Dreamwalk Journal/Characters

= CHARACTERS APPEARING IN THE MAIN DREAMWALK JOURNAL STORYLINE = (Roughly in order of appearance)

Danny
A female human from Earth who finds herself in Cyeatea via "dreamwalking". Of the two humans she seems the more responsible and level-headed. It's later revealed that a honeybee named Damiana is her avatar. (Damiana doesn't actually appear until the separate Laceweb storyline, and it's not clear where she is in the original story.) In the original story she and Danny take a journey of discovery across Cyeatea. In Nightshade's "Bahoogie and Beans" arc she and Danny are rediscovered in the Redlip ants' captivity; negotiations for their release are beset with complications (to say the least).
 * Author Avatar: Danny and Damiana are based on Kishma Danielle.
 * Naked on Arrival: Doesn't matter, though, since (apart from waistbelts) everyone on Cyeatea goes naked.
 * Narrator

Fleur
Human female, Danny's traveling companion and lover. Somewhat impulsive and accident-prone.
 * The Klutz: somewhat.
 * Naked on Arrival
 * Nice Hat: Fleur's baseball cap, one of a number of small items the women are able to bring with them while dreamwalking.

Theta
Male honeybee, one of Danny and Fleur's guides on their journeys. Behind-the-scenes material on the original (deleted) website reveals him to be an avatar of Danny's male human lover Johnathon. In The Laceweb story he gets captured by Cleome and Ammie while Damiana watches with resignation and amusement. In Nightshade the Merry Widow's "Beewolf" arc we discover that he's not a morning person, while in "Bahoogie and Beans" he is revealed to be one of the few Cyeateans who (because of his human soul) could actually kill if sufficiently provoked. Word of God says he (and presumably also Damiana) is much stronger than most Cyeateans, and one of the few who could beat Danny at arm-wrestling.
 * Author Avatar: Theta and Johnathon are based on Ed Kline.
 * Must Have Caffeine: He's incredibly grumpy when he doesn't get his morning coffee. Even to the Queen.

Amianthium (Ammie)
Female green orbweaver spider, mother and hunting partner of Cleome. The two accompany Danny and Fleur for part of their journey. In The Laceweb they capture and "harvest" Theta, much to Damiana's amusement. The story of their first meeting with Theta and Damiana is due to be told in an upcoming storyline (in which they will get a fairly radical design makeover).
 * Art Shift: Their original design has arachnoid-style cheek palps in front of their mouths. The new design gives them more human-like mouths, for the simple reason that it makes their expressions much more readable.

Cleome
Female green orbweaver spider. See above.

SueMac
Female fire wasp. Joins Danny and Fleur's group after saving Danny's life, and explains how wasps can forcibly introduce their prey to the joys of surrogate motherhood.

Canubis
A male giant dragonfly. About the size of a football field, he gives our heroes a lift to Helianthus Hive inside his head.
 * Heli Critter

Queen Leonurus
Female honeybee, Queen of Helianthus Hive. A wise, dedicated and responsible leader, but that doesn't mean she can't let her hair down and have fun from time to time. In Nightshade the Merry Widow she leads the expedition to save the Redlip ant queen, along with the title character who is her best friend and lover.
 * Buxom Is Better: Many Cyeatean females have big breasts, but Leonurus takes the prize. Whether that had any influence on her becoming queen is unknown.
 * Nice Hat: The headdress shown in the picture is only one of several. They look heavy, but Word of God says they're made of "virtual matter" and therefore weightless.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: She can be very hands-on when she wants to be, in more ways than one.

Leonurus's Council
Three male and three female honeybees who sit alongside Leonurus's throne when in session.
 * Bald of Awesome: Council members are required to shave their heads, to prove they are willing to put the Hive before personal possessions.

Dill
Female honeybee, chief scientist of Helianthus. Rather short as honeybees go, she takes great delight in scientific discovery. Danny and Fleur are amused when she examines their bodies as if they were under a microscope. In Nightshade she travels to the deep realms of Cyeatea with Leonurus's expedition to save the queen of the Redlip ants, and makes an amazing find.
 * Nerd
 * Nerd Glasses: She is the only Cyeatean character to date seen wearing spectacles. Given her position it's quite possible they contain some kind of high-tech gadgetry.

Sourroot
A female spider paralyzed by SueMac in order to incubate SueMac's egg. (This won't harm her - just give her more pleasure than she can handle.)
 * And I Must Scream: A variation. While paralyzed she experiences intense orgasms as the baby wasp grows inside her and feeds on her internal juices. Once the baby emerges the paralysis will wear off, and she will care for the baby while foraging for both of them.

Zavoody (Unnamed in the original story, but confirmed by Word of God)
A female Redlip ant who would have been Sourroot's "guest" if SueMac hadn't intervened. Rebellious daughter of the king and queen of the Redlips.

Dulcamara and Cebolla
A female spider and a female fly, supervisor and assistant at a way-station. (The pairing of a spider and a fly in a cooperative relationship later became the basis for The Widow/Nightshade the Merry Widow.)

Flight Leader Aris
A female honeybee who meets Danny and Fleur's party and escorts them through Helianthus Hive.

Spiders and Poppers at Predator Row
Respectively, a group of spider teachers who cast webs in an area of Helianthus Hive, and their honeybee students (roughly equivalent to human teenagers) who have to try to avoid getting caught by them.

= ADDITIONAL CHARACTER IN THE LACEWEB STORYLINE = Also starring Ammie, Cleome and Theta

Damiana
Female honeybee, Theta's mate. When Theta gets himself captured by Ammie and Cleome, Damiana resignedly sits and watches. In Nightshade the Merry Widow she jons Theta on an expedition to rescue captives from the Beewolves, and later joins him on Leonurus's mission to save the Redlip queen.
 * Author Avatar: Based on Kishma Danielle.
 * A Date with Rosie Palms: Damiana finds the spiders' sexual predation on Theta quite stimulating, so she pleasures herself while watching.
 * Narrator: The captions in The Laceweb are all from Damaiana's point of view.