Characters

Welcome to the characters section! The CBSTverse is a massive place and this page seeks to provide a comprehensive list of all the characters included in it.

### **Abigail Ecnelis**

Daughter of Lilliana and Jacob. Formerly bonded to Cerise. Twin sister to Jared.

### **Acalia Praetorium**

Caden's older sister, ordered to be murdered by their abusive father Pertinax.

### **Amaranth**

Spirit of fire. Currently unbonded. Brother of Aqua. Son of Cerise and Cerulean.

### **Antonio Ecnelis**

Low level mime and son of Jacob. He Ascended to Pheonix when he accidentally stumbled upon the Queen of Shadows Thread.

### **Astral Celeste**

A dark part of Star's soul that copied itself after Maverick killed himself, then was severed from Star when Silence captured her. Because she was severed, she is incapable of the emotional growth that Star made her to accomplish. Her goal is to fuse with Star and make her revert to a dark state and her powers include shapeshifting and superspeed.

### **Aquamarine (Aqua)**

A young spirit of water bonded to Sophie. Sister to Amaranth. Daughter of Cerise and Cerulean.

### **Basil Fischer**

Member of the Praetorium guard, Nico's childhood friend.

### **Bozo**

A Voidrabbit charged with keeping Jay's tampering with the Void to a minimum. Bozo has been known to have a sarcastic personality.

### **Caden Praetorium**

Riva's first husband. Theirs arranged marriage that ended very poorly for both parties involved and was one of the sparks leading to Mendahar's downfall.

### **Cerise**

Spirit of earth and mother of Aqua and Amaranth. Formerly bonded to Abigail Ecnelis. Died after her power was overdrawn.

### **Cerulean**

Spirit of air and father of Aqua and Amaranth.

### **Charcoal Celeste**

The youngest of TVG's Narrator children. What he draws comes to life and he has been charged with a secret assassination mission.

### **Ember Celeste**

Ember is a being made of metal and molten rock. Though she is called the Destroyer and was charged with protecting Star - her oldest sister and master - she actually has quite a gentle spirit and is quite curious about the world. She and Heather are close friends.

### **Fate**

Author of Pheonix, Xino, Silence, and the Mimes. Known to be quite ruthless.

### **Granite Oakenwey**

Star's only son. While his sister grew up trying to forget everything about their parents, Granite became incredibly curious about his past and eventually left home to try and find his mother.

### **Havel**

The second Voidrabbit. Havel is a destructive creature and finds pain pleasurable.

### **Heather Albany**

A young girl from Earth who was possessed by the Witherlord after the death of her best friend. She is quite close to her adoptive mother Star and was tragically turned into a Shade Knight after her adoption. She also has a severe alcohol addiction.

### Ivian

The monarch of Mendahar when the kingdom fell apart.

### **Jacob Ecnelis**

Silence's second in command, father of Jared, Michael, Antonio, and Abigail.

### **Jahora Asper**

Rose's Bounty Hunting partner and eventual husband.

### **Jared Ecnelis**

Jacob's son, mime. Twin brother to Abigail.

### **Jay**

A Narrator highly in-tune with the Void. He has traveled across many universes and trained children - like Max, Granite, and Pearl - in the ways of the Void.

### **Lapis**

One of Sophie and Xino's children, Lazuli's twin brother.

### **Lazuli**

One of Sophie and Xino's children, Lapis's twin sister.

### **Maverick Oakenwey**

Originally a noble and raised in Mendahar with his younger brother Darrin, Maverick's parents died in a fire that claimed their home. Decades later, after the supposed execution of Darrin, he discovers that the fire was no accident and becomes determined to take down the monarchy. Seeing a possible opportunity for escape in the passionate man, the Witherlord sends a 'geist to possess him under the guise of "giving him the power to overthrow the kingdom." Before Riva is able to get the creature out of him, he commits several atrocities and directly causes the destruction of Mendahar. Ashamed and full of guilt, he flees to live in isolation where Star finds him. They live happily for ten years and have two children. Until, that is, Mav's eventual suicide.

### **Maximus Oakenwey**

Oldest child of Darrin and Riva and Jay's Godson. Trained in the art of Voidmaking.

### **Michael Ecnelis**

A mime training under Silence to try and become a Narrator. He takes his father's place as second command after Jacob's death.

