The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 10 characters

Also known as Randidly, Ghosthound

Appears from the start

An Earth commander restored to his physical body after a punishing battle on the Aether-Nether front. Exhausted but again able to use his full strength, he delays a commander's requested class reconstruction until he can recover and condense his own fate.

Appears from the start

Randidly's world-tree image. Its roots divide the battlefield and help Aether forces repel the immediate Nether assault.

Appears from the start

A powerful Aether fighter recovering from damage to her fate after confronting a Nether Gatekeeper. Her concern for Randidly is personal as well as military, and she tells him that knowing him changed her life.

Appears from the start

An Aether commander gathering power contributed by her followers for a dangerous new class. She asks Randidly to create it, accepting substantial personal risk in the hope of becoming strong enough to protect her soldiers.

Appears from the start

The feathered commander's vigilant second. He assists her preparations and distrusts Randidly's decision to postpone her class work, placing his commander's safety above courtesy.

Appears from the start

A powerful Aether lord whom Randidly considers an ongoing threat. Randidly's restored standing gives him temporary protection through the Nexus Tribunal, but it does not remove the danger Lord Milne represents.

First appears in chapter 2

Randidly's fire image, rebuilt as an emerald spark after its earlier shell failed. It is one of the three powers he intends to reinforce with an external fate.

First appears in chapter 3

A scientist living within Randidly's soul skill. After seven months without seeing him, she eagerly accepts a small pseudo-Nether core to study and helps him assess changes within the world.

First appears in chapter 3

One of Randidly's three central images. He associates it with aggression and certainty while preparing all three images for further development.

First appears in chapter 4

Randidly's friend inside his soul skill, now established in the Armgrast capital. She plans to investigate a dangerous border ruin before the empire's official expedition and refuses Randidly's help because his presence could endanger local people.

First appears in chapter 8

A historical warrior linked to a damaged glove-fate and the grand array at the front. Randidly begins to suspect that the azure-haired fighter was engineered as her duplicate, though the precise relationship is still uncertain.

First appears in chapter 8

A powerful hairless adviser whom Randidly recognizes as a legendary maker of duplicates. His connection to the azure-haired fighter's origin makes his apparent guidance suspect, and his true purpose remains concealed.

First appears in chapter 19

The unnamed former owner of the Hiltless Blade. She and her golden-haired sister began as one life divided across two bodies, leaving both bound to a fatal shared condition.

First appears in chapter 19

The golden-haired sister of the Hiltless Blade's former owner. The sisters began as one life divided across two bodies, and their shared condition threatened both of them.

First appears in chapter 14

A Nether ruler who demands the return of the captured Nether Prince. The Aether force refuses the ultimatum and prepares for the approaching war.

First appears in chapter 21

An explorer who entered the Hell Labyrinth alone. Her crimson trail leads far beyond the allied scouting party into levels from which earlier scouts never returned.

First appears in chapter 24

Randidly's crimson-gowned companion, found on the Hell Labyrinth's lower platform as the prepared vessel for a ritual concentrating a vast amount of Nether.

First appears in chapter 34

A member of Randidly's training order who breaks through enemy ranks to save the injured Garrett during a qualifying raid. He kills the creature attacking Garrett but dies from its counterattack.

First appears in chapter 34

A trainee in Randidly's order who is badly wounded during a qualifying raid. Aldo dies saving him, leaving Garrett burdened by guilt over the sacrifice.

First appears in chapter 34

A trainee in Randidly's order whose rejection ritual cannot reverse Aldo's death. Grieving after the failed mission, she questions whether she should remain for promotion.

First appears in chapter 34

The acting leader of Randidly's training order during Randidly's absence. After Aldo's death, he schedules the funeral and the trainees' promotion ceremony for the following day.

First appears in chapter 38

Randidly's snake-like subordinate, isolated by soldiers allied with their force. Seeing his mounting stress, Randidly sets aside training to listen to him.

