Jade Lotus characters¶

The people of the Syndicate. For how it's organized, see The Jade Lotus.

The Numbers¶

Locked Numbers are specialized archetypes, not a power ranking.

Number	Name	Archetype	At the start of Campaign Three
Zero	Kira, until her death	Supreme field commander	The ring is worn by Vesper
1	The Anvil	Siege-breaker and field commander	Warlord of Thessaly
2	The Silk	Courtier and poisoner of words	Warlord of the River Provinces
3	The Kiln	Hedge-arcanist and alchemist	Warlord of the Sunstone fields
4	The Listener	Intelligence, listening	Confined in the Citadel. Was governor of the west
5	The Mask	Impersonator and spy-runner	Warlord of the Southern Hills
6	The Kite	Archer and sharpshooter	Warlord of the Marches
7	The Gull	Sea raider and smuggler-hunter	Governor of the west and the Tide Cities after Four, and Blackwater's harbour
8	The Hound	Tracker with a pack of mastiffs	Riding west with 300 riders
9	The Hush (Tristen)	Stealth, poison, surgical killing	The fugitive King-Consort
10	The Edge	Master blade	A wary ally of Tristen and the Queen
11	The Moth	Infiltrator	Loose, with Alyssa's revolver
12	The Ram (after Kira and Gorath)	Frontline brute	Rides with Eight

Who held each Number before, where it's known, is in the history of the Numbers.

Name	Who
Grandmaster Vane	Grandmaster of the Jade Lotus in the field, Kaelen's ambassador to Aldoria, and one of the three men who burned Ghost-9.
Grandmaster Ixar	Malakor's Grandmaster after Campaign One, sent to find what walked out of the fire at Blackwater.
Oren	Grandmaster Vane's personal Ledger-man, who defected. Died at Hollowpass.
Yarek, "the Counter"	The grey Lotus auditor sent west to investigate the failures, who went silent, defected, and built the Lantern Road.

Name	Who
Kira	Ghost-12 in childhood and Tristen's secret partner.
Gorath	Ghost-12 after Kira's rise.
Oren	Burned the ledger at the siege of Hollowpass.