Shattered Dreams characters

Appears from the start

An eighteen-year-old sheep-farm worker who expects to become a baker and marry Nancy. His selection instead produces two skills and a black result, after which Guild representatives falsely declare him unskilled and take him into custody.

Appears from the start

Max's intended wife and a trained baker. Their families have approved the match on the condition that Max completes a baking apprenticeship after his selection.

Appears from the start

Max's closest friend, present for the selection ceremony and hoping to follow a warrior's path.

Appears from the start

Max's sister, a town-guard trainee who plans to seek an adventuring career after her own selection the following year.

First appears in chapter 5

A Guild operative whose truth-detection ability indicates that Max's family is not concealing him after his escape.

First appears in chapter 5

The local authority directing the search for Max. He knows the selection produced Baker and an unidentified black skill, and he prepares to widen the hunt beyond the town.

First appears in chapter 6

A sheepdog that joins Max against three goblins and prevents one from finishing him, suffering a grave wound during the fight.

First appears in chapter 9

A young blacksmith who exchanges a well-balanced spear for Max's salvaged goblin weapons and asks him to bring back more usable metal from future fights.

First appears in chapter 10

The registered adventurer identity adopted by Max after he changes his appearance. Under this name he presents himself as an F-rank spear fighter, giving the fugitive a documented cover for Guild work.

First appears in chapter 12

A sword-and-shield adventurer who offers Seth a place in a future dungeon group and directs him to find her at an east-side inn.

First appears in chapter 14

A dwarf Guild attendant who processes Seth's monster trophies and notices that his colored stones may qualify for another assignment.

First appears in chapter 15

An unidentified power who orders two rulers to find a boy with a black skill. The being kills their throne-room guards and threatens the rulers with punishment if the search fails.

First appears in chapter 17

A warrior who initially challenges Seth's claim to kobold kills. He then accepts Seth's compromise and joins the newly formed group preparing to enter the kobold dungeon.

First appears in chapter 17

A ranged fighter who joins Brutus, an unnamed healer, and Seth in a newly formed group preparing to enter the kobold dungeon.

First appears in chapter 18

The level-three healer in Seth's first formal dungeon party. He can bless the whole group and restore injuries while the others hold the fighting line.

First appears in chapter 22

A local adviser who cautions Seth against bringing companions into battles they are not ready to survive.

First appears in chapter 22

An unidentified woman who knows Max's name and tells him that he is marked. She warns that several powers want to kill or exploit him and urges him to become stronger.

First appears in chapter 24

A gear specialist who examines Seth's bonded spear and identifies its attribute bonuses and extra effectiveness against stronger enemies.

First appears in chapter 25

The healer in the elf-led party during Seth's goblin-dungeon expedition.

First appears in chapter 26

An elf rogue who isolates Max in the goblin boss room, admits that the party has killed humans, and tries to murder him.

First appears in chapter 31

The person responsible for a merchant caravan's workers and route.

First appears in chapter 31

A caravan guard and former adventurer who has become fearful and discouraged.

First appears in chapter 38

The owner of the bakery across from Max's inn. He invites Max to work in the shop and joins Amy in evaluating three cupcake variations made with Max's Baking skill.

First appears in chapter 38

The bakery owner's daughter and a working baker. She shares Seth's enthusiasm for the craft and helps evaluate the cupcake variations he prepares in her family's bakery.

First appears in chapter 39

The front-line fighter in an established three-person group that recruits Seth for a level-fifteen lizardman dungeon.

First appears in chapter 39

The spellcaster in Seth's new lizardman-dungeon party. Her root magic holds enemies in place so the group's melee fighters can control the first engagement.

First appears in chapter 39

The healer in Seth's new party, equipped with several restorative spells and a powerful emergency heal that can be used once per day.

First appears in chapter 48

A highly regarded warrior below level twenty-five who leads the defensive line when the Shade approaches the city.

First appears in chapter 52

A Guild-affiliated tracker who follows Caleb in hopes of connecting Seth Pendell to Max. Max captures him after using stealth and a campfire decoy to reverse the ambush.

First appears in chapter 55

One of two sisters directing another search for Max. She helps decide that the uncertainty surrounding his reported death must be resolved.

First appears in chapter 55

One of two sisters directing another search for Max. She participates in the decision to hire a tracker and use his personal connections as leads.

First appears in chapter 56

The regional leader of a hostile order, receiving a survivor's report that an operation failed and Seth Pendell may have died during a boss encounter.

First appears in chapter 59

A warrior who leads a four-person adventuring party above level twenty-five. He allows Seth to take selected finishing blows during a higher-level dungeon run and teaches him how to harvest useful monster parts.

First appears in chapter 59

A shield-bearing woman in Aldrich's higher-level party who joins Seth on a dangerous dungeon expedition.

First appears in chapter 62

An unidentified woman who says she spent stored power on Max and that his black skill has surpassed her expectations. She is pursuing a concealed plan with another woman.

First appears in chapter 62

A red-haired, cloaked collaborator who has carried out the secret sponsor's request. She intends to keep their plan hidden and is alarmed by the return of a black skill after centuries.