Elven Doom characters

Also known as Val

Appears from the start

A half-elf Army magical investigator searching Rupert's closed bar for a missing dark-elf pleasure orb. She finds signs of multiple deaths, recovers a magically active fragment, and discovers that someone has stolen her private medical records.

Appears from the start

The troll proprietor of a shuttered bar where a dangerous magical orb has disappeared. He is also missing when Val searches the premises, which contain evidence that several people died there.

Appears from the start

A young troll whom Val pursues after finding him with a magically active fragment from the missing pleasure orb.

First appears in chapter 3

A black dragon who hunts criminals for the Dragon Justice Court. He stops his sister from interrogating Val and presents Val as his claimed mate, a public position meant to protect her from consequences connected to Dob's death.

Also known as purple-haired woman, lilac dragon

First appears in chapter 3

Zav's hostile sister, a lilac dragon who also appears as a purple-haired woman. Convinced that Val may exploit or kill Zav, she steals private records and tries to search Val's thoughts for evidence.

First appears in chapter 4

A magical craftsperson and friend of Val who helps evaluate a sinister fragment from a dark-elf orb. He plans to open a shop for enchanted goods in partnership with Zoltan.

First appears in chapter 4

A vampire alchemist who works with Dimitri and can examine dangerous magical materials. He is asked to analyze a fragment from the missing pleasure orb and has also translated dark-elf writings.

First appears in chapter 4

Val's friend, a magical craftsperson and successful food-truck owner. She recognizes that the recovered orb fragment carries unsafe magic and advises Dimitri about where his proposed shop might prosper.

First appears in chapter 6

Val's summoned tiger ally, linked to her through a figurine and able to communicate telepathically. He accompanies her into the Northern Pride headquarters and helps investigate the ritual killings found there.

First appears in chapter 8

Val's Army supervisor and the official directing the dark-elf inquiry. She recognizes the ritual nature of the Northern Pride deaths and treats the theft of an alchemy book from secure evidence as a warning of an imminent operation.

First appears in chapter 9

Val and Thad's daughter, with whom Val has recently resumed contact. Her return to Val's life is one of the personal connections that Mary regards as a positive change.

First appears in chapter 9

Val's former husband and Amber's father. Val has recently renewed contact with him, adding an important family connection to the support network she discusses in therapy.

Also known as Mary

First appears in chapter 9

Val's therapist. She observes that Val is rebuilding ties with family and friends, while cautioning that a romance with Zav could be dangerous because dragon claims carry possessive expectations.

Also known as supposed cousin

First appears in chapter 10

An armed elf who interrupts the painful search of Val's mind and claims to be a cousin sent by Val's father. Her arrival offers Val a possible first connection to an elven family she has never known.

Also known as Zav, Zavryd

First appears in chapter 11

Zav's formal name identifies the same dragon whom Val knows by his shorter name. He returns from court politics wounded by a challenger and says he intends to free Val from his mark after completing his criminal hunt on Earth.

First appears in chapter 16

Rupert's surviving troll child, who identifies Yemeli Lore and an unnamed male dark elf as his father's killers. Val gives him food and offers to help him find shelter through Nin.

First appears in chapter 16

A female dark elf implicated by Rupert's surviving child in Rupert's murder and the lethal pleasure-orb scheme. Val identifies her as one of the suspects she intends to pursue at Mount Rainier.

First appears in chapter 16

The unnamed male dark elf identified alongside Yemeli Lore as one of Rupert's killers. He is also connected to the deadly pleasure-orb operation that Val is preparing to confront.

First appears in chapter 17

A quiet, experienced Army sergeant assigned to Willard's Mount Rainier expedition. He joins the search for a missing scientific team and for evidence that dark elves are operating on the volcano.

First appears in chapter 17

An Army courier with magical ancestry who joins the Rainier search. He can sense dark elves at close range, giving the team another means of locating the enemy in difficult mountain terrain.

Also known as Sabo

First appears in chapter 17

A quarter-elven Army officer on Willard's Mount Rainier team. Like Val and Clark, she has some ability to detect magical beings and helps search for the dark elves' hidden operation.