Speaking as the ST in question, I'm minded to go for 'crazy', personally. So, since our artist will not do so, I suppose it is up to me to explain who's who! (Tsk, Tiny). For the record, the campaign is called Walking Shadows, and this specific adventure is called Just Like Clockwork. The basic gist of the campaign is that a Demon-possessed mobster was killing random people at a horror movie set via the ghost of a mage, because the ghost-mage subsequently resurrected the people as zombies and the mobster wanted to see how it was done. It was up to our players to solve this mystery! And do so before a pair of bounty hunters got to the mobster first.
Now for a who's who.
Starting from the top left, the silhoette is Civitas. Civitas is the local Consilium Hierarch, and the leader of the Guardians of the Veil, who are an arcane order who keep the supernatural secret. He's basically the Boss, and a scarily powerful mage. He does not like to be seen.
Below him are three more Guardians of the Veil. The red-headed fellow with the beard is Cuchulainn, while the fellow with the black-and-white mask and the nice outfit is Seventeen. Next to Seventeen is a girl with green hair with a white stripe, and that is Whim. These three are Guardian of the Veil Interfectors, and basically magical troubleshooters that were called in to help with the problem. They're found elsewhere in Tiny's gallery, also.
Next to Whim is a gentleman in a green jacket and holding a gun, and this is J. Ilkin Aylesworth. He's a player (Kaitou Kage, who can also be found on deviantArt and has drawn these folks before). He's a Free Council Mage and a film reporter with the London Times. He's the man who called the Guardians in.
Near Ilkin is a girl with very green eyes and brown hair, sitting in the foreground. This is Caelan Brennan, another PC, run by Earthsprite who is *also* on DeviantArt. She is a Vampire, and something of a dream-traveler. She occasionally gets hungry, but other than that is really a very nice guy.
Directly above Caelan is a man in a dark-blue sweater with glasses. He is, miraculously, not a villain. He is Robert Hammond, a changeling (human-turned-faerie, basically) and a special effects designer. He's the one who called the PCs in to help with the situation. The reason he looks evil is because he is Autumn Court, and their court emotion is Fear. This is why Robert works mostly on horror movies.
Above Robert is a young lady with wings, and this is another PC. Her name is Erin Lamothe, and yes, she is a moth-changeling. She is also Tiniest! Who drew this, and whom we all love beyond all rationality.
Next to Erin is a woman with blood streaming down from an eye. She is fake. She is a mannequin. Her name is Sarah, because there was a woman named Sarah who was killed, so Erin and Robert used the mannequin to scare mobsters. But this Sarah is fake.
Below Sarah is a man holding a sniper rifle. His name is Sergei Zaitsev, and he is with the Russian Mafiya. He is not a nice man, but he had a few pangs of guilt, and Erin managed to drive him somewhat crazy. He is presently Erin's fanatically devoted servant, and about half-believes she's an angel of god. Sanity is not Sergei's strong point, but he is *really* good at killing people. Ex-military sniper.
Sitting next to Sergei and drinking some Glenfiddich is Oleg Chernenko, a Russian Mafiya boss, also known as Oleg Wormwood. He is actually a canon NWoD character, from Promethean: Saturnine Night, though my version is a Possessed instead. Otherwise similar. Not a nice man, he is the arch-villain of this adventure. At present he is in a cell in some extra-spatial prison run by the Guardians.
To round off our mobsters, next to Oleg is a man in an ill-fitting greyish sweater. This is Aleksander. He is holding a shotgun, though you can't see it very well. He is another Russian Mafiya, a former Odessa policeman, and a generally not very nice man. Much saner than Sergei, though.
Above Aleksander are two very scary Changelings. The one in black is named Isengrim, and next to him is his wife in the foxfur coat, Reynard (she's aware that's a boy's name). They're privateers who were hunting Chernenko but didn't quite get him. Despite first appearances, Isengrim is the sane and smart one, even if he's huge and looks like he hit the ugly tree, while Reynard is a small, psychopathic flurry of teeth and claws. They were inspired by Mssrs. Croup and Vandemar of Neverwhere, and you can see a bit of the dynamic.
Hiding near them is Gary Fletcher. He's the director of the movie, a vanilla mortal, and generally a (mostly) innocent bystander, though he was taking some money from Chernenko, so one could accuse him of not vetting his funding sources well.
Near Gary is a woman in bright pink, and a floating man with dice and cards and a severed spine. This is Rose and Gege, our last PCs, run by Kiwi. (I don't know if Kiwi has a dA account). Rose is a Sin-Eater and stripper, while her Geist is the Gambling Gigolo. Basically a human who was resurrected by a quasi-ghost. They are scads of fun.
Rose is looking at Hippolyte Schafer, who is our ghost. She is another canon character, from Mage: Night Horrors: The Unbidden, and functions pretty much as described in the book. Basically she's an early 19th century Mage who wanted to become an exemplar of reason and replaced her brain with clockwork. Later killed by the Guardians. When her ghost is summoned, she tended to replace people's brains (turning them into clockwork zombies) and then wander around tinkering with stuff. She's currently resting in somebody's basement, I forget which PC has her brain just now.
And alst, but not least, is the dark-skinned fellow in the foreground with blue eyes. This is me! Sorta. His name is Rakesh Morgan and he is a former PC and current GMPC. He's a werewolf and basically serves as the local scholar / tank. Given that everyone else is fragile, Rakesh tends to get hurt a lot. But he can heal, so that works out.