### **Nyx Thadel**

Riva's mother. An insane woman who tested her potions on her daughter and then sold them to the king. Riva later murders her and the king makes her the Raveness.

### **Pearl Blaze**

Star's first and only child with Pheonix. Has the ability to travel into the Mirror Realm through any reflective surface she can fit through. Though she was meant to be Star's second chance at raising a child, Pearl has a rocky relationship with her mother due to Star's over-protective nature.

### **Penelope Praetorium**

Pertinax's late wife, mother of Caden and Acalia.

### **Pertinax Praetorium**

Caden and Acalia's father. An independent land-owner who sought to take over the world before his untimely death. The death of his wife led to him being terribly abusive to his two legitimate children.

### **Pheonix Blaze**

Star's second husband, trained as a Silence Artist and knowledgeable about the Land of Dreams. He was declared by TVG to be Star's True Love, but Silence forbade their relationship because of a prophecy from Fate that he was not allowed to disclose.

### **Radia**

Jay's love interest, traveler of the cosmos.

### **Riva Thadel**

A potions master, mother of Max, and Darrin's husband. She was brutally abused and experimented on by her deranged mother. After she murdered her mother, Riva became the torturess to the king. She has sociopathic tendencies and keeps a "never be weak again" mentality. She was ordered to marry Caden Praetorium - the general of Mendahar - and though their relationship was rocky at first, it soon blossomed into something wonderful. Riva and Caden were charged with raising Star's first two children (due to Caden's status as Maverick's cousin) and Riva took kindly to Granite, but not to Rose. She was eventually killed by withergeists.

### **Rose Oakenwey**

Star's oldest, sired by Maverick. She often has visions which make her black out and have seizures and also has telekineis. Her odd powers, combined with her self-imposed isolation eventually led Caden and Riva to send her to an insane asylum. After breaking out, she found her mother and learned the truth about her past. Instead of the truth giving her closure, however, she only became more bitter and left to become a bounty hunter. She was abused by Riva, but loved dearly by her step-father Caden.

### **Shadow**

The corrupted version of Heather, a Narrator possessed by the Witherlord in the hopes that she could eventually release him. She is quite murderous and cruel.

### **Master of Silence**

Leader of the Mimes and one of the most powerful non-Author beings.

### **Skylar**

Heather's best friend on Earth. Skylar dropped out of school Freshman year and killed himself after Heather revealed that she wasn't in love with him.

### **Sophie Celeste**

A peppy young Narrator, blue from head to toe. She's obsessed with Narrator lore and has an unusually close relationship with her Author. Her special powers include forcefields and healing.

### **Star Celeste**

Main character of CBST. Star fell in love with a character named Maverick when she was young and sought to protect him from the other Narrators. She started a family with him in secret and lived happily for ten years until the Narrators found her and kidnapped her husband. Star left her children, Granite and Rose, with their aunt and uncle and left to go find Maverick. She would, however, never return. Maverick was tortured and eventually driven to suicide. He died in his wife's arms. After this, Star's soul darkened and she sought revenge, but she soon realized that she wanted to change. It was then that she met Pheonix who kept her from giving her Soul up and inspired her to become the heroic woman most now know her as.

### **Ted Albany**

Heather's father from earth: a lumberjack and serious alcoholic who was quite overprotective of his daughter before perishing in a car accident.

### **Thardin Cuore**

Originally a guard over Nyx Thadel, he eventually fell in love with the woman. He was removed from his position when King Jahrdor found out about his intimate relations with her.

### **Tom Joebob**

A mad scientist character who is obsessed with gaining as much power as possible.

### **Topaz Celeste**

A second Ignitis, created to protect Pearl

### **Trewee**

A watersprite created to protect the Celeste family. He was created by Star, but often hangs around Sophie and Xino.

### **The Violet Goddess**

Author of the Celestes and everything surrounding them. She is much more familial with her children than Fate, but can still be cruel.

### **Vulpine Praetorium**

Bastard son of Pertinax, kept separate from his half-siblings.

### **The Witherlord**

A dark and evil creature who seeks to bring ruin and darkness to everything.

### **Xinoehp**

An old Narrator who saw how Star developed a more human personality and, finding it fascinating and rather endearing, swore loyalty to her.