The Freightsman

**The Freightsman** is a spinoff series adapted from the third instalment of the Black Axis series, *The Crimson Lodge*. The main protagonist of this series is Arthur Wong, also known as "Artie", who first appears in *Atrose* as one of the main playable characters, whose role was promoted to protagonist in *The Crimson Lodge*.

## Premise

The subseries mainly focuses on Artie, a freelance transporter who deals with numerous individuals or organizations in the underworld, both mundane and supernatural. His successful endeavors earned him epithets such as *The Freightsman* or *The Ghost Courier*, with the former being the most popular. Due to the nature of his career, Artie is often thrust into personal affairs and life-staking circumstances which ultimately lead him to saving innocent lives from the evil intentions of malignant entities.

## Characters

The Freightsman features an extensive cast of characters, some of which are cameos from or crossovers with other spinoffs.

### Key Characters

* **Arthur "Artie" Wong** - An independent mercenary-courier of Han Chinese descent who hails from Taiwan but occasionally moves from between cities and countries, depending on his work. Artie possesses magical potential and studied under an unknown mage organization for a couple of years, though at most, he can only be a spellcaster with limited magical talents. His specialty is earth magic.
* **Nasha "Nash" Khawrazi Khor** - A Malaysian archaeologist of Malay-Chinese descent. He works as a researcher at an archaeological institute in a public university. He is also secretly a mage who is affiliated with an organization known as the Mage Towers. He specializes in summoning magic and he is able to call powerful spirits to aid him in battle.
* **Sonchai "Santana" Wattanakul** - A mixed martial arts fighter who travels around the world seeking experience and learning fighting techniques from other cultures. He is originally from Thailand. Although not a mage, he possesses innate talent for summoning spirits into his body via semi-possession; as a result, he is able to utilize their abilities to an extent, but only within a limited amount of time.
* **Levi Friedman** - A mysterious man who usually wears dark outfits with matching black sunglasses. He is a businessman with a myriad of business ventures and networks, primarily dealing in the underworld, and as such, is well-acquainted with Artie. He is affiliated with the Mage Towers at one point, though he still retains a level of relationship with them thanks to his business. Although his origins are unknown, his appearance suggests Arabic or Malay. He specializes in dark magic, necromancy, and witchcraft.
* **Samuel "Sam" Dean Perry-Wong** - The husband of Artie who was presumed and declared dead due to a fire breakout on their home, though his body was never found under the rubble of their burnt house. In truth, Sam survived and was taken away by his former colleagues from a secret organization that he once belonged to, albeit severely injured. After his recovery, he kept his survival a secret from Artie to protect him from his enemies. Sam is a mage specializing in healing magic, sound magic, and light magic.

### The Siren Banner

*Note: The characters listed below may appear exclusively in The Siren Banner or The Freightsman as a whole, or are crossover or cameo characters from other series or spinoffs.*

* **Royle Murray** - The captain of Andrasia's special ops unit known as *Ghost Axis*, which deals with supernatural entities that threaten the safety of the country. A man who possesses a strategic, meticulous and forward way of thinking while exuding a charismatic and confident aura. Royle specializes in water magic, though he commonly manipulates moisture and transform it into ice, thereby utilizing ice as his primary form of attack.
* **Robert Yang** - The lieutenant of the Ghost Axis special ops unit and Royle's second-in-command. He is Royle's stalwart companion and close confidante, being the more empathic and sensible one of the duo. Robert specializes in healing magic and water magic.
* **Samarran "Sam" Daniels** - A former agent of Ghost Axis who becomes a mercenary and occasional liaison between transacting companies or organizations in the Andrasian underworld. While he is not a Taoist, he utilizes its principles and thought system to use Taoist-based magic. He specializes in weather magic.
* **Devon Matthews** - A member of an ancient order of Andrasian knights who are sworn to protect a powerful relic for centuries. Devon is of Caucasian-Thai descent. He is a master swordsman and specializes in healing magic, fire magic, and holy magic.
* **Alias Zichri** - A former member of the terrorist group aiming to overthrow the Andrasian government and seeking the Siren Banner to power their secret weapon. He becomes disillusioned with the group's ideals and defects, rescuing Nash from their grip and joining Artie's party to stop their plans.