角色
Role
A power begins with a part someone accepts, performs or is forced to inhabit.
Visual development · first chapter in preparation
The Five Empty Seats
五席空庭
In a rain-bound river city, unfinished roles can seize a living body. Six people carry powers that work only by consuming part of the human capacity they rely on most.
世界
Public world dossier
A role needs a witness. A victory needs a price.
The Empty Seats do not answer prayers. They survive through roles repeated before witnesses, physical media that carry those roles and prices no victory can avoid.
First law
Four anchors hold every impossible act to the ground.
媒介
Medium
Every effect needs a physical carrier: steel, thread, sound, paper, ash or proof.
见证
Witness
A role gains force only when another person can recognize what is happening.
代价
Price
Power consumes the exact human capacity that makes the character worth following.
Six costly roles
Power removes the thing each person needs most.
Open the character archive
C001 · locked
Cinnabar Blade
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
C002 · locked
Laughing Mourner
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
C003 · locked
The Jointmaker
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
C004 · locked
The Name Auditor
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
C005 · locked
The Unringing Monk
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
C006 · locked
The Salt Lantern Editor
Visual identity unlocks after the first verified on-screen appearance.
Canon boundary