Characters

In Conqueror’s Blood, he becomes an ally to Zedra, helping the Seluqals defend against the Jotrids.

In Elder Epoch, he remains loyal to Kyars despite being a Basilite Ethosian and seeing the return of Basil the Breaker, the promised Opener, with his own two eyes.

In Gunmetal Gods, she takes the form of Melodi/Elly in order to manipulate Micah, eventually becoming impregnated by him and also granting him a gunmetal arm.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is difficult for anyone to determine where his actual loyalties lie, and he helps both Kevan and Micah during the story, insisting he is on the side of mankind against the gods.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he helps Kyars defeat the Ethosian pirates who conquered western Alanya, and he also encourages Zedra to seek a better solution in her fued with Cyra, insisting that the gods are tricking her.

In Elder Epoch, he attempts to help Kevah recruit Shah Babur to help defeat Cyra, whom he views as a dangerous servant of Hawwa. During that mission, he learns that people from the mysterious land beyond the Sea Mists, Talitos, purchased an island south of Kashan from the Sargosans. Believing that Talitos is related to the home he truly comes from, which he describes as an island filled with pyramids and surrounded by strange gods, he leaves to investigate.

In Elder Epoch, he immediately joins Basil, eager to do whatever he asks. He also attempts to kill Kevah with Celene’s help, and fails.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is revealed that she is Kevah’s wife, Lunara. Kevah is forced to kill her to stop the Archangel from annihilating Kostany.

In Elder Epoch, she is revived by Cyra and takes over Sadie’s body, but her aims are completely different, now. Instead of serving Hawwa, she wants to stop her from hatching the egg.

In Elder Epoch, he marches an army to Alanya to exploit the chaos since Tamaz’s death. He wants to take over Merva and put his own puppets in power, hopeful that a subservient Alanya would bolster his interests. He is battle-hardened from leading campaigns in the southern islands against the Sargosans. Cyra defeats his army, though he manages to put his puppet Hurran in power in Qandbajar.

In Conqueror’s Blood, after Tamaz died, he stayed in Dorud with Kyars’ brother, Prince Faris. Using Prince Faris as a figure head, he amassed power in Dorud, and now seeks to retain his power while enriching himself. He’s extremely skilled and experienced in matters of governance, and basically ruled Alanya under Tamaz.

In Elder Epoch, he rebuffs Kevah’s first attempt to enlist him against Cyra’s forces. When Kevah returns to Dorud and captures the city, Barkam reluctantly submits to Kevah’s rule.

In Elder Epoch, he is transported hundreds of years into the future and faces off against both Cyra and Kevah. He falls victim to Saurva’s schemes in the end and becomes trapped within the bowels of Chisti’s Shrine.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is revealed that he is actually Shah Murad’s nephew, and is seeking revenge for the death of his father Selim, whom Shah Murad killed ten years ago. Berrin is killed by Kevah in Labyrinthos.

In Gunmetal Gods, Micah forces her to marry him in order to gain a claim to the throne. She is kidnapped by Humayra and given to Kevah, then ends up in Shah Murad’s hands, who threatens to execute her but ends up keeping her as a hostage at his court.

In Conqueror’s Blood, Celene escapes from the Sirmians only to end up a captive at the harem in Alanya. She wants nothing more than to return home to Crucis, and so makes a deal with Zedra that she’ll help her if Zedra promises to help get her home. When the angel Marot beckons her to do so, she pledges her loyalty to Cyra and renounces all plans of ever going home.

In Elder Epoch, she converts from the Church of Ethos to the Church of Basil, more commonly known as the Eastern Ethosian Church, who revere Marot as second to the Archangel. She helps Amros in his failed attempt to kill Kevah.

In Elder Epoch, it is revealed that he is both the angel Cessiel and Chisti, in one. He emerged from the egg and has lived for a thousand years, most of it in darkness. He is the Gate that will bring about the world’s end. He once cared for humanity enough to save them, but after being trapped in the dark for a thousand years, has lost any care for them.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he puts the capital of Alanya under siege, though he only provides a pretext as to why. His goal is to increase his tribe’s power and help them survive against the many forces arrayed against them. He dies while defending Cyra from the gholam.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she becomes the Sultana of Qandbajar and uniter of the Sylgiz-Jotrid Alliance.

In Elder Epoch, she becomes The Children after her mother prays to the Blood Star with her final breath. Though she loses Qandbajar, she gains control of Holy Zelthuriya. She is also expecting a child.

In Elder Epoch, after they were spirited forward 700 years, Doran was kidnapped by Saurva and her sister’s, and tortured thoroughly. The tortures broke him, and so he agreed to serve Hawwa.

