Moonfall characters

Appears from the start

A Sentinel who funds apprenticeships for children attending an event at Maple Orphanage. She notices one boy's diligence during a practical sorting exercise and gives him a model of purposeful public service.

Appears from the start

Sentinel Dawn's armored companion during a visit to Maple Orphanage. She directs the children during a practical sorting exercise, handles heavy objects with one hand, and praises a boy for his work.

Appears from the start

An orphan at Maple Orphanage who helps younger children even when doing so may hurt his own prospects. He has not yet unlocked the system. Sentinel Dawn's visit and praise inspire him to seek a future in the legions.

First appears in chapter 2

A powerful armored member of Elaine's household and her wife. Iona assesses whether her former college suite-mate Skye would suit a new administrative position in their home, consulting Titania before allowing Skye to remain as a guest.

First appears in chapter 2

An immortal yuki-onna and Iona's former college suite-mate, bonded to the unicorn Veruna. Exile and repeated disruption have left her unable to establish a stable career, and Elaine and Iona consider her for household administration.

First appears in chapter 2

Skye's unicorn companion and the bondmate through whom Skye became immortal. Veruna accompanies her to Elaine and Iona's villa while Skye seeks employment, providing the mobility on which the displaced pair continue to rely.

First appears in chapter 2

Elaine's former apprentice and friend. A fortunate coin whose benefits may carry indirect costs has prompted her to gather defensive gems against danger she suspects may be approaching, and she brings Skye to Exterreri in search of work.

First appears in chapter 2

A worker in Elaine and Iona's household who is consulted about the possible addition of an administrator. Her existing duties appear to overlap little with the proposed shopping and administrative role, leaving room for another household member.

Also known as Sentinel Dawn

First appears in chapter 3

A healer, Sentinel, and Iona's wife, revealed to be the renowned Sentinel Dawn. When elven slavers attack their villa, she warns them away under her title before joining Iona and Fenrir in eliminating the threat.

First appears in chapter 3

Iona's armored wyvern companion. Fenrir intercepts hostile magic and fights beside Elaine and Iona when a group of elven slavers attacks their home, killing several of the enemy mages during the defense.

First appears in chapter 4

Elaine's phoenix companion and the owner of a bakery in Sanguino. Returning after a long absence, she learns the premises were legally re-let and sets about reclaiming and reopening them.

First appears in chapter 4

A Sanguino guard captain familiar with Auri. He helps her recover access to her bakery and explains the city rule that allowed valuable commercial space to be rented during her absence.

First appears in chapter 5

A Sentinel quartermaster and materials specialist. Harper revises important elements of Elaine's proposed moon craft, supplies a daunting high seven-figure cost estimate, and suggests seeking outside funding for an additional expedition standard.

First appears in chapter 5

A War Sentinel who hosts the meeting at which Elaine presents her plan for a moon expedition. He uses provocative and deliberately hazardous suggestions to push discussion of military problems forward among the assembled Sentinels.

First appears in chapter 6

Commander of the Sixth Legion. A curse limits her ability to perform ordinary physical tasks, but she retains extensive powers of delegation and assigns Elaine to the vermin operation near Massa.

First appears in chapter 6

Commander of the Fifth Cohort during the operation near Massa. Tribune Lavender leads the soldiers deployed to exterminate oversized predators created through biomancy, while Elaine serves under orders to provide medical and specialist support.

First appears in chapter 7

A kitsune Valkyrie trained by Iona and associated with the Eventide Establishment. Nina enters Countess Brunswick's castle in disguise to investigate corruption and determine who must be removed.

First appears in chapter 7

A county ruler whose administration is the subject of Nina's covert investigation. The evidence Nina gathers convinces her that Brunswick's removal is necessary for the county and that a viable heir can govern in her place.

First appears in chapter 9

Elaine's mentor, already known from earlier events. Before the moon voyage, Knight provides a sealed contingency letter intended only for a failure that cannot be solved by other means.

First appears in chapter 9

A Sentinel ally and intelligence operative known from earlier events. She personally stops a planned large-scale Moon Cult effort to sabotage the public launch of the moon expedition, allowing the ceremony to proceed.

First appears in chapter 11

Iona's paired moon goddesses and the powers to whom she plans to dedicate the expedition. When falsified stars threaten the travelers' navigation, they work through Iona to replace the unreliable chart with a trustworthy route toward the moons.

First appears in chapter 11

A hostile power interfering with the moon expedition. Loonkot subtly displaces the apparent stars in an attempt to send Elaine and Iona away from their intended destination, forcing divine assistance to restore a reliable route.

First appears in chapter 15

A healing goddess who cooperates with Elaine in Augustine. Their plan presents a public divine intervention while allowing Kyriel to expand Elaine's healing across the city, concealing Elaine's own role and unusual status from wider attention.

First appears in chapter 16

Elaine's former vampire mentor and an expert biomancer at the School of Sorcery and Spellcraft. Elaine calls on Marcella to rebuild living tissue for a patient who cannot be treated through conventional healing skills.

First appears in chapter 16

An apparent elven woman found after severe torture. She has no access to the system and resists ordinary healing and identification, forcing Elaine to stabilize her through direct medical intervention.

First appears in chapter 18

Artemis's spouse and a former member of Ranger Team 4. Newly restored to youth, he attends Elaine's hundredth birthday and explains that he plans to teach leadership for monster-fighting parties at the school.

First appears in chapter 18

Julius's spouse and a former member of Ranger Team 4. She joins Elaine's hundredth birthday gathering and receives a memorial miniature of their old team, including a representation of Elaine as a teenager.

First appears in chapter 18

A guest at Elaine's hundredth birthday celebration who offers to train under her in healing. Elaine accepts, establishing him as her prospective apprentice.

First appears in chapter 20

An elf who escaped enslavement in Urwa after enduring abuse and the killing of her daughter. She spends decades designing revenge against the slave system and those who profit from it.

First appears in chapter 20

A guardian attuned to signs of developing catastrophe. The guardian detects the avenger's long-hidden threat only when its destructive intensity rises and immediately moves to intervene.