- Alan – Frequent Game Master and general organizer of the Party
- Became: James Li
- Nasim – Power Gamer and fellow GM for the group
- Became: Tor Knudson
- Davis – Quiet but active participant in the group, deeply closeted
- Became: Genevieve Lyon
- Victor – Nonchalant, somewhat lazy nerd and 'Guy who plays himself but a wizard'-type Player
- Became: ???, Was sent to The Crossroads of Destiny, somewhere in Middle America
- Mars – A deeply chaotic person with militant yet harmless beliefs, dating Cat
- Became: ???, Sent to Keletsnya, A small European nation known for its black magic
- Cat – Tumblr power user, enjoyed making the snacks weekly
- Became: ???, Twin sister of Mars' character, Sent to The City of Eternal Spirituality
- Cici – Resident weeb, deeply reserved, married to Ted
- Became: Omura Erina
- Ted – An affable friend, extremely even keeled and risk adverse
- Became: Antonio D'Antonia, aka Oh Yasushi
- James Li – Our hero
- "I'm the city's finest son, Pak. But don't forget, I'm incredibly fickle too."
- Antonio D'Antonio aka Oh Yasushi – cyberneticist for Mena Technologies, fan of cowboy movies, annoyed by his increasingly noir lifestyle, fussy about design
- Interlude 4: The Man With The Metal Hand
- Omura Erina – A kunoichi and master seductress in the Shinomiya-gumi
- Interlude 8: Cici in Paradise
- Genevieve Lyon – Semi-retired ballerina, contractor for the DGSE, model, member of the Thorn Pact, Petitioner of the Hesperides
- Interlude 9: Star Crossed
- Tor Knudson – Alcoholic, homicidal, former spec ops soldier, burnt by Norway, hunted by family, stuck in a hidden Mayan City
- Annie Shine – former cheerleader, current influencer, senior student of Black City Kung Fu
- Being transformed slowly, from Crucifixion, Missouri
- Marianne Greene – nurse at Dayside hospital, neighbor, and generally normal person, mother of Shania, Darius, and Shaun
- Shania – rescued in Welcome to Black Harbor, quite shy, best friend: Aminah Akhtar, responsible eldest sibling
- Ishida Maki – Miko, sympathetic spiritualist, recruited James for the Bell Street Exorcism, sister by spiritual adoption
- Ken – deceased brother, tricked into retrieving the Hakkotsu no Ha by Funikugami
- Kassem 'Combo' Kahn – legendary stunt man and body double, James' mentor, master of Uzumaki Shinken Ryu Karate
- Filming a movie in the Alps
- Ex-wife: Katrina Messer; Daughter: Sonje Kahn
- Lily Li – master of Li Family Eagle Style Kung Fu, James' mother
- John Chang – ex husband, thief, currently in prison
- Crystal Li – James' sister, studying design in California
- Ami – 'adopted' as a closed door student, former Kuze minion
- Black Harbor Eagle Kung Fu School
- Mathew Kingsman – middle aged black man, senior most student
- Harry Wen – elderly student, former Li babysitter
- Mrs. Hsu – elderly student
- Kelsey – new student, leaked video of James v. Kuze
- 'Kevin' Huo – cab driver, calligraphy enthusiast, tutored the Li children in calligraphy, teaches a class at the Shinto Shrine, former getaway driver for now dead yuxia
- Shinto Shrine
- Ishida Ai – Maki's mother
- Susy Sunada – Miko, runs James Li fan account, wants to be a singer, unusually talented at awakening tsukumogami, quite dumb, aka eXscusyMe
- Baku-san – a dream tsukumogami of supreme power, stuffed animal
- Sunada Daigo – Patriarch of the Sunada Clan, laid back, enjoys puns, writing a novel
- Ishida Hiroaki – Patriarch of the Ishida Clan, reasonable, excellent negotiator, likes joinery
- Lord Sasumata – tsukumogami, legendary polearm of the Sunada Clan, Lord of Law
- Funikugami – Carrion God, guards the lower most entrances to the Shrine
- Pak Hadiman – master of Hadiman Silat, community leader, dueled James in Caci
- Kuze Tanaka – raised in the Tiger Triad after a raid on a Yakuza trafficking ship, uses pure fighting spirit in place of Qi for techniques, rival of James Li
- Former minions: Ami and Ro
- On a training trip with his master outside of the city according to Ami
- Junior – appointed as head of the Tiger Triad by leadership in Guangzhou, China, striver, from New York
- Jade Fu – grew up as the daughter of Tiger members, contented follower of Shelly 'Pastel' Chan, loves weapons
- fought James on the rooftop in Bell Street Exorcism p3
- Shelly 'Pastel' Chan – a captain in the Tiger Triad, assassin, poison Qi user
- Tiger Triad Extras
- Caroline Han – best friend and roommate of Jade
- Evie, Phillip, Walter "Dubs" – born into Triad
- Li Tieguai – one of the Eight Immortals, a vagrant
- is trading the story of the 'Peach Incident' in exchange for treats from other immortals and gods
- Albert 'Uncle' Hou – owner of UltraFresh Groceries and More, secretly the leader of the Black Harbor Branch of the Crane Sect, an apparently amiable man