First appears in chapter 48

The golden-haired sister of the Hiltless Blade's former owner. The sisters began as one soul divided between two bodies, and their worsening shared affliction made the survival of either uncertain.

First appears in chapter 53

A senior Aether commander who opens the captured Nether Prince and enters its time-altered dream with Randidly, a raven-winged officer, and a human-looking protégé who closely resembles Randidly. The reason for that resemblance is not yet explained.

First appears in chapter 53

The front-line commander's companion in the Nether Prince's altered dream. He looks fully human and strikingly similar to Randidly, uses a water image, and joins his commander on the shorter route. His identity remains unknown.

First appears in chapter 57

Randidly's sentient living armor. It accompanies him along the longest route through a karmic construct, where he invites it to draw strength from the path's demand for endurance.

First appears in chapter 106

The organizer of nearly seven hundred survivors evacuating a projected battlefield through Randidly's portal. He is entrusted to guide them to Karen, train its defenders in images, and avoid interfering with dangers the young world should face itself.

First appears in chapter 107

A spear-wielding warrior who returns after months away and saves Zone One's president from a giant blood creature. She fights with golden fire and receives support from a dragon mount.

First appears in chapter 107

The chairperson of the New Earth Council and public advocate of the Hero Initiative. A giant blood creature targets her during the program's ceremony and overwhelms her elite guard.

First appears in chapter 108

The dragon broodmother who serves as Alana's mount. Her present crystalline, ice-like form is smaller and differently colored than earlier reports, and even her strength can only deflect the blood creature's attacks.

First appears in chapter 108

Orchard's owner and controller of its defensive barrier. He deliberately leaves the Zone One president outside the barrier during the blood creature's attack and challenges her conduct.

First appears in chapter 110

An armed defender working with Alana at Orchard. His shot disrupts the giant blood avatar's animating image, creating an opening for Alana and Wyvanya to bring it down.

First appears in chapter 110

The person directing the giant blood avatar over Orchard. When exposed, he uses a civilian to prevent a clean shot, turns into flowing blood, and escapes into the sewers while smaller blood creatures remain below.

First appears in chapter 111

Leader of the ogres who defected through Ogre Gorge and an ally of Donnyton. At Fowldoers, he receives notice that a delegation is coming from Nordon, the ogres' ancestral home.

First appears in chapter 111

Annie and Dozer's young daughter. Though she has no class, childhood training has already given her unusual speed, survival instincts, and developing combat ability.

First appears in chapter 111

Delilah's mother, heavily pregnant with her second child. She takes responsibility for disciplining Delilah and is protective of the child's upbringing.

First appears in chapter 112

A Donnyton leader with a spider-and-web image. She manages political and security reports while the settlement prepares expanded trials and several outside pressures converge.

First appears in chapter 112

A Donnyton leader overseeing preparations for the settlement's expanded semiannual trials. He is under strain from public duties, business demands, image training, and mounting political concerns.

First appears in chapter 113

A revived hero rescued from the Toad Lord. Meaningful Visions force him through his death, revival, and the collapse of his village, leaving his sanity and sense of identity vulnerable even after he awakens among allies.

First appears in chapter 113

One of Roy's rescuers. She carries him away from the Toad Lord as he emerges from a destabilizing vision.

First appears in chapter 113

One of Roy's rescuers from the Toad Lord. Her voice reaches him as he emerges from a destabilizing vision, confirming that he is again among allies.

First appears in chapter 114

A blind and seriously injured survivor in Sydney's custody. She seals him inside a floating crystal coffin so the rescue party can extract him from the Toad world.

First appears in chapter 116

An Armgrast Empire officer commanding troops at the Alpha Cosmos border. Faced with Randidly's enormous Grim Chimera and the destruction of a war engine, she orders a full retreat.

First appears in chapter 118

Randidly's superior commander, responsible for ether allocations and command notices. She warns him that Military Command is assigning veteran advisers to inexperienced commanders.