Whew. That is everyone! Now I just need to persuade Tiniest to do the same for the next adventure. *grin*
Now for a who's who.
Starting from the top left, the silhoette is Civitas. Civitas is the local Consilium Hierarch, and the leader of the Guardians of the Veil, who are an arcane order who keep the supernatural secret. He's basically the Boss, and a scarily powerful mage. He does not like to be seen.
Below him are three more Guardians of the Veil. The red-headed fellow with the beard is Cuchulainn, while the fellow with the black-and-white mask and the nice outfit is Seventeen. Next to Seventeen is a girl with green hair with a white stripe, and that is Whim. These three are Guardian of the Veil Interfectors, and basically magical troubleshooters that were called in to help with the problem. They're found elsewhere in Tiny's gallery, also.
Next to Whim is a gentleman in a green jacket and holding a gun, and this is J. Ilkin Aylesworth. He's a player (Kaitou Kage, who can also be found on deviantArt and has drawn these folks before). He's a Free Council Mage and a film reporter with the London Times. He's the man who called the Guardians in.
Near Ilkin is a girl with very green eyes and brown hair, sitting in the foreground. This is Caelan Brennan, another PC, run by Earthsprite who is *also* on DeviantArt. She is a Vampire, and something of a dream-traveler. She occasionally gets hungry, but other than that is really a very nice guy.
Directly above Caelan is a man in a dark-blue sweater with glasses. He is, miraculously, not a villain. He is Robert Hammond, a changeling (human-turned-faerie, basically) and a special effects designer. He's the one who called the PCs in to help with the situation. The reason he looks evil is because he is Autumn Court, and their court emotion is Fear. This is why Robert works mostly on horror movies.
Above Robert is a young lady with wings, and this is another PC. Her name is Erin Lamothe, and yes, she is a moth-changeling. She is also Tiniest! Who drew this, and whom we all love beyond all rationality.
Next to Erin is a woman with blood streaming down from an eye. She is fake. She is a mannequin. Her name is Sarah, because there was a woman named Sarah who was killed, so Erin and Robert used the mannequin to scare mobsters. But this Sarah is fake.
Below Sarah is a man holding a sniper rifle. His name is Sergei Zaitsev, and he is with the Russian Mafiya. He is not a nice man, but he had a few pangs of guilt, and Erin managed to drive him somewhat crazy. He is presently Erin's fanatically devoted servant, and about half-believes she's an angel of god. Sanity is not Sergei's strong point, but he is *really* good at killing people. Ex-military sniper.
Sitting next to Sergei and drinking some Glenfiddich is Oleg Chernenko, a Russian Mafiya boss, also known as Oleg Wormwood. He is actually a canon NWoD character, from Promethean: Saturnine Night, though my version is a Possessed instead. Otherwise similar. Not a nice man, he is the arch-villain of this adventure. At present he is in a cell in some extra-spatial prison run by the Guardians.
To round off our mobsters, next to Oleg is a man in an ill-fitting greyish sweater. This is Aleksander. He is holding a shotgun, though you can't see it very well. He is another Russian Mafiya, a former Odessa policeman, and a generally not very nice man. Much saner than Sergei, though.
Above Aleksander are two very scary Changelings. The one in black is named Isengrim, and next to him is his wife in the foxfur coat, Reynard (she's aware that's a boy's name). They're privateers who were hunting Chernenko but didn't quite get him. Despite first appearances, Isengrim is the sane and smart one, even if he's huge and looks like he hit the ugly tree, while Reynard is a small, psychopathic flurry of teeth and claws. They were inspired by Mssrs. Croup and Vandemar of Neverwhere, and you can see a bit of the dynamic.
Hiding near them is Gary Fletcher. He's the director of the movie, a vanilla mortal, and generally a (mostly) innocent bystander, though he was taking some money from Chernenko, so one could accuse him of not vetting his funding sources well.
Near Gary is a woman in bright pink, and a floating man with dice and cards and a severed spine. This is Rose and Gege, our last PCs, run by Kiwi. (I don't know if Kiwi has a dA account). Rose is a Sin-Eater and stripper, while her Geist is the Gambling Gigolo. Basically a human who was resurrected by a quasi-ghost. They are scads of fun.
Rose is looking at Hippolyte Schafer, who is our ghost. She is another canon character, from Mage: Night Horrors: The Unbidden, and functions pretty much as described in the book. Basically she's an early 19th century Mage who wanted to become an exemplar of reason and replaced her brain with clockwork. Later killed by the Guardians. When her ghost is summoned, she tended to replace people's brains (turning them into clockwork zombies) and then wander around tinkering with stuff. She's currently resting in somebody's basement, I forget which PC has her brain just now.
And alst, but not least, is the dark-skinned fellow in the foreground with blue eyes. This is me! Sorta. His name is Rakesh Morgan and he is a former PC and current GMPC. He's a werewolf and basically serves as the local scholar / tank. Given that everyone else is fragile, Rakesh tends to get hurt a lot. But he can heal, so that works out.
Whew. That is everyone! Now I just need to persuade Tiniest to do the same for the next adventure. *grin*
Kudos on being the first person to not call it a cockroach, btw.