Azarinth Healer: Book Four characters

Appears from the start

Ilea's covert investigator ally from earlier books. She vanished during her inquiry into the Golden Lily, which remains unresolved.

Appears from the start

The confirmed cause of an earlier demon crisis. He is absent from the current action, while his motive, destination, and possible ties to ancient systems remain unknown.

Also known as Ilea, Lilith

Appears from the start

An Azarinth Sentinel and explorer leaving the North with a Taleen Gate Key that may help her search for Kyrian. She is traveling toward Tremor's vaults before returning south.

Appears from the start

An ancient necromancer traveling with Ilea and a dwarven expedition companion toward Tremor’s vaults.

Appears from the start

A dwarven member of the expedition traveling with Ilea and an ancient necromancer toward Tremor’s vaults.

Appears from the start

A Serethil hunter, translator, and curse mage working with northern allies against Taleen machines. Ilea entrusts him with a Taleen diary while he helps investigate ancient ruins and facilities.

Also known as Niivalyr

First appears in chapter 6

The name used for Niivalyr, the Serethil hunter who translates the Taleen diary and marks Ilea's new armor to identify her as an ally of the hunters.

First appears in chapter 2

The former queen of Tremor, now committed to Hallowfort and its civic work rather than restoring her lost realm. She remains in the North while the former king travels south.

First appears in chapter 2

Ilea's trusted Ravenhall associate and the intended recipient of most resources recovered from Tremor's vault.

First appears in chapter 3

Someone Ilea plans to find once she returns to the south.

First appears in chapter 3

The former guard captain of Tremor. A report that he returned from the Soul Ripper dungeon before apparently dying prompts an investigation by the ancient king.

First appears in chapter 3

An awakened smith working with the Serethil hunters and a dwarven expedition companion at a Taleen facility.

First appears in chapter 6

A Hallowfort council member and leader of its hunter's den. After earlier attacks on the settlement, she gives Ilea an enchanted sphere reserved for an absolute emergency.

First appears in chapter 10

A sentient enchanted dagger.

First appears in chapter 11

A young realm traveler from Earth whose magical paintings can find people she has met. Her uncertain images of Kyrian show him alive, trapped somewhere unfamiliar, and still fighting.

Appears from the start

Ilea's missing companion and the intended object of her search using the recovered Taleen Gate Key.

First appears in chapter 12

Ilea's lightning-mage ally, living with the surviving members of his household while recovering from profound loss. He no longer sees greater combat power as a sufficient purpose for his life.

First appears in chapter 12

A Shadow’s Hand fire mage who fought at Riverwatch and during Ravenhall’s retaking. He recognizes Ilea during her resistance training and tests her with powerful fire magic.

First appears in chapter 12

A Shadow’s Hand ranger whose trauma after losing part of his team has kept him from fighting effectively. In a supervised bout with Ilea, he uses exceptionally dangerous cursed arrows and regains some confidence.

First appears in chapter 18

An enchanter whose runesight is central to the attempt to move Aki into a Taleen Guardian. She studies complex runic systems and supports Ravenhall's research into ancient machinery.

First appears in chapter 16

The organizer leading Ravenhall's plan to become a council-governed, self-ruling territory. He seeks negotiated independence and brings Ilea into the proposed civic structure.

First appears in chapter 16

A librarian, Dagon's wife, and supporter of Ravenhall's independence project. Ilea gives her and Dagon northern historical material connected to several unresolved investigations.

First appears in chapter 17

A Riverwatch guard captain and trusted ally of Ilea. He sends a delayed request asking her to assess increased monster activity in the western forest and possible cooperation with Ravenhall.

First appears in chapter 22

A Riverwatch governor candidate trusted by Dale.

First appears in chapter 25

An elder of the Sanctuary Healing Order who knows the concealed routes beneath Stormbreach and offers to guide Ilea into the occupied city.

First appears in chapter 27

Stormbreach's weakened blood-spirit patron and leader of the Sanctuary Healing Order. Grieving the city's transformed citizens, she joins Ilea in a plan to overthrow its occupiers.

First appears in chapter 28

The demon ruling occupied Stormbreach, previously encountered after escaping Ravenhall. Ilea kills it and frees the city from its immediate control.

First appears in chapter 30

A dark sorcerer and leading member of the Vulture's Brotherhood who provides refuge to unusual allies.

Also known as Mind Weaver

First appears in chapter 30

A telepathic demon allied with Ilea and living safely among the Vulture's Brotherhood. He is teaching an apprentice while relying on the secluded group for protection and acceptance.

First appears in chapter 30

Weavy’s apprentice, making progress under the telepathic demon’s unconventional teaching.

First appears in chapter 31

A reclusive blood-drinking mage accused of a refugee's murder in Riverwatch. He denies the charge, says he pays willing blood donors, and joins Ilea to determine who is framing him.

First appears in chapter 32

The teenage foster daughter of a murdered investigator. After Ilea heals her younger foster brother, Vin provides the warehouse lead behind a dangerous Riverwatch smuggling inquiry.

First appears in chapter 33

A Gray Company co-owner and ash mage who oversees an underground holding site. Ilea encounters him while posing as a powerful buyer to protect the captives and learn how the operation works.

First appears in chapter 36

A cursed Serethil hunter who accepts Ilea's offer to spar.

First appears in chapter 37

An ice mage among the cursed Serethil hunters seeking Taleen machines, active gates, and allies. His prior visits to human cities give him unusual knowledge of human society.

First appears in chapter 43

A powerful fire mage fighting the corruption outbreak in the Descent's first layer. Ilea heals her before they work together to establish a defensible perimeter.

First appears in chapter 43

A four-armed shadow warrior who reports additional breaches and supports concentrating the first-layer defense.

First appears in chapter 45

The four-armed defender who identifies himself as guardian of the Descent's first lair after its defenders establish a stronger position.

First appears in chapter 46

A noncombatant support specialist in the expedition descending through the Descent. He can heal and use wood magic to close pathways.

First appears in chapter 47

A healer and one of two known survivors of the missing expedition. She is unconscious but recovering after infected tissue was removed from a corrupted wound.

First appears in chapter 53

A Valakun hunter known as a very high-level healer and wind mage.

First appears in chapter 61

A birdlike lightning being whose speed and homing attacks force Ilea to escape its territory rather than continue fighting.

First appears in chapter 66

An ancient telepathic captive sustained by mana in a deep Descent facility. It tells Ilea that captors used its blood as the basis of the spreading corruption and asks her to rescue an infected Fae.

First appears in chapter 67

A small Fae found badly corrupted in an ancient laboratory. Ilea contains the corruption while continuing to remove infected tissue and heal the damage.

First appears in chapter 81

A vast lava being imprisoned in a testing facility after its manipulation-agent trial failed, leaving it uncorrupted. Ilea and the Fae seek its help against a spreading corrupted sand elemental.

First appears in chapter 94

A steel-bodied four-mark mage that arrives through an ancient transportation platform. It identifies itself as one of the Ascended and attacks Ilea as an intruder with steel, space, void, and blood magic.