Here is a list of most of the characters from the Apprentice Adept, which is based on the scientific/magical worlds of Photon/Phaze by Piers Anthony. The characters belong to him, but the list is mine. If you wish to connect to it, be my guest, but ask first.

Beware there are Spoilers if you haven't read the books; I've listed Highlights of their adventurers; Hope it makes sense to others; Reading the Books help :P

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Background Information:

Photon a technological decadent world where rich (Citizens) live above the rules, and the serfs work and play the Games, hoping one day to be Citizens themselves. People live in Dome while the world outside is barren and dead.

Phazon is a magical world where Adepts rule by fear and magic, and tribes of enchanted creatures exist, such as unicorns, werewolves, vampires and more. They also exists the Oracle, a device with will answer only one question to anyone. Most magic is restricted to the Adepts (Magic Users) and each spell can only be used once.

Though different, the worlds are mirror images, what happens will happen to the other, or an imbalance will occur.

Common Terms and Races:

Citizens: The only people allowed to wear clothes, and they are some of the riches people in the galaxy. They control the protonite, which allows space to travel in space and the main power source for robots.

Serfs: They are not allowed to wear clothes. A Citizen can do just about anything to a serf he or she wishes. Serfs can serve a maximum of 20 in Photon. Within this time a Citizen must employ them, with a 10 day grace period between jobs or they are deported. If they wish to stay longer they can enter the Game.

The Game: The most common past time on Photon, games are chosen from a grid based on Physical skills or Mental skills or Chance or Art vs either Naked, Tool, Machine, or Animal assisted games. Each player picks a category from one of the sides. Once this is done, more sub-menus appear until a game is selected. Each age has a Ladder, which is also separated into sexes, ie a 32 year old male would be in Ladder 32M. There is also the Leftover Ladder, the under aged, over aged, aliens, and the handicap. The top 5 of each ladder may enter the Tournament and the winner of the Tournament will become a Citizen. The Tournament is double elimination so a good player is removed by a game of chance.

Cyborgs: Humanoid Robot Bodies with Human Brains. Very unstable.

Androids: Humanoid Bodies made of Protoflesh.

Robots: Machines, some look humanoid, and some are self-willed.

Adept Blue: Uses Music to Cast Spells.

Adept Yellow: Creates Potions.

Adept Black: Lines are the source of his Magic.

Adept White: Create Symbols on the Ground to activate Magic.

Adept Purple: Magic comes from the Ground.

Adept Red: Creator of Magic Amulets.

Adept Brown: Creator of Golems.

Adept Tan: Possessor of the Evil Eye.

Adept Orange: Creates Magic through Plants.

Adept Green: Uses Hand Gestures to create Fire Magic.

Adept Transparent: Water Magic.

Unicorns: Their hides come in all colors as well as their socks, which can be removed and have special properties. Their horns all sound like different musical instruments. Also they also possess three different forms.

Werewolves: Wolf to human shapechangers;

Vampires: Bat to human shapechangers. They drink blood of animals to be able to shapechange.

Elves: each tribe works with a different material; for bone to platinum;

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Stiles: A serf, companion jockey, and Master Gamesman on the 35M Ladder who was commonly underestimated because of his small stature. A laser injured his knees, and he lost his job to the Citizen trying to hide from the assassin. Also he rejected a job from a new Citizen (who wanted to make him a cyborg) and he had to avoid his assassins as well. He hides in Phaze where he is nearly killed again. Loves horses, there he loved unicorns more. He befriends a unicorn names Neysa. Stiles discovers he can do magic by playing magic. Stiles learns about magic, his duplicate the Adept Blue, and about the other Adepts, one of which is trying to kill him. He returns to Photon where he is forced to enter the Tournament 2 years earlier to protect him from the Citizen who is trying to kill him. Stiles must challenge a lot people to raise to the 5^th slot in his ladder to enter the Tournament. He becomes the new Blue Adept. His oath of friendship to Neysa was so strong, the included the unicorns and werewolves that were present, thereby ending the war between the two tribes.

Sheen: A self-willed robot who was sent to fall in love with Stiles and protect him.

Neysa: A black unicorn with white socks, her horn is a harmonica and her forms are human and a firefly. Her brother is Chip. An outcast for having horse colors and being small. Befriend Stiles.

Chip: a dark blue unicorn with red socks, his horn is a saxophone, and his forms are a human and a hawk. His sister is Neysa.

