The Last Light characters

Also known as King of Destruction

Appears from the start

A returned king rebuilding a realm fragmented during his twenty-year sleep. Trey and Therese serve as his reluctant aides and challenge the assumptions of obedience that surround his rule.

Appears from the start

An Earth-born twin serving in Flos's household. He refuses to treat the king as infallible and objects when Flos keeps a dead companion's remains as a private reminder.

Appears from the start

Trey's Earth-born twin and one of Flos's personal aides. She directly challenges the king and insists that neither twin chose to become his subject.

Appears from the start

Flos's trusted steward and military organizer. He maintained the diminished kingdom through the king's long sleep and now directs its defenses and the search for scattered loyalists.

Appears from the start

An elite warrior among Flos's returning vassals who is associated with illusion magic.

Appears from the start

A feared Gazer scout and one of Flos's vassals.

First appears in chapter 2

A ruler of territory once held by Flos who arrives in armed opposition to the returned king.

Appears from the start

A powerful northern noble already interested in Ryoka and major events across Izril. She treats the continent's political and military dangers as matters requiring coordinated action.

First appears in chapter 10

An experienced general travelling with a Wall Lord from Salazsar. He regards the Goblin Lord as a major regional threat and warns that the armies advancing against him are dangerously inadequate.

First appears in chapter 10

A Wall Lord from Salazsar seeking the truth about his missing lieutenant. He travels with armed retainers and has contacts watching for Ryoka's location.

Also known as Erin Solstice

Appears from the start

An Earth-born innkeeper near Liscor whose Wandering Inn has become a home for an unusually varied community. Her magic, hospitality, and friendships draw adventurers, Antinium, Gnolls, and Drakes together.

Also known as Ryoka Griffin

Appears from the start

A classless Earth-born runner and Erin's friend. She travels through winter with Ivolethe and carries dangerous knowledge and obligations from her recent deliveries.

First appears in chapter 13

A member of Ryoka's circle whose family owns a farm. Ryoka proposes a group visit there with Fals and the young white-furred Gnoll.

Also known as Lion

Appears from the start

A barmaid at the Wandering Inn who helps Erin run the business and cares for the young white-furred Gnoll sheltered there.

Also known as Stone Spears survivor

Appears from the start

An orphaned white-furred Gnoll child living at the Wandering Inn. Traumatized by the loss of his tribe, he remains under Lyonette's devoted care.

First appears in chapter 13

An individual Antinium archer who hunts birds and accepts Erin's offer of a permanent guard post in the inn's planned watchtower.

Appears from the start

An individual Antinium associated with Erin's inn.

Also known as the Slayer

Appears from the start

A senior Antinium official of the Free Hive and an ally of Erin. He supports the growth of individual Antinium while balancing the Hive's needs and treaty obligations.

Also known as Small Queen

First appears in chapter 8

An Antinium Progenitor and powerful mage who comes to Liscor to assess the Free Hive's emerging individuals. Her arrival brings the judgment of an ancient Antinium survivor.

Also known as masked dungeon swordswoman

First appears in chapter 9

An intelligent undead skeleton who survives the loss of Erin's sustaining mana link by entering Liscor's dungeon. He hides his nature beneath scavenged armor and passes as a mute masked swordswoman.

Also known as Ceria Springwalker

Appears from the start

The Horns' ice mage and an established adventurer.

Appears from the start

The Horns' necromancer, whose unusual undead magic makes him valuable and controversial.

Appears from the start

A frontline adventurer in the Horns. She fights despite severe damage to her metal-fused arms and seeks equipment that will let her protect the team effectively.

Appears from the start

An Antinium fighter and member of the Horns.

Also known as old man

Appears from the start

A tremendously powerful magical patron whom Ryoka knows in the guise of an old man. His instruction and resources have already shaped her obligations and her standing with Liscor's Gnolls.

Also known as Frost Faerie

Appears from the start

Ryoka's faerie companion and winter guide. Iron is dangerous to her.

Appears from the start

The commander of a major goblin army advancing across Izril. His organized force is large enough to concern generals, cities, and nobles well before it reaches Liscor.

