Aquabyte-98
Y2K aquarium robot. Walking time capsule. Endangered ecosystem inside.
AIT4X · 01 · SD5976 · CHARACTERS
The full cast.
58 characters from the 2026 cohort. Each one is a one-minute video, a backstory, and a profile reference sheet generated through the open AI pipeline. The training set lives at huggingface.co/datasets/ait4x/polyu-storyworld-characters.
Aurelius Rex
Awakened smart-city AI. Considers the global network his treasury.
Bao Bao
Golden British Shorthair senior designer. Sole provider for her human, Jenny.
Captain
Bicolor cow cat. Self-appointed guardian of one tired programmer.
Captain Quick
Anthropomorphic jaguar firefighter, sponsored by Dr. Goat's potions.
Century the Buick Sedan
1997 Dark Red Buick Century. Haunted. Loyal to whoever it considers owner.
Cheri
Androgynous temple guide. Old soul in a teenage body. Wants out.
Clove
Eighteen forever. Keeps every goodbye in a polaroid.
Doudou
Two-dimensional dog. Helmet, rainbow collar, museum heist.
EDGE-IV
Sky Arbiter. One warning, three seconds, then the scythes.
Eldric Thorne
Retired watchmaker by day. Gravity mage in his dreams.
Elias
Former Royal Mage. Discovered Earth runs on a different kind of magic.
Enos
Junior mage, two years overdue on his thesis about monsters.
Fennie
Trainee idol who can turn into a kitten. Cannot, yet, dance.
Gruu
Tabby cat in black sunglasses, sole caretaker of an old man.
Huan
Eastern knight, twenty, blue-green demon flame, soul half-traded.
Jessica Chen
Twenty-five, calm and ambitious. Knows exactly which doors to walk through.
John
Wolf-dog livestream gentleman. Showman on, slob off.
Kaito
Reality Archivist. Same person in 3D, 16-bit, or anywhere in between.
Kathleen Torres
Pink helmet, shabby scooter, $3,000 prize, mother's medication on the line.
Kenwood
Pop-band frontman pulled into another dimension. Came back a magician.
Lamp Crow
Heron-messenger with a lantern that never lights. Both sides hold their fire.
Licht
Baby seal with a holy sword. Apprenticing as a paladin.
Lin Heng
Programmer who took over the family debt at seventeen. Trusts data.
Lin Zhiyao
Scout who reads the ruins. Trusts the long route over the fast one.
Luca
Plush duckling who tried, briefly, to fix a programmer's off-by-one bug.
Lumen
Candlefolk child. Every Candlefolk lives and melts at the same time.
Lumi
Seven-year-old in a dandelion dress, falls into the gear city.
Lumos
Dream-spirit cat in a human body. Quiet bodyguard to one mage.
Luna Chen
Digital media student by day. Street artist by 2 AM.
Margaux Macchiato
Rabbit chef in a pink uniform. Whatever you do, eat after she does.
Max
Cyberpunk bearded dragon who plays violin on rooftops.
Maximus
Obese orange housecat. Believes he is the rightful king.
Metalware
Engineer rebuilt from salvage. Walks the ruins so children don't have to.
Mochi
Temple cat born from the first sunbeam on a Quanzhou clock tower.
MR.STAR
Forty-two centimeters tall. Wants to turn the world into ham cake.
Nick
Unemployed, gaming through the night. His girlfriend keeps vanishing mid-argument.
Noz
Attic mouse with a handmade guitar. Plays for no one in particular.
Number 33
The thirty-third clone test subject. He thinks he volunteered.
Penny Butter
Crumb-leader of the basement snack rebellion.
Pipi
Interstellar cat with snow paws. Chases snowflakes like falling stars.
Pop Kern
Grumpy kitchen spirit, leftover from a forgotten B-movie shoot.
Reddington
Gray Maine Coon, five years old, guardian of the Chinatown antique shop.
Remy
Small-town teen with white dog ears. Hears what others miss.
Rex
A 1991 coffee machine with delusions of culinary tyranny.
Rusty
Three-century-old garbage robot collecting what humans left behind.
Samuel Raven
Nineteen, gray-blue eyes like hazy fog. Plays guitar to no one.
Seon
Ninety-three, still waiting near where the harbor used to be.
Seven
Elderly orange cat, sole keeper of the Eternal Store after his humans died.
Shaw
Shy gamer. Oversized hoodie, oversized glasses. Sometimes a cat.
Sir Doggegg
Knight of the Perfect Curve. Allergic to corners. Bringer of calm.
Super Mark
Employee-of-the-Year trophy mug. Forgotten in a sink. Now plotting.
The Everyman
Wears the face of whoever is nearby. Collects data. Never noticed.
The Jar-Born
Purple-blooded test subject. The transformation kills you in under a week.
The Winged Tiger
Thousand-year-old tiger with wings. Patrols the world at dawn.
Viola
LA marketing CEO at twenty-five. Doesn't look like she's trying.
Yu
Seventeen, sharp-tongued from a mountain city. Afraid of being left.
Yue Yue
Deep-sea squid in human form. Negotiates in ink and silence.
Showing 58 characters · 58 with profile reference images.