Magical Midlife Conclave Characters

Jessie is a female gargoyle and mage, mistress and heir of Ivy House, and co-leader of the convocation with Austin. She has healing and sorcery magic, trains for the Conclave, and fights challenges to protect her territory and people. She is blunt, protective, and insists on being treated as a true co-leader rather than kept in the dark. She is also called Jess and Jacinta Ironheart.

Arc: She moves from preparing for the Conclave and being excluded from a shifter crisis to confronting Austin, becoming a true co-leader, surviving the Elder's challenge, stopping Austin from killing Armendale, and sharing the Protector magic with Austin to become a co-nexus. At the end she and Austin set their sights on attacking Momar.

• Austin Barazza — her mate and co-leader
• Ivy House — sentient magical house she is mistress and heir of
• Tristan — ally and gargoyle team member
• Nessa — friend and ally
• Sebastian — friend and ally
• Aljoe — ally and convocation leader
• Sue — packmate and ally
• Aurora — friend and team member
• Mr. Tom — household staff who serves and advises her
• Niamh — friend and ally
• Edgar — ally
• Momar — enemy
• Armendale — enemy
• The Elder — challenger who later praises her and must make amends
• Kingsley — ally in the convocation
• Patty — garhette social media manager and helper
• Aunt Florence — garhette helper and live-streaming partner
• Ulric — gargoyle crew member
• Jasper — gargoyle crew member
• Cyra — crew member
• Hollace — crew member
• Fred — ally and tech tracker
• Drex — ally
• Calvin — she apologizes to him and invites him to Ivy House
• Mable — garhette helper
• Mimi — garhette who pressures her about staying
• Vera — garhette helper

Austin is an alpha shifter, Jessie's mate, co-leader of the convocation, and head of the territory. He is also called Austin Steele. He plans to take Ivy House's Mate Protector magic to protect Jessie and prove himself to shifters, though he fears the darkness may consume him. He is Kingsley's brother and Mimi's grandson.

Arc: He moves from organizing the Conclave and planning to take the Protector magic alone to accepting Jessie's insistence that they share the magic. He becomes a co-nexus, senses allies across the country, accepts the burden of choosing a larger council, and targets Momar.

• Jessie Ironheart — his mate and co-leader
• Kingsley — his brother
• Mimi — his grandmother
• Ivy House — source of the Protector magic; speaks to him
• Aljoe — beta and ally in the convocation
• Sue — beta and ally
• Tristan — ally
• Nessa — ally
• Sebastian — ally
• Momar — enemy
• Armendale — rival alpha and enemy
• Aurora — his niece
• Drex — ally sensed through shared connections
• Gerard — ally sensed through shared connections
• Evan — ally sensed through shared connections
• The Elder — challenger whose challenge he honors Jessie's decision on

Momar is the off-page main enemy mage threatening the convocation. He trains mages, sends decoys and hidden mages, and tries to tap ley lines and nexus power. He is suspected of choosing Kingsley's pack because of the power running next to it.

Arc: He remains a looming threat throughout, and at the end Ivy House directs Jessie and Austin to set their sights on him and attack.

• Jessie Ironheart — enemy
• Austin Barazza — enemy
• Sebastian — threat whose mages Sebastian wants to deaden
• Nessa — she suspects he chose Kingsley's pack for the nearby power
• Kingsley — suspected target of his plans
• Ivy House — target it directs them to attack

Armendale is a rival alpha with generational privilege who opposes Austin's leadership. He interrupts Austin's speech, questions the benefit of joining, and later leads an ambush on Jessie. He prefers cheating and avoiding direct challenges to keep his status.

Arc: He moves from questioning Austin at the Conclave to spreading rumors, being accused by Jessie, ambushing Jessie, and being defeated by Austin. He is spared because Jessie argues his pack depends on him.

• Austin Barazza — rival alpha and enemy
• Jessie Ironheart — enemy who ambushes and later spares him
• Aljoe — rival
• Nessa — she manipulates energy to water down his support
• Kingsley — witnessed his planned attack on Austin
• Theo — alpha ally supporting him
• Chris — alpha ally supporting him

Samuel is a shifter who confronts Austin and Jessie after a basajaunak drop-kicked his man. He insults Jessie, calling her a bitch and referring to basajaunak as hairy bigfoots, and is magically punished by Jessie, who lifts him into the air as a wolf. He is outraged and losing his inheritance.

