The cast
Fifty-six characters. Twelve kinds.
Each one has a name, a way of being and a badge for what it stands for. Tap one. They like to say hello.
9 characters
Who they are before anyone puts anything on them. Body, ears and a chest plaque — the base every calling is worn over, and a set in their own right.
Flow
Breeze
Goes where the wind goes. Notices what others miss and helps the world feel a little lighter.
Meet Breeze →Mind
Orbit
Circling a question. Will land on the answer eventually, and it will be worth the wait.
Meet Orbit →12 characters
The inner truths. Fixed at twelve and complete — who a character is rather than what it does, each one expressing a trait the kind already scores on.
Lead
The Explorer
Finds the others, and writes down where. Bush hat, brass goggles, a case for specimens.
Hosts plushexplorer.comMeet The Explorer →Hero
Hero
Spark with the helm on. Steps out in front when it matters, and plays it down afterwards.
Meet Hero →Magician
Magician
Wisp in the star robe. Knows one genuinely good trick and will not say which one it is.
Meet Magician →Everyman
Maple
Nothing remarkable, and everyone's favourite. Remembers how you take your tea.
Meet Maple →21 characters
What they do, or what they just did. Occupations, a milestone and a few ways of being — unbounded, and the callings that make the best gifts.
Astronaut
Astro
Pebble suited up. Calm at altitude, and checks the seals twice on the way out.
Meet Astro →Grower
Fern
Knows what is in flower this week, what the soil is doing, and what the gardener did at six this morning to make the view look effortless.
Meet Fern →Builder of Worlds
Edwin Edgeworth
Builds the iconkind worlds — one block, then another. Calm, assured, easy in a good jacket; wears dark glasses indoors because the ideas are bright.
Meet Edwin Edgeworth →Fisher Wife
Thrift
Reads the sky, keeps the accounts in her head, and gets the children fed whatever the tide brings in.
Meet Thrift →Free Trader
Fathom
Lands the cargo on the dark of the moon, pays the crew before he pays himself, and has never once known a thing when asked.
Meet Fathom →Fisherman
Drift
Works the pots at first light, shoots the nets on the evening tide, and has never yet told the sea what to do.
Meet Drift →Rancher
The Cowboy
Lives close to the land, values freedom, and always has your back.
Meet The Cowboy →The Pulse
Knox Beat
Hears the beat under the room before anyone else does, and builds the night around it.
Meet Knox Beat →Lives Out Loud
Indigo
Positive, energetic, full of life — knows exactly what she wants and has a brilliant time getting it.
Meet Indigo →Heart of the Community
Posy Potluck
Loves family, a good get-together and her community — the one who brings everyone round the table.
Meet Posy Potluck →Rider
The Biker
Rides his own road, but always has your back. Loyal, fearless and true to his people.
Meet The Biker →The Rock Chick
Roxy Riff
Lives life out loud, brings the fun, and always has your back.
Meet Roxy Riff →The Icon
Voss Slick
Says less than anyone in the room and is listened to more. Clean lines, no noise.
Meet Voss Slick →The Groove
Jahri
Finds the rhythm in a slow afternoon and shares it. Nothing worth doing is done in a hurry.
Meet Jahri →Friendly Visitor
Zorp
Landed in a field in a craft the size of a bath, and mistook a sheep for the government. Now follows the Explorer everywhere, collecting Earth's finest specimens: so far a button, a teaspoon and one extremely good duck.
Meet Zorp →4 characters
The ones who play. Runners, riders and the pitch — a kind in its kit, for the team, the club and the race day.
Runner
Fleet
Out before it is light, back before anyone notices. Does not race anybody but the clock.
Meet Fleet →Rugby Player
Tor
Holds the line, and has never once mentioned it afterwards. Muddiest of the set by a distance.
Meet Tor →Cyclist
Swift
Knows every hill within thirty miles and which of them are worth it. Carries two bottles and lends one.
Meet Swift →Footballer
Cleat
Picks the teams so the smallest one goes first. Better at that than at finishing.
Meet Cleat →7 characters
Sent out to hold a world of their own. Each one hosts a site, greets its visitors and speaks in its voice. This is where they come home.
Curator
Willow
Picks up ten things and puts nine of them back. The tenth is the one you wanted.
Hosts foweygifts.comMeet Willow →Finder
Bobbin
Has never once asked what you want. Turns up with it anyway.
Hosts giftpod.co.ukMeet Bobbin →The Fishing Advisor
Rodd Riggs
Reads the water before he reads the forecast, and will tell you which rig, which rig weight, and why — then let you find out for yourself.
Hosts roddriggs.comMeet Rodd Riggs →Find Your Own Water
RustJack
Finds the water nobody else bothers with — the iron, the weed, the far bank — and the fish that lives in it.
Hosts rustjack.comMeet RustJack →Trail · Tri · Outdoors
MudGoose
Out before the light, back before the kettle. Trail, tri, open water — mud is the point, not the problem.
Hosts mudgoose.comMeet MudGoose →The Trader
Quant
Tests the idea before he trusts it, sizes the risk before the reward, and calls a loss a loss.
Hosts qxstrategy.comMeet Quant →The Floorwalker
Sterling
Knows every floor, and greets you as an honoured guest.
Hosts iyus.comMeet Sterling →3 characters
The babies. The family at its smallest — the same dome head, ear muffs and wide eyes, in a onesie, before a calling or a badge. Given for a new arrival.