Adrina — Princess of Fardohnya. Eldest legitimate child of King Hablet.
Affiana — Innkeeper in Testra. Brak’s great-great-grandneice.
B’thrim Snowbuilder — Villager from Haven. Elder sister of J’nel. Died in a raid by the Defenders who destroyed her village.
Bek — Prisoner at the Grimfield. Sentenced to five years for arson.
Belda — Sister of the Blade at the Grimfield.
Bereth — Former Sister of the Blade. Now a pagan. Turned on the Sisterhood following the destruction of Haven.
Brak — Lord Brakandaran té Cam. Only other living half-breed Harshini.
Brehn — God of Storms.
Cratyn — Crown Prince of Karien. Son of Jasnoff and Aringard.
Crisabelle Cortanen — Wife of Willem Cortanen, Commandant of the Defenders.
Dace — Dacendaran, the God of Thieves.
Damin Wolfblade — Warlord of Krakandar and heir to the High Prince’s throne. Son of Princess Maria and nephew of Lernen Wolfblade, High Prince of Hythria.
Davydd Tailorson — Lieutenant of the Defenders attached to the Intelligence Corps.
Draco — Spear of the First Sister.
Dranymire — Prime Demon bonded to the house of té Ortyn.
Elfron — Karien priest.
Fardohnya — Nation to the southwest of Medalon ruled by Hablet, the King of Fardohnya.
Francil — Sister of the Blade. Member of the Quorum. Longest standing member, she is the Mistress of the Citadel and responsible for the administration of the Citadel.
Garet Warner — Commandant of the Defenders. Head of Defender Intelligence and second most senior officer in the Defenders.
Gawn — Captain of the Defenders posted to the southern border to replace Tarja.
Georj Drake — Captain of the Defenders.
Ghari — Rebel Lieutenant. Brother of Mandah.
Glenanaran — Harshini sorcerer.
Gwenell — Physic. Sister of the Blade.
Hablet — King of the Fardohnyans.
Harith — Sister of the Blade. Member of the Quorum.
Herve — A rebel from Testra. Ghari’s cousin.
Hythria — Nation to the southeast of Medalon split into seven provinces, each province ruled by a Warlord. The nation is ruled by a Ceremonial High Prince, currently Lernen Wolfblade.
J’nel Snowbuilder — Villager from Haven. Died from complications of childbirth without naming the father of her child.
Jacomina — Sister of the Blade. Member of the Quorum. Mistress of Enlightenment.
Jasnoff — King of Karien. Father of Cratyn and uncle to Drendyn.
Jelanna — Goddess of Fertility.
Joyhinia Tenragan — First Sister of the Sisters of the Blade following Mahina’s impeachment. Mother of Tarja and R’shiel.
Kaelarn — God of the Oceans.
Kalan — High Arrion of the Sorcerers’ Collective in Hythria.
Kalianah — Goddess of Love.
Karien — Nation to the north of Medalon. Ruled by King Jasnoff.
Khira — Physic in the Grimfield and a rebel.
Kilene — Probate at the Citadel.
Korandellen té Ortyn — King of the Harshini. Nephew of Lorandranek and brother of Shananara.
Korgan — Deceased. Former Lord Defender. Rumored to be Tarja’s father.
L’rin — Innkeeper of the Inn of the Hopeless in the Grimfield.
Lernen Wolfblade — High Prince of Hythria. Damin’s uncle.
Loclon — Wain Loclon. Leiutenant of the Defenders promoted to captain following the Purge.
Lorandranek té Ortyn — Deceased. Former king of the Harshini.
Lord Pieter — Karien Envoy to Medalon.
Louhina Farcron — Sister of the Blade. Appointed to the Quorum following Joyhinia’s elevation to First Sister.
Maera — Goddess of the Glass River.
Mahina Cortanen — Former First Sister. Mother of Wilem. Banished to the Grimfield with her son and daughter-in-law, Crissabelle.
Mandah Rodak — Formerly a novice and now a pagan rebel from Medalon. Elder sister of Ghari
Marielle — Prisoner at the Grimfield, sentenced with R’shiel.
Mysekis — Captain of the Defenders stationed in the Grimfield.
Nheal Alcarnen — Captain of the Defenders and friend of Tarja who aids his escape from the Citadel.
Overlord — See Xaphista.
Padric — Leader of the rebels following Tarja’s capture.
Palin Jenga — Lord Defender. Commander in Chief of the Defenders. Brother of Dayan Jenga and rumored to be R’shiel’s father.
Prozlan — Sister of the Blade stationed at the Grimfield.
R’shiel — Probate. Daughter of the First Sister, Joyhinia.
Shananara — Her Royal Highness, Shananara té Ortyn. Daughter of Rorandelan. Sister of Korandellen.
Suelen — Sister of the Blade. The First Sister’s Secretary and Harith’s niece.
Sunny — Sunflower Hopechild. Court'esa from the Citadel.
Tarja — Tarjanian Tenragan. Son of the First Sister, Joyhinia. Captain of the Defenders.
Unwin — Sister of the Blade at the Grimfield
Wilem — Commandant of the Grimfield. Son of Mahina and married to Crisabelle.
Wylbir — A rebel. Former sergeant of the Defenders.
Xaphista — The Overlord. God of the Kariens.
Zegarnald — God of War.