Goodnight, Sweetheart

Dramatis Personae

Doctors:

The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor

Pro-Fun Trolls:

Eloise
Hostess of the Hoedown.
Ruthie
Deputy to Eloise.
Walter Duncun
Ruthie’s cousin, adept in the magics of the kitchen.

Authors:

Paul Andinach
A sardonic observer.
Bokman
A man with interesting reading habits.
Danel
An Author in search of a Muse.
Gordon Dempster
A storyteller, birthday boy, and complete lunatic.
Imran Inayat
A sometime bookworm and magician.
Alryssa Kelly, also called Sailor Gallifrey
A Sailor Scout of two souls and one mind.
Cameron Mason
An Author decidedly uncomfortable about all this.
The Steward
The Man of Lead, the People’s Champion, so on and so forth.
Joe Wade
A reporter late of the tabloid press.

Muses:

Allie (Alisandra)
A fangirl shapeshifter, and Muse to Imran.
Carrie
An Artificial Intelligence with a mind of her own, Muse and cohort to the Steward.
Cassie
A dreamer and seer, Muse to Cameron.
Dominic
A scholar of myth, currently unattached Muse of History, father to Allie, Ayna, Sandra and Xeffy.
Embericles
A member of the Muse Patrol, ‘Dark Muse’ to B. K. Willis, and partner to Nyssaias.
Nyssaias
A member of the Muse Patrol, ‘Light Muse’ to B. K. Willis, and partner to Embericles.
Tessa
A girl of firey hair and firey passions, Muse to Alryssa.
V
A lady with hungry eyes, recently returned to the living, and Muse to Joe.
Yokoi
An unindicted conspirator in silliness, and Muse to Gordon.

Others:

Lady Amanda Fitton
Lately Miller and Engineer of Pontisbright, a level-headed and sensible lady.
Anya
‘Guardian’ to Xeffy, and the last remnant of an ancient entity from time gone.
King Arthur
Ruler of a star-spanning kingdom from Space Camelot.
Ayna
A teenage bird-girl, possessed of a Siren’s spectacular wings and even more spectacular voice.
Celia
A Demiurge, a creator of worlds in her own right, who also has the aspect of Zaqqum, the Desolation Beyond Time.
Magic Electric Charley
A very confused anime heroine.
Danik
Count of Ruritania, swordsman and swashbuckler.
Brother Delta
A fanatical cultist, of late on the run from the law.
Donald
A small blue talking duck.
Fastolf
A reptilian alien, of the kind called Terileptil by the younger species, with claim to being the Bard reborn.
Guinevere
Queen to Arthur and a lady of somewhat conflicted emotions.
Gwyn ap Nudd
A son of Wales, recently come into the family business.
Ingo
A small blue Nazi monkey, member of the Blue Klux Klan.
Lancelot
Knight and fellow-in-arms of Arthur.
Lina Inverse
An adventurer and sorceress of small cleavage and large appetite for food.
Katherine Bailey
A bemused participant in events, companion to the Nth Doctor.
Magnus
A mercenary and sorcerer, of shadowy origin.
Merlin
Magician to Arthur, with more than a passing connection to the Doctors.
Morgan
Half-sister to Arthur, recently reconciled with him, with a forthright view on events.
Naga, the White Serpent
An adventurer and sorceress of generous cleavage and terrible laughter.
Nimue
Apprentice to Merlin, learning the trade of sorcery.
Nin-Adad
A smith who wants his box back.
Noah Lafitev
A shopkeeper of very dubious habit.
Osman
Bosun to Danik, of late unwillingly caught in the form of a parrot.
Sandra
A phantasm with a very firm sense of reality, and twin to Allie.
Silence
A mute warrior of the people called ‘Voord’, who lets her hands do the talking.
Varne
A mercenary and shapeshifter, associate of Magnus.
Xeffy (Xephanya)
A teenage girl and Siren, whose mouth has often proved a dangerous weapon.
Xellos
A trickster priest of uncertain motivation and deed.
Jason, Marcus, Medea
Agents of Nin-Adad and his associates.

and

Sweetheart
A time-space ship with a mind of her own, home to the Hoedown and possessed of many secrets besides, our stage and protagonist.

Featuring a cast of party-goers, Pro-Fun Trolls, typo gremlins, small blue monkeys, cats, poodles, retrievers, ancient forces, items of Spectrally Uncertain Clothing, Imperial Scions, and
hordes of Spamites.

Imran Inayat