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Other Characters of Substance

WHO WOULD EVER WANT TO BE KING has an epic scope and a large cast. Here are quick notes on important people:

Berylians

Kit – Davis’s twin and second-born prince of Beryl

Tera – Youngest prince of Beryl

Shen – Head physician to the Berylian royal family, Lonhgenese by birth

Iriden – One of the three queens of Beryl and Tera’s mother

Falia – One of the three queens of Beryl and Leni’s mother

Sefine – One of the three queens of Beryl and Davis and Kit’s mother

Ren – King of Beryl and Leni, Kit, Davis, and Tera’s father

Laska – King Ren’s best friend, airship captain, and head general

Feiyue – Spiritual teacher to the Berylian royal children and long-time friend of King Ren

Chiven – A Berylian priest

Gataien – Iriden’s step-mother

Heavenly Realm Dwellers

Nayam – The Lord of Death and ruler of Hell (and Hell is ruled by Heaven)

Death – The Lord of Death’s enforcer, too handsome for words

Time – Self-explanatory, rules all mortals along with the Lord of Death

Fate – Although always off-page, Fate is part of the trifecta of mortality Gods: Lords of Time, Death, and Fate, pretty touchy feely but no one seems to notice

Destiny – Locked in an endless conflict with the free will of humanity, tends to cry a lot

Karma – No one’s ever seen her but they all feel her effects

Yestel – Heaven’s lute-playing journalist, will not give up on a story

First – The highest Angel, God’s right hand, charged with maintaining Creation, incarnates as Leni, Davis, Kit, and Tera

Second – The first Angel created by First, tasked with manifesting all matter in the universe, starting the cycle of life

Third – The second Angel created by First, tasked with destroying any part of creation that needs it, ending the cycle of life

Tsavorians

Rhye – Elian’s first-born son and heir to the empire, the only hybrid demon-fallen Angel of his kind

Phelan – Elian’s half-human youngest son, the only nephilim of his kind, training to be a doctor

Taza – Elian’s official wife, Rhye’s mother, the daughter of Illusion

Venu – A shapeshifting Tsavorian demon

Kol – Elian’s top general

Feitians

Felix – Crown Prince of Feit, River’s older brother

Eleanor – River and Felix’s mother, the mortal incarnation of Mother Earth

Leith – King of Feit, Felix and River’s father

Tolie – River’s cousin and member of the Feitian demonic combat team

Laslo – Member of the Feitian demonic combat team

Jurov – Captain of the Feitian demonic combat team

Other Allied Kingdoms

Dansoo – Crown Princess of Narlandia

Fen – Crown Prince of Ryla, fantastic martial artist, nemesis of Leni

Matri – Princess of an unnamed nation on the continent far to the east across the Berylian Sea

Kian – Prince of an unnamed nation on the continent far to the east across the Berylian Sea

Borderlands Dwellers

Boppi – A holy man of the wilds known as the Borderlands who was named the Forest King by King Ren

Hinemi – A goddess, unofficial Queen of the Borderlands

Arlo and Jasta – Married, reclusive elderly spiritual practitioners of the Borderlands

Zeliv – A great saint and resident of the Borderlands

Lonhgenese

Hensa – Head general of the Longhenese navy

Varna – Son of the Sun, Miro’s best friend, half-brother to the Longhen king, Paavi

Paavi – Son of Oltho, King of Longhen, Varna’s half-brother

Naio – Sometimes pirate, always chief of Lonhgen’s navy

PLACES

The mortal realm of this world is roughly modeled on the North American continent and its outlying islands.

There’s zero relation between real life cultures and their fictional locational counterparts.

Beryl – A coastal kingdom roughly based on the area of the United States encompassing the Carolina’s all the way up through Maine

Goshen – The capital of Beryl, located roughly in what would be the northern Blue Ridge mountains area of North Carolina

Tsavori – A large empire roughly based on the area of the United States encompassing everything but the eastern seaboard

Taavi – The capital city of Tsavori, roughly based on the San Diego area

Feit – A small island kingdom off the northern coast of Beryl, roughly based on the Nova Scotia area

Avenel – The royal capital of Feit, on its eastern coast

Lonhgen – A large, reclusive island kingdom of demigods across the southern sea from Tsavori, Beryl, and Ryla. Roughly based on the location of Central America if Mexico didn’t exist.

Narlandia – A large island kingdom to the far north of the Berylian sea, Iceland vibes

Ryla – A small nation roughly based on the area of the United States encompassing Georgia and Florida

The Borderlands – A strip of unclaimed, wild land running north-south between western Beryl and far-eastern Tsavori, with a small portion of its border along Ryla’s western edge, roughly based on an approximately 100-mile-wide swath of land just to the west of the Virgina/Carolinas/Georgia border

Tavasham – The realm of the Angels, an unfathomable place made of gemstone and light