Kurrelgyre: Werewolf Pack Leader, former outcast. Friend of Stiles after he figured out the Oracle message to Kurrelgyre.

Adept Yellow: An old women who uses potions to appear young. She captures wild and magical animals to sell to other Adepts. Sort of became Stiles friend.

Hulk: a former serf and friend of Stiles. He was on the 6^th rung of the 35M ladder and Stiles beat him in a Marathon race. They became friends when they were a lot a like, even though the appeared totally different, with Hulk being huge and muscle bound. Stiles told him about Phaze, were he played the dumb ogre friend of Blue.

Lady Blue: Widow of the Blue Adept. Has the healing touch. Rejects Stiles but she needs him to be the Blue Adept.

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Stiles: Challenges the Herd Stallion to hold off breeding with Neysa, they are to meet in the Unolympics. Retrieved the Platinum Flute on loan and learns of its amazing powers. Stiles also enters the Tournament for Citizenship.

Neysa: Now that she is the companion of an Adept, the Herd Stallion wants to breed with her, but Stiles is still in danger and she doesn't want to leave him. Enters the Unolympics in the dance competition with her brother Chip, but loses to Belle and her brother.

Hulk: Uses his one question to the Oracle for Stiles and befriends a vampire; Finds out about the Platinum Flute. He visits the double of Lady Blue in Photon, but the meeting turns out tragic.

The Rifleman: a Citizen who earns his place in the Tournaments 15 previously by shooting target ducks. Stiles first challenge in the Tournament. Lost to Stiles in a game of Cyborg Football by luck. The Rifleman was also to help find out who is after Stiles, when he couldn't he told him about the fate of his friend Hulk and Bluette.

Vodlevile Vampire: Friend of Hulk and of Stiles for helping his son with his blood problems.

Red Adept: Was told by the Oracle that "Blue destroys Red". So she went after Blue, making it a self-forefilling prophecy. She had her double in Photon killed, but not before being disowned. She had to earn her Citizenship at the Tournament as well. She tries to kill Stiles in both planes, including planting a Basilisk amulet on him preventing him from covering over. She lost to Blue because she couldn't fight her own nature.

Brown Adept: A lonely young girl who befriends Stiles and the Unicorns.

Clef: Stiles second challenge in the Tournament. The finest musician on the planet. The first round was a draw, but lost to Stiles, even though Clef played better. Stiles sent him to Phaze with the Platinum Flute to forefill a prophecy.

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Stiles: Stiles becomes a Citizen and now must enter a different game with higher stakes. To survive he must increase his holdings 100 fold in six month. Stiles marries the Lady Blue and they plan to honeymoon on the West Pole but are hindered by his fellow Adepts as well as the creatures of Phaze. On Photon, killers, Citizens and serfs are after Stiles. Stiles saves Photon and Phaze.

Freezetooth: Snow Chief of the Snow Demon, in love with a Fire Spirit.

Trool: The lone troll to survive the Blue Adept slaughter of his people. Rescues Stiles on three different occasions. An outcast, he used his troll magic to sculpt. Troll befriends Stiles and is made the Red Adept.

Sheen: Helps Stiles succeed in Photon. Married to Stiles and declared his heir. The secret of the self-willed machines is revealed to the public.

Merle aka Blackbird: A Citizen who challenges Stiles and plans to win, him.

Chip: Betrayed by the filly he loves. He was captured by the Adepts, and his socks and horn delivered to Blue.

Herd Stallion: Become Stile's steed to rescue Chip. He learns a fourth form.

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Mach: The robot son of Blue and Sheen. Crafted as a baby and 'grew' like a normal child, given a new body in stages. Mach joins the Adverse Adepts.

Agape: Alien Amoeba who came to learn about Phaze.

Bane: Adept son of Stiles and Lady Blue.

Fleta: Daughter of Neysa and the Herd Stallion. A black Unicorn with golden socks, that changes into a human and hummingbird. Her instrument is a horn. Nearly killed herself for love, but Mach's love saved her.

Citizen Blue: Created Experimental Culture Program which the Contrary Citizens oppose.

Vidselud: son of Voldevile; Vampire with a blood disease.

Suchevane: Lonely female Vamp. Has had Vampire, Werewolf, Unicorn, and Human lovers, including Bane, but still looking for love.

Chip: Now the Herd Stallion, with Belle as his First Mare.