In Elder Epoch, he shares some secrets with Kevah, in order to help Kevah understand his role.

In Gunmetal Gods, Ebra becomes de-facto leader of the country after the holy city falls, since the Shah is taken hostage. In Elder Epoch, he gifts Kevah a suit of impenetrable angel metal armor, as well as an all-destroying angel metal sword.

In Gunmetal Gods, he loses his leg saving Micah from the zabadar. Later on, after witnessing Micah summon a fireball from the Blood Star to murder Zosi and his cohort, he decides to abandon Micah and side with the Imperator.

In Conqueror’s Blood, it is revealed that he was banished from the Disciples of Chisti because he tortured Ruhi by writing painful bloodrunes all over her body, though he insists that she secretly helped Aschere. In Conqueror’s Blood, he originally wants to help Cyra because he believes Zedra is a threat to the entire kingdom, but they become estranged when he realizes she summoned the blood plague. In Elder Epoch, the demon Saurva inspires him to learn the cure to the blood plague. He murders Nora’s infant son and uses his god’s blood to cure the blood plague over Holy Zelthuriya.

In Elder Epoch, after her father Mansur died, the governorship of the province fell to her brother, Shakur. But behind the scenes, she’s the one actually in control. She loves hunting.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he is often in the shadow of Cihan, but when Cihan dies, he takes over the Sylgiz and rules Qandbajar alongside Pashang and Cyra. He’s an ardent follower of the Path of the Children, however he distrusts Cyra and her motives and holds a disdain for her going back to childhood.

In Elder Epoch, when Cyra is revealed to be the Children, all of his feelings toward her change for the better.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he manipualtes Cyra into doing some of his dirty work. Despite wanting more riches and power, he has some loyalty toward Kyars.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she is very sick and almost dies after hearing about the death of her son, Cihan.

In Elder Epoch, when she hears that Cyra has taken over Alanya, she feels vigorous and healthy again, so much so that she travels to Qandbajar to be with Cyra. She’s an ardent, life-long follower of the Path of the Children. During Elder Epoch, she is killed by Zaban on the command of Kevah. She prays for Cyra’s ascension with her final breath.

In Gunmetal Gods, he dies of poisining, and then is brought back by Hawwa to lead the Crucian conquest of Sirm, only to die after Shah Murad beheads him shortly after.

In Elder Epoch, after Basil is imprisoned beneath Chisti’s Shrine, he leads the ancient Crucians into the Endless Waste.

In Gunmetal Gods, she manages to kill several of Micah’s soldiers and eventually becomes the “wife” of Jauz. Later on, she kidnaps Celene and brings her to Kevah, also reuniting with her daughter, Sadie. During the Battle at the Syr Darya, she inspires Shah Murad to keep fighting despite the odds being against them.

In Elder Epoch, after Kyars beheaded Mansur, the governorship of Merva fell to Mansur’s second oldest son, Shakur, who along with his sister Esme, decided to free Hurran from prison. As a newly freed man, Hurran wants to regain his inheritance and also make a name for himself. He makes a deal with Shah Babur, who installs him as his puppet Shah of Alanya in Qandbajar.

In Gunmetal Gods, he saves Humayra from being killed and “marries” her. He also gives Kevah the latest design of his fast-firing gun, though Kevah loses it within Labyrinthos. At the end, Jauz returns to the Silklands to build statues.

In Elder Epoch, he is one of the few ancient Crucians to survive the blood plague in Zelthuriya.

In Gunmetal Gods, he becomes the Imperator of Crucis after Heraclius dies. He tries to rescue his daughter from Micah’s clutches, but ultimately fails. He greatly misses his daughter, who remains a distant hostage.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he originally allies with Zedra since she’s close to Kyars. He helps her throughout her struggle with Cyra.

In Elder Epoch, he remains loyal to Kyars, even protecting him during the blood plague, up until Kyars abdicates. He then travels to Dorud where he meets with Kevah, unsure whether to help or hinder his usurpration of the Seluqals.

