Wayfinders
Jovren Rike First wayfinder. Wielder.
Ragna Skars Second wayfinder. Wielder. Captain, fourth banner.
Vilppu Bok Third wayfinder. Wielder.
Calamir Petrik Wielder.
Fez Amrani Wielder.
Kateri Wahta Wielder.
Otto von Zika Wielder.
Roselda Marconi Wielder.
Goran Mladenov Former first wayfinder. Wielder. Deceased.
Tosha Nikolic Bearer.
Dreamers
Matheus Kernhart First dreamer. Wielder. Chief advisor to the empress.
Ormira al Hadid Second dreamer. Wielder.
Rosa de Vara Fifth dreamer. Wielder.
Ysella Trevethan Ninth dreamer. Wielder.
Miriam Massa Former first dreamer. Wielder. Deceased.
Anika Sokovia Bearer.
Tarnav Villagers
Akim Yegorov Tosha’s little brother.
Andrii Ivanovich Vir’s friend.
Antonia Zynchenko The smith’s daughter.
Chesna Yegorov Tosha’s mother.
Dagna Nikolic Ilia’s mother.
Daria Rybak A village girl.
Igor Nikolic Ilia’s elder brother.
Ilia Nikolic Vir’s best friend. Groom to Tosha.
Irina Zigoriev Vir’s elder sister, third shield of the Empire.
Laslo Yegorov Stonefather of Tarnav. Tosha’s father.
Maksim Tobola A village hunter.
Milo Yegorov Tosha’s elder brothers. Deceased.
Myrella Zigoriev Herbmother of Tarnav. Vir’s mother.
Oleg Hora The oldest villager.
Radu Yegorov. Tosha’s elder brothers. Deceased.
Tosha Yegorov Laslo and Chesna’s daughter. Bride.
Vir Zigoriev Myrella’s son, Irina’s brother.
Wardens
Elara Ealdred First warden.
Darragh Sionnach Warden.
Eibhlin Geal Warden.
Ray Geal Warden.
Fiadh Faolán Warden.
Mikkel Jordsen Warden.
Ilia Nikolic Bearer.
SHIELDS
Diraa al Karak First shield. Wielder. General, second legion.
Irina Zigoriev Third shield. Wielder.
Kazim al Karak Fifth shield. Wielder.
Scholars
Maria Salomea First scholar. Wielder.
Tobias Almasy Second scholar. Wielder.
Bazyli Janicki Fifth scholar. Wielder.
Inga Mavor Ninth scholar. Wielder.
Dis Halvorsen Wielder.
Eva Mensah Wielder.
Riona Cass Wielder.
Andrii Ivanovich Bearer.
Crafters
Ade Akinola First crafter. Wielder. A smith.
Solan Marconi Third crafter. Wielder. An inventor.
Raphael Cantelli Sixth crafter. A musician. Wielder.
Roben Voss Twelfth crafter. An orator. Wielder.
Elias Volkov Fifteenth crafter. Wielder. A songster. Soldier, fourth banner.
CHARACTERS
The world of Resonance is populated by wielders and bearers, generals and healers, rulers and wanderers. Each carrying their own history, their own wounds, their own reasons for doing what they do. Some you will meet in the first pages of the book. Others move at the edges of things, shaping events from a distance. A few you may not fully get to know until much later.
IMPERIAL FAMILY
Agatha Solavar The empress. Salir.
Valdir Solavar Agatha’s father. The former emperor. Deceased.
Vaelen Solavar Agatha’s twin brother. Long believed dead.
Giasone di Boreni Agatha’s husband. Former first healer. Deceased.
Avara di Boreni Agatha’s daughter. First blade of the Empire.
Kaya di Boreni Avara’s daughter, Agatha’s granddaughter. Eleventh blade of the Empire.
COUNCIL of FIRSTS
Inner Circle:
First Dreamer Matheus Kernhart
First Healer Niko Vasiliev
Middle Circle:
First Blade Avara di Boreni
First Shield Diraa al Karak
First Scholar Maria Salomea
First Crafter Ade Akinola
Outer Circle:
First Wayfinder Jovren Rike
First Warden Elara Ealdred
Blades
Avara di Boreni First blade. Wielder. General, first legion.
Gerd Drachen Seventh blade. Wielder. Spear leader, fourth banner.
Kaya di Boreni Eleventh blade. Wielder.
Arthur Hadden Wielder. Palace guard.
Holger Fara Wielder. Guard.
Jannik Udsen Wielder. Guard.
Kalina Goczan Wielder. Palace guard.
Marcin Lis Wielder. Palace guard.
Ana Larina Bearer. Avara’s apprentice. Deceased.
Orin Miecz Bearer.
Healers
Niko Vasiliev First healer. Wielder.
Cora Gabris Second healer. Wielder.
Merin Ealdred Third healer. Wielder.
Deborah Halberg Tenth healer. Wielder.
Reya Kernhart Wielder.
Giasone di Boreni Former first healer. Wielder. Deceased.
Lyrene Kernhart Former second healer. Wielder. Deceased.
Queen Barbara Wielder. Deceased.
Krish Sharma Former healer. Wielder.
Myrella Zigoriev Bearer.
BEYOND THE EMPIRE
King Casimir A former king of Krakonia. Deceased.
Queen Barbara King Casimir’s wife. Former imperial healer. Deceased.
Queen Quyen A ruler of Paruvia.
Animals
Cavalier Kaya’s chestnut stallion.
Cinder Vir’s dark-coated mare.
Ravel Empress’s white stallion.
Shadow Avara’s ashen mare.
Shoka Fiadh’s bonded wolf.
ANCIENTS
Burrra
Duumm
Hooroo
Gaagaa
Naaga
Oommba
Ruum
Thaav
