The Coincidentals

The PCs and other characters who have somehow survived the fragmentation. Coincidental Team 5:

• Benjesus: An, a mechanical truck driver and kamatuuran with a Littany chainmail glove
• Dani: Runa Vatndottir, a flussjungfrau voelva with a Littany needle
• JT: Tum, a giant ohapitu with a Littany scraper blade
• Nathan: Castor Tertius Falco, psionist menstriae with a Littany metal lens on his headband
• Sally: Wladysus Hwyaden, (oo-LAD-uh-sees hoo-uh-ADD-en) a cythreulig slave with a Littany splinter in her ear

Recap

NPCs:

The other Coincidentals sent to other time loops. Separated into teams:

Team 1: exploring time loops involving the end of First Shem, the Age of Terror on First Shem, and the Age of the Broken Sword on Second Shem - Fragments

• Urpila, a dumu aruki nemu warrior with a round shield with a Littany metal stud in the middle of it, f, from the era of the Fall. Urpila serves as the leader of their group. She wields a spear made of wood from an axis mundi.
• Sahil Banerjee, a dantakatha seido artist (ink and paper artist) with a Littany metal earring, m, from the era of industrial capitalism. Sahil uses his power to draw intricate maps and sketch things found within the fragments for the watchers to study later.
• Gal-Sal, a tantum gyroxene dancer, m, with a Littany metal fan, from the era of feudalism. Gal-Sal's chaotic powers disrupt the loops and are crucial to releasing them.
• Qiaoyu, an empath archmage, m, with a Littany metal wand, from the era of early imperialism. Qiaoyu's powers are immense and support all three other members of the group, giving them the ability to enter dangerous areas and augmenting their powers.

Team 2: exploring time loops involving the birth of Third Shem, the Age of Wonders on First Shem, and the Age of Mantles on Second Shem - Fragments

• Kyneswide Lant, a wearg street medic criminal, trans woman, with a Littany metal bellybutton ring, from the infotech era. Her healing skills have come in handy many times, and she has been able to use her medical knowledge to also help find ways to protect them when they enter dangerous areas.
• Judlin, a lilithian nyanye ancestral healer, f, with a Littany metal belt buckle, from the dystopian era. Judlin's healing powers are a complement to Kyneside's, but she is able to draw from ancestral knowledge to give context for a lot of the loops they encounter.
• Ansele Gairola, a mangeur anveshak investigator, n, with a Littany metal horseshoe, from the revolutionary period. Ansele serves as the leader of the group and the head investigator. Their work has revealed more about fragmented time than any other Coincidental.
• Sholeetsa, an emet sweeper mage, genderfluid, Salishan name, with a Littany metal piece in their broom, from the post-capitalist reconstruction period. Sholeetsa serves as an adviser and tactician for the group. Their wise council and magical powers augment the group's powers.
• Fujiko, a yokai dodomeki onmyoji mage, f, with a Littany metal doorknob, from the atomic era. Fujiko's use of historical magic is crucial to their correcting the loops.

Team 3 and 4 merged after Nocho's death: exploring time loops involving various tournaments in the Kren'atanic arena throughout every Shem - Fragments

Team 6: recruited after 3 and 4 merged, they take up team 3's loops - time loops involving the moons from all three Shems, the forgotten planet Ruiz and her replacement Salit - Fragments

• Elaber, a barhana gningzot, n, scholar raised by gnomes in Belle Point, with a Littany metal steam pipe, from the industrial era. Elaber is bonded to the floating city and thus represent themself in the plural. They study systems and engineering theory, which proves useful in studying broken time.
• Levente Szokolyi, a cocidian vadasz hunter, m, trans masc, with a Littany metal dagger, from the era of the Fall. Levente is a skilled survivalist and experienced hunter whose skills help the group travel through dangerous areas.
• Mileva Stojkova, a cyclops distortionist carnival worker, f, who runs a house of mirrors full of illusions, with a Littany metal hat pin, from the atomic era.. Mileva works for a carnival focused on bilking people, and her suspicious mindset derived thereof proves useful in figuring out what is going on.
• Tafrara, a vaettir quantum traveller, f, with the Littany metal key, from the far future. Tafrara uses numerological magic to open portals in space - not time - which helps the group move quickly through the fragments.
• Ziskind, a golem khab'kiapaa quarry worker, n, with a Littany metal pick ax, from the feudal era. ZIskin is enormously strong and capable of removing any physical obstacle.

