Jay Cly

Jay Cly is a swift shadow on horseback, a young man with a sharp eye, a wry smile, and the wind always at his back. As one of the last express mail riders still working the western routes in 1882, Jay is known for his uncanny speed and knack for avoiding danger. Stationed out of Never, a town where the veil between worlds grows thin, he seems to arrive just before he’s expected, and disappear just as quick.

What the townsfolk don’t know is that Jay is no ordinary rider. He is an angel sent down in human form to quietly shepherd lost and wandering souls toward redemption and peace.

But there’s more to Jay than duty. With his feet on the earth and his heart open to the world, he is driven by a yearning to understand humanity — Not just its pain, but its pleasures, its messiness, its grace. He falls in and out of fleeting friendships, brief romances, and moonlit mischiefs, savoring every detail like a song that might be his last.

A silver coin with a winged figure stamped on its face — A token from the realm above — hangs around his neck on a leather cord. It glows faintly when a soul nearby is ready to pass on, acting as both compass and calling. Jay keeps it close, even as his time among mortals grows complicated. The more human he becomes, the more he questions whether he truly wants to go back.