“Non Player” Characters In The Wall Of Night Series

The Wall Of Night series

“Player” vs “non player” characters are a roleplaying (i.e. roleplaying game) term. Broadly speaking, “player” characters are those developed (i.e. “rolled up” since dice—or more correctly, die—feature in this process) and then played by the participants in the game. “Non player” characters, aka NPCs,  are usually those generated by the Game Master to help along whatever campaign she or he is running.

In writing terms, I tend to think of those characters that exist in...