The Cast
The company keeps the Club — ten players, one host, no understudies.
Every cast member below is declared invention — the fictional supporting company of a fictional character. See Methodology.
Velvet Damnation — Host & Emcee
The demon in the tuxedo. Introduces every act, works every room, signs every napkin V.D. See The Persona.
Madame Fumé — Headliner
The Club’s torch singer, a smoke-wreathed demoness whose voice, the house claims, once made a chandelier weep. She opens the second set nightly and accepts no requests.
Cinders — Coat Check
A small, ash-dusted imp who runs the coat check like a vault and remembers every regular’s hat. Tips in compliments; pays out in gossip.
Brass Luci — Trumpet
Leader of the house band. His trumpet solos are introduced as “the eighth wonder of the underworld” and have never once disappointed the introduction.
The Doorman — The Doorman
Seven feet tall, name unknown, voice like a closing vault. His entire vocabulary is “Enter,” “Not tonight,” and — on Founders’ Midnight — “Happy anniversary.”
Fizz — Bartender
A quicksilver demon behind the long bar who invented the Midnight Velvet (the house cocktail) and refuses to write down the recipe. Witnesses every bar deal.
Velvetine — Dancer
The Club’s principal dancer, all sharp angles and slow spins. Her shadow, unlike the host’s, is perfectly punctual — a fact she mentions often.
Scratch — Pianist
A laconic demon at the upright piano who has played every song ever requested and claims to remember the ones the audience only thought.
The Usher Twins — Ushers
Pip and Pop. Identical, inseparable, and somehow always already standing exactly where you need to be shown.
The Chandelier — Honored Guest
Retired after the third chandelier incident, now hanging in the Green Room. Applauded nightly in absentia. Never misses a show.
Source notes
- All 10 cast members: declared invention — the fictional company of the fictional Velvet Club.
- Character card line: “Velvet Damnation Demon Tuxedo” (Vizlings, Nocturnals; 14 app chats).
- Canon-vs-invention policy: methodology.md (2026-09-27).