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Cerise  Portrayed by Jennifer
Cerise is Brand's daughter. He brought her out of Shadow to Arden a little over 50 years ago, and though she traveled out and about quite a bit at first, she seems to have settled in nicely now. It's quite clear that father and daughter absolutely dote on each other. She's also rather fond of her Uncle Julian and thinks that Arden is just the grandest place ever to live.

She lives in Craobh Beatha in a big, sprawling house, that is full of light and air and cheer; a place seemingly always ringing with laughter. All are welcome there. To pass the time and earn her way, she makes toys. Lots of toys. All kinds of toys (definition of toys very, very liberal). And nothing delights her more than giving them away. In fact, it's most unlikely that anyone she's met doesn't own one of one sort or another.
 

CHARLEMAGNE   Portrayed by Iomer
Charlemagne is his Father's son…His neatly cut hair is a bright and flaming red, with enough tints and highlights to actually appear to be a dancing flame.  His eyes are bright and merry and twinkling jade green, and when he's put down a few glasses of wine, the Devil seems to dance through his countenance.  He is built well, this son of Bleys, with good shoulders and slim hips.  Lithely muscular and graceful, he appears at ease and natural whether wielding a blade, a glass of wine, a fireball, or going for a twirl on the dance floor.

A dashing figure, his demeanor and appearance so like Bleys, but he favors darker hues than his Father, to contrast his bright hair and fair complexion, he chooses colors of green and black, though green does tend to dominate.  He has also been seen in a military uniform of black and silver, similar to the uniform of a French Musketeer…His personal symbol is a flaming green pentagram, on a field of black.

Charlie blundered into town bleeding and carrying dire news, a newcomer to the Kingdom of the Forest, and now seems to have gone native... 
 

Luca  Portrayed by Trish
She's twenty-five years old and turned up in Arden for the first time about four years ago. Her mother turned up about two months later, demanding that Luca leave Arden with her, but after something of a disagreement - especially between Fiona and Brand - Fiona left and Luca didn't. Since then, Fiona hasn't really come back, although Luca's father has been a regular visitor.

Luca seems to have several strings to her bow (actually, she's not bad at using one of those, either), with some aptitude in both the military and arcane arts - she's known to be a sorceress, specializing in spells that are of use in Arden, but her actual day job is as one of the officers in the Arden border guard.

She has a small, single-story, detached place, on the edge of town, with a tiny patch of garden, mainly made up of grass and trees. Anyone who's visited - which I guess is most of you, as she's a fairly sociable character - will know that as well as the usual rooms, she has a large study come lab come studio, and that her hobbies include painting and music. She lives alone, apart from her pet cat - a calico named Taisha - although she has quite a few friends in town and they occasionally stay over of an evening.
 

ROmeo  Portrayed by Rey
Romeo, Corwin's son, told his old man to fuck off before most of Arden's children were born. He ventured into Arden, determined to lead an intrigue-free life. He's quite friendly, though far from frolic-y and care-free (right, Storm?) If he's met you, he's given you an open invitation to visit his cabin whenever you wanted or needed to. 

He's quite a busy man: he trains Julian's Stormhounds and he keeps bees. He owns a popular restaurant in Craobh Beatha called "The Elysian Vineyard" restaurant. He also makes four liquors: a mead, a vodka, a liqueur, and a beer.

He lives outside of town in a comfortable cabin. His best friend is Hollikin, and he has an on-again, off-again relationship (mostly off-again) with Ivy, Hollikin's sister.

Visit Romeo's web site.
 

Storm  Portrayed by Theresa
Storm is one of the fraternal twin daughters of Gerard and Laurel, a lady of Arden.  She's 75 and has lived in Arden all her life.  She lives in a cottage off in the woods.  Storm grows and collects herbs for Rose, the city's herbalist/midwife and has served as her apprentice for several years.

Storm is vivacious and outgoing and a shameless flirt who has thoroughly embraced the Free Love lifestyle of her uncle's kingdom.  She thinks he's a genius, actually.  Whenever Hollikin, Julian's son, is in Arden, she spends all of her time exclusively with him.

She hunts, rides, and generally spends a lot of time exploring and learning the forest.  She adores riding or laying out in the rain and is especially fond of raging thunderstorms, most likely due to the fact that she and her sister were born during one.

Visit Storm's web site.
 

Walsingham  Portrayed by Pilar
Julian's Herald. A centaur (most of the time) she is a native of Arden, like most centaurs. Excepting the horse's ass she walks around in -- it's roan and cream pinto, for anyone who's asking. She tends to go au naturelle, but will wear a large lei of white flowers around her neck if she's asked to be modest. Flowers are a big thing for her, especially large ones that bloom in spring. No one knows her age, nor does she talk about her parentage much, a few off-hand comments about Morgenstern being more than he seems aside. Fear -- imagine, she has a MOTHER too.

Walsingham was hired some 45 years ago, to those that care. She adores and honors Julian, and takes her position with great pride. Walsingham's trumpets are the stuff of legend. She tends to be rather vivacious and herald-ish sounding, but her trumpets take the cake, some capable of being heard for miles when she blows them. She collects them like crazy, about a new one a week, and so has hundreds of them, one of every occasion, and some, so they say, that have no business being made in the first place. Not that anyone's ever seen those --- just rumors, and Walsingham pays no mind to rumors that she personally didn't start anyways.
 

Whisper-Of-Soft-Rain-on-the-forest  Portrayed by Mike
Yes, that whole thing is her name.  She usually goes by "Whisper."

Some six or so years back, objective Arden time, this teenager turned up in Craobh Beatha.  She was skinny and feral, dressed in primitive leathers.  Rumor has it that she comes from the Deep Tribes, a rather isolationist and mysterious group of, er, somethings that live in the most ancient, and often most dangerous, places in Arden.

The girl claimed that her name was Whisper-Of-Soft-Rain-On-The-Forest, and that she was Julian's daughter.  Julian, not seeming particularly surprised, confirmed this.  The issue of legitimacy was not raised by father or daughter, but common consensus among those who care is that she's likely illegitimate.

Whisper took up residence a little ways outside of the town, and proceeded to make herself into a gigantic headache for everyone she met.  With a huge ego and an attitude to match, not to mention a chip on her shoulder the size of a building, she endeared herself to basically nobody.

She frequently was involved in trying to show up her elder half-brother, Hollikin, at such activities as shooting, racing, etc.  Anything physical. And most especially hunting.  She was usually markedly unsuccesful at doing so.

About a year after her precipitous arrival, Whisper, just as precipitously, left, and was unheard of for five years.

Then, less than a month ago, she showed up again.  She has, perhaps, mellowed a little bit, or maybe it's just that she's not been seeking the spotlight as actively.

Thus far, she's kept a fairly low profile since her return.