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Ioan is a Romanian historian who uploaded in 2238. Ey’s described as white, on the shorter side for the era at 5‘11”, slender but a bit soft, brown or blond hair kept at maybe 2-3” that tends to wind up in unruly curls ey finds frustrating. Ey tends to dress in what ey thinks of as ‘faux-academia garb’, which is usually slacks, a dress shirt, maybe a sweater vest or light jacket, maybe a bow-tie if ey’s feeling particularly snazzy. ref, ref, ref
Codrin Bălan
In 2306, Ioan forked to work on the Qoheleth project with Dear, and at the end, decided not to just quit and merge back down, but to continue on under the name Codrin. While eir features remain similar, ey leans more feminine than Ioan. Ey’s relaxed on eir dress over the years and is usually found in a tunic and sarong in warmer colors, or traditional Romanian garb at fancier occasions. Ey’s grown eir hair out and the curls have relaxed into a more wavy texture.
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Michelle Hadje/Sasha
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The last of the lost, Michelle Hadje was RJ’s ex and closest friend. She spent most of her time online as an anthropomorphic skunk, and thus went on to become the progenitor of the Ode clade. As Michelle, she’s described as white of middle/near eastern descent, pale with curly black hair framing a round face, pudgy, and, later on, almost constantly exhausted. As Sasha, she’s described as a pretty standard skunk but otherwise the same: “I just wanted to look like myself offline except a furry. Completely unremarkable and a species no one likes.” After uploading, she found herself unable to stay pinned to one form without a lot of concentration (see here for a description). Maddy kind of adopted the skunk form for herself so this ref is pretty accurate as a base for the skunk-type Odists.
Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled
Dear is an anthropomorphic fennec. For complicated reasons related to the plot of Qoheleth, it’s wound up with white fur rather than the usual tan. It dresses quite sharp, usually in a dress shirt and waistcoat, often with a jacket. Whether or not it wears pants is a matter of mood — it has opted out of primary sex characteristics, so, shrug~ ref, ref
May Then My Name Die With Me
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AwDae was one of the original lost, those unlucky few who wound up stuck unable to pull back from their immersive net connections. When not at work in the sound booth at the theater, ey spent most of eir time online as an anthropomorphic fennec fox. Pretty standard one, really, though ey put incredible amounts of energy into perfecting eir avatar, to the point where ey couldn’t even say eir chosen name with a thoroughly vulpine muzzle. Non-binnery, tends towards simple tunics and skirts. When not a fox, ey’s described as white, lanky, slender, average height, sandy hair. ref
Dr. Carter Ramirez
Carter was a researcher at University College London focusing on the problem of the lost. She’s described as late 30s or early 40s, with wiry hair kept up in a simple bun to keep it out of her face. Her family was originally from Spain, leading to black hair and a darker complexion.
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Michelle Hadje/Sasha
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The last of the lost, Michelle Hadje was RJ’s ex and closest friend. She spent most of her time online as an anthropomorphic skunk, and thus went on to become the progenitor of the Ode clade. As Michelle, she’s described as white of middle/near eastern descent, pale with curly black hair framing a round face, pudgy, and, later on, almost constantly exhausted. As Sasha, she’s described as a pretty standard skunk but otherwise the same: “I just wanted to look like myself offline except a furry. Completely unremarkable and a species no one likes.” After uploading, she found herself unable to stay pinned to one form without a lot of concentration (see here for a description)

Secondary characters

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Do I Know God After The End Waking/E.W.
End Waking kept the species from his past, but has otherwise diverged quite far from True Name over the centuries. There’s the obvious gender change, but, given how bad he feels about what he did in the past, he’s given up not just on politics but on all of modern society. He lives as a hermit in a forest of his own making and is described as “heavily committed to the ranger aesthetic. Cloak, hatchet, bow, the works”. ref
Debarre
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Debarre is a pretty standard weasel, brown fur, cream colored down his front. Wears all black because he’s a sad boi.
Sarah Genet
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Sarah is a psychologist and therapist who uploaded later in life and has kept her late-40s/early-50s appearance, with short, straight graying brown hair, relatively tall and slim, empathetic features and business casual dress.
Jonas Anderson
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Uh oh, we got ourselves a real sack of shit, here. Jonas is described as “perilously handsome”, blonde, slender, somewhere between actor and politician.
Zacharias
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Councilor Yosef Demma
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Zacharias is an anthropomorphic red fox who dresses fancier than Dear. He’s reasonably tall, slender, wearing slacks, a waistcoat, a jacket, dress shirt, and understated tie. He carries an affected cane and his British accent is probably fake to make him seem smarter.
Ezekiel
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Zeke or Ezekiel was one of the guiding forces behind the early system, yet is described as anything from a pile of dirty rags or rubbish, barely recognizable as human, to a homeless man.
user11824
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All anyone can really tell about user11824 is that he’s male. He’s described as being so utterly boring that one’s eyes simply slide right off him. He calls himself ‘a nobody, but a Maori nobody’, but that doesn’t seem to reach his statistically average appearance.
Sorina Bălan
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Aurel Bălan
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In an effort to send an instance along with Artemis, where eir partners can’t follow, Codrin forks off Sorina and rushes individuation as best ey can. She looks fairly similar to Codrin, though is shorter, has longer hair, and has shifted far more feminine, appearing as a cis woman.

Books

Qoheleth

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