Naive yet spirited, with roots in a war-torn Mexico shaped by factions like the Villistas and Carrancistas. She came to the strange, haunting frontier town of Never, renting a room above the inn with coin she barely keeps hold of—often earned through patchwork medical help or odd jobs.

She’s immature, emotionally impulsive, and out of her depth, but not without determination. Her upbringing in a fragmented post-revolutionary environment gave her survival instincts but little preparation for the mystical or political games of Never. Her clothes tend to reflect her practical, humble background—layered skirts, scuffed boots, and mementos from home like a woven sash or saint’s charm.

The Lady of Death

A witch of whispered legend, Esmedora walks the shadowed line between life and the grave. With her three spectral wolfhounds ever at her side, she tends the dead with ritual precision and an unearthly grace. Feared and respected, she is a keeper of secrets and a mistress of embalming—her presence an omen, her touch a final mercy.

Catherine ‘Cat’ Incontro is a troubled witch with the gift and curse of fire. As the last witch in a lineage that traces back to Salem, she has done a bang-up job letting her family down—first by accidentally killing her mother, and then setting blaze to nearly everything else in her life, one heartbreak at a time, until her witchfire made her the target of a destructive demon and his gang of outlaws. Refusing to sell her soul for her freedom, she was enslaved and made to destroy against her will in a twist even she could admit was darkly ironic. Nevertheless, she was not resigned to being someone’s pet, and she consorted with a chthonic goddess … well, begged one for help is more accurate. A deal was made, and a demon banished from this plane … but Cat’s work was just beginning. Sent to Never on a path of redemption, Hecate’s instructions were clear: carry the weight of her lineage; never again use her witchfire for personal gain, in anger, or sorrow; bear witness—and act—when other witches cross the same lines she did; and when the time comes, return the fire to its origin.

Unfortunately, Cat has already failed in her first attempt at finding an apprentice in Never, but she won’t stop trying to fulfill her end of the agreement with Hecate, even if it burns her alive in the process.

Hattie is a strange witch, having come to Never on her own, she wishes to prove to everyone and anyone that she can make it in this world without help. Even if she does secretly enjoy the companionship of others. Hattie doesn’t fully understand the limits of her powers or everything she can do, but she’s in the process of figuring it out while attempting to protect herself from the past.

Currently, she uses her time to write under a male pseudonym in hopes of making more money than if she were using her real name. It works. Now it’s up to her to determine if she wants to curse or welcome people with open arms. Who knows where she lies on any given day?