Arc: He moves from confronting Jessie to being magically lifted and humiliated. He remains a minor antagonistic shifter.

• Jessie Ironheart — he confronts and insults her, and she punishes him
• Austin Barazza — he confronts him
• The Elder — his man was drop-kicked by the Elder

Sasquatch is a shifter who has always hated Jessie and wanted to make her life a living hell. He shoves Sebastian into Jessie, kicks his drink, and is hoisted by the neck by Austin. Patty and Aunt Florence drag him to a barber appointment against his will.

Arc: He remains a hostile nuisance toward Jessie, gets threatened by Austin, and is dragged off by the garhettes.

• Jessie Ironheart — he has always hated her
• Austin Barazza — Austin threatens to kill him
• Sebastian — he shoves him
• Patty — she drags him to the barber
• Aunt Florence — she drags him to the barber

Theo is an alpha who flanks Armendale and identifies the body as Calvin's man despite not being able to see the face. He supports Armendale's faction. He remains a minor antagonistic ally of Armendale.

Arc: He remains a minor supporter of Armendale during the murder accusation.

• Armendale — alpha ally supporting him
• Calvin — identifies the dead man as Calvin's man

Chris is an alpha who flanks Armendale and makes a soft, barely discernible sound like a baa. He supports Armendale's faction. He remains a minor antagonistic ally of Armendale.

Arc: He remains a minor supporter of Armendale during the murder accusation.

• Armendale — alpha ally supporting him

Sebastian is a mage working for the convocation, often exhausted from overwork in the crystal room. He researches defenses, builds magical traps, and solves problems such as the planted vial at the murder scene. He has a close but unconventional friendship with Edgar, who calls him bestie after a misdirected declaration of love. He is also called Sabby.

Arc: He moves from overworked researcher to accepting Aljoe's counsel, helping uncover false evidence, being dragged out by Ivy House dolls, and helping against Momar. He remains wary of Ivy House but continues to work as a central mage asset.

• Nessa — friend and companion who monitors his wellbeing
• Edgar — bestie after a misunderstanding
• Jessie Ironheart — ally and leader he helps defend
• Aljoe — advisor and companion
• Ivy House — magical house he works with and relies on
• Mr. Tom — drugged him to sleep
• Momar — threat whose mages he wants to deaden
• Niamh — she scolds him
• Fred — she asks to call him Sabby
• Austin Barazza — he steps in front of Austin when the golem appears
• Tristan — ally
• Sue — ally

Nessa is a mage with energy-manipulating magic, ley-line knowledge, and shadow skills, part of the Ivy House crew. She is also called Natasha. She is romantically involved with Tristan and struggles with trusting him because of her past. She protects her friends and uses her magic for espionage and influence.

Arc: She moves from monitoring Sebastian and joining espionage to confronting Tristan, ruining a challenger's life, and eventually confessing her past and accepting love as Tristan's mate. She ends happier with Tristan and openly affectionate.

• Tristan — romantic partner and mate
• Sebastian — friend and companion
• Jessie Ironheart — friend and ally
• Edgar — espionage partner
• Sue — teammate who calls her like Robin Hood
• Fred — helped her empty a challenger's bank accounts
• Ivy House — lets her into secret passages
• The Elder — wants to learn her magic
• Niamh — friend
• Aljoe — friend and ally
• Aurora — housemate and friend
• Armendale — target of her energy manipulation

Tristan is a gargoyle guardian and alpha-caliber asset, stylish and protective. He is romantically involved with Nessa and patient with her fears. He advises Aljoe, trains and organizes gargoyles, and fights in challenges.

Arc: He moves from advising Aljoe and teasing Nessa to extracting her when she overdoes her magic, confessing his love after learning her past, and accepting her as his mate. He remains a protector and ally to Jessie and Austin.

• Nessa — romantic partner and mate
• Jessie Ironheart — ally and guardian
• Austin Barazza — ally
• Aljoe — friend and ally
• Sue — friend and team member
• Gerard — friend and conversation partner
• Sebastian — ally he helps with Nessa
• Ivy House — stays there
• James — he put James in a tree

Aljoe is a legendary alpha formerly known as Yazanth Golden Fang and briefly as John Smith. He leads a rogue unit within Jessie's team and mentors Aurora as pseudo-family. He is trying to adapt to Ivy House and the convocation instead of a traditional pack.

