This is a living record of every major character introduced so far in The Last Timer.
Timers, traits, and roles may change as the story progresses.
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Main Characters
Aelric Veynar
Timer: [12 Years : xx Months : xx Days] (steadily decreasing)
Appearance: Dark hair, sharp gray eyes, and a corrupted right arm covered in black veins.
Traits: Defiant, reckless, sardonic. Fears losing control to the corruption.
Abilities: Exceptional fighter with improvised weapons. Corrupted arm grants destructive power but whispers at the cost of his sanity. Only known person to defeat a Mirror Hollow.
Role: Protagonist; symbol of resistance. His survival ties into the mystery of the system itself.
Elara Myrin
Timer: [8 Years : xx Months : xx Days]
Appearance: Pale, blonde hair tied back, steady emerald eyes.
Traits: Compassionate yet firm; carries deep guilt but never lets it break her resolve.
Abilities: Wields light-based magic, can blind enemies or heal minor wounds. Her light is also one of the only forces that disrupts corruption.
Role: Deuteragonist; the heart of the group. Gives Aelric emotional anchor, inspires unity in others.
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The Survivors of Ashvale
Dareth (deceased)
Timer: [5 Years] at death.
Role: Prison commander of Ashvale. Ruthless loyalist to the Council.
Fate: Killed during rebellion in Ch 42.
Lysa
Timer: [6 Years : 2 Months]
Traits: Former thief; resourceful, sharp-tongued.
Role: Among the louder voices in the prisoners' camp. Distrusts Aelric but slowly follows Elara.
Kael (young boy)
Timer: [0 Years : 3 Months]
Traits: Naïve, curious, easily frightened. Dreams of his own Hollow double.
Role: Symbol of innocence. His timer's shortness makes every choice around him heavier.
Mira
Timer: [15 Years]
Traits: Stoic, protective, scarred soldier who lost faith in the Council.
Role: One of the few who naturally supports Aelric's leadership.
Other Survivors (various unnamed yet):
Around thirty prisoners escaped Ashvale; many are injured or unstable. A growing faction doubts Aelric and Elara's ability to keep them safe.
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Antagonists
High Chancellor Kaelen
Timer: [67 Years : 4 Months : 2 Days]
Appearance: Tall, silver-haired, always clad in golden rune-stitched robes.
Traits: Cold, calculating, views rebellion as disease to be eradicated.
Abilities: Unknown, but strongly tied to control of timers.
Role: Primary human antagonist; leader of the Council.
Arch-Hunter Veyth
Timer: [00 : 00 : 00 : 00] (frozen permanently)
Appearance: Towering figure in black-gray armor, helmet with glowing pane of shifting numbers.
Traits: Calm, merciless, presence suffocates weaker wills.
Abilities: Manipulates time directly—can shatter timers instantly. Command of the Timer Hunters.
Role: Executioner of the Council. Sent to erase Ashvale survivors.
Timer Hunters (Order)
Timer Displays: Not their own—numbers of their current targets flicker across their visors.
Traits: Silent, mechanical precision. Feared even in rumor.
Abilities: Can end lives by collapsing timers; unnatural synchronization in combat.
Role: The Council's enforcers.
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Other Forces
Seraphiel
Nature: A being glimpsed in visions, beyond the normal rules of timers.
Appearance: Burning wings of fractured light, voice like thunder.
Role: Unknown. Warned Aelric that the "system cracks" are widening. Neither ally nor enemy—for now.
Mirror Hollows
Nature: Manifestations of corruption that mirror their host. Born when corruption reaches a threshold.
Abilities: Perfectly mimic the skills and instincts of their original. Stronger, faster, crueler.
Notable Encounter: Aelric fought and destroyed his own Mirror Hollow on Night 4.
Role: Symbolize the system feeding on itself—living reflections of despair.
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The World at Large
Council of Chronos: The ruling body that controls timers and enforces order through fear.
Cities of the Clock: Great fortified cities where timers are worshipped as divine law.
Ashvale Prison: Now in ruins; site of the first successful rebellion against the Council in living memory.
The Cracks: Mysterious corruption that causes timer glitches, Hollows, and anomalies. Spreading across the land.