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The Night Runners: First Year

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Summary

Four First Year students of the Assassin Guild's Academy have been nominated and accepted into a special extra-curricular Master-In-Training and Apprentice Program. The Program may never be the same. It is acknowledged the world over that ‘Group Assignment’ is the doom of youth. Educational theorists and experts justify the use of group assignments with lofty words such as ‘fostering teamwork’, ‘nurturing innovation’ and ‘sparking creativity’. However, many postulate and others firmly believe, that group assignments under the guise of academic guidance are in fact the only entertainment such educational theorists may enjoy. Watching the naiveté and optimism of youth being slowly stripped away under the onslaught of unbalanced work ethics, incompatible standards and threat of low grades, teachers, it is averred, gain some kind of satisfaction in preparing their young pupils for the Realities of Life.

Status
Complete
Chapters
34
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Age Rating
13+

Dramatis Personae

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in order of appearance

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Speaking Characters



Emalynn Romayan

One of our four heroines, Katrynn’s older sister

Toria Horvath

Emalynn’s dormmate

Katrynn Romayan

One of our four heroines, Emalynn’s younger sister

Chrystyna Fieldman

One of our four heroines, a farm girl from Eldalind

Brittainy Brython

One of our four heroines, an not-so-aristocratic girl

Colin Shermore

Emalynn’s mentor

Hilde-Beth Tayes

Brittainy’s mentor

Athylee Corvanon

Katrynn’s mentor

Geoffrey Englund

Chrystyna’s mentor

Master & Mistress Busby of Cape Cove

Undercover assassins

Lyle Spence

A gullible stable boy

Lady Clarice Brython

Brittainy’s mother, a very sensitive woman

Flora, Lareena, & Karle

Young ladies and gentlemen who love to party

Lady Betha & Lady Theodora

Old gossipy ladies

Mrs. Caryll Smithson, P.C.

‘Para-Security Liaison’ police officer

Jake

Unofficial Textile Guild and Assassin’s Guild liaison

Master Francis O’Shore

Master of History

Headmaster Felix Amarost

Assassin’s Academy Headmaster

Sameena Olstaad

Katrynn’s dormmate

Lord Brython

Brittainy’s noble father, a very jolly man

Martin & Annie Fieldman

Chrystyna’s parents

Danny, Marchien, Nate, Suzy, Ethan, & Lil’ Jo Fieldman

Chrystyna’s younger siblings

Master Creighton & Mistress Jane of Marble Vale

Undercover assassins

Sister Clarice

A Cleric informant who may be more than meets the eye

Ulston

An upset fisherman

Madame Esmerelda, Anne, & Others

Lower House Tea Party guests

Simon & Norah

Two of Duchess Trevayne’s servants


Non-Speaking Characters Related to the Mystery

Lord Sadon

Potential target of the Assassin’s Guild

Lady Matilde

Wife of Lord Sadon

Lord Barto Sadon (dec.) & Lady Grynetha

Lord Sadon’s younger brother (now deceased) and sister-in-law

Lady Dynell & Lord Holda Armines

Lord Sadon’s youngest sister and brother-in-law

Taryth Sadon: Guildmaster of the Textile Guild

Lord Barto & Lady Grynetha’s son, Lord Sadon’s nephew

Peter Tynne

Assistant Master of the Textile Guild

Lady Nessa Sadon

Lord Sadon’s younger sister, spinster


Non-Speaking Characters Related to the Assassin’s Guild

Duchess Trevayne

A noble lady with connections to the Assassin’s Guild

Mistress Stonecroft

Assassin’s Life Instructor

Master Thompson

Master of Mathematics

Mistress Knowles

Mistress of Science

Master Ahmeen

Master of Physical Education

Clarke

A classmate

Raz & Jed

Naughty upperclassmen

Master & Mistress Romayan

Emalynn’s and Katrynn’s parents

Cousin Alexandra

Brittainy’s annoying younger cousin

Eric Brython

Brittainy’s dissolute older brother

Alfred

The Cloakroom Boy

Mistress Carruthers

Assassin’s Academy Secretary

Lester, Ricky, & Ned

Naught First Year classmates

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