Warm, patient, protective, and quietly formidable. Michael treats animals as trusted partners and heroes as responsible adults, though he has little tolerance for cruelty, vanity that endangers others, or needless destruction. He enjoys cooking for the guild, listening to exaggerated stories, and watching new members discover that legendary reputations do not excuse bad judgment.

A towering half-giant with weathered features, a trimmed dark beard, and a mane-like mass of brown hair. Michael speaks gently to animals and plainly to people. He expects discipline, courage, and accountability from every member, but is quick to forgive honest mistakes. His greatest strength is his ability to make wildly different heroes feel that they belong to the same family.

A changeling with silver-streaked hair, pale green eyes, and a talent for reading curses in the smallest details. Gretel is patient, suspicious, and exceptionally thorough. She handles investigations involving witches, hags, enchantments, and inherited curses, and keeps a private collection of protective charms beneath the lodge.

A practical falconer and witch hunter who wears a weatherproof blue coat and carries a compact crossbow. Dot is accompanied by Toto, a clever beagle trained to detect strange scents and hidden passages, and Ashfeather, a phoenix whose flames can cauterize wounds or reveal disguised magic. She is cheerful in public and relentless when tracking a supernatural predator.

A cheerful gnome druid with golden curls, green traveling clothes, and an ever-present collection of polished keys. Goldie is accompanied by three bears, each with a different temperament: Bramble is huge and protective, Hazel is an excellent climber and forager, and Little Bear is surprisingly stealthy. Goldie mediates disputes between the lodge's humanoid and animal residents.

A broad-shouldered dragon slayer who wears battered black armor and carries Excalibur, a blade that shines with cold white light when dragons are near. Arthur is formal, honorable, and privately exhausted by the expectations placed upon him. He serves as the guild's weapons instructor and chief defender when the lodge itself comes under attack.

A young wizard with a restless mind, ink-stained fingers, and an alarming habit of experimenting in public areas. Christopher studies ancient magic, planar travel, and the properties of legendary artifacts. He is brilliant but impulsive, and most of the guild's rules about magical testing were written because of him.

A lean, weathered gunslinger who wears a broad hat and keeps meticulous notes about every frontier settlement he visits. Thomas is inventive, sociable, and fond of daring plans. He maintains the lodge's firearms, trains members in ranged tactics, and knows nearly every smuggler's trail and backcountry road within several hundred miles.

A duskwalker monster hunter with a calm voice, gray skin, and an unsettling ability to recognize the signs of undead activity. Van Helsing is methodical and rarely surprised. He oversees the lodge's necromancy records, burial investigations, and threat assessments involving vampires, ghosts, ghouls, and other creatures that refuse to remain dead.

A quick-fingered Anubian street rat rogue with a talent for disguise, acrobatics, and finding the weakest point in any security system. Aladdin is charming when he wants something and evasive when asked about his past. He often works with Abu, his vanara partner, whose climbing skill and expressive gestures make the pair difficult to catch and easy to underestimate.

A nimble vanara rogue who communicates through gestures, whistles, and a large collection of stolen-looking but carefully cataloged trinkets. Abu is fiercely loyal to Aladdin and has an uncanny sense for hidden valuables, false walls, and unattended food. He is not officially a guild employee, but Michael gives him full access to the kitchens.

A daring sky raider captain with wind-burned skin, a red scarf, and a magically reinforced airship docked behind the lodge. Wendy is confident, protective, and accustomed to making decisions under fire. Her crew provides rapid transport, aerial reconnaissance, and emergency extraction for guild contracts.

A sharp-eyed young man with a reckless grin and a talent for inspiring others. Rufio leads the Lost Boys, a loose crew of scouts, messengers, deckhands, and streetwise defenders. He pretends not to care about responsibility, but he keeps careful track of every child and apprentice under his protection.

A flamboyant swashbuckler with immaculate boots, a curved blade, and an unreasonable number of cat-themed accessories. Francis is obsessed with catnip, white russians, dramatic entrances, and proving that style is a legitimate combat discipline. Beneath the theatrics, he is a gifted duelist and a dependable rescue specialist.

A noble ratfolk warrior from Narnia who is small in stature but commanding in presence. Reepicheap insists on courtesy, bravery, and proper introductions before any duel. He serves as a diplomatic envoy and often challenges guild members to contests of honor rather than contests of strength.

A compassionate Narnian queen who carries a finely crafted bow and has a gift for recognizing courage in unlikely people. Lucy is often the first to volunteer for rescue work and the last to leave an injured ally behind. Her presence gives the lodge a sense of hope during difficult campaigns.

A calm and observant scribe who maintains the guild's contracts, journals, maps, and witness accounts. Belle has an exceptional memory and can identify forged documents by inconsistencies in language and ink. She is also one of the few people trusted to catalog the lodge's most dangerous books.

A merfolk hunter with a trident, a collection of sea charts, and firsthand knowledge of coastal curses. Ariel specializes in sea hags, aquatic undead, merrow, cursed wrecks, and maritime witches. She maintains a saltwater chamber beneath the lodge and advises the guild on all matters involving the sea.

An adventurer who survived the shifting realm of Wonderland and slew a jabberwocky with a combination of courage, improvisation, and improbable timing. Alice is curious, stubborn, and more perceptive than she first appears. She leads unusual missions involving altered reality, impossible architecture, and creatures that do not follow normal rules.

A vanishing catfolk spy who can fade from sight, reappear in unlikely places, and offer advice that is either profound or completely unhelpful. Cheshire is responsible for counterintelligence and often observes guild meetings from rafters, chimneys, or spaces that should not be large enough to contain him.

A brilliant and erratic hatter who creates portal hats from felt, wire, enchanted thread, and materials that should not fit together. Jefferson is an expert in short-range teleportation, extradimensional storage, and whimsical but dangerous travel shortcuts. He is forbidden from testing unfinished hats indoors, a rule he regularly interprets creatively.