Arc: He moves from calling Kingsley to train Aurora to revealing his true identity at the Conclave, fighting challenges, being wounded and healed, and supporting Austin's leadership. He ends sunning outside and planning to stay at Ivy House with his sisters nearby.

• Kingsley — he respects him and seeks approval as Aurora's father
• Aurora — his mentee and second in command
• Austin Barazza — convocation leader and ally
• Jessie Ironheart — fellow leader and ally
• Sue — friend and fellow alpha
• Nina — his sister
• Zara — his sister
• Nessa — friend and ally who helped influence the crowd
• Tristan — friend who advised him about gargoyles
• Armendale — rival and target
• Rogues — he leads them

Ivy House is a sentient magical house with wards, hidden passages, defenses, and its own will. It is bound to Jessie as its heir and is the source of Austin's Protector magic. It provides information, blocks threats, and sometimes drags people out with dolls.

Arc: It moves from advising Sebastian and Jessie to hosting the Conclave, letting Nessa into secret passages, guiding Austin's magic transfer, and finally calling for a larger council and directing an attack on Momar. It honors Jessie as heir and fulfills Tamara Ivy's wish for mate love.

• Jessie Ironheart — its heir and mistress
• Austin Barazza — Mate Protector it gives magic to
• Sebastian — it provides information and drags him out with dolls
• Nessa — it lets her into secret passages
• Cyra — it blocks her attempts to burn the woods
• Tamara Ivy — legacy tied to her wish
• Momar — target it directs them to attack

Aurora is Kingsley's daughter, a tiger shifter, and Aljoe's second in command. She is close friends with Ulric and Jasper and is determined to gain experience before the Conclave. She is proud, refuses to stay down when wounded, and wants to prove herself without relying on nepotism.

Arc: She moves from collapsing wounded outside Nessa's house and investigating a breach to comforting Sue, defeating Alpha Noah, supporting Aljoe, and guarding Austin during the magic transfer. She learns leadership from Jessie, Austin, and Aljoe.

• Kingsley — her father
• Austin Barazza — her uncle
• Aljoe — her mentor and leader; she is his second
• Sue — packmate and friend she comforts
• Ulric — close friend and life raft
• Jasper — close friend and life raft
• Nessa — housemate and friend
• Jessie Ironheart — friend and team member
• Indigo — connected through Sue
• Alpha Noah — opponent she defeated

Sue is a powerful shifter beta, formerly an alpha-turned-beta, and one of Austin's betas. He is also referenced as Brochan and Spencer. He carries wounded Aurora, investigates breaches, grieves his deceased family, and has a mutual attraction with Nina.

Arc: He moves from carrying Aurora and moving into Ivy House to storing his family's memories in a hidden room, staying at Ivy House with his family nearby, and guarding Austin during the Protector magic transfer. He becomes emotionally supported by Aurora and the team.

• Aurora — packmate and friend he is carried and comforted by
• Austin Barazza — alpha and beta
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Nina — mutual attraction
• Aljoe — friend and fellow shifter
• Tristan — team member
• Indigo — she helped him with pain; he stopped seeing her
• Mr. Tom — says he needs help

Edgar is a vampire with long canines who lives around Ivy House and works with experimental killer flowers. He plans magical traps and a shrine, and often speaks cryptically. After Sebastian accidentally says he loves him, Edgar treats him as a best friend.

Arc: He moves from pitching a killer-flower trap to startling Sebastian, guiding Jessie during the Elder fight, and planning flower improvements near the basajaunak. He remains cryptic and patient about the unresolved magical attack setup.

• Sebastian — bestie after a misunderstanding
• Nessa — espionage partner and collaborator
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Indigo — ally who supports his plans
• Dave — basajaunak access to his flowers
• Ulric — negotiates a ride with him
• Momar — unresolved setup involving magical attack flowers

Kingsley Barazza is an alpha, Austin's brother, Aurora's father, and Earnessa's mate. He first tried to unite the shifters and was nearly taken down by mages before the convocation helped. He admires Aljoe and fears Aljoe might lose himself and kill Aurora.

