Radiant Sun

Father Ivan Kaloyanov · High Priest of the Cathedral of First Light · Acting Lumen Generalis Appearance. A large-framed man in his early sixties, broad-faced and heavy through the shoulders — the physical build of a priest who was built for standing long services and has grown into it. Closely trimmed white hair, a full…

Mother Elara Rusanova — Administrator of First Light Cathedral. Appearance. A small-framed woman in her late forties, standing straight and moving with the deliberate slowness of someone who has decided long ago that hurrying is inefficient. Dark hair going iron-gray at the temples, drawn back and pinned with a plain bronze clasp. Face clean-boned, weathered…

Sister Anya Milenović — Master healer of the House of Mercy at the Cathedral of First Light. Bulghar/Wallachian, mid-fifties, medium build. Completely bald — no head hair, no eyebrows, no eyelashes. The effect is arresting: the shape of the skull is fully visible in the light, the brow ridge more prominent, the eyes larger and…

Sister Helena Radomirova · Senior Librarian & Archivist of First Light Appearance. A woman in her middle forties, slight-framed and standing straight in the plain dark wool robe of a working sister — no ornament except a small bronze sun-disk pendant at her collar. Her hair is going a mixed gray at the temples, drawn…