Life on the road without any true sustenance has made Teddy weak in terms of power; his one saving grace is that he’s skilled enough with the inner turmoils of man, and made enough at the progression of society that he can find himself an in anywhere a hired hand is needed.

Having found himself running with the Bad Hand Gang, better known as those schmucks around the Buffalo Heart gambling din; Teddy’s mood has hit an all time high. That is, since the destruction of his original home. To most people, he’s a man of mystery and secrets, never giving his real name and constantly changing the topic away from where he came.

Eli Frey is a lesser demon, and the former thrall of one more powerful. He started in his demon’s service as a wooden puppet carved from a blood-soaked tree. He was willful, wild and disobedient, but a horrific rebellion cost him everything, from his wooden body to his sense of self. His punishment was to be carved into a new kind of puppet, one made of flesh and desperate servitude. And so, he comes to Never weak and alone, and looking for a new master to kneel to.

Alaka’i Rhoden is known around Never as the resident Doctor and all-round Wise Man to solve or help the residents of the town. The few who earn his help are beholden to contracts and to utmost secrecy, but that doesn’t seem to worry them. Having arrived in Never twenty one years ago, Alaka’i has all but made his place in town and is comfortably suited to this new way of life. But he never seems to age, does he? Isn’t that weird to you?

Reverend Hawthorne Lichfield is the reverend of the House of His Eternal Glory, a small parish church and source of shelter located on the Hawthorne Homestead. The church has the unconventional belief that one cannot abstain from sin if they have never sinned. Questionable activities often unfold at Eternal Glory that serve as an outlet for one’s deepest or darkest desires. If Eternal Glory sounds like a cult, it is. But it entices members with the promise of a better life and the constant reminder that it is never too late to repent for the sins weighing on one’s soul.