- Cory Ning – one of James' oldest friends, fuckboy, surprisingly competent criminal
- Crane Triad Extras
- Fat Frog Hsieh – street captain, once stopped and held a moving armored bank van with his bulk
- Vincent He – head of security for the Hou Family, has a 'black hole' technique
- Joseph Mao Guanying – comptroller for HaoHao Shipping, head of logistics for the Black Harbor branch of Cranes
- Jewel Chen – old friend of James, current stripper, escort, and RedDoor star
- Edith 'Edie' Mann – was headhunted for a Crane affiliated Chemtech firm HuaGen by Cory, coerced into participating in the honeypot on James
- Vanessa Hou – daughter of Albert, COO of the Kingfisher, lawyer, 10/10 babe
- Eleanor Xin Huifen – newest transfer to the city, recently graduated international school in Paris, student of Falling Leaf Lin
- 'Blink' JingJing – of the Li-Family, former mercenary messenger service, former prodigy
- Currently wandering the world
- Falling Leaf Lin – pale immortal and friend of the Crane Sect Founder, master of wind techniques, very creepy
- James owes Lin a debt
- Paul Occam – member of the ancient magical family, journalist for the Harbor Moon, private investigator on behalf of the Order of the Red Rose, unimpressive wizard
- Gentry Occam – parrot, excellent wizard, genius, enjoys Agatha Christie, effectively raised Paul, over a hundred years old, extremely English
- Aminah Akhtar – Shania's best friend, great with animals, raised to be more religious than she would otherwise prefer
- Maria Ramirez – ex-girlfriend, current bike cop in Harbor Hill, strong willed, great ass
- Smoothie – cat, violent maniac
- 'Mr. Squishy' – rat, menace, James' true rival
- Robert Mugisha – has run his herbal remedies store for some time, was rescued from torture by James
- McNeil Family
- Siobhan McNeil – matriarch, bar owner, witch
- Megan McNeil – older sister, memory magic specialist
- Jason McNeil – well intentioned oaf, sports fan
- Sally McNeil – youngest, immensely powerful, borderline personality, aka Sillymander
- co-running James Li fan account alongside Susy Sunada after events of 'A Bard's Life'
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- Madame Wang – moxibustionist and traditional healer
- Denny – tech guy and scammer
- Alice 'Anaconda' Alencar – reigning champ of the Black Harbor Martial Arts Tournament
- May Wong – legendary film star and inspiration of Annie's
- Deshaun Greene – deceased ex-husband of Marianne, killed by magic of some kind
- Damon Jennings – Annie's ex, rookie linebacker for the Black Harbor Divers, low level psychic
- Augusta Hart – co-owner of the Hartwood, Annie's former boss
- Cavalcante Garavaglia – tailor at Garibaldi's Couturier
- Guiseppe 'Joey' Garavaglia – apprentice tailor
- Pha Thet – victim of possession, lethwei practitioner
- Daniel Thet – young man, nephew of Pha
- Domingo Alvarez – commercial producer
- Cherie and Guy – James' new manager and agent respectively, live in Paris, work for GLB Talent Agency
- Alpine – former mercenary, dead, user of combat stims
- Zelda – Maki's ex-girlfriend, former magical collaborator, tarot witch
- Ms. Aggie – pigeon
- Hugh – one of James' old friends, Sanda practitioner
- O'Reilly – once threw up on a bike cop, classic O'Reilly
- Mizutani Ichiro – corpo middle manager at Mena Technologies
- Jess – photographer, Annie's roommate, friend from Penn State, fan of smutty romance novels
- Grandmaster Kwon – of Master Kwon's Korean Fighting Academy, former military chemist, has over 400 gyms worldwide
- Kwon's KFA Black Harbor
- Jeanine Bottaro – 7th dan black belt, runs Black Harbor school, short Italian, body like a bronze statue, former friend/colleague of James Chang
- Bill – higher ranking black belt, dad vibes
- Cathy – American born Korean woman, black belt at Kwon's KFA, Annie's rival?
- Garrison – 2nd dan, instructor, sales-guy energy
- Casey – work-study program teen, fan of James and Annie's videos
- Aditi – Susy Sunada's bestie
- Takamine Iwao – 'Blood-Soaked King', former Yakuza enforcer, captured by Erina
- Andina Katz – contender for strongest alive, notable for assassination of the Spanish Royal Family, missing/retired
- Nagao Haru – contender for strongest alive, in seclusion
- Shinomiya-Gumi
- Matriarch – catgirl, 250+ years old
- Himeno – senior kunoichi
- Shimeyo – kunoichi, medical specialist
- Go – consort of Himeno, dog-headed man, samurai
- Marigold Travers – Sidekick of Genevieve, lots of potential, not much else
- Thorn Pact/Order of the Red Rose
- Vera Galton – astrologist, 99 years old, sponsored Geneveive, contractor for DGSE
- Lord Kian Watt – Petitioner of Cernunnos, ambitious, striving to open an American branch
- Edna Occam – known for her manikin maids
- Hearse Family
- Nitesh Singh
- Beth Holiday