In Gunmetal Gods, Kevah has just returned to the capital city Kostany after a ten year absence. During that ten year absence, he abandoned his adopted daughter, who is now being raised by Kevah’s foster father. Since Kevah is a janissary, he has no blood relatives that he knows of, as he was kidnapped as a child and raised as a soldier. Ten years ago, his wife Lunara went missing, the grief of which made him leave the city suddenly and abandon everyone he knew. Now that he is back, he wants to make up for lost time in regard to his daughter, father, and services to the Shah. After Micah’s invasion of Kostany, he joins with Sadie to defeat him, and also gains the power of a magus, which causes him to look like he is twenty years old. He eventually brings an army to the gates of Kostany to defeat Micah, though he is captured. During his imprisonment, he learns that Lunara is Aschere, the evil sorceress who brought so much destruction to Kostany. He manages to kill her and stop the total destruction of Kostany by the Archangel. After, he pledges to serve Lat as a magus in exchange for Sadie’s ressurection.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he gains the allegience of Marada, sultana of the Marid tribe of jinn. He takes Cyra’s side in her conflict with Zedra, through regrets it after Cyra summons the blood plague. Marada is killed during her altercation with Marot, and so Kevah loses the allegience of the Marid tribe.

In Elder Epoch, he fights both Cyra and Basil for control of Holy Zelthuriya and to free Kyars from Basil’s siege of the Shrine of Chisti, though loses. During the ordeal, he gains the allgeince of the Efreet tribe of jinn, who can wield fire, and also briefly reunites with a ressurected Lunara. Frustrated after being undermined by Babur, Hurran, and Barkam, he takes over Dorud and proclaims himself Sultan of Dorud, thereby gaining control of all of Western Alanya in name.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he acts as both an ally to Cyra and Zedra at times, but ultimately takes Cyra’s side against Zedra. After Cyra’s takeover of Qandbajar, he has not been seen.

In Gunmetal Gods, he is killed by Kevah during a battle between the gholam and zabadar outside Demoskar.

In Gunmetal Gods, he allies with Kevah, and the two develop a friendly rapport. He loves shoes and earnestly wants to help Kevah by helping him fly all over the place and also leaving messages in people’s dreams. Also does his best to get Kevah into sexual situations.

In Gunmetal Gods, he allies with Grand Vizier Ebra to help the rump Sirmian Kingdom maintain itself as a buffer state between Alanya and Crucis. He strikes the final blow agains the Crucians at the Syr Darya, culminating in the Sirmian reconquest of Kostany.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he becomes the Shah of Alanya after the murder of his father, though he is forced to behead his uncle Mansur, who attempted to usurp the throne. He’s been building support for many years for his eventual coronation, however, he falls to Zedra’s manipulations again and again, due to her position in his heart. As a result, his leadership is undermined until he loses in the end to Cyra.

In Elder Epoch, he actively opposes Cyra and becomes trapped within the Shrine of Chisti during the blood plague in Zelthuriya. He briefly allies with Basil to find a way to escape the blood plague, but this alliance is shattered when Basil brings his son Doran into the shrine and Doran murders a healer. When the blood plague ends, he decides to concede the throne to his younger brother Faris and escapes to Sirm.

In Gunmetal Gods, she shapeshifts into a jinn with a peacock’s body in order to help Kevah. She also helps him escape Labyrinthos. She ressurects Sadie in exchange for his promise to train as a magi and serve her cause.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she annihilates Marot, but is then murdered by Hawwa, whom Cyra prays to in order to achieve victory over the gholam. Her death continues to haunt Kevah and Sadie.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is revealed that he poisoned Heraclius, believing that Heraclius was responsible for the inward decline of Crucis, despite its outward conquests.

During Conqueror’s Blood, he acts as an obstacle to both Cyra and Zedra, eventually escaping through Labyrinthos with the other Philosophers.

In Conqueror’s Blood, after Tamaz’s death, he throws himself into the ring to claim the throne, thereby driving a wrench in Zedra’s plan. He is beheaded by Kyars, creating a great rift between Kyars and his three children.

In Elder Epoch, he gouges out his own eyes to escape the vision of the fallen angels. He survives and remains in Alanya.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he impersonates Zedra’s ancestor Father Chisti in order to manipulate her, and he also leads Cyra into the realm of the Dreamer. It seems he is manipulating them toward some end which includes spreading the blood plague and killing other gods. He claims to be the god who taught mankind sorcery and basic inventions like the wheel and iron forging.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is revealed that Micah is her true father. She is killed by Micah during his conquest of Kostany.

In Gunmetal Gods, it is revealed that he wants to conquer Kostany out of a long simmering hatred for their practice of enslaving Crucians, in particular the enslavement of his own daughter, whom he hasn’t seen since she was a small girl. He conquers Kostany for the Faith, but does so with the aid of dark powers, which eventually undermine him. He also learns that he murdered his own daughter, unbenownst, during his conquest of the city. Though his right hand gets cut off, he gains a magical metal hand but never truly learns how to use it. Ultimately loses his position and ends up getting shot at a monastary.