Arc: He moves from agreeing to let Aljoe train Aurora to witnessing Armendale's planned attack on Austin, attending the Conclave, praising Austin, and helping unify shifter types. He supports the convocation and seeks to erase lines between packs.

• Austin Barazza — his brother
• Aurora — his daughter
• Earnessa — his mate
• Aljoe — his longtime hero and caller; he fears for Aurora
• Armendale — witnessed his planned attack on Austin
• Drex — he saved Drex's pack; Drex is a fan
• Jessie Ironheart — ally

Mr. Tom is a butler-like gargoyle and household staff at Ivy House, sharp-tongued and dutiful. He serves Jessie and Austin, manages dinner and household matters, and dislikes having extra help in the kitchen. He has a grudge against Jessie's mother.

Arc: He moves from managing dinner and bickering with Niamh to preparing the hidden room for Sue, guiding shifters through Ivy House, and resisting the garhettes' new help. He remains loyal to Jessie's council needs.

• Jessie Ironheart — he serves and advises her
• Austin Barazza — he serves and snarks at him
• Niamh — antagonistic toward each other
• Tristan — greets and serves him
• Mimi — extra garhette help he dislikes
• Mable — extra garhette help he dislikes
• Vera — extra garhette help he dislikes
• Sue — reports that Sue needs help
• Patty — she teases him
• Aunt Florence — she teases him

Niamh is an older ally and investigator who sits with the group, warns Nessa about using magic on patrons, and works with Fred to hack cell towers and track the mage threat. She is blunt, enjoys provoking Mr. Tom, and fabricates an eyewitness story to provoke Armendale.

Arc: She moves from warning and teasing Nessa to investigating the midsized sedan, fabricating evidence against Armendale, and helping expose the truth. She remains a sharp-tongued investigator and ally.

• Jessie Ironheart — friend and ally
• Fred — colleague she works with
• Mr. Tom — bickers with him
• Sebastian — she scolds him
• Nessa — friend
• Tristan — teases him
• Armendale — adversary
• Patty — enlisted her to do digging

Dave is a basajaunak ally who greets Nessa, warns Jessie about his greater family and the Elder, and helps explain the drop-kicking incident. He is host-like, receives Jessie's magical commands, and imposes rules on how basajaunak may scare hikers.

Arc: He moves from greeting Nessa and watching the clearing to introducing the Elder, helping after Jessie's fight, and being praised by the Elder. He remains a reliable basajaunak ally.

• Jessie Ironheart — ally who receives her commands
• The Elder — basajaunak leader he follows
• Edgar — basajaunak access to his flowers
• Austin Barazza — ally
• Nessa — collaborator on flowers

The Elder is the immense basajaunak leader and one of the leaders of the overall family. She drop-kicks a shifter for a sexist slur and later challenges Jessie, drawing power from natural elements. She is proud, dangerous, and ultimately honorable enough to apologize and make amends.

Arc: She moves from punishing a shifter to challenging Jessie in Ivy House woods, fighting her, being dragged away, and later coming for drinks to apologize and praise Jessie. She admits she cheated and must make amends.

• Jessie Ironheart — challenger who later praises her and must make amends
• Dave — basajaunak under her leadership
• Phil — asks if he smuggled brew
• Nessa — Nessa wants to learn her magic
• basajaunak — their leader

Indigo is a healer and ally who supports Edgar's shrine plan, helps heal Aljoe and Jessie, and has a moral compass of her own. She stopped seeing Sue to help with the pain of his family's passing but is on hand when he stores their items.

Arc: She moves from supporting Edgar's plans to healing Aljoe after Jessie wounds him, refusing to tend the Elder until ordered, and helping Jessie after the Elder fight. She remains a healer and ally.

• Jessie Ironheart — healer and ally
• Aljoe — she helps heal him
• Sue — she helped him with pain; he stopped seeing her
• Tristan — follows his order to tend Jessie and the Elder
• Edgar — supports his plans
• Cyra — talks with her

Cyra is a phoenix and member of Jessie's crew who uses fire and lightning. She tries to burn the woods around the gnomes, which Ivy House stops, and she fights gnomes and skeletons. She has dark humor and is paired with Hollace.

