Return of the Runebound Professor 3 characters

Appears from the start

An Arbitage professor and rune researcher who leads Moxie and Lee's group. He enters Moxie's soul to reconstruct her flawed runes, even after Azel manifests there and adds a dangerous complication.

Also known as Moxie Torrin

Appears from the start

An Arbitage magus whose soul takes the form of a forest. She trusts Vermil to dismantle and rebuild the flawed vine and flower runes that limit her growth.

Appears from the start

Vermil's demon companion and a member of his close-knit group. She supports the effort to repair Moxie's runes.

Appears from the start

A rank-five demon bound to Vermil's soul. He can manifest independently when Vermil enters another soul space, and his intrusion into Moxie's forest makes an already delicate repair far more dangerous.

Also known as Bria

First appears in chapter 4

A Linwick shapeshifter and Vermil's unwanted arranged fiancee. She seeks temporary shelter from danger connected to her family, and Vermil asks her to obtain high-quality catch paper.

First appears in chapter 5

A silver-limbed mage who has encountered Vermil before. He arrives seeking a private conversation with him.

First appears in chapter 6

One of Vermil's Arbitage students. He accepts Silvertide's offer of two months of vacation training while remaining Vermil's student.

First appears in chapter 6

One of Vermil's Arbitage students and Todd's training partner. She accepts Silvertide's offer of intensive vacation instruction while remaining committed to Vermil as her professor.

First appears in chapter 10

An unidentified spined, rune-marked creature that appears on Vermil's chest and later watches from beside his gourd. Its nature, intentions, and connection to him are unknown.

Also known as red horned cat, catlike entity

First appears in chapter 74

The name given to the horned red cat that has repeatedly appeared near Vermil's group. It is connected to the Fragment of Renewal and has consistently drawn manageable monsters toward the group, though its origin and purpose remain unknown.

First appears in chapter 19

A Dawnforge merchant known to Moxie and considered relatively honest by local standards. He evaluates the group's monster materials and takes a particular interest in their more unusual finds.

First appears in chapter 21

The man occupying Vermil's body. He tells Moxie that he came from a nonmagical Earth and was once a violin performer and teacher. Vermil died before Noah arrived, and Moxie accepts Noah's account of his identity.

First appears in chapter 22

An oath-bound Dawnforge craftsperson who once made Evergreen's staff. He lost both hands afterward, and Moxie offers payment and proposes acting as his hands if he accepts a private violin commission.

First appears in chapter 26

A sword-carrying rune user who pursues criminals while concealing his presence, even from Lee's sense of smell. He meets Lee while chasing an armed fugitive through Dawnforge.

First appears in chapter 29

A Dawnforge imbuer, shopkeeper, clothing-maker, and painter. Olive sells the group a flying sword and offers Lee favorable terms on a battle axe in exchange for modeling for a painting.

First appears in chapter 30

A hired assassin with tracking skill who pursues Lee alongside an unnamed partner. He waits for an opening because she is traveling with Vermil and Moxie.

First appears in chapter 32

A violent Dawnforge magus responding to a failed operation against Vermil's group. He hides ruthless punishment behind a mild manner and kills the subordinate whose poor information compromised the attack.

First appears in chapter 38

A rank-three stealth assassin serving Gentil. He uses daggers and concealed movement to stall Vermil's group inside the criminal base.

First appears in chapter 40

A heavily armored lightning fighter and the brother of a defender killed by Vermil's group. His armor absorbs lightning and converts it into power for an electric sword.

First appears in chapter 38

Gentil's associate and the unseen figure specifically interested in taking Moxie. His reasons and precise place in the wider Dawnforge operation are not yet known.

Also known as Linwick patriarch

First appears in chapter 38

The figure directing Vermil's Linwick branch. He permits Gentil to kill Vermil, yet privately anticipates Gentil's failure and prepares to exploit the result.

First appears in chapter 84

The Linwick figure whom the Records of the Deceased lists as dead. This conflicts with the continuing presence of the figure treated as Father and leaves their relationship unresolved.

First appears in chapter 41

Gentil's young sword-wielding assistant. Gentil orders her to fight Noah's group while leaving Moxie alive.

First appears in chapter 45

A messenger and analyst serving the apparent Father. After Gentil's death, she delivers a black-flower warning and a sealed letter intended for Wizen.

Also known as Vermil's brother

First appears in chapter 49

A Linwick mage who arrives during the group's hunt and destroys a building-sized stone spider. He warns that the apparent Father is acting more openly than usual and approaches Vermil as an uneasy family connection.

First appears in chapter 56

A powerful Arbalest Empire enforcer who shadows Ferdinand. She is strong enough to kill him, but limits herself to monitoring and threats while he remains within the rules.

First appears in chapter 56

A rank-six operative of the Church of Repose. He conceals the target of a goddess-directed mission from Garina, whose surveillance prevents him from pursuing the search freely.

First appears in chapter 58

The young Torrin heir taught by Moxie. Her resistance to Evergreen's influence is cited as the reason Evergreen abruptly recalls Moxie.

First appears in chapter 58

A Torrin side-branch messenger sent to recall Moxie. Fearful of the consequences for them both, she delays delivering Evergreen's order before explaining the danger behind it.

Also known as Evergreen

First appears in chapter 58

A rank-six Torrin authority who controls Moxie's employment and the runes supplied by the family. Her recall order carries lethal force through Moxie's rune oaths.

First appears in chapter 64

A near-rank-six Torrin main-branch leader who has reportedly waited years for a chance to overthrow Evergreen. Lee brings her a warning designed to make an approaching confrontation look like that opportunity.

First appears in chapter 65

The captain of the Torrin city guard. He demands corroboration before mobilizing his forces in response to Vermil's report of a supposed coup against Evergreen.

First appears in chapter 67

A Torrin guard captain who arrives after Evergreen's death. He refuses to accept Rinella's attempt to blame Vermil and begins treating the incident as part of a broader corruption case.

First appears in chapter 9

The magus who destroyed Magus Evergreen's hijacked construct before its controller could be investigated further.

First appears in chapter 69

Revin's trainee. She receives his report about the upheaval among the Torrins and remains under his instruction.

First appears in chapter 87

A rank-six Linwick magus who oversees the family catacombs. After restoring the collapsed site, he discovers that a dangerous ledger and a hungry catch-paper book have both been stolen and begins investigating the intruder.