THE TWELVE
Across the breadth of the Imperium walk twelve souls whose lives bend the arc of destiny.
Their paths do not run parallel — they intersect like constellations, shaping meanings older than empires, older than memory, older than the light of humanity’s first star.
Each carries a burden unseen.
Each holds a key unknown.
Each bears a shadow deeper than the worlds they cross.
These are the Twelve.
THE PIRATE
Seraphine DeVere
“Take what you will, fear no one.”
Once an Imperial Watcher sworn to seek truth among the stars — now a renegade who sails the underworld for reasons only she dares face. There is judgment in her gaze, fury in her stride, and a strange, unsettling grace in the ruin she leaves behind.
Some say she hunts treasure.
Others say she hunts herself.
A few whisper she hunts something darker — and that the darkness fears her.
THE CONQUEROR
Leopold Voss
“Strength is mercy, when guided by purpose.”
Hero of the wars. Savior of billions. A commander whose presence steadies armies and bends the fate of entire civilizations. Noble in bearing, relentless in duty, unwavering in command — he is the Imperium’s brightest star.
Yet even stars cast shadows.
And those who conquer in the name of safety often reshape destiny without knowing it.
THE SCIENTIST
Alastríona DeTroyes
“The universe speaks in patterns. Truth is the one who listens.”
A brilliant mind tempered by sorrow, driven by questions that cut deeper than science and reach farther than light. She seeks knowledge to escape the weight of memory… and finds mysteries that refuse to be silent.
Some truths illuminate.
Others burn.
And the ones she seeks may do both.
THE DREAMER
Sé Black
“The heart seeks treasure the eyes cannot see.”
A wanderer with charm on his lips and longing in his soul. He chases wonders across forgotten worlds, half-believing the universe owes him something more than mediocrity. He laughs at danger, but not at desire.
He searches for fortune.
He may find revelation.
The difference, for him, is thinner than he knows.
THE EXILE
Inglina Nivienne
“Purity is not innocence. Innocence is not safety.”
A daughter of a shattered world, graceful as starlight, beautiful beyond reason. Soft-spoken, gentle, otherworldly — yet her presence unsettles even the strongest of men. There is power in her voice, and restraint in her silence.
She walks the Imperium with caution.
Whether she fears humanity — or humanity fears her — is a question few dare ask.
THE PRAEFECT
William Parker
“Even the wise may lose themselves in the shadows they cast.”
Once a spiritual guide, now a man drowned in vice, brilliance, and contradiction. A gambler, a philosopher, a fallen sage who knows the truths the Imperium forgets — and ignores the truths he cannot face.
He commands loyalty through charisma, respect through danger, and fear through the quiet certainty that he sees deeper than anyone else.
Some fall from grace.
He fell into splendor.
THE ORACLE
Zheng Li
“Paradise is a veil. One must choose whether to look through it… or remain within.”
Caretaker of Earth, curator of gardens rising from ruin, a beacon of beauty surrounded by revelry and light. She masks wisdom with whimsy, sorrow with splendor, and truth with laughter delicate as glass.
Her paradise brings comfort.
Her gaze brings unease.
For in her eyes lies a mirth that knows more than it reveals.
THE GUARDIAN
Don Inocencio
“Order is a blade. The hand that wields it must beware its edge.”
Precise, brilliant, relentless.
A servant of law, a seeker of justice, a man who believes civilization survives only through discipline. His dedication is admirable. His certainty is absolute.
Those who cross him find no mercy.
Those who follow him find no doubt.
But even the purest law can cast a cruel shadow.
THE ARCHEOLOGIST
Dr. Elian Brandt
“The past sleeps lightly — disturb it, and it wakes hungry.”
Timid in manner, brilliant in mind, driven by questions older than the Imperium’s oldest starport. He digs through ruins seeking knowledge, purpose, and perhaps absolution. What he uncovers is older than memory, deeper than truth, and far more dangerous than he realizes.
Some doors close for a reason.
He seeks the ones that should stay closed.
THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Inanna Silva
“A crown is a promise. A promise is a burden.”
Commander of the Ninth Legion, fierce in duty yet strangely gentle in presence. There is something otherworldly in her bearing — a calm too deep, a stillness too perfect, a radiance untouched by fear.
Her soldiers worship her.
Her enemies fear her.
And those who meet her gaze feel as though they stand before something vast.
THE HUNTRESS
Celestine Ney
“The pure word always finds its mark.”
A noble-born Champion whose hunts are watched across the Imperium, she moves with precision, grace, and the quiet certainty of one who never misses. Through her android doubles she pursues criminals across the stars, fearless in pursuit, serene in danger.
She follows duty.
She embodies justice.
Yet behind her perfect aim lies a question of whom she truly serves — and why her gaze lingers on the shadows between absolutes.
THE MADWOMAN
Captain Alice White
“Even chaos has its compass.”
A red-haired tempest in human form, captain of the Queen’s Revenge, feared as much for her unpredictable laughter as for the alien crew who follow her with unsettling devotion. She sings nursery rhymes in battle, charms killers with a wink, and drifts through danger as though it were a game only she knows how to play.
To some, she is reckless.
To others, unhinged.
Yet beneath her lilting madness lies a precision too sharp to be coincidence — and a silence too deliberate to be dismissed.
She wanders the Imperium as a mystery.
Whether the mask she wears conceals truth… or reveals it… no one can say.
AND SO THE TWELVE STAND
Twelve lives.
Twelve shadows.
Twelve flames.
Their paths will cross.
Their destinies will collide.
And through them, the Imperium will rise… or fall.
Thus begin the stars.
Sic Itur Ad Astra.