Team 7: recruited after the loss of merged team 3 and 4

• Bihotz-Taupadak ("Heartbeat"), a boaxente fairy priest of the Many Hearts, from the era of early mortality, a cis man with a Littany metal axle (found randomly)
• Kuhkaamu Barchch, a genomos gemmonger, a cis woman who loves to leave the subterra and meet people, she has a Littany metal key, and she wields powers of elemental stone
• Lorcan Mag Raith, an owl beastkin gloineadoir maker of glass figurines, he/they, nb masc, a glassblower using fey magic to keep spells in glass figurines, they have Littany metal tongs, from the age of early empires
• Dr. Margaret Fosse, an aerligian arachnologer, a cis woman with a Littany metal trunk from the infotech era who uses the magic of gossamer light to study and manipulate scientific data
• Rukmini Yadavar, a managpanunot amshuar, a rider of the Sacred Hunt frm the distant stars who came to Shem in the far future; a cis woman who has a Littany metal spinning top

Lost Coincidentals:

• Liwai, an iwi atua flipreader gambler (reads minds to cheat at cards), m, with a Littany metal coin, killed taking an unnecessary risk, from the dystopian era, used to be on Team 3. Liwai was bullied by Nocho as well, but they took risks because of their own beliefs. Losing them gave Nocho more power, as he was able to take advantage of the group's low morale.
• Nocho Burrowfish, a gnome herzog eugenic duke, m, with a Littany metal spike in his crown, from the early imperialist era. He is an arrogant and domineering individual who has taken charge of his group. He views both of his companions as lesser than, but he is very decisive and intelligent. Formerly of Team 3, he died of a heart attack and got abandoned in the fragment.
• Pytuna, a jark’aqaña gardener, n, with a Littany metal shovel, died protecting the others from danger, from the revolutionary period, used to be on Team 3. Pytuna protected the others from Nocho as well, and this led to them being mistreated. It is possible Nocho sabotaged Pytuna.
• Widiyanto, a cephalan taral tahawal fool, n, with a Littany metal bell on their motley, vanished when their bell fell off, from the infotech era, used to be on Team 4. Widiyanto was beloved, and their vanishing damaged morale on Team 4 badly until Macrinus sang them out of it.
• Sitefanu, a Taggaran spirit jali, m, with a Littany metal coin, from the mercantile era. Sitefanu's storytelling powers are crucial to fixing the loops. He is delighted by Macrinus, and the two often compete at storytelling. Lost when the Epochal Ranger drained and destroyed an entire Fragment that they were in.
• Bhuêng. a dongxue stonespeaker messenger, m, with Littany metal in his blood, from the era of early mortality. Because the Littany metal is in his blood, he is more resistance to time-weather than anyone else. His ability to speak to stones allows him to gather information no one else can get. He is very angry about the quest he feels he was forced to participate in. Lost when the Epochal Ranger drained and destroyed an entire Fragment that they were in.
• Fhloksth, a moss folk viator temporal pilgrim, plant gender, with a Littany metal clock, from the dying world era. Fhloksth's understanding of faith in Udraqes has proved useful and is central to fixing loops. Lost when the Epochal Ranger drained and destroyed an entire Fragment that they were in.
• Chusi, a Palhuric spirit kachina euentomologer bug mage, n, Hopi name, with a Littany metal fishing hook, from the anteviluvian era. Chusi's bugs help their group survive adverse conditions. They are very powerful. Lost when the Epochal Ranger drained and destroyed an entire Fragment that they were in.
• Macrinus Mutilus, a validus balladeer storyteller-singer, trans masculine, with a Littany metal battle axe, from the era of early empires. He is the leader of the group, and his ballads have an influence over the loops but cannot fix them. He is very charismatic. His wiedling of a Littany metal axe makes the watchers fear him. Lost when the Epochal Ranger drained and destroyed an entire Fragment that they were in.