Dragon Heart - Book 14: Dwarf City characters

Appears from the start

A human-dragon swordsman assigned to guard the Dragon Emperor's daughter on a journey to the Ruby Mountains. He begins knowing that the Emperor has discovered his identity and that his expected route into the imperial treasury is no longer available.

Appears from the start

An imperial princess departing with a delegation under Hadjar's protection. Her safety is his immediate duty during the journey.

Appears from the start

An aging dragon, a powerful figure in the Magic Dawn Pavilion, and Hadjar's ally. He confirms that the Emperor knows who Hadjar is, warns that greater powers may be treating him as expendable, and urges him to find an unforeseen solution while protecting Tened.

Also known as Sin

First appears in chapter 2

Tened's chief guard, Tash'Magan's older brother, and the officer commanding Hadjar during the journey. He formally makes Hadjar responsible for the princess's protection under his authority.

Also known as Tash

First appears in chapter 2

A dragon swordswoman whom Hadjar previously defeated through a trick during the delegation selection.

First appears in chapter 2

The mage leading the Magic Dawn Pavilion contingent. He watches Hadjar with evident hostility.

First appears in chapter 3

A man who left with Chin'Ameh's daughter before she was killed by the Dragon Emperor's men.

First appears in chapter 6

Tened's second personal guard, initially concealed among her maids. She attacks Hadjar when he insists that the princess's attendants accelerate their departure preparations.

First appears in chapter 10

A ruler of the Winter Court who controls the Red Mist and confronts Hadjar in the spirit world. She makes his passage with Tened depend on a trial against Dogar's shadow.

First appears in chapter 10

Hadjar's dead former commander, whose shadow is used as his opponent in the Red Mist ruler's trial.

First appears in chapter 15

A former sister of the Red Mist who now serves higher powers associated with the Seventh Heaven. She appears after Hadjar's trial and punishes the Red Mist for violating the honored rest of Dogar's echo.

First appears in chapter 15

A higher power who protects Dogar because the fallen commander lived and died with honor.

Also known as village flower seller, ancient wizard

First appears in chapter 16

An ancient sage and master of nearly every true word, revealed behind the disguise of a village flower seller. His private meeting with Helmer exposes a long relationship divided between friendship and opposition.

Also known as Helmer

First appears in chapter 16

The Lord of Nightmares and Ash's ancient adversary and confidant. He meets Ash in secret after the delegation completes the Red Mist crossing.

First appears in chapter 22

Hadjar's captive family, whose danger makes any long delay in the journey unacceptable to him. Their unresolved imprisonment remains his overriding personal reason for seeking a path beyond the Dragonlands.

Also known as Hadjar's inner teacher

First appears in chapter 25

An ancient rebel whose soul fragment and inheritance reside within Hadjar. He says his descendants are opening a passage to the North Wind Country and continues to address Hadjar as his disciple despite Hadjar's refusal.

First appears in chapter 28

The head of the Raven Sect force conducting the altar ritual. The leader stabs Hadjar as he tries to disrupt the ceremony and is drawn through the resulting gate.

First appears in chapter 33

An ancient Fae who tends Hadjar after his battle in the North Wind Country. She appears in the likeness of his dead mother before revealing that she is his distant maternal ancestor.

First appears in chapter 45

A former delegation accountant exposed as an armed conspirator during the coup. He reveals Heaven Emperor-level power and shoots Shi'ak Min at the waterfall escape route.

First appears in chapter 48

The false identity Tened adopts after the delegation is shattered. Disguised as a human cartographer with hidden horns and altered dragon features, she enters a trading town beside Hadjar to find an inconspicuous caravan route.

Also known as Abraham

First appears in chapter 49

A weapons dealer and caravan leader bound for the Ruby Mountains. His thrown-dagger test shows that he is more dangerous than an ordinary merchant, but he offers Hadjar and his disguised companion passage with his group.

First appears in chapter 52

A whip-wielding member of Abraham Shensie's coordinated traveling group. She reveals herself after remaining concealed from Hadjar and carries an imperial-level weapon.

First appears in chapter 52

The archer in Abraham Shensie's traveling group. He introduces himself by covering Hadjar with a rune-marked bow while the group establishes the balance of force within its caravan.

First appears in chapter 53

An absent former-soldier co-operator in Abraham Shensie's group. His knowledge supplies the fourth part of the group's planned route through the maze.

First appears in chapter 54

A powerful demon represented by the Lord of Nightmares, who approaches Hadjar with an offer of compensation for completing a task in the underground maze.

First appears in chapter 62

The god of light whose temple gives the party refuge from the undead roaming the Port of the Dead.

Also known as skeletal rider

First appears in chapter 64

An armored skeletal rider commanding the immense undead host surrounding Aksor's temple. The First Darkhan's fragment recognizes him as the First Warrior when he blocks the party's route toward the underground passage.

First appears in chapter 73

The renowned thief who fathered Abraham Shensie and obtained a fragmentary route map for the tomb of a dead god. His find directs Abraham's expedition into the tomb maze.

Also known as Hadjar's tiger companion

First appears in chapter 77

Hadjar's absent supernatural companion, seen in a maze vision that accuses him of abandonment. The vision predicts a future conflict involving Hadjar's daughter and the tiger companion, but does not establish whether the warning is trustworthy.

Also known as spirit of the North Wind

First appears in chapter 85

An ancient wind spirit who reaches Hadjar during his clash of divine laws. Boreas tells him to reject the voice urging him to abandon his human life and warns that Hadjar is not yet ready to perceive his own law.