Nairi Mkrtchyan: head of horse husbandry village + diplomat (small government position) - Armenian influences

• Family: parents, sister,
• Pet: Noor - Karabakh horse

Bai Chixiang: PI/detective, coast of the Green Sea - Hmong + Han influences. used to be an official, got kicked out

???#1: former dancer, current bodyguard. Fantasy Cossack (lol). received a disabling injury in a scrimmage along the border of his country

???: opera singer, entertainer. Hired by Vasilisa the Wise to perform at the banquet

Vasilisa the Wise: current tsaritsa of the empire

The Gambit: mafia + terrorist group (suspected role in the assassination of the nation that Nairi belongs to)

• music insp: FMAB soundtrack
• plot: FMAB, the owl house, golden stage