Chapter 92: character summaries

chapter 92: character summaries ben heph our titular chaotic craftsman, or at least he's beginning to grow into the role. while his beginnings in the world were a rocky start, being unneeded and forgotten about by the nations that took in his classmates, he's managed to start making a home for himself and work he enjoys. through the constant training of his skills and a little luck, some of his abilities have increased at a startling rate, but because he compares himself to his classmates who all managed to arrive in the world with their abilities in an already awakened state he doesn't view his own progress as very impressive. while thinking about his life on earth and his family is still painful for him, he's trying to move past it the best he can, having made friends in the world to spend his time with. though he's only been on the world for about a year, it ended up being far more hectic than he ever would have hoped for, almost dying on multiple occasions, and having to both fight to save his new town as well as take the trial of a god in short order. if he were to give any thought to how crazy his time had been so far, he would likely tell himself that his classmates probably had it worse, having to train to protect the world from a coming threat and all, but how accurate is that actually? ceselee ceselee is the current head of the stonewall adventurers guild, as well as the other three guilds it will act as in a limited capacity. she harbored guilt about how the situation with roan worked out, knowing it was her own guild’s failings that let things get out of hand, and that it was ultimately thera that paid the price for it. she's long acquainted with falk, ever since he made his shop in stonewall, as he would occasionally take quests for monsters he wanted the materials from. she also occasionally purchases from his shop falk an 8 foot tall snow-white yeti with a top knot. the only skills ben is currently aware he has are blacksmithing, alchemy, enchanting, and earth magic, though there are undoubtedly more, he just keeps them close to the chest. while he had no interest initially in taking a student, he was forced into it by misjudging ben and giving a task that was within the realm he could accomplish. despite his misgivings, he's grown to find training ben to be an interesting experience, getting to see how the boy solves problems and watching him develop being more satisfying than he initially expected father yan the head priest of the communal church ben was summoned to with an appearance best described as a lizard man cyclops a kind spirited older man, when he learns that ben is left behind doesn't hesitate to do his best to help him, though he's more than willing to be strict on the priests that work under him to keep them in line fredrick a potted tree about three feet tall and with lovely purple leaves. it will produce berries every few months and ben uses it to train his connect skill. since this act has given him access to the tree tamer job, he's fairly sure he managed to tame it, though he doesn't understand what that means since it's a plant john a named classmate of ben, being mentioned all the way back in chapter one and having no impact on the story since. sorry john lehie the priest put in charge of ben when he's first summoned and one of the oldest members of the communal church she's part of, though she doesn't look it. while at first, she finds ben's constant skepticism annoying, she's distraught when nobody takes him in and dedicates herself wholeheartedly to teaching him everything she can to help him make his home in the world. though well educated and having years of experience behind her, she can occasionally display traits that make her seem much younger than she is. combine that with her youthful looks and it can occasionally causes problems for the church myriad the titular cube that ben worships. a god of a long dead race, myriads people decided to destroy their world when they were invaded, rather than let it fall into enemy hands. myriad has the unique characteristic among the gods of absorbing the souls of his believers and incorporating them into himself. taking advantage of the fact that ben was forgotten to get him as his first believer in centuries, he does his best to support his apostle as a god, even if he isn't always happy with the choices ben makes. still, since his number of believers has increased to over a dozen in a short amount of time thanks to ben's work and discoveries, he won't complain too much. not much is known currently about his original race, other than that members could mentally connect to each other by linking sub-brains in their tentacles, but ben is likely to learn more as he grows closer to his god. onk a faceless hominid type working as a guild employee in stonewall, they're well acquainted with all of the adventurers in town and have a good reputation. they feel guilty about the situation thera found herself in due to guild negligence, and as a result always tries to give her the best service they can while telling off anyone she hears spreading rumors sachel a member of skoes party, she fills the role of a healer with her life magic, but at the same time also works on her water and earth magic in the hope that one day she'll be able to awaken her skills to plant magic. with that goal in mind, she converts to myriad shortly after talking to ben about it to try and get the connect skill, and hopefully get the chance to get the tree tamer job to improve her odds. one of the few gods who managed to save a large population of their race, the succubi number in the low millions as a result of the structure of her trial being convenient for taking in a large number of residents and supporting their population. as a result of this, no matter how much help she has for these tasks she cannot always be aware of the events facing her people unless she is informed by her apostle or they are of great urgency. much like all larger gods, it is also impractical for her to attempt to bestow all of her believers with blessings and gift skills as a result of the attention it would require to determine the believer’s character. instead, she opts to use her trial and watches for any figures who demonstrate the best ability to use her gifts. funa the great spirit of darkness who escaped her world along with abrus and the others. while at this time she has no desire to try to produce a child with one of the other races that inhabit the world, she has a great fondness for thera, loving her as her niece and seeing in her the potential future for spirits as a whole. she's long wanted to help her niece attempt to raise her charm to a level where it would be manageable. as a being with no definite lifespan as well as knowing thera is in for a long one herself, she's sure it will be a path that is taken eventually, and sees no harm in getting it out of the way as soon as possible, but will respect theras wishes on the matter. after heroes were summoned from other worlds to raise their number of tier two magic and combat skill users, she is asked by pelenia to help train karly, a tier two skill user with dark empress magic, and agrees for the friendship between them and her long history with abrus furela an incubus with an awakened barrier magic skill. as it is rare to have an awakened non-affinited magic skill, him handling globs training was without doubt from the time the grey's skills were discovered globolgork a creature that would be known as a grey on earth, he's one of a separate group of summoned heroes who came with the skill barrier mastery. he came from a race that through their technological advances is able to peer into other universes, as well as project themselves into them, seemingly as a way of pranking the residents of other worlds, but how true that is remains to be seen. as a result, after being summoned he maintains a relationship with his homeworld, reporting on the events that take place regularly and giving his own interpretations of what he sees. pelenia the queen of the succubi and theras mother. she gained her role as queen after quickly conquering the trial with abrus, much to her god’s amusement. with a personality that can range from playful to scheming, she's more than happy to try and manipulate events as she sees fit, though she does have the best of intentions while doing it, regardless of what others may think. has a not insignificant interest in tying ben to her nation, as well as forcing him to make her daughter happy. karly ben's former classmate. has an advanced form of dark magic, dark empress magic. when she first joined the nation of anailia she went through many of the same emotional struggles that ben did but has been receiving mental support, as well as creating her own through her goal of completing the trial to become a candidate for the throne. though she ultimately failed, she doesn't mind too much, having gotten the chance to talk with ben and deciding to take a trip to see some of the friends she's missed instead. mark ben's younger brother and a sporty kid who loves attention. he would spend great deals of time with ben while he was still alive on earth vividus great life spirit. vivi for short. not much is known about her currently other than the fact that she's the one who came up with the plan to create more powerful half spirits and attempting to create something called a soul spirit with the great death spirit nox. she does not get along well with thera. nox great death spirit. lives in the death mountains and attempting to create a soul spirit with vividus. does not get along with thera. incedis great fire spirit. attempting to produce a half spirit with a fire affinity fairy. does not get along with thera. genon great air spirit. attempting to create a half spirit with a member of the fulgur race in the hopes of taking advantage of their natural lightning magic. does not get along with thera. quilith an alien that still lives in an alternate universe who watches over glob. ben convinced him to supply him with the information he wants once a month.