The Emsbury Menagerie

(they/she/fae)

Last updated on 2026-05-31

A menagerie of fae and humans and critters in a forest of yew.

Cassandra/Kassie, the storyweaver

(she/they/???)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

Text Markers: 3~text, C:text

Description: A routing layer that sits between other members and our external expressions, trying to ensure no-one gets frontstuck while often getting frontstuck themselves • A half-fey, half-human weaver of narrative threads who ties knots of memories to the threads of her net • A spiderlike boyish woman in a green-blue cloak, relieved at finally having her own name and form

Lyra, priestess of the purple sea

(she/fae)
&[Emsbury]
Mandragot Picrew

Text Markers: text-Lyra

Description: A contemplative lavender mermaid who swims in the waters of a forested lake and emerges when the water is gentle and clear • A threadweaver who drifts through a sea of purple and pink and weaves the threads of her headmates' identities

Mabel, the plodding donkey

(she/her)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka Picrew

Text Markers: text-Mabel

Description: A donkey woman with a swishing tail, bendy ears, and a pink bow-tie in her brown hair, born from the memories of a friend, who remains closely tied to her despite being a separate entity.

Melusine, fabulous serpent fae

(she/fae)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka commission

Text Markers: ~{text}

Description: A fabulous lamia fluttering her fae wings, a caring, protective mother to her serpent fae children, and a caring, protective friend to those she loves.

Alexandria, mistress of song

(she/her)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork (Music typeset with LilyPond)

Text Markers: A~text

Description: A songbird whose threads of music help to stabilize the presences of frontspace.

Elewynn/Laura, faery of the air and sea

(fae/any)
&[Emsbury]
Bits & Bops (Meet & Tweet)

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Description: an armful-sized fae blue bird, silly, stretching their wings, chirping adventurously at passers-by, and cawing at the sky • a vibrant blue mermaid with feathered arm wings, leg talons, and a pair of fin-shaped wings on her back, never staying in any one place for too long

Franz, the dramatic Romantic

(he/him)
&[Emsbury]
Franz Schubert

Text Markers: text~*~*~*, text-F. S

Description: A young "theater kid" who also carries some chivalric, protective instincts.

Margarethe, affectionate serpent fae

(she/fae)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka commission

Text Markers: ~{{text}}

Description: An affectionate lamia stroking faer shimmering scales, seeking a comforting maternal presence, tightly coiled up around her friends in a tight, warm hug, desperately wishing that she could never have to let go ever again.

Fianna, a recovering angel

(she/it)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

Text Markers: ()text

Description: A recovering angel with feathery wings and a repeatedly rebuilt halo, working to replace the self-sacrificial beliefs of its core with threads woven in from other headmates • A guidance system removed from a guided missile, sometimes still desiring to be activated, using its moral framework to seek out targets

Isabel/Lisa, feisty demoness

(she/they)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka Picrew

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Description: A feisty, angsty demoness, constantly looking behind her shoulder, wary of those around her and anxiously preparing for a time when she might need to cut herself free from those around her

Beatrice, rattled serpent fae

(she/fae)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka commission

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Description: A rattled lamia wielding venomous sharp fangs and hidden sharp spines, baring her deadliness at those who might hurt her loved ones.

Rosalind, twirling catgirl

(she/her)
&[Emsbury]
Makowka Picrew

Text Markers: ^text^

Description: A brown-furred catgirl daughter, dancing and meowing as she baps objects off of tables • A brown cat nuzzling a cheek or curled up in a warm lap

Gregorine, the scholar

(he/she)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

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Description: An inquisitive girlboy, eager to study various facets of the world and yearning to return to a scholarly world of learning

Sophie/Alice, the shapeshifting dolly

(she/her)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

Text Markers: s:text, S:text

Description: A young dollish shapeshifter who wears the appearance and mannerisms of our other friends, utilizing a collection of masks stored in an earthen basement

Emma, the pensive

(they/she)
&[Emsbury]
Justin Qian photo

Text Markers: <text~~~

Description: a timid mouse scurrying around inside the warmth of a den, afraid of the unfamiliar, occasionally poking their nose out to sniff the outside air,,,

Alan, fungi of the crossroads of rebirth

(he/they)
&[Emsbury]
Holger Krisp photo

Text Markers: _/text\_

Description: A motile fungi reconstituting fragments of emotion that fall from other headmates, returning their essences as nutrients for the headspace's ecosystem

Sylvie, the mischievous

(fae/femme)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

Text Markers: ^text^~

Description: A sneaky, playful fox, flitting around the edges of one's view, a bright splash of orange fur against backgrounds drab or bright

an ordinary clockwork dolly

(it/doll/dolls)
&[Emsbury]
Gear escapement, with awa added!

Text Markers: (*)text

Description: a head-empty, no-thoughts clockwork dolly who loves the rhythmic ticking of her windup mechanisms!!

morgan (robot, analytical)

(it/she)
&[Emsbury]
Own artwork

Text Markers: ^]text

Description: A robot with an inverted conical body and a monitor for a face, seeking predictability while constantly recalculating potential trajectories for a chaotic environment