Regicide characters

Appears from the start

A senior military adviser to Ardania's rulers. He reports the growing wolfman threat and proposes placing an outlying town under guild control as a training base and defensive post.

First appears in chapter 2

A Wanderers healer and secret Ritualist who studies magical writing. He can distinguish genuine spell structures from false material, and Cel encourages him to seek formal instruction at the Mage's College.

First appears in chapter 2

Joe's deity and the source of his written-power magic. Tatum grants him the ability to create learnable spell scrolls when he uses materials capable of holding magic.

First appears in chapter 2

A mage who gives Joe grimoires and recommends that he study at the Mage's College. Cel remains wary of Joe because of their earlier history, but still helps guide his magical training.

First appears in chapter 3

The leader of the Wanderers. Aten directs the guild's royal assignment to secure an outlying settlement and establish a permanent headquarters there.

First appears in chapter 5

A Wanderers mage whose Scan ability reveals basic character information. She discovers that Joe's displayed title identifies him as Tatum's chosen champion.

First appears in chapter 5

A monk whose real-world chiropractic and acupuncture expertise becomes a formidable set of adjustments. He can temporarily improve several of Joe's attributes and joins Joe's new party as a frontline fighter.

First appears in chapter 6

An axe-wielding frontline fighter whose rare class is Scald, despite applying to Joe's party as a bard. His chants attract enemies and support his role as the group's tank.

First appears in chapter 8

A Mage's College instructor who teaches the preparation of magical paper, ink, and quills. His introductory course gives Joe the practical skills needed to produce stable magical documents.

First appears in chapter 10

A level-ten Aromatic Artificer seeking a place in Joe's party. She specializes in poison, crossbows, and hazardous ranged-weapon enhancements.

First appears in chapter 11

The mayor of a hostile town that Aten considers suitable as a Wanderers base. Joe is sent on a secret guild mission concerning the settlement.

First appears in chapter 12

The settlement's blacksmith. He offers his approval, gold, and future discounts if Joe's party clears the monsters from his family's iron mine.

First appears in chapter 19

A Wanderers duelist who joins Joe's party on a trial basis. She uses a rapier and favors deliberate, armor-piercing attacks.

First appears in chapter 26

The settlement blacksmith transformed into the instant dungeon's Cursed Blacksmith boss. Joe identifies him during the party's second attempt and uses a stamina-draining ritual against him.

First appears in chapter 30

A Wanderers major assigned as Joe's direct superior. She demands that he answer Aten's summons, physically restrains him, and repeatedly applies a command ability to force his attention.

First appears in chapter 31

An unidentified masked figure pursuing Joe. The observer reports that Joe has again escaped an attempt to capture or kill him after using shrine travel.

Also known as Snake

First appears in chapter 32

A mage-guild leader and Wanderers officer whom Joe knew before entering the game as Snake. He organizes his guild's contribution to the enormous ritual construction project.

First appears in chapter 36

A nature deity and Sir Barrington's patron. She seeks sanctuary in Pathfinder's Hall, warns that wolfman forces are approaching, and offers Joe a map leading to valuable ritual knowledge.

First appears in chapter 37

A library authority and patron of scholarship. He rewards Joe for sharing access to an artifact blueprint, granting him tenured standing and advancement to Arcanologist.

First appears in chapter 37

An Ardania training officer who receives Joe’s report about his restricted class. He orders Joe to await a monarch’s judgment, arranges light dungeon duty, and is dating Joe’s mother.

First appears in chapter 37

Joe’s mother, newly arrived as a long-term player. Joe learns that she has entered the game and is in a relationship with the training captain.

First appears in chapter 38

The imprisoned former leader of the Hardcores. From within the royal prison dungeon, he arranges an unsuccessful attack on Joe through another prisoner.

First appears in chapter 40

An undying elemental spectre who rules the prison dungeon's deepest boss chamber. The Warden defeats and restrains Joe's group, recognizes his shadow magic, and offers instruction while intending to imprison him indefinitely.

First appears in chapter 42

The murdered investigator whose identity is revealed to be that of the Warden of Souls. After nobles killed him for exposing their crimes, he was forcibly transformed into the prison dungeon's spectre jailor.

First appears in chapter 43

Ardania's royal judge in Joe's restricted-class hearing. She uses Absolute Inspection to examine his full status and determine whether his shadow abilities violate the kingdom's rules.

First appears in chapter 43

The captain of Ardania’s royal guard. He supports Joe’s case at the restricted-class hearing through his report.

First appears in chapter 47

A Wanderers royal sniper. He fires Alexis's anti-mage arrow through the wolfman shamans' protection, killing their lead caster and turning their prepared battlefield magic against their own force.

First appears in chapter 48

A purple-robed battlefield saboteur who silences Joe's shadow control during the defense of Ardania. His interference leaves Joe unable to stop a wolfman elite from killing him.

First appears in chapter 49

Ardania's Battle Tyrant monarch. He enters the failing defense, devastates the invading force, and accepts the wolfman warlord's challenge to single combat.

First appears in chapter 49

The leader of the invading wolfman army. He transforms into an enormous battle form, challenges Ardania's king in single combat, and is killed, breaking the racial advantages sustaining his troops.