1% Lifesteal characters

Appears from the start

A 21-year-old mortal and long-term cashier at Chirot's Hypermarket. Poor and overworked, he relies on a shortcut through the Twenty-Fifth District to keep his commute manageable and discovers an open passage after being forced to take another route.

Appears from the start

Freddy's older neighbor and an established acquaintance in their shared building.

Appears from the start

The habitually late night-shift cashier who relieves Freddy at Chirot's Hypermarket.

First appears in chapter 6

The power who effectively controls the Twenty-Fifth District and holds contractual rights connected to the recent passage incident. After obtaining Freddy's report, the lord takes a personal interest in finding the manifestation linked to the attack.

First appears in chapter 7

A rare skeletal remnant found near Freddy in the nether echo. It names itself Bloodshed, addresses Freddy as its master, obeys direct instructions, and says its nature prevents it from deliberately killing him.

First appears in chapter 8

A hostile patriarch who claims the dangerous remnant connected to the passage incident. The city lord rejects his attempt to treat Freddy's property as his own, prompting the patriarch to direct his anger toward Freddy.

First appears in chapter 9

A 21-year-old former Grade 7 student at Aroon Arch Academy. He has stepped away from its ten-year program and regards his early departure as a failure, although his family supports his decision to take time away.

First appears in chapter 10

A nationally prominent talk-show host and powerful lord who approaches Freddy after his passage discovery. She offers to make his experience the subject of a public interview and brings him into a carefully managed professional arrangement.

First appears in chapter 11

Madame Moorlap's assistant and Freddy's practical liaison. He supervises Freddy's relocation to a furnished apartment, provides access to a large daily budget, and coordinates the preparations surrounding the planned interview.

First appears in chapter 14

Freddy's assigned medical examiner after his new training arrangement begins. He confirms that Freddy has only water affinity, sets strict health precautions, and privately recognizes serious muscular and cardiac problems that he does not disclose to Freddy.

First appears in chapter 24

Mark's younger sister and a newly admitted academy student. The high cost of treating Mark's worsening injury places the family's ability to fund her education at risk, making her future part of the pressure surrounding him.

First appears in chapter 26

A business proposer who addresses the Craven council as it decides what to do with hundreds of political prisoners. He offers a labor-based plan that would make the captives economically useful instead of having them immediately executed.

First appears in chapter 31

A covert expedition staffer posing as a debtor. After seeing Freddy compete in the Camp Violet arena, he begins examining Freddy's background and wrongly infers that an influential political sponsor is protecting him.

First appears in chapter 33

A silver-haired assistant in Camp Violet's foraging program. This staff member watches the workers on behalf of the expedition and possesses a poison-focused talent, giving the role greater significance than ordinary instructional work suggests.

First appears in chapter 36

The silver-haired foraging assistant, now identified as Peter Vane. He is a disguised two-star Camp Violet staff member who offers Freddy help escaping in exchange for future support from the powerful master he mistakenly believes Freddy serves.

First appears in chapter 38

An exceptionally large and durable Camp Violet fighter matched against Freddy in a sanctioned arena bout. His intimidating size makes him a formidable test of the combat ability Freddy has developed in secret.

First appears in chapter 39

An Earth-affinity combatant appointed to lead the three-person Camp Violet squad sent into the caves to seize Freddy. She directs the pursuit after the administrators decide that he should be captured rather than killed immediately.

First appears in chapter 39

A fire-affinity member of the three-person squad hunting Freddy in the caves. His ability to sense heat contributes to the search as the team follows signs of a hidden route beyond Camp Violet's familiar territory.

First appears in chapter 39

A tall Earth-affinity fighter who joins the Camp Violet capture squad pursuing Freddy. She enters the caves with the squad leader and a heat-sensing fire combatant as their search reaches a concealed passage.