The players of Book One: Shadow of Locust were Shane Hyde (who played Lord Stjepan), Eleanor Proctor (who played Celimé Senayre), and Clayton Hayward (who played Ishraha) from New Zealand. None of them had any previous experience with Shadow World and went into the game 'blind'. As such they were provided pre-generated characters tailored for them - this includes general information about the world of Kulthea, the Shadow World. It was a small primer. Presented here are the original files the players received and a variant file that is the GM's copy of history hidden and revealed over time to the players. These character are presented in the form the Players received them for the start of the session. Much has changed since then.

LORD STJEPAN NEMECK
Son of the dying Miirian Lord of Alkartek in Hæstra, the younger of the twin brothers, who develops dreams of literally becoming Emperor as the game unfolds. His hubris leads to many avenues that the Unlife and other dark forces takes against him and his people.

• Player Character Sheet (22 page pdf - 105k)
NOTE: The secrets of the character Stjepan are introduced through gameplay via the Preludes and the Yarkbalka he receives from his dying father. As such there is no GM character sheet.
• Shane Hyde has created a website for Stjepan

Shane Hyde, the character, has set up his own website that serves as a short journal of some of Stjepan's thoughts:

CELIMÉ SENAYRE
Abused and mutilated Ta-lairi (Half-elf) with two powerful claims to heritage, the Dyari Kurt Hulum (aka Shanarak of the Jerak Ahrenrath) and of an Earthwarden. Her eventual turn towards Reann proves to unleash her potential that many others take advantage of, playing her mind as it were her own, stripping from her the strongest love of her life - the Count Bryce Korel.

• Player Character Sheet (17 page pdf - 87k)
• GM Character Sheet (4 page pdf - 40k)
• The Dream - specific information/rituals designed for Celimé in regard to her relation with Reann as a channeller - (2 page pdf - 41k)
• Herbs of Khum-khaan & Pellern (1 page pdf - 33k)

ISHRAHA
Changramai Monk who took the mantle to defend Lord Stjepan when hired, who remembers his Nuyani heritage brutally massacred by the Lankani, eventually publicly expelled (yet secretly held on observation and never truly cast out) he becomes Lord Stjepan's unofficial Minister of Information and Security - one who too is deformed by the mad K'ta'viir parasite (Dædekemani) Ventine.

• Player Character Sheet (15 page pdf - 81k)
• GM Character Sheet (2 page pdf - 25k)
• Ishraha's Security Network (2 page pdf - 40k)

NPC'S
Featuring more information on some of the core characters in the campaign - more information on other NPC's can be found under Cities of Hæstra and within the Chapters.

• NPC Masterlist (6 page pdf - 60k)