He Who Fights with Monsters 7 characters

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A silver-rank outworlder returning from Earth with Farrah Hurin through the World Phoenix link. Jason Asano carries his evolved spirit realm as they travel through the deep astral toward Palomustus.

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Jason Asano’s silver-rank travelling companion and a skilled formation specialist. Farrah Hurin crosses the deep astral with him as they follow the World Phoenix link back from Earth.

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An agent of the World Phoenix who appears before Jason Asano’s former companions with the presence of a diamond ranker. Dawn confirms that Jason Asano and Farrah Hurin survived Earth and warns that their return will coincide with an unusually severe monster surge.

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An astral-magic researcher and adventurer among Jason Asano’s former companions. Clive Standish identifies the World Phoenix as a great astral power opposed to the Builder and recognizes its role in travel between worlds.

Also known as Gary

Appears from the start

A silver-rank smith and construct fighter in Jason Asano’s wider circle. Gareth Xandier made and gave Jason Asano the soul-bonded sword that Dawn presents to his companions in a damaged state.

First appears in chapter 2

A fast silver-rank adventurer travelling with Jason's separated companions. The news that Jason is alive leaves Sophie uncertain about what his return means, while Belinda urges her to distinguish her own wishes from other people's expectations.

First appears in chapter 2

A silver-rank adventurer and tactical supporter in Jason's former group. Belinda helps Sophie examine her feelings about Jason and Humphrey without accepting the romantic story that others have built around the three of them.

First appears in chapter 2

A member of Jason Asano’s separated circle. News that Jason Asano survived complicates the unresolved attraction between Humphrey Geller and Sophie Wexler.

First appears in chapter 2

A smith who works with Gareth Xandier to reforge Jason Asano's soul-bonded sword into Hegemon's Will.

First appears in chapter 3

Jason Asano’s speaking shadow familiar. Shade takes a protective treasure-beetle form to carry Jason Asano and Farrah Hurin out of the cyclone where they emerge into the Sea of Storms.

First appears in chapter 3

A companion travelling with Jason Asano’s former team toward Vitesse. Jory is aboard their skyship when the monster surge begins and a floating city manifests nearby.

First appears in chapter 6

Humphrey Geller’s bonded familiar, able to change shape. While playing aboard a captured Builder skyship, Stash damages the vessel and leaves another familiar to recover the discarded parts.

First appears in chapter 6

Clive Standish's flying tortoise familiar. A new shell rune lets Onslow control metal, which he uses to recover Builder skyship components discarded by Stash.

First appears in chapter 9

Jason's friend, a silver-rank adventurer, and a trainer associated with Greenstone. Rufus is brought to Rimaros after the Goddess of Knowledge learns of Jason and Farrah's approach, then verifies their return at the Liveros docks.

First appears in chapter 11

A gold-rank Builder Response Unit operative who assumes responsibility for Jason's case. Liara concludes that his aura rejects Builder starseeds and clockwork cores, clears him as a likely anti-Builder asset, and keeps him under covert observation.

First appears in chapter 12

Jason's ranged-combat familiar, resummoned after Jason reaches Rimaros and secures the necessary materials. Gordon manifests as a set of eye-like orbs and restores the last missing part of Jason's familiar team.

First appears in chapter 12

A member of Humphrey Geller’s group in Vitesse. Neil receives confirmation that Jason Asano and Farrah Hurin are alive while the group awaits an operation required before travelling to Rimaros.

First appears in chapter 12

The Vitesse Adventure Society official who arranges a prioritized operation for Clive Standish's team. Miles Cotese offers them permission to travel to Rimaros if they complete it under an outside silver-rank leader.

First appears in chapter 13

A gold-rank landholder on Arnot with ties to the Rimaros royal family. Peli assesses Jason, Farrah, and Rufus when they seek a quiet base, then grants them a clifftop site beside a waterfall while showing that she recognizes their important connections.

First appears in chapter 14

A silver-rank member of the Rimaros family with authority in its political affairs. Vesper learns that Jason has settled on Arnot and realizes his survival could expose Zara's false claim, so she chooses a diplomatic response over trying to remove him.

First appears in chapter 17

A Rimaros royal whose earlier encounter with Jason became the basis of a public fiction that he was her intended spouse. Her use of his reported death to enter formal mourning now threatens a politically important arrangement when he returns alive.

First appears in chapter 18

A concealed diamond-rank member of the Rimaros royal family who meets Jason privately on Arnot. The visitor outlines how Zara's deception threatens the family, requests Jason's temporary discretion, and appoints Peli and Liara Rimaros as his royal contacts.

First appears in chapter 21

A diamond-rank ancestor of the Rimaros royal family. Soromir directs a covert test of Jason to determine whether he may become an asset, a threat, or a possible marriage prospect.

First appears in chapter 20

A formidable silver-rank fighter who saves a besieged fortress from sea monsters and presents herself as an independent defender. Her white-and-gold equipment carries an association with Purity, but the desperate local commander accepts her aid.

First appears in chapter 21

A gold-rank Sapphire Crown adventurer and veteran royal guard with exceptional sword skill and aura control. Trenchant joins a threatened supply ship under secret orders to evaluate Jason.

First appears in chapter 26

Jason Asano’s leech-swarm familiar. At silver rank, Colin can replace destroyed leeches with life drained from enemies and supports Jason Asano during his solitary fight against the Bone Feasters.

Also known as Ken

First appears in chapter 31

A silver-rank adventurer participating in the assault on the dam. Kenneth uses skirmishing abilities to manage the movement of the constructs pursuing his team.

First appears in chapter 35

A gold-rank hunter-killer who serves on Liara Rimaros's stealth team alongside the sibling Ledev.

First appears in chapter 35

A gold-rank hunter-killer who serves on Liara Rimaros's stealth team alongside the sibling Yana.

First appears in chapter 37

An Earth outworlder who meets Jason's former team in Vitesse after a mass arrival through a failed interdimensional ritual. Taika knows Jason through recordings of his exploits and confirms that many of the new arrivals recognize Jason's story.

First appears in chapter 39

House Irios's heir, Zara's childhood friend, and her former intended husband. His relationship with an older tattoo artist made him unwilling to accept the match, prompting Zara to use Jason's supposed death as protection for them both.

First appears in chapter 52

A gold-rank healer, Rufus's mother, and an established acquaintance of Jason. Arabelle arrives in Rimaros with Dawn's transported group and immediately asks to see Jason, Farrah, and Rufus after their long separation.

First appears in chapter 53

An adventurer from Jason's former circle who arrives in Rimaros with the companions brought by Dawn. Neil joins the reunion at Essen Port as Jason's separated friends and associates finally gather around him again.

First appears in chapter 53

An associate from Earth who arrives in Rimaros with Jason's returning friends. Travis has been displaced to Palomustus and joins the reunited circle as Jason begins learning what happened on Earth after his departure.