Cast of Characters
hero
Vera
tenacious, sardonic, haunted
Translucent pale-blue spectral woman with a bold graphic silhouette, tall and sharp-shouldered. She wears a vivid crimson trench coat with a wide black belt, a pencil skirt, and a cocked fedora with a white band — all rendered in a ghostly luminous outline. Her eyes glow solid white and her dark hair is pinned in firm 1950s curls. A golden detective badge floats at her lapel.
villain
Mace
ruthless, calculating, paranoid
Barrel-chested man in a crisp navy-blue police captain's uniform with gold epaulettes and a blood-red necktie. Square jaw, slicked iron-grey hair, one milky dead eye that marks his ability to see spirits. He carries a silver-tipped baton and his silhouette is a broad, imposing rectangle. Heavy gold signet ring on his right fist.
sidekick
Dex
loyal, reckless, earnest
Lanky young man in a sunshine-yellow sport coat over a white shirt with a loose blue tie. Strong jaw, wide earnest eyes, chestnut hair swept in a classic hero's wave. He carries a battered leather satchel stuffed with case folders. His tall, lean silhouette contrasts sharply with the villain's bulk — clean-lined and kinetic.
mentor
Opal
imperious, wise, theatrical
Stout, imperious woman rendered in warm amber translucence, wearing a sequined emerald-green flapper dress with a dramatic feathered headband. Pearl ropes hang to her waist and her silhouette is round and regal. Her expression is perpetually haughty, one jeweled hand always raised mid-pronouncement. Seamed stockings and pointed heels complete the 1920s silhouette.
comic-relief
Zip
clumsy, excitable, big-hearted
Small, scrawny boy-ghost in a cobalt-blue newsboy cap and oversized red-striped knit sweater tucked into rolled-up brown trousers. Freckled, gap-toothed grin, ears too big for his head. His translucent form constantly flickers and he leaves a trail of floating ghost newspapers. Tiny silhouette dwarfed by everyone around him.
antagonist
Sable
cold, precise, mercenary
Tall, wiry woman in a jet-black bodysuit with a high mandarin collar and vivid yellow utility straps crossing her chest. Short-cropped platinum hair and sharp angular features. She wields a pair of tuning-fork wands that crackle with golden energy lethal to ghosts. Her silhouette is angular and predatory — all straight lines and coiled threat. Knee-high black boots with yellow buckles.
