Restoration of Faith characters

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A young wizard working as a hired investigator for a Chicago detective agency, still early in his career and not yet the established professional he will become. Idealistic, sharp-tongued, and unwilling to look away from a child in trouble, he already shows the reckless compassion and raw magical power that will come to define him.

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The seasoned private detective who employs Harry at the Ragged Angel investigations agency. Practical and world-weary, he is focused on doing the job and getting paid, and serves as an older, more cautious counterpoint to Harry's impulsive idealism.

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A young runaway girl whom Harry and Nick are hired to find and return to her wealthy parents. Frightened and defiant, she has fled home for reasons that make Harry question whether bringing her back is truly the right thing to do.

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A Chicago police officer who becomes involved in the course of the case, one of the few willing to take an open-minded view of the strange events surrounding it. Tough and direct, she represents Harry's early, uneasy relationship with the city's police.

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A troll, a large and dangerous creature of Faerie, that becomes entangled in the search for the runaway girl and poses a direct supernatural threat Harry must confront to save her.