A Builder of Dreams characters

Appears from the start

Raaz Kalvidasan's thirteen-year-old granddaughter, an aspiring thaumaturge troubled by dreams of his warded tower and her dead mother. Convinced that her grandfather is hiding something dangerous, she attempts to break into his workshop.

Appears from the start

Siobhan's grandfather, a secretive sorcerer whose heavily protected tower serves as his workshop. His refusal to explain his research makes Siobhan suspect that his work may be dangerous.

Also known as Claude

Appears from the start

A newly arrived research associate invited by Raaz Kalvidasan. He finds Siobhan after her failed attempt to enter the tower and helps her disguise the damage as vandalism.

Appears from the start

Siobhan's deceased mother, whose loss remains bound up with her daughter's recurring nightmares and suspicions about Raaz Kalvidasan's tower.

First appears in chapter 2

The household's cook and maid, originally from central Silva Erde. When the chickens produce abnormal eggs filled with blood-red material, she treats them as a dangerous curse.

First appears in chapter 2

Miakoda's deceased demon familiar.

First appears in chapter 2

An admired grandmaster whose reported feats include rescuing victims from an unstable planar portal. Siobhan keeps a scrapbook about him and reads that the Red Guard may recruit him.

First appears in chapter 4

An eleven-year-old village boy who follows Siobhan and is fascinated by Claudio Tierney's dream magic.

First appears in chapter 18

A titan whose grave-site echo shattered the leader of a spirit-realm expedition. Its remains and consuming hunger are central to the transformation Claudio Tierney is attempting to impose on the village.

First appears in chapter 22

An apparent second instance of Siobhan that answers Raaz Kalvidasan during his sealing procedure while Siobhan's ordinary mind is asleep. Its origin and exact nature are unknown.