Key Characters & Factions
Those who saw the Ring — and were recognized by the Academy. Below are the main characters and their factions, with the tensions and alliances between factions.
Lan Yingchen
Main characterAn ordinary high schooler from Yunjin in 2065. Since the age of fifteen, he has begun to see things no one else can—until those things begin, in turn, to recognize him.
- Title
- Myriad Academy · New Student
- Faction
- 萬象學院 · 新生
- First appearance
- 第 001 話 觀測者甦醒
- Status
- Alive
Embodiment of observation itself
Main characters · unaffiliated
萬象學院 · 東方分院Lan Yingchen's roommate, a prodigy of the Eastern lineage. He has seen those things for three years now; and at a glance, he spots that Lan Yingchen's 'eight days' are not quite right.
萬象學院 · 中東分院A foreseer of Middle Eastern starsand arts, able to see in dreams what has not yet happened. Three years ago she dreamed of a weeping boy—three years later, she recognizes him at Myriad Academy.
萬象學院 · 西方分院Heir to a Western magic house, her face cold as one raised under strict discipline. Her family has 'heard' that voice for generations—and she doesn't quite believe everything the academy tells her.
萬象學院 · 印度分院A new student of the India branch, born of one of the oldest 'seeing' bloodlines. He has seen those things since birth—and his family has recorded every single person who can see.
萬象學院 · 非洲分院A student of African ancestral-spirit pacts, a guardian-type and silent one. She shares memories with the ancestral spirits—and within those memories are things even the academy will not name.
萬象學院 · 術法審查員A woman who calls herself a youth mental-health counselor. She hands Lan Yingchen a name card and arranges an 'accident'—her true identity is an arts censor.