The Key Players

Meet Marigold, Kostya, and Aveline. You may well have met Marigold before, but he's no longer quite the same after Grim Work...

Character portraits illustrated by Kieran McClung (https://www.instagram.com/kieranmcclung.xyz/)

MARIGOLD

Marigold.

Miserable. Forty-odd winters weary. Nothing left but the torn clothes on his back and the claymore in his hand. You could forgive him for being poor company, after all, every one of his friends are dead. Perhaps it was his fault.

Marigold doesn't seek solace in the perpetually frozen forests of Winteridge, he'd just like to forget, be forgotten, and fight bears or wolves until one takes a lucky swipe...

No more magic for Marigold.

KOSTYA

Kostya.

Little of his life has been his own. Forever at the beck and call of his beloved, Tatianna. That was until a group of thugs beat seven shades of rukh shit and the enthrallment out of him. So, he has his head back, but how does one go about living when they’ve no memory of how to do it alone?

Killing the witch responsible might be a good start…

AVELINE

Aveline.

A loner of life. A woman whose only purpose is to ensure remnants of the ancient ways left by our ancestors remain sealed shut. After all, you never know what might be on the side.

A simple life, if somewhat quiet. And the problem with sealing? Well, sealing happens to look a lot like sorcery…