The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 5 characters

Appears from the start

An independent Zone 32 leader preparing to command a sealed raid dungeon. His new plant-centered class offers major growth, but his bonded companion and evolving soul skill are unavailable as the expedition begins.

Appears from the start

Randidly's bonded companion, temporarily dormant while undergoing a transformation apparently prompted by his new class.

Appears from the start

The weapon maker who forged Randidly's new ogre-spine spear.

First appears in chapter 2

East End's wary leader and Randidly's long-separated childhood friend. He approaches her to secure the final place in his raid expedition.

First appears in chapter 2

East End's guard leader. He challenges Randidly's arrival and treats the visitor as a possible threat to the settlement.

First appears in chapter 2

A companion who enters East End with Randidly and Ptolemy.

First appears in chapter 2

One of Randidly's allies entering East End and Sydney's former partner.

First appears in chapter 2

A member of Randidly's party who accompanies him and Rose into East End.

First appears in chapter 5

Randidly's Aether adviser and class-weaver within their inner connection. She resumes observing him and makes clear that she disapproves of part of his new class.

First appears in chapter 7

A frontline fighter who enters the raid with her bear companion, Chrysanthemum.

First appears in chapter 7

Thea's bear companion and a full combatant in the expedition, admitted despite the dungeon's nominal ten-person limit.

First appears in chapter 7

A heavy melee member of the raid party who fights with an enormous cleaver-like weapon. Randidly has not previously seen the full extent of his combat style.

First appears in chapter 8

A powerful area spellcaster whose attacks can decide large engagements, though direct pressure against her creates danger for nearby allies.

First appears in chapter 9

A fast, perceptive archer and tracker who watches Drake closely after he joins the raid party and warns him to remain professional.

First appears in chapter 15

The raid's solo vanguard, holding a flank with her sunