Azarinth Healer: Book Two characters

Appears from the start

A close-combat Azarinth healer who pays to enter the Shadow's Hand without accepting a debt contract.

Appears from the start

Ilea's sentient enchanted dagger and adviser. Aki helps her practice rapid equipment changes and checks her Shadow's Hand contract for obvious traps.

First appears in chapter 2

An experienced Shadow's Hand member who warns Ilea to be cautious about people approaching her in Viscera and to depend on the team she will eventually join.

First appears in chapter 6

A quiet Team 34 mage above level 200 who controls metal. Kyrian is socially uncomfortable and initially gives little away, but his precise metal magic makes him a dangerous prospective teammate.

First appears in chapter 6

A level-215 lightning and vampirist mage from Virilya who claims Team 34's attack role. His noble confidence immediately creates friction within the new team.

First appears in chapter 6

Team 34's illusionist and singer. Eve can make an illusory presence appear before she arrives in person, and her guarded manner leaves her new teammates uncertain about the full reach of her abilities.

First appears in chapter 7

Team 34's rune mage, providing barriers and explosives. Claire also sets an early rule against using Ilea's healing for injuries a teammate can recover from without help.

First appears in chapter 10

A former Riverwatch librarian whose knowledge helped Ilea understand Elos. Maria has been held in a rune-lined, mana-draining prison until Edwin, Felicia, and Aliana break her free.

First appears in chapter 10

An elite Redleaf warrior and Ilea's former conditional ally in matters involving Taleen ruins. Edwin helps free Maria from a hidden prison and leaves with her while the group's conflict with his family escalates.

First appears in chapter 10

Edwin's sister, an elite wind mage and former conditional ally of Ilea. Felicia takes part in freeing Maria from a rune-lined cell and remains with the Redleaf group as it moves on.

First appears in chapter 10

An elite water mage allied with Edwin and Felicia. Aliana supports Maria immediately after the prison rescue, providing food and water as the weakened librarian recovers.

First appears in chapter 13

The Shadow's Hand head librarian and an information broker. Dagon values Taleen artifacts, sells limited knowledge, and offers time-bounded confidentiality concerning the questions and objects brought to him.

First appears in chapter 13

A Redleaf figure who held Maria in a hidden prison. After Edwin, Felicia, and Aliana free her, Arthur requests rapid assistance while hunters pursue the group.

First appears in chapter 17

A Shadow's Hand elder who privately recruits Dagon for a rapid coup against the guild's leader and supporters. He is preparing rune work and monster-summoning resources for the tournament gathering.

First appears in chapter 18

The leader of a veteran Shadow's Hand squad returning from the west. Sulivhaan is a gravity mage who believes the recent elven attacks on human settlements show an unusual degree of coordination.

First appears in chapter 18

A survivor of Salia and Lily's father. Roland trains his surviving daughter to fight monsters because he considers combat skill necessary for their safety after the refugees reach a western Kral Kingdom city.

First appears in chapter 18

Roland's surviving daughter and a refugee from Salia. During her father's training, Lily kills a wounded horned lion with the black dagger Ilea gave her.

First appears in chapter 28

The cover name Ilea uses during the offshore expedition. By this point, Ilea has told Eve that she came to Elos from a world without magic.

First appears in chapter 29

A young displaced mage found alone in a ruin. Cless says she comes from London and is searching for her father, whom she describes as a doctor.

First appears in chapter 29

A powerful unidentified mage with golden eyes who controls the barriers and cutting magic inside an offshore ruin. He ends a confrontation, removes selected research, entrusts Cless to the Shadow's Hand party, and teleports away.

First appears in chapter 35

A female Shadow's Hand elder who directs the first response when concealed rune circles activate during the tournament. She orders the circles destroyed and fights the emerging demons with black-burning axes.

First appears in chapter 38

A sapient Mind Weaver encountered in the Great Salt. The demon communicates telepathically, directs lesser demons, and bargains with Ilea and Trian for information while the stranded pair search for a route home.

First appears in chapter 41

The name Ilea gives the Mind Weaver allied with her and Trian. Weavy shares knowledge of ancient runes and joins their investigation of a vast steel facility, although trust within the alliance remains cautious.

First appears in chapter 46

A Shadow's Hand elder who engineered the demon rifts and used an ancient facility in the Great Salt. Adam Strand claims the invasion was a test meant to strengthen the Hand, then refuses to explain his larger purpose.

First appears in chapter 62

A Dawntree noble whom Ilea rescued before this book. Alice's earlier flight and her family's hostility remain relevant when Dawntree hunters seek Ilea in the belief that Alice may be traveling with her.