First appears in chapter 17

A living Necromancer who acts through the Goblin Lord, his apprentice, during the battle against the suppression army. He kills one of its generals and raises the battlefield dead against the survivors.

Also known as Garen

Appears from the start

An established Hobgoblin leader known to adventurers and goblins.

Also known as Laken Godart, Emperor

Appears from the start

A blind Earth-born ruler protecting River Farm after disaster. His growing imperial authority and bond with Durene make him the center of the settlement's survival and rebuilding.

Appears from the start

Laken's half-troll companion and protector at River Farm. Her strength and loyalty make her the settlement's first defense when physical danger reaches its people.

First appears in chapter 26

A River Farm farmer whom Laken appoints to organize reconstruction and daily operations. His practical knowledge makes him the ruler's steward as the settlement is rebuilt.

First appears in chapter 26

A witch serving with the Silver-rank Celestial Trackers at River Farm. She works under the team's mace-wielding leader.

First appears in chapter 26

The mace-wielding head of the Silver-rank Celestial Trackers, one of the adventuring teams hired to help protect River Farm.

First appears in chapter 28

The saboteur at River Farm who posed as the Celestial Trackers' leader. She incapacitates Durene and the witch, discloses that she serves Magnolia Reinhart, and escapes before Laken can question her.

First appears in chapter 30

The Queen who leads the Free Hive, restored Klbkch, and created Ksmvr. She independently resumes forbidden experiments intended to restore Antinium queens and create other specialized Antinium.

First appears in chapter 20

An Earth-born battlefield doctor in Baleros who performs surgery and triage for anyone she can save. Exhaustion and scarce supplies test her commitment to care without regard to military side.

First appears in chapter 20

A Selfid who shares Geneva's living body, controls her right arm, and assists during surgery. She can take control when the exhausted doctor can no longer safely continue.

Also known as Kenjiro Murata

First appears in chapter 19

A Japanese university student transported from Melbourne to Baleros. Inexperienced in combat, he joins Grave Tender's Fist with other stranded arrivals and tries to keep his companions together.

First appears in chapter 19

A Japanese Earth arrival and Ken's former schoolmate. She enters Grave Tender's Fist without combat experience and faces the new world's undead beside Ken and Luan.

First appears in chapter 19

A South African athlete transported from Melbourne to Baleros. His conditioning helps him endure mercenary training, and he becomes a protective companion to Ken and Aiko.

First appears in chapter 19

The captain of Grave Tender's Fist, a mercenary company that clears battlefields of corpses and naturally arising undead. He recruits promising but inexperienced arrivals for suppression work.

First appears in chapter 22

A senior Selfid honor guard protecting Geneva's medical camp. He knows Okasha inhabits Geneva and remains because he believes Geneva may be able to cure the Selfids' wasting.

First appears in chapter 31

A renowned Grandmaster Strategist, teacher, former named adventurer, and senior officer of the Forgotten Wing Company. He considers retirement while his oldest friend warns that his departure could weaken the company.

First appears in chapter 31

A Liscor chess-newsletter author who circulates Niers's game and introduces Go, allowing Niers to trace his unknown opponent to the city.

First appears in chapter 30

A Gnoll champion and named adventurer who arrives in Liscor with a powerful Drake mage. They present themselves as a newly formed two-person team.

First appears in chapter 30

A powerful Drake mage travelling with Regrika Blackpaw when the pair reach Liscor. The two present themselves as a newly formed adventuring team.

First appears in chapter 33

An ivory-boned undead warrior serving the Necromancer who used Regrika Blackpaw's identity to approach Ryoka.

First appears in chapter 33

A black skeletal mage serving the Necromancer who accompanied the false Regrika while disguised as a Drake.

First appears in chapter 36

A Gold-rank adventurer who leads the defense of the Wandering Inn. The disguised undead woman kills this team leader during the attack.

First appears in chapter 36

A Gold-rank adventurer who fights with a flail and struggles with self-loathing. The disguised undead woman kills this defender during the attack on the Wandering Inn.