Lore & Records

Achaan Vicheaseth

[A-chan Vi-che-a-set]

Khmer Prince Tutor — Active

A deeply learned elder and master of 'Ancient Way' (Khmer traditions and Sanskrit).

Matsudaira

Escort Commander, Shogunate Guard — Active

A disciplined soldier who performs the duty of escorting a state prisoner with quiet, professional efficiency, choosing to ignore what he cannot control.

Hanada Seizō

Junior Third Class Scribe, Bureau of Documentation and Correspondence — Active

An anxious, meticulously organized Shogunate scribe who finds his bureaucratic world logic quietly unraveled by the Zen abbot he is assigned to document.

Khun Ramphakdi

[Khun Ram-phak-dee]

Captain of the Guards — Active

The 'Pragmatic Middleman' who speaks the court Thai of his superiors but prays at the old Khmer shrines.

Konoe

Imperial Court Noble — Active

A high-ranking courtier from Kyoto who embodies the refined, weightless dignity of the imperial household, delivering the contentious purple robe as an act of quiet defiance.

Luang Borommanantakkawongsapanawisut Borirak

[Loo-ang Bo-rom-man-an...]

Governor of Vimayapura — Active

An arrogant prick with a 14-syllable name who views himself as the 'Purifier of the Wilderness'.

Luang Sorasakdidecha

[Loo-ang So-ra-sak-dee-de-cha]

Minor Thai Noble / Enforcer — Active

A 'fixer' and sycophant under the Governor, obsessed with the martial prestige of Ayutthaya.

Yamamoto

Senior Magistrate, Shogunate Administration — Active

A high-ranking bureaucrat whose physical anxiety reveals the immense pressure of enforcing the Shogunate's ecclesiastical decrees.

Okya Inthrathibodisin

[Ok-ya In-thra-thi-bo-dee-sin]

Local Lord / Old Power — Active

The 'Old Power' of Vimaya, rooted in ancient Khmer traditions and the 'Devaraja' concept.

Preah Ponhea Chan

[Pre-ah Pon-ya Chan]

Prince of Royal Blood — Active

A fallen Khmer prince whose journey has taken him from a refined scholar to an ascetic philosopher.

Sorya

[So-rya]

Scullion / Maid / Warrior — Unknown

A commoner of Vimayapura descent who bridges the ancient stone world of her ancestors and the wooden world of the Siamese through the edge of a blade.

Sukuna-bikona

[soo-koo-nah bee-koh-nah]

The Little Big God — Mythological

The Little Big God; a diminutive, brilliant entity whose magic and knowledge helped tame the early world.

Takuan Sōhō

Abbot of Daitoku-ji Temple, Zen Master — Active

A famous, uncompromising Zen abbot whose complete presence and simple disregard for artificial authority turn his punishment into an extension of his ordinary life.

Yâa Mŭu Hrìng

[Yaa-Moo-Hring]

Woman of Words / Poete-Born — Active

A woman with the 'gift of the gab' and a 'Golden tongue', whose verbal fencing is as sharp as any blade.