 228 |
| Malevolent Haze | Sebek | Rank •••• | A gelatinous glob that can instantly assume gaseous form, this monster frequently nabs unlucky Prometheans and drags them into the dark depths of rivers. | PB 109 |
| Great Albino Alligator | Sebek | Rank ••••• | A twisted cross between a man and its namesake, this nigh unstoppable killer lurks the sewers of NYC. | PTC 231 |
| Qashmallim | ||||
| Bloody-Handed Angel | Lesser | Elpidos | An angelic young woman who seeks to unite several Prometheans into a throng. | PB 113 |
| Dancer in Tatters | Lesser | Lilithim | Sent to inflict excruciating terminal illnesses on the wicked and debased. | PB 112 |
| Marion | Lesser | Lilithim | A qashmillim who has reanimated and inhabited a corpse, it seeks to spread horror to those who knew her in life with exacting precision. | PB 112 |
| Messenger of the Principle | Lesser | Elpidos | A messenger and muse, this qashmillim takes the form of a young man, and lets nothing stand in the way of the delivery of its message. | PTC 252 |
| Ruby & Mr. Gold | Lesser | Elpidos | An enigmatic duo of angelic man and woman, who seek to destroy a specific evil, for purposes unknown | PB 113 |
| Vertigo Halcyon Impending | Lesser | Elpidos | A qashmallim tasked with delivering a warning of the imminent destruction of Papillon's refugee camp by firestorm. | PB 154 |
| Living Creature | Greater | Elpidos | A messenger of some message of massive importance, delivered with mind-shattering force, piece by piece, until the inspiration consumes the target and they cannot help but act upon it. | PB 114 |
| Screaming Shadow | Greater | Lilithim | A terrifying monster which haunts the reactor of a local nuclear plant; its purpose, if fulfilled, will be to trigger a meltdown. | PB 111 |
| Clones and Cloners | ||||
| AP15 | Clone | A clone crafted from the application of Azoth to the DNA of insects, this freakish hybrid is the result of a government research project. While its captors think it has only the intelligence of a of an insect, it is biding its time to escape. | SN 46 | |
| Dr. David Dunleavy | Clone Maker | After being considered a failure by most of those he's met in life, David created the Half-Formed out of a desperate desire to accomplish something with his life. | SN 149 | |
| Fredrich Hagen | Clone Maker | An outcast and discredited scientist, Hagen has managed to create a series of clones using an Azothic compound he has stolen from a rival. His supply spent, he now seeks a way to replicate his success. | SN 40 | |
| Half-Formed | Clone | Failed and imperfect clones of an average American teenager, the Half-Formed are feral, but not necessarily hostile creatures. | SN 148 | |
| Dr. Robert Hughes | Clone Maker | Seeking to create a line of artificial pleasure drones, this crazed scientist was inspired by a qashmillim to dismantle an unconscious young Promethean to gain the spark of life he needed. | SN 41 | |
| Mata Hari | Clone | The creation of Dr. Robert Hughes, this potently seductive drone does whatever is commanded to her by her creator. | SN 42 | |
| Retrievers | Clone | Non-sentient retrieval agents created from the Azoth of a distilled Promethean | PTC 213 | |
| M.J. Wolthrop | Clone Maker | Daughter of a highly successful pharmaceutical magnate, Mary Jeanette is desperate to find a way to cure her dying father. She has had some success through the use of cell samples acquired from a Nepri volunteer, and she has held him captive since, willing to sacrifice the Promethean to save her father. | SN 44 | |
| Others | ||||
| Constant Gideonson | Scion | Constant is a Scion; a mortal child who is born of a Promethean parent. He has deep insight into the Promethean condition, as well as immunity to Disquiet; these traits have made him a creature of legend amongst the Created. | MO 38 | |
| Sarah Lyons-Moore | Redeemed | Sarah remembers all too clearly her life as a Promethean. After her hideous progeny murdered her mortal husband, she once again performed the generative act upon the corpse, despite being mortal. | SN 31 | |