Defiance of the Fall 3 characters

Appears from the start

The lord of Port Atwood enters the Eastern Trigram treasure hunt alone and keeps his identity concealed. He relies on exceptional physical power while pursuing both the Hunter and Gatherer ladders, sparing opponents who surrender and reserving lethal force for attackers.

Appears from the start

Zac’s demon ally and a commander at Port Atwood.

Appears from the start

Zac’s sister.

Appears from the start

A Thayer Consortium representative and established trader at Port Atwood.

Appears from the start

A demon leader and poison specialist associated with Port Atwood.

Appears from the start

The returning commander of Port Atwood's Valkyries. Joanna is an established human fighter within Zac's forces and provides disciplined leadership for the settlement's shield-bearing combatants during its continuing defense.

Appears from the start

A returning demon commander at Port Atwood.

Appears from the start

A returning demon illusionist and mental specialist in Port Atwood's forces. Janos contributes capabilities suited to deception, perception, and attacks against the mind, giving the settlement options beyond direct physical combat.

Appears from the start

The political leader of the New World Government. Thomas Fischer returns as a major human authority whose policies and growing power affect Port Atwood's wider alliances and the balance among Earth's organized factions.

Appears from the start

The head of the Marshall clan and an established political leader. Henry Marshall represents a powerful human faction whose military reach makes its relationship with Port Atwood strategically important.

First appears in chapter 2

The emperor of the Medhin Empire is described by an off-world captive as a fearsome cultivator of exceptional strength. His ruling family controlled cultivation resources before integration and now dominates a world at war.

First appears in chapter 5

An elite fighter of the Marshall clan whom Zac finds gravely wounded during a battle with a Medhin royal. Zac intervenes, defeats the royal’s force, and gives her treatment.

First appears in chapter 9

An off-world resistance champion whose name appears near the top of the treasure hunt's Gatherer ladder. His high placement marks him as one of the event's most successful contenders.

Also known as Gabriel

First appears in chapter 11

Gabriel calls himself Salvation and serves a figure known as the Great Redeemer. He removes the souls of captives and converts their silver bodies into obedient servants.

First appears in chapter 12

An anointed Zhix diplomat whose ceremonial objects allow Zac to follow the formal protocol for approaching a hive. Nonet provides a route for formal contact with a traditional Zhix hive.

First appears in chapter 13

The eighth anointed of Hive Urbot receives Zac's proposal for cooperation. Herat agrees to carry the offer to the hive's war council, making the Zhix leader an intermediary in Zac's attempt to build an alliance.

First appears in chapter 15

The remote master served by Salvation. An apparent projection of the Great Redeemer intervenes to protect Salvation from Zac.

First appears in chapter 19

A Zhix Dominator who pursues Zac and Thea with devastating chain attacks and leads the hunt's Hunter ladder.

First appears in chapter 23

The deceased supreme elder of the Eastern Trigram Sect persists as a partial soul imprint within the hidden chambers' arrays. He offers Zac a choice between an array trial for formation specialists and a more dangerous combat route.

First appears in chapter 35

A man in the underground cavern who briefly recovers his sanity and allows Zac to escape.

First appears in chapter 38

Nenothep’s ambitious son and probable successor. Vasidas captures Thea Marshall and presents her as bait intended to lure Zac.

First appears in chapter 43

A powerful Earth contender responsible for a field of unusual pits. Zac identifies Billy’s strength and practical array knowledge as potentially useful for breaking a fortified formation.

First appears in chapter 53

A member of Port Atwood's council who contributes to its planning against the Great Redeemer.

First appears in chapter 60

A corpse lord whose recovered journal describes lethal experiments involving Draugr essence. Although Maul is encountered through his records rather than in person, his work bears directly on the mystery of Zac's altered nature.

First appears in chapter 62

A member of Port Atwood who returns from a hunting trip changed by her recent progress.

First appears in chapter 69

The spirit behind the Lord of Cycles inheritance confirms that Zac passed its first trial and begins negotiating with him.

First appears in chapter 70

The C-grade cultivator whose spirit is behind the Lord of Cycles inheritance. Ariel identifies himself after Zac completes the first trial and offers to make Zac his disciple.

First appears in chapter 88

The leader of the Ez'Mahal invasion force rules a slaveholding territory through organized cruelty. Thanzo commands the enemy settlement and its generals, making him the central target of Zac's first covert incursion assault.

First appears in chapter 95

An evolved Tal-Eladar beastmaster who offers a duel to decide the fate of her incursion. Verana Tir'Emarel enters the confrontation alongside two transformed beasts and seeks a binding resolution through personal combat.

First appears in chapter 98

A veteran Valkyrie from Greenworth who dies during the assault on a volcano-based incursion.

First appears in chapter 105

An enemy leader who learns of Salvation's death and the devastation caused by his hidden puppets. The disciple is connected to Void and joins two other leaders in planning entry into a sealed mystic realm for an item they seek.

First appears in chapter 3

The spirit of Zac’s Dao repository. Zac prepares improvements for the repository with the spirit’s surroundings in mind.