Prologue
Polyhymnia/Polly Amory -- Main Character. She's one of the 9 muses. She has set up a small comedy club in the San Fernando Valley and works to inspire her comedians (and staff) to artistic greatness. A long time ago, she screwed over her 8 sisters and now spends her evenings trying to make amends with them. Nobody in her comedy club life knows her true identity.
Ares -- God of War. He helped Polly get revenge on her sisters initially and is mildly irritated that she's trying to undo their work now.
Narcissus -- Vain Greek god.
Melpomene -- The Muse of tragedy.
Thalia -- The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
Calliope -- The Muse of epic poetry.
Erato -- The Muse of lyric poetry.
Clio -- The Muse of history.
Euterpe -- The Muse of music.
Urania -- The Muse of astronomy
Terpsichore -- The Muse of dance and chorus.
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Muses-The-Nine-Muses-Goddesses-of-Greek-Mythology
Chapter 1
Harley Nugent -- Polly's assistant. She has long, straight red hair and small-puppy-in-a-big-dog's-body kind of energy. She is an aspiring actress and a great assistant. Organized, loyal, and just a decent human being.
Duke Darnell -- Polly's love interest. Mailman without a scrap of artistic talent. He's the same exact height as Polly's current human incarnation, with dark brown skin, and a sweet smile. He likes being a mailman and doesn't have any ambition toward anything else. He spends a lot of time with his family (parents, siblings, nieces and nephews), plays guitar indifferently (he loves playing, he's just not great at it), and flips an okay burger.
Chapter 2
Jane Johnson -- An incredibly talented comedian that Polly books in her club regularly. Although brilliant, Jane has severe insecurities about her talent. This is a result of having started doing comedy when she was 13, and therefore having little other life experience or job skills. Any career in which part of your job is to have people look at you is going to warp your sense of self a bit, but Jane manages to maintain a level-headedness that Polly respects.
Sam Hart -- the club's daytime receptionist. Think Tiana from The Princess and the Frog brought to life and even cuter. Also an aspiring actress with that odd mix of innocence and cynicism that only a career in show business can create. A fun fact about her is that the more annoyed she gets, the higher and sweeter her voice gets. Her enunciation becomes as crisp as a freshly-plucked apple.
Bryce Adder -- White male comedian, good-looking, with a decent amount of talent but not much self-awareness. Doesn't realize that half of his jokes paint him as a misogynist. Constantly pesters Polly for more stage time.
Chapter 3
Tom Goodman -- Casting Director for NBC. He brings Jane Johnson in to pitch a sitcom about her life. He's faithful to his wife, a good father, and is only as sleezy as the entertainment business forces him to be. Hollywood is not kind to just men, but Tom hangs in there because he loves art and believes in his artists.
Douglass Laste -- Chairman of NBC. Around 60, chubby due to bad eating habits that have developed from too much stress and the fact that he never stops working. He would probably be considered self-important if he wasn't regarded as so important by the people around him. Not a Harvey Weinstein or Les Moonves type in action but never challenges that behavior in his peers. He's on his way out due to ageism rather than a lack of vision, and he knows it, but wants to leave on his terms. He's looking for the next big show that will cement his impact on the network so that his retirement will be felt as a loss to the entertainment business.
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