Errant Story - Characters

Characters

Meji Hinadori: A 17 year old Tsuirakuan half-elf with a short temper. Her father was an elven ambassador who until late in the story didn't even know she existed. At the beginning of the story, she had done poorly in school due to lack of interest rather than lack of talent. Her grandfather threatened to disown her if she fails to graduate, which is a likely outcome. She therefore decided to "become an insane, all powerful demigod and enslave all reality" for her senior project, by finding the sleeping elven gods and draining their power, an action not without precedent in the world's history. She has a talking, flying cat as a familiar, which she tends to blast at regular intervals (its survival and sardonic wit are its most impressive traits). Her magical specialty is blowing things up. She has inherited the half-elven trait for resistance to magic, although it seems less severe than most.

Ellis: The aforementioned winged cat. He is Meji Hinadori's familiar, and only constant companion, despite his frequent sarcastic remarks. It is unknown whether his familiar status grants him any abilities or skills at all, but he does seem to be fairly indestructible, often being on the receiving end of Meji's wrath, and even being used as a bludgeoning weapon at one point in time. He can regrow after being blown up or torn apart, but he claims that this ability does not make him usable as a never-ending food source. Wings or no wings, he seems to have the libido of your garden-variety tomcat.

Jon Amraphel: A human and a member of the Gewehr Wraiths, a guild of mercenaries. He has a kind nature but prefers to hide it since it doesn't fit his reputation as a hired killer. His skills with handguns are such that he can shoot a tiny fairy-like being in the head at 40 feet when it is hovering inches from Meji's chest, and he is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat. Has a younger sister, Sara, who was put up for adoption when their mother died (their father was killed by assassins some years previously). His guilt over this may explain why he is helping Meji.

Sarine Elle: An almost 3000 year old elven ranger, paid to hunt errants—in her view, dangerously disturbed half-elves, but in common elven usage, any half-elf. She should be hunting Meji and Ian but is instead willing to help, partly to learn why the elves banned a particular book on elven history that was written while they were in self-imposed isolation, partly because she doesn't like to gratuitously kill half-elves. She also has unresolved 2000 year old emotional issues concerning her apparently stillborn half-elf daughter, and her human husband who was killed after 8 years of their relationship. At some point in her past, she was one of the Viradior, the elven "special forces" cadre. She is a powerful mage who can control people, cause small localised earthquakes and heal. She slept with Jon, then wiped his memory of that night. Carries two swords and wears either a human-made set of metal and leather armour (in the early portions of the story) or an elven trenchcoat and undershirt of unknown armour value (in later portions of the story).

Ian Samael: A half-elf from a hidden village of half-elves, he's calmer than Meji but still formidable in a magical fight. He is very close to his sister, also a half-elf, who suffers from a congenital heart problem and the trait for resistance to magical healing, making it untreatable. He met Meji when they both tried to steal the same banned book on elven history (Meji for her senior project, he for information on elven origin seeking the cause of the resistance trait). He has the magical resistance trait. Disappeared after the events in Saus, and has been a popular target for blame ever since. He later reappeared, possessing the demi-god powers Meji sought, given to him by the elven goddess Anilis; and has since then healed much of his village of their congenital ailments, failed to resurrect his deceased sister, turned his wrath against the Veracian god-construct Luminosita, and reluctantly teamed up with the Ensigerum order of time-monks in a plot to attack the elves.

Sara Amraphel: The younger sister of Jon, she was brought up by the Ensigerum, an order of time monks, after he left her in an orphanage. The Ensigerum sent her to kill Jon, knowing he was her brother, as a test of her loyalty to the order. She was captured when the attempt failed and is now traveling with Jon and Sarine.

Anita: leader—Imperatrix—of the Ensigerum, she is much more ambitious than past leaders have been, wishing to change the policy of simply defending their village to one of intervening on a global scale. As of February 2008, she seems to be grooming the Anilis-empowered or -possessed Ian to be a weapon against the elves, for unclear reason on her part.