Of Ash and Steel - Characters
The people who move Of Ash and Steel: Tristan and the named trainers, merchants and faction figures a run actually deals with. The cast is deliberately thin on cutscene heroes and heavy on NPCs who teach a skill, run a hall or hand out a questline, because progression in the game comes from finding...
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan | A young cartographer who is shipwrecked on Grayshaft at the start of the game and has to survive the island with a surveyor's kit rather than a soldier's training. | Protagonist | Unaffiliated (Grayshaft castaway) | Cartography and map-making Crafting at workbenches Melee combat learned from trainers Lockpicking and thievery | Player character |
| Gabriel | A knight of the Order of the Seven stationed at the order's headquarters in the City's River District. | Order Knight | Order of the Seven | Sword and shield combat Order of the Seven standing | Order of the Seven headquarters, City River District |
| Gaan | The master trainer for two-handed weapons, found at the Mercenary Hall. | Weapon Trainer | Mercenary Hall / Bounty Hunters | Two-handed weapon mastery Perfect Dodge Bounty hunting contracts | Mercenary Hall, after starting Beltran's sword quest |
| Beltran | The knight whose sword questline opens the Mercenary Hall and Gaan's two-handed training. | Quest Giver | Order of the Seven | Sword questline Access to the Mercenary Hall | Early main-story progression in and around the City |
| Denesh | A runemaster living in the City's River District, in the house south of the Grayshaft Mint and Bank. | Runemaster | Independent | Runecraft Magical crafting | City, River District, house south of the bank |
| Admiral Voho | A naval officer living in the capital's Slums, in front of his own hut. | City Figure | Grayshaft City | Naval contacts Slums reputation | City, Slums |
| Akim | The boss of the Woodcutter's Camp in the island's forest belt. | Camp Boss | Woodcutters | Woodcutter's Camp leadership Timber trade | Woodcutter's Camp |
| Alagar | A resident of the swamp village, found in the last house on the settlement's edge. | Village Figure | Swamp Village | Swamp Village contacts | Swamp Village, last house |
| Dalar | An NPC tied to the island's southern fishing village rather than the capital. | Quest NPC | Southern Fishing Village | Coastal questline | Southern fishing village |
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