Arc: She moves from trying to burn the woods to demonstrating fire at the Conclave, blasting gnomes, scattering shifters, and joking about fighting skeletons. She remains a fiery crew member.

• Jessie Ironheart — crew member
• Ivy House — it blocks her attempts to burn the woods
• Hollace — paired with him
• Indigo — talks with her
• Garhettes — fought skeletons alongside them

Ulric is a gargoyle, one of Aurora's closest friends, and a member of Jessie's crew. He flies Jessie, perches on watch, wears a purple muumuu, and wants to relax with Jessie's group. He is best at anticipating Jessie in the air.

Arc: He moves from arriving in a muumuu and taking orders to flying Jessie, guarding her during the Elder fight, and asking to join dinner and the BBQ. He remains a loyal gargoyle ally.

• Aurora — close friend and life raft
• Jasper — fellow gargoyle and crew member
• Jessie Ironheart — crew member and ally
• Tristan — takes orders from him
• Edgar — negotiates flying him
• Niamh — receives beer from her
• Sebastian — told to get airborne with him

Jasper is a gargoyle, one of Aurora's closest friends, and a member of Jessie's crew. He flies Jessie, perches on watch, wears a purple muumuu, and relays Tristan's instructions to Nessa. He is best at anticipating Jessie in the air.

Arc: He moves from arriving in a muumuu and offering Sebastian a ride to flying Jessie, helping guard her, and relaying safety instructions. He remains a loyal gargoyle ally.

• Aurora — close friend and life raft
• Ulric — fellow gargoyle and crew member
• Jessie Ironheart — crew member and ally
• Nessa — friend who relays Tristan's instruction
• Sebastian — offers him a ride
• Tristan — takes orders from him

Fred is a tech expert who works with Niamh, tracks cell phones, hacks, and gathers cyber intelligence. She is enthusiastic, loves chocolate, and asks to call Sebastian Sabby. She helps investigate the mage threat and later rides Niamh laughing and whooping.

Arc: She moves from joining Niamh at the bar to tracking the mage's work phone, slipping spyware, helping ruin a challenger's life, and investigating the cyberworld. She remains an eager tech ally.

• Niamh — colleague she works with
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Sebastian — she asks to call him Sabby
• Aljoe — knows and trusts him
• Nessa — helped her empty a challenger's bank accounts
• Cyra — shares dark humor with her

Mimi is a garhette, Austin's grandmother, and a manager of his businesses and territory. She helps finalize Conclave invitations and later moves dinner to Ivy House. Aljoe calls her Naomi and considers her a legend.

Arc: She moves from organizing Conclave invitations to moving dinner to Ivy House and insisting she and Vera stay on to help with managerial duties. She remains a forceful household and business manager.

• Austin Barazza — her grandson
• Jessie Ironheart — she pressures her about staying
• Mable — fellow garhette
• Vera — fellow garhette she will work with
• Mr. Tom — extra garhette help he dislikes
• Aljoe — he calls her Naomi and considers her a legend

Patty is a garhette, Jessie's social media manager, and a morale manager. She criticizes Sasquatch's hygiene and drags him to a barber, plans a reception for Evan and Gerard, and live-streams Conclave fights. She works closely with Aunt Florence.

Arc: She moves from managing Sasquatch's appearance to reporting territory readiness, planning a garden party for gnomes, and live-streaming the Conclave and Armendale's defeat. She remains a loyal garhette helper.

• Aunt Florence — fellow garhette and partner
• Jessie Ironheart — she reports to her and manages social media
• Sasquatch — she drags him to the barber
• Mr. Tom — she teases him
• Niamh — Niamh enlisted her to do digging

Aunt Florence is a garhette who works with Patty on morale, gnome control, and live-streaming. She criticizes Sasquatch's hygiene, plans a garden party to deal with gnomes, and dangles from a gargoyle with a camera to film fights. She is blunt and teasing.

Arc: She moves from dragging Sasquatch to a barber to planning the gnome garden party and live-streaming the Conclave. She remains a loyal garhette helper.

• Patty — fellow garhette and partner
• Jessie Ironheart — she reports to her
• Sasquatch — she drags him to the barber
• Mr. Tom — she teases him
• Tristan — she compliments him

Nina is Aljoe's sister, an alpha, and Sue's romantic interest. She is initially concerned for Aljoe, questions Jessie after Aljoe is wounded, and later praises the convocation as family. She warns Austin that the Elder has challenged Jessie.

