Dragon Heart - Book 7: Land of Demons characters

Also known as Hadjar

Appears from the start

A dragon-blooded sword cultivator and former soldier who begins this volume unconscious and critically wounded. His ancient tigress companion carries him out of the borderland forest toward the travelers who may save him.

Also known as Tiger cub, Ancient tigress

Appears from the start

Hadjar's devoted ancient-beast protector. She changes from a white cub into a powerful tigress, carries the gravely injured Hadjar away from forest predators, and brings him within reach of three passing cultivators.

Also known as Baron's son, Red Mule School disciple

Appears from the start

The local baron's son and a Red Mule School inner-circle disciple traveling with Aaliyah and Irma. He is among the three cultivators who encounter a tigress carrying a gravely wounded stranger in the borderland forest.

Also known as Red Mule School disciple

Appears from the start

A Red Mule School inner-circle disciple traveling with Derek and Irma. She is among the three cultivators who encounter Hadjar and his tigress in the borderland forest, and she supports the decision to help the gravely wounded stranger.

Also known as Red Mule School disciple

Appears from the start

A Red Mule School inner-circle disciple and one of the travelers who find Hadjar near the border. She accompanies Derek and Aaliyah as they decide how to help the injured stranger despite the danger and uncertainty surrounding him.

First appears in chapter 5

A spirit-knight healer at the border military hospital. With precise control of energy needles, the healer undertakes the difficult repair of Hadjar's unusually damaged channels and preserves his cultivation foundation.

First appears in chapter 8

The leader of the vast orc alliance that arrives outside the border fort. He halts the army and demands talks rather than beginning an attack.

First appears in chapter 7

The senior officer directing the border fort's defenses and evacuation preparations. She plans to destroy its stores rather than let the approaching orc force capture them.

Also known as Lord of Nightmares

First appears in chapter 10

An ancient demon with an unexplained interest in Hadjar. Invisible to everyone except Hadjar and the tigress, he kills a hidden spy during the orc negotiations.

Also known as Hadjar's guide

First appears in chapter 12

An elite tattooed axe fighter selected to test Hadjar and accompany him against the demons. His acceptance must be earned under the customs of the orc hunters before the campaign can begin.

First appears in chapter 19

A spiritual leader who appears through four age-aspects associated with curiosity, wisdom, pride, and freedom. He challenges Hadjar's ideas about identity and draws him into an unexplained vision during the hunter rite.

First appears in chapter 26

The orc hunter's half-human, half-orc wife and a personal link across the border between the two peoples. Her husband leaves her with the tribes when he departs alongside Hadjar on the campaign into occupied territory.

First appears in chapter 27

A cloaked Raven Sect cultivator accompanied by a raven. His arrival at the border tavern provokes an immediate, hungry reaction from Hadjar's Black Blade.

First appears in chapter 38

A female-presenting enemy who confronts Hadjar's party at the recently destroyed border fort.

Also known as First Darkhan, Hostile soul-fragment

Appears from the start

An ancestral enemy fragment already bound within Hadjar before this volume begins. It remains a threat within his soul.

Also known as Lord-level officer

First appears in chapter 32

A lord-level Border Legion officer who arrives with soldiers after Hadjar's duel with the Raven Sect envoy. He recognizes the unusual quality of Hadjar's sword attack, secures the scene, and begins investigating the combatants.

Also known as Hadjar's watcher

First appears in chapter 57

A powerful representative of the gods who appears after Hadjar completes the waterfall ordeal. She approves action against demons that have violated divine law, but warns Hadjar that his own conduct is now under scrutiny.

First appears in chapter 65

A blue-eyed, half-human operative serving the demon prince near the enslaved fields. She is a powerful border agent, and Hadjar chooses to capture her as a possible source of intelligence.

Also known as Captive guide

First appears in chapter 67

The half-human border operative captured and bound by Hadjar. While she leads him out of the gorge, he recognizes her as the demon king's daughter.

First appears in chapter 65

The ruler behind the demon forces occupying the borderlands. His planned expansion seeks to establish a demon empire recognized by the laws of heaven and earth.

First appears in chapter 65

The demon king's expansionist son and a commander near the enslaved fields. Hadjar overhears him discussing the capture of a human fort, a missing operative, and the creation of an empire before ambushing one of his attendants.

First appears in chapter 66

The demon kingdom's co-ruler and an initial nameless-stage cultivator. The captive guide identifies her as a power equal in stage to the king, placing both rulers far beyond the direct fighting strength of Hadjar's party.

First appears in chapter 94

A Raven Sect swordsman who returns to challenge Hadjar at the Drunken Goose Tavern.

First appears in chapter 99

A mid-stage spirit-knight commanding the pirate ship that attacks Hadjar's cargo brig. He leads the final attempt to stop Hadjar's journey while the urgent sealed dispatch remains in the cultivator's sole custody.