Nivalis Nights Characters: Who's Who and Voice Actors
Every character in Nivalis Nights is voiced in English. Your journal (J) keeps a People tab with everyone you have met, your dialogue history with them, and where to find them. Use it before quest conversations: a wrong answer can fail a quest.
The core cast
| Character | Who they are | Why they matter |
|---|---|---|
| Ava | Your AI executive assistant, transferred to you by Thaddeus | Guides the tutorial, reads people’s body language and tone during conversations, and suggests choices in some quests. Voiced by Caelin Forkey, per the credits |
| Thaddeus Carminus | The retiring owner of the noodle bar | Hands you Ramen Noir and its debt. There is a hidden “Thaddeus Mystery” achievement |
| Banor | The ageing cook who comes with Ramen Noir | Your first employee; asks you to hire a waiter because his legs are not what they were. Voiced by Travis Harmon, per the credits |
| Clem | A grower | Starts the greenhouse quest, around day two or three |
| Ady | At the Docks, past your boat | Gives you a free rusty fishing rod |
| Nixie | A streamer at Meridian Market (“Nixies Pixies”) | Pulls you into her stream and polls; may come back |
Rival restaurant owners in Meridian Market
When Banor says you need recipes, the tutorial sends you to the competition:
- Nola Berg is glad Thaddeus is gone. Ask too bluntly and she calls you a rookie; she tells you to warm people up first, then teaches you a recipe as a one-time favour.
- Dagmar Fitz runs a place she hates running. In one playthrough her “specialty of the house” was an insult; in another she handed over onion rings “if only to piss off CorpSec”. Your dialogue matters.
- Marius Mitchell will not hand trade secrets to a competitor; being honest that you run the noodle bar gets you a polite no.
These three top the Owner’s rank leaderboard you see at the end of each day.
Quest givers players ask about
| Character | Linked to |
|---|---|
| Gladstone | Rat Whisperer: a secret mission during curfew |
| Ma Gomba | Ma Gomba’s Gift: grow poisonous mushrooms for her |
| Salma | Find Salma’s Brother (hidden achievement) |
| Iann | Mask for Iann (hidden achievement) |
| Dotson | Dotson’s Detective Agency side quest; finishing it halves the curfew alert from stealing |
| Murti | A neon vendor in Meridian Market who trades gossip for customers you send her way |
| Quince | Someone you can sell Murti’s neon to |
| Alfie | Found in Eastern Residential, per the People tab |
| Edison Maddox | Delivers for Conland Containers; an old friend of Thaddeus who promises to bring Thaddeus’s usual order “and something extra” |
| Hans Grundown | Night manager of the Grundown Ritz hotel; your bar is inside his 500-metre “sphere of influence” and he wants discounts for his guests |
| Zaffer | A neon-sign hacker artist in Lowtown who idolises the graffiti legend “the Lapin” |
| The Miso Baron | A Meridian Market dealer of illegal miso with wiped memories; starts a side story about CBI memory implants |
| Danny | Danny’s Downtown Donuts, offers you a free donut |
| The Aseptic | The serial killer behind the lockdown; “Solve the Aseptic case!” is an achievement (3.1%) |
Other names people search for include Raluca, Razlo, Reala, Agent Teleshko, Brooke Hazard and Elias Malt. We will add what each does once we can confirm it from more than one source.
The Ava voice question
A Steam forum thread claimed Ava’s voice was AI-generated. The credits name Caelin Forkey; other players disputed the claim with pitch comparisons, and nothing was settled. Details on the AI page.
Relationships
Each person has a relationship you push with dialogue choices, and the end-of-day summary shows which relationships changed. The developers’ description: friend, business partner, rival, “or maybe something more”. Romance is on its own page: romance.
The studio has said the cast is new: Camus from Cloudpunk is not coming back.
Thanks. Mind the cameras on the way home.