Arc: She moves from worrying about Aljoe's change to supporting him, flirting with Sue, comforting Aljoe, and believing in the territory's family. She remains interested in Sue and proud of Aljoe.

• Aljoe — her brother
• Zara — her sister
• Sue — mutual attraction
• Austin Barazza — she warns him about the Elder and admires his convocation
• Jessie Ironheart — she questions her after Aljoe's fight
• Nessa — acquaintance
• The Elder — warns Austin that the Elder challenged Jessie

Zara is Aljoe's sister and an alpha. She reacts with surprise and freezing to Jessie's magic, worries about Aljoe, and promises to back him. She supports Aljoe's new path.

Arc: She moves from surprise at Jessie's power to expressing worry and relief about Aljoe's change and promising to support him. She remains an ally to Aljoe.

• Aljoe — her brother
• Nina — her sister
• Jessie Ironheart — present when she uses magic

Drex is an alpha whose life Kingsley saved, and he becomes an ally to Austin and Jessie. He warns that Armendale is trouble, reports that packs are sending enforcers home and trusting Austin, and is proud to meet Kingsley as an equal. He is also sensed by Austin through the shared connections.

Arc: He moves from standing as a buffer at the bar to warning about Armendale, reporting growing trust in Austin and Jessie, and meeting Kingsley as an equal. He remains a supportive alpha ally.

• Austin Barazza — ally
• Kingsley — considers him a hero and savior
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Armendale — warns that he is trouble
• Indigo — she comments he was a sweet patient

Gerard is a gargoyle ally who joins the convocation after showing up to help even though he did not know Kingsley. He jokes with Tristan about shifter volatility, talks about losing his cairn to Tristan, and is sensed by Austin through the shared connections.

Arc: He moves from nodding during Austin's speech to talking with Tristan, offering to help with Nessa, and being sensed by Austin. He remains an amused and supportive ally.

• Austin Barazza — ally
• Tristan — friend and conversation partner
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Kingsley — did not know him before helping
• Nessa — offers to help Tristan with her
• Evan — due in with him

Evan is a gargoyle ally due in with Gerard, and he likes to let his hair down on a travel day. He is pleased with Jessie's camp according to Ulric, and he is sensed by Austin through the shared connections. A reception is planned for him and Gerard.

Arc: He remains mostly off-page, but he is part of the convocation's gargoyle support and is sensed by Austin at the end.

• Gerard — due in with him
• Austin Barazza — ally sensed through shared connections
• Jessie Ironheart — ally
• Ulric — says Evan is pleased
• Patty — plans a reception for him

Calvin is an alpha whose enforcer and brother-in-law is murdered at the Conclave. He sits alone in the divided bar, grieving and confused, and Jessie apologizes to him and invites him to Ivy House. He is a weaker alpha in attendance compared to Armendale.

Arc: He moves from grief over his murdered enforcer to receiving Jessie's apology and choosing to stay outside for the BBQ rather than a quiet meal. He remains a grieving alpha whom Jessie tries to respect.

• Jessie Ironheart — she apologizes to him and invites him to Ivy House
• his enforcer — the dead man was his brother-in-law
• Armendale — a weaker alpha in attendance compared to him

Mable is a garhette helper who asks Jessie about the garhettes continuing to help at Ivy House. She reveals Sue's decision to stay and hints at the mutual attraction between Nina and Sue. She agrees to handle the house while Vera helps Mimi.

Arc: She moves from asking about staying to handling the house and helping arrange the household. She remains a practical garhette helper.

• Jessie Ironheart — garhette helper
• Mimi — fellow garhette
• Vera — fellow garhette
• Sue — concerned for him
• Mr. Tom — extra garhette help he dislikes

Vera is a garhette who stays to help Mimi with various managerial duties for the businesses. She is part of the extra household help Jessie reluctantly accepts. She remains a minor garhette helper.

Arc: She remains a minor helper staying on with Mimi and Mable.

• Mimi — fellow garhette she will assist
• Mable — fellow garhette
• Jessie Ironheart — extra garhette help
• Mr. Tom — extra garhette help he dislikes

Betty owns the golem that keeps breaking out and going into the trees. She refuses Niamh's past offer to get rid of it and warns Jessie while looking for her golem. She fears accidentally making another if she tries to remove it.