Phoebe: Harpy exiles cause of tail feather itch. Cured by Fleta and friends her. Becomes the leader of the Harpies.

Citizen/Adept Purple: Most ruthless of the Contrary Citizens and Adverse Adepts.

Citizen/Adept Tan: Son of Tan, and twin brother of Tania.

Tania: Daughter of Tan, and twin sister of Adept Tan.

Red Adept: Trool now the Red Adept with the aid of the Book of Magic.

Adept Transparent: Son of Transparent. The only honorable member of the Adverse Adepts.

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Bane: With the Adverse Adepts and the Contrary Citizens. For a new challenge, he is to be trained by the Oracle. Plans to have a child with Agape. Bane lost the challenge and must now work for the Contrary Citizens.

Agape: Hiding as an employee of Tan as Agee. Exchanges with Fleta. Lost the Tourney to a Citizen and was exiled, but allowed to return so Bane and Mach would have a new challenge. Plans to make a child with a robot body and a piece of Agape as her brain, to be named Nepe (baNE+agaPE).

Mach: With the Adverse Adepts and the Contrary Citizens. Hiding as an employee of Tan as Mac. Escapes to Moeba and learns more about Agape's race. For a new challenge, he is to be trained by the Book of Magic. Going to have child with Fleta. Mach won the challenge and must now work for the Adverse Adepts.

Fleta: Exchanges with Agape. Entered into the Tourney to keep Agape safe from the Citizens in the Leftover Ladder. Plans to have child with Mach named Flach (FLeta+mACH)

Tania: of Photon. Employee of her brother Citizen Tan.

Citizen Tan: real name Tannu. Likes to use Evil Eye on women

Tania: of Phaze. She likes to use Evil Eye to torment and kill animals. Possesses a magic paddle for the challenge, which Mach must charm off her, with Fleta watching.

Troll: loves the Vampire Suchevane; Agape gets them together.

Citizen Purple: Tried to get Fleta in the Tournament but she won anyway.

Icebeard: chief of the White Mountain Clan of snow demons. Would train Mach in Chess but only if the opposing Adept Stiles plays him.

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Mach: the Robot Adept is the most powerful Adept, being trained with the Book of Magic. Fears his son is retard. He still serves the Adverse Adepts, alternating with Bane, but his sympathies are with Stiles. Breaks off with Adverse Adapts when his son disappears.

Flech aka Balemosi: Son of Mach and Fleta. His unicorn form is black with blue socks and his horn is a wooden flute, he could change into almost anything. Feared to be retarded because he lacked a third form, but instead he was secretly trained by his grandfather Stiles to change into many forms. He can talk to Nepe across the frames. He disappears with the help of his grandfather, breaks off contact for years. He hides with Kurrelgyre's werewolves as Barel, with his oath friends Forelmo, Terel, and Siremoba, who is descendant of the bitch Serrilryan.

Siremoba: Oathfriend of Balemosi. Along with Forelmo and Terel, she was sent to capture the goblin flag.

Sheen: Battles Purple in a contest of Dueling Dragons.

Bane: He also considers his child retarded. He still serves the Contrary Citizens, alternating with Mach, but his sympathies are with Blue. Breaks off with Contrary Citizens when daughter disappears.

Nepe: Daughter of Bane and Agape. She can talk to Flech across the Frames. She disappears with the help of her grandfather, breaks off contact for years.

Al/Alien: Son of Troll and Suchevane the vampire.

'Corn/Unicorn: Son of Citizen Troal and Batgirl; His father is an ally of Blue.

Agnes/Nessie: Servant to Blue, secret Teacher to Nepe and also her grandmother.

Transparent Adept: Nearly drowned the unicorns and destroyed their pastures looking for Flech.

Adept Tania: Fell in love with Mach as she tried to seduce him. Traveled with Bane for months searching for Flech, and becomes friends with Fleta. She switched sides and defeated her brother.

Tania: Fell in love with Bane as she tried to seduce him. She switches sides.

Tsetse: The new receptionist for Tan. Had a liaison with Citizen Purple against Tania's orders (set up by Troubot).

Troubot I: a nnon-humanoid looking renegade robot, who became the servant of Citizen White, and later he became the Trouble Shooting robot of the Purple Adept. Helped hide Nepe, who assisted him from being recycled (He was built too well). Entered the Game verse Citizen Transparent, climbing a glass mountain with water bombs.