In Gunmetal Gods, he watches as Micah the Metal murders his entire family. Later on, he leads the Sirmians during the Battle at the Syr Darya. After Kyars intervenes to save him, he executes the Crucian imperator, Heraclius.

In Gunmetal Gods, she secretly has a crush on Kevah once Kevah turns into his younger form. The two kiss and almost make love before Kevah decides not to.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she encounters the angel Marot in the forest one day, who shows her a book called the Melody of Flowers. The next day, her tribe is attacked and annihilated by the Sylgiz. She makes a deal with Marot to give her body to Zedra in order to avenge her tribe. When Zedra’s soul is cast out of her body by Cyra and Pashang, Nora regians herself.

In Elder Epoch, she is a prisoner of Cyra, who uses her as a handmaiden and translator, since Marot’s powers also bestowed upon her the ability to speak all languages. It is unknown if she still has the ability to Soulshift and Bloodwrite, though Cyra suspects that she does and so fears the thought of her ever regaining such powers. Nora spends her days taking care of her son, Seluq, who has been renamed Kazin. Saurva inspires Eshe as to the blood plague’s cure, and Eshe seizes Nora’s son with Cyra’s permission. Eshe then uses the god’s blood within Nora’s son to cure the blood plague, also killing the child in the process. Nora has not yet recovered from this.

In Gunmetal Gods, because of her high status in two different hierarchies, Kevah forces her to take the lead on the mission to retake Kostany and kill Micah. Part of her resents him for forcing her into this difficult and terrifying position, while the other part doesn’t want to disappoint him and the others relying on her. She’s also a very good archer, perhaps the best in the tribe. Sadie helps her father heroically resist Crucian forces, but is killed by a stone thrown by Heraclius. Lat ressurects her after Kevah agrees to serve Lat as a magus.

In Conqueror’s Blood, Sadie lays low, training for an archery competition in Alanya while hiding her true identity. However, Zedra eventually manipulates her into joining the conflict between her and Cyra, and she becomes an ally of Zedra for some time. She still loves Kevah but has despaired that Kevah will ever be allowed to be with her again. She tries to help Celene go home, but Marot intervenes and attempts to sacrifice her before Kevah swoops in and saves her in the end.

In Elder Epoch, she is overcome with despair, unable to make sense of so many terrible events, especially the death of Lat, the one who ressurected her. After Cyra attacks the Abyad Falcon Festival, she goes out to defend them, but is captured. Cyra then uses her body as a vessel to bring Aschere back from the dead.

In Elder Epoch, it is reaveld that 700 years ago, Basil copulated with the demon Ahriyya after she promised she would help him gain the throne in exchange. Saurva was born as a result of that. She serves Hawwa and uses devious means and trickery to control people, often alternating between demonic and human forms, since she can shape-shift. She convinces Cyra to resurrect Lunara, inspires Eshe with the cure to the blood plague, and also manipulates Basil into entering the hidden chamber of Chisti’s shrine, where he frees Chisti and becomes imprisoned.

In Elder Epoch, after Mansur died, he became the governor of Merva, since his elder brother Hurran had been disinherited. He defers to his sister Esme on most matters.

In Elder Epoch, Cyra threatens to murder him if he doesn’t agree to her new tax plan, which is basically just a transfer of wealth from the Abyads to her government.

In Conqueror’s Blood, he wasn’t quite prepared for Zedra’s schemes and sorcery and dies when she stabs him using Cyra’s body.

In Gunmetal Gods, Tengis survives the Crucian invasion and is living in Demoskar. He briefly reunites with Kevah and also meets Sadie.

In Elder Epoch, he dies due to blood plague flowers growing on his body.

In Gunmetal Gods, he is killed by Grand Magus Agneya, though Kevah manages to gain his mask.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she manages to manipulate Cyra for Zedra’s sake, but develops feelings for Cyra and later vacillates between the two sides. She’s clever despite her innocent appearance. She is killed by Zedra for her treachery.

In Conqueror’s Blood, Cyra frees him from jail.

In Elder Epoch, he helps her develop a system of governance and civics based on the Path of the Children, cementing himself as the religious leader of the Sylgiz-Jotrid Alliance.

In Conqueror’s Blood, she takes control of a beautiful young woman named Nora and infiltrates Kyars’ harem with the intent to put her son on the throne, thereby restoring the rule of the Children. But she fails to consider Cyra’s reprisal, and in the end, Cyra gains control of her son and banishes Zedra from Nora’s body.

In Gunmetal Gods,  he chooses to betray Micah and side with Imperator Josias, mainly because Josias has his sisters at court. Micah and Aschere summon a fireball from the Blood Star to annihilate him and his faction. Micah greatly laments his death.