Arc: She remains a minor recurring nuisance and golem owner, showing up to retrieve her golem and warning Jessie.

• Jessie Ironheart — she warns her about the golem
• Niamh — Niamh offered to get rid of the golem
• golem — she owns it

Remmi is a scout at the boundary who reports to Sue and Aurora that the magic is a few hours old and that the scouts see and smell nothing past that point. She is part of the perimeter team. She remains a minor scout.

Arc: She remains a minor scout who reports the boundary breach.

• Sue — reports to him
• Aurora — present during her report
• scouts — one of the scouts on the perimeter

Bud is a new rogue who talks to Aurora after the magical demonstration, praises her work, and comments on Aljoe, rogues, and the coming Conclave. He antagonizes the garhettes and has styled hair with messy clothes. He is relieved to find a place after wandering.

Arc: He moves from praising Aurora to expressing relief at finding a place and looking forward to alphas who rejected him seeing Austin, Aljoe, and Sue. He remains a minor rogue ally.

• Aurora — fellow rogue and acquaintance
• Aljoe — admires him
• Garhettes — antagonizes them
• alphas who rejected him — wants them to see the Conclave

Phil sits with Niamh and Nessa at the bar, jokes about Tristan pining, and explains that Aljoe's problem with the gargoyles was sorted. He says he cannot wait to go to battle with Aljoe, and he later helps roll Jessie to correct her wings after the Elder fight.

Arc: He moves from bar commentary to helping Jessie after the Elder fight and asking whether he smuggled brew. He remains a minor ally in the group.

• Niamh — companion sitting beside her
• Nessa — friend
• Aljoe — ally who praises his fierceness
• Jessie Ironheart — he helps her after the Elder fight
• The Elder — she asks if he smuggled brew

Earnessa is Kingsley's mate. She is concerned when Kingsley freezes during Aljoe's call, asks whether Aurora will take the offer, and tells Kingsley dinner is almost ready. She cares for Kingsley and is interested in the offer for Aurora.

Arc: She remains a minor supporting mate who reacts to the call and supports Kingsley at home.

• Kingsley — his mate
• Aurora — she asks whether Aurora will take the offer

Oliver is an alpha whose pack had a run-in with mages and who attests to the damage mages can do. He questions Austin's leadership despite acknowledging his power, concerned that uniting under the wrong leadership could be disastrous. He remains a skeptical alpha at the Conclave.

Arc: He questions Austin's leadership and remains a cautious voice in the crowd.

• Austin Barazza — questions his leadership

Rhett is a shifter who reveals he has been eavesdropping and asks to come to the dinner or BBQ. Jessie allows him if he stays calm. He remains a minor shifter guest.

Arc: He moves from eavesdropping to being allowed to join the BBQ if he stays calm.

• Jessie Ironheart — asks to join her dinner or BBQ
• Other shifters — three others also admit to eavesdropping

June is someone Jessie asks about the Elder drawing power from nature, but June clams up. She knows something but will not share it. She remains a minor off-page source of withheld information.

Arc: She remains a minor character who withholds information about the Elder's magic.

• Jessie Ironheart — questioned by her about the Elder's magic

Hollace is a member of Jessie's crew who flies over everyone, summoning thunder and lightning that barely misses people. She later circles the streets with Cyra, raining lightning and fire to clear shifters. She is paired with Cyra in tasks.

Arc: She moves from demonstrating thunder and lightning at the Conclave to scattering shifters with Cyra and flying above Jessie. She remains a powerful crew member.

• Jessie Ironheart — crew member
• Cyra — paired with her in tasks
• Ulric — fellow crew member
• Jasper — fellow crew member

Tamara Ivy is mentioned by Ivy House as having wished for the mate love and connection Jessie and Austin found. Her legacy is tied to Ivy House and its heirs. She does not directly act in the story.

Arc: She remains a legacy figure whose wish is fulfilled by Jessie and Austin's connection.

• Ivy House — its legacy and magic are tied to her wish
• Jessie Ironheart — the heir who fulfills what she wished for
• Austin Barazza — the mate whose connection fulfills her wish