Phoebe Harpy: Friend of Mach and leader of the Harpys. She was forced to battle the vampire on the side of the Adverse Adepts.

Vodlevile Vampire: Friend of Hulk and of Stiles; lead the battle verse the harpies with his son Vidselud.

Merle aka Blackbird: Citizen and ally of Stiles. Raised chickens who were not what they seemed.

Chip: lead the Unicorn verses the Ogres, with Fleta, Neysa and Belle at his side. They found a secret weapon to use against the ogres.

Citizen Tan: Played against Agape in surrogate sex, as revenge for what she did to him. Along with Purple plotted against the others, including Transparent.

Clef: Returns to Photon to play the Platinum Flute on Phaze.

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The frame merge and stay merged, so do the people. The Adverse Adepts and the Contrary Citizens are easily defeated since each is fighting for control of the other.

The following merge:

Blue and Stiles

Sheen and Lady Blue

Bane and Mach

Agape and Fleta

Nepe and Flech

Nessie and Neysa

Red Adept and Citizen Traol

Suchevane and Batgirl

Al and 'Corn

Sirelmoba and Troubot I

As well as the Adverse Adepts and Contrary Citizens

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Lysander: Bug Eyes Monster from Grenadier disguised as an android cyborg. Mentioned in Prophecy. Became a gameoholic, like most of his race. Lysander falls in love with Weva. After the shift Lysander became human.

Alyc: Serf to Blue. Shows Lysander the Game. Secret Agent of the Hecate (doesn't know about Lysander). After the battle she stays with Purple.

Oche/Echo: Harpy/Serf. Cyborg who works for Citizen Powell. Used love potion to make Lysander love her when Jod'e captured. After the new shift Echo is a Cyborg Harpy and Oche is human.

Nebe/Flech: Android/Unicorn Adapt. Escaped Capture. Help hide Hecate seed.

Sireloba/Troubot: Werewolf/Robot. Helps hide the Hecate seed, and given token blood.

Alien/'Corn: Troll-Vampire/Human. Helps in hiding the Hecate seed, and gives token blood.

Mach/Bane: Robot Adept. Escaped Capture.

Tania: Adept/Citizen. Married Cleft. Both escaped capture. They hid in the East Pole and generations later their children survive.

Brown: Adept (Citizen identity disappeared in the merge). Holds Tan and Purple prisoner. Raped as a child, she dislikes men. first golem Woodruff, a dog. lover was werewolf Lycandi (died of disease), Brown's secret shame. Captured by the Hecate.

Purple: with the Hecate; Tricked into playing a Hecate (who chop off the hands of losers). After the battle Purple accepts death over life under a geis, but pardoned by Brown.

Tan: with the Hecate as Intermediary.

Blue: Blue/Stiles. Captured by the Hecate.

Yellow: Adept/Citizen. Captured by the Hecate.

Red: Trool/Troal. Captured by the Hecate.

Orange: Adept/Citizen. Captured by the Hecate.

Translucent: Adept/Citizen. Captured by the Hecate.

White: Adept/Citizen. Captured by the Hecate.

Black: Adept/Citizen. Escaped Capture. Helped make a Bomb to distroy Photon/Phaze in case their side lost. Purple threatened to cut his line.

Green: Adept/Citizen. Escaped Capture. Helped make a Bomb to destroy Photon/Phaze in case their side lost. Purple threatened his family and junior Adept.

Franken: large ugly golem, mount of Brown.

Jodabyle/Jod'e: Vampire/Android picked by Trool/Troal to vamp Lysander. Injured while helping Lysander escape the Hecate, captured. Taken by Tan as his personal love slave. After the battle she stays with Tan.

Belle: Captured and branded by the Hecate.

Tsetse: Former sex slave of Tania and Purple. Assigned to Brown by Purple, to let her know he knows her secret.

Icy aka Icdora: Icebeard's daughter, a beautiful Ice Demoness. Had problem with suitors, 2 melted, 1 went mad and another in a coma. Flech cured her.

Weva/Beman: Hecate-Vampire-Werewolf-Robot-Troll-Human-Android-Adapt. Hecate Seed + Sireloba + Troubot + Alien + 'Corn + Flech + Nepa; Female Weva named after WErewolf VAmpire and male Beman after BEM Android. Flech teach her magic. Taught by the Animals Heads to play music.

These are very good books. I've just given the highlights. Hope you read them and Mr. Anthony writes many more.