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Borisashton wrote: Auteur, painted warriors, Gideon, Hole, Littlejohn, Cá Bảy Màu, Axastyakis, Mullion, Coloth and Miranda Dawkins, the Doctor's daughter are all characters from the DWU that fully feature. They are all explicitly identified and appear throughout the story, hardly in the capacity of cameos.

Just to go straight from the horse's mouth in regard to the characters from the crossover stories appearing as cameos or not, this page that centres on the companions of Lady Aesculapius written especially by author James Wylder to help aid in explaining the backstory of Aesc to readers upon the release of Life After Death has some interesting info. It lists Auteur and Coloth and specifies its parameters as "list[ing] characters who traveled with Aesc, and played a significant role in her adventures. (That is, she didn't simply transport that person from place to place, or cameo.)" So there, explicit confirmation from the author that they weren't cameos.

It's pretty clear from reading the stories that they weren't cameos, but it's always nice to have access to authorial intent wherever possible.