1% Lifesteal, Volume 2 characters

Appears from the start

A returning survivor of Camp Violet and an independent water-and-blood arch-human.

Also known as Freddy's spirit

Appears from the start

A sentient spirit bound to Freddy's soul. It is a returning ally whose unusual connection to Freddy lets it assist him while remaining one of his most closely guarded secrets.

Also known as Mark

Appears from the start

Freddy's former confidant, now compelled to serve Craven. He remains with the clan because its support protects his sister Sarah's opportunity to attend an academy.

Appears from the start

A returning four-star public figure who has a contractual claim to interview Freddy and an interest in his survival after Camp Violet.

Also known as Sarah

Appears from the start

Mark's sister and an academy student. Her educational future is the leverage that keeps Mark tied to Craven.

Appears from the start

The former four-star leader of Craven and Freddy's captor. He is already dead when this volume begins.

Appears from the start

Peter Vane's father, who receives the disfigured patient discharged under his son's name and quickly rejects the identification.

Appears from the start

The person whose identification is assigned to the disfigured survivor recovered from Camp Violet. The identification is disputed, and Peter's own fate is not established.

First appears in chapter 3

An air-affinity criminal broker in Imperta who controls genuine records belonging to an associate whose death was never reported. Freddy approaches him for a complete identity history, not merely forged documents.

Also known as Liam

First appears in chapter 3

A deceased associate of Spike whose death remains unreported. His preserved life history and official records make the identity valuable to someone needing more than forged papers.

Also known as Liam Cuttingsworth

First appears in chapter 5

Freddy registers his own face and second-star status under Liam Cuttingsworth's records, giving him a legal public identity while his past and concealed Craven property remain dangerous.

First appears in chapter 5

The five-star imperial ruler whose ether signature authenticates the platinum Tower of York membership card offered during Freddy's identity deal.

First appears in chapter 6

The dead Craven patriarch's three-star son and successor. He inherits a weakened clan and asks Mark to stay, linking continued support for Sarah's education to Mark's service.

First appears in chapter 10

A water-affinity sea monster imprisoned in Freddy's ethercosm. It explains that Freddy's dark-blue affinity formed from his own soul after their connection.

Also known as Basilisk

First appears in chapter 6

A man also known as Basilisk who arrives at the office of Craven's new patriarch.

First appears in chapter 11

An experienced but still unnamed delver who recruits Freddy to guard equipment and carry corpses on an upcoming expedition, accepting a negotiated 9 percent share.

First appears in chapter 12

The leader of the six-person delve party Freddy joins as a helper under the name Liam.

First appears in chapter 12

Theodore's wife and the fire-affinity caster in his six-person delve party as it prepares to take the inexperienced Liam into gorel territory.

First appears in chapter 12

A water-affinity caster in Theodore's party who treats injuries and imposes strict safety rules on the inexperienced helper Liam.

First appears in chapter 12

The archer in Theodore's experienced six-person delve party, which hires Liam to carry equipment and remain outside its combat formation.

First appears in chapter 12

A swordsman in Theodore's party with a strength-related talent. An arm-wrestling test with Liam leaves him injured and demonstrates that the new helper is unusually strong.

First appears in chapter 12

The earth-affinity brawler in Theodore's established delve party when Liam joins the group as an inexperienced helper.

First appears in chapter 20

The late Craven leader's unnamed brother. He commands the pursuit of two suspicious looters carrying irreplaceable clan property.

First appears in chapter 20

A Camp Violet scout whose reanimated body can speak and manifests three-star power before Madame Morlap destroys it.

First appears in chapter 22

The privileged two-star son of the Santorio Hub's owner. He is organizing a well-funded delve party and repeatedly seeks to recruit Liam.

First appears in chapter 22

An unidentified woman who recognizes signs of Freddy's unusual healing and asks him for part of his body.

First appears in chapter 24

A powerful Santorio Hub representative who enforces its economic rules and questions Liam about the unusual woman who carried him to safety.

First appears in chapter 25

A prospective member of Jacob Santorio's well-equipped delve party.

Also known as Theodore

First appears in chapter 25

The full name of Theodore, the former delve-party leader who has joined Jacob Santorio's proposed group and warned Freddy about its recruitment effort.

Also known as Sickly woman

First appears in chapter 26

The sickly woman who recognized Freddy's extraordinary recovery. She can manipulate life sparks, creates a renewable healing resource from his tissue, and enters a secret partnership with him.

First appears in chapter 29

A man and a woman held in Craven's secret prison. They appear to be ordinary humans, but magical censorship prevents them from discussing parts of their history.

First appears in chapter 35

A remarkably fast and technically accomplished saber user newly added to Jacob's party. Jacob expects her ability to outgrow the group quickly.

First appears in chapter 35

An unidentified one-armed man who maintains the runic seal trapping people inside a passage realm. He regrets their deaths but considers the sacrifice necessary to give children a chance at salvation.

First appears in chapter 38

The owner of the Santorio Hub and Jacob Santorio's father.

First appears in chapter 38

An experienced delver trapped near the central barrier with his sister Jean and their companion Rick as the sealed passage fills with stranded people.

First appears in chapter 38

Jack's sister, an experienced rapier user who moves with wind assistance. She is among the delvers trapped at the sealed central passage.

First appears in chapter 38

The experienced companion of Jack and Jean, trapped with them and a large crowd of delvers at the sealed central passage.

First appears in chapter 41

A fully armored man who escapes the cult massacre with the surviving delvers. The cultists recognize him and deliberately allow the group to leave, while his identity and purpose remain opaque.

First appears in chapter 47

A scorpion-tailed three-star cult operative who directs the effort to stop Bloodshed's rogue skeletal body and recover the mummified arm it carried.

First appears in chapter 47

A massive cult brawler who helps fight Bloodshed's rogue skeletal body.

First appears in chapter 47

A cult operative who uses levitation at severe physical cost while fighting Bloodshed's rogue skeletal body.

First appears in chapter 49

A five-star imperial assassin with light, dark, and air affinities. She covertly escorts Madame Morlap to Empress Kaya and can bypass ordinary security.

First appears in chapter 54

The former identity claimed by the five-star leader behind the cult operation. He reveals the connection while confronting Empress Kaya as the sealed-realm plan collapses around them.

First appears in chapter 54

A conscious crimson construct formed from ether whose power exceeds an Eidolon's. It enters the sealed realm, destroys Empress Kaya's construct, and kills the cult leader as he flees.

Also known as Beatrice

First appears in chapter 56

The full name of Beatrice, Theodore's estranged wife and a surviving member of the sealed-realm disaster, as reported after Liam returns to public life.

First appears in chapter 57

Nahar's uncle and successor as Craven patriarch. He plans to relocate the weakened clan and disband Craven Industries, endangering the arrangement that supports Sarah's education.

First appears in chapter 59

An unidentified supernatural figure with Freddy's face that appears in Mark's recurring dream. It grants Mark new power after he agrees to free two followers imprisoned by Craven.

First appears in chapter 60

A powerful figure who intercepts Mark's fleeing family, knows about the prison break, and offers help escaping imperial punishment for an unspecified price.

First appears in chapter 61

The archer in the four-person group that ambushes Liam near a lava lake during his first expedition into a volcanic public realm. He attacks alongside Theodore, Jacob, and Randy.

First appears in chapter 61

The spearman in Theodore and Jacob's four-person ambush group. He helps lure Liam into an attack beside a lava lake in the volcanic public realm.