Mark of the Fool 6 characters

Also known as the Fool

Appears from the start

A capable Generasi student, summoner, and crafter who is Theresa's partner, Selina's brother, and Claygon's creator. He secretly bears Uldar's Fool mark while searching for the truth about the Ravener and the Traveler.

Appears from the start

Alex's partner, a skilled hunter and life-enforcement fighter who works beside her companion Brutus.

Also known as Chancellor Baelin

Appears from the start

Generasi's chancellor, Alex's mentor, and an experienced interplanar commander.

Also known as the Sage

Appears from the start

Uldar's Sage and a hero of Thameland who fights the Ravener alongside the other heroes.

Also known as the Chosen

Appears from the start

Uldar's Chosen and one of Thameland's heroes fighting the Ravener.

Also known as Hart, the Champion

Appears from the start

Uldar's Champion and a front-line hero of Thameland in the war against the Ravener.

Appears from the start

A prince, earth mage, and practical member of Alex's circle.

Appears from the start

A combat mage and steadfast friend in Alex's circle.

Appears from the start

A noble mage allied with Alex's circle.

Appears from the start

An established tracker and expedition fighter in Alex's combat circle.

Appears from the start

Theresa's loyal companion and a capable combat tracker. He fights beside her and remains part of the household's protection around Alex and Selina, lending keen senses and dependable strength to hunts, raids, and journeys through dangerous territory.

Appears from the start

An alchemy professor and safety-minded mentor who recognizes the danger as well as the promise in Alex's experiments.

Appears from the start

The recurring enemy behind Thameland's dungeons and their spawn. Its forces are escalating against people connected to dungeon cores, suggesting a deliberate response to threats outside its normal control.

Appears from the start

Alex and Selina's newly sapient golem, now housed in an evolved marble body. He remembers his life before awakening, shares a mental link with Alex, and regards Alex as his father while learning language and choice.

First appears in chapter 13

Alex's younger sister and a student with a fire affinity. She is learning to understand fire as a constructive force rather than a source of fear.

First appears in chapter 13

Selina's fire-magic instructor, who teaches that fire can bring renewal as well as destruction and shares phoenix lore from her people's tradition.

Also known as Shale

First appears in chapter 16

The master crafter who owns Shale's workshop. Claygon's rare evolution immediately captures her professional interest.

First appears in chapter 21

A baker from the Rhinean Empire and the last worker at Mermaid's Cakes. Underpaid and mistreated by its owner, he helps Alex understand how neglect ruined the bakery and why its former standards mattered.

First appears in chapter 22

The current owner of Mermaid's Cakes, which he inherited from his parents. He enters written sale negotiations with Alex.

First appears in chapter 26

A swiftling who hunts monsters and is under consideration as a paid specialist for Alex and Khalik's planned dungeon raid.

First appears in chapter 37

An advanced student who leads Thundar's training in exercises meant to purify movement. He hopes to invite her on a date.

First appears in chapter 44

A young hero devoted to Uldar and focused on protecting Thameland's faithful. He resents the growing distance between himself and the other heroes, but resolves to cooperate with them where the war against the Ravener requires it.

First appears in chapter 45

A Thameish follower of Uldar studying abroad who joins the Saint's field force despite a deep fear of monsters. Evidence concerning Uldar and dungeon cores has shaken her faith, but she conceals those doubts from the Saint.

First appears in chapter 67

An entity who assigns Baelin's group challenges in the hells and controls the sequence leading to their mission for information about the Traveler.

First appears in chapter 76

An immortal greater demon and lieutenant to an abyssal knight. He keeps information tied to the Traveler in his palace within a shifting planar labyrinth.

First appears in chapter 81

A white-haired former king recruited for the gala mission. His animated tattoos can manifest bound creatures for scouting, performance, and battle, and he claims prior experience surviving the Hells. Alex selects him after testing the recruits' attention.

First appears in chapter 81

A mercenary recruited after demonstrating precise attacks with magically explosive throwing stones. Her ranged skill gives Alex's improvised troupe another option for both performance and combat, especially when a distant or carefully placed strike is required.

First appears in chapter 82

A fugitive demon hunter who says he killed a high priest secretly serving a predatory demon. Alex hires him for the gala operation because of his potent ring and sword, while remaining alert to the risk that his story is incomplete.

First appears in chapter 82

A heavily armored veteran of the Hells with unusually acute hearing. Other recruits vouch for his strength, and he joins Alex's team as a reserve fighter for a mission where the entertainer cover may fail.

Also known as machine-like greater demon

First appears in chapter 87

A metallic greater demon beside the palace host who notices the disguised troupe arriving at the gala.

First appears in chapter 89

A historical saint whose abandoned trophy may help Alex interpret the mysterious book linked to her travels. The sought object is described as a small marked rectangle kept among a greater demon's spoils.

First appears in chapter 90

The half-orc stone-thrower serving in Alex's disguised gala troupe, now identified by name.

Also known as the Traveler

First appears in chapter 101

The Earth-born woman known to history as the Traveler. Accidentally summoned to another world at fifteen, she survived its war and retained a rare power that could carry her between worlds.

First appears in chapter 102

The Fool of an earlier Ravener cycle, once a clan warrior and later Hannah's hidden research partner. She could control a dungeon core, survived a priestly attempt on her life with Hannah's aid, and received a share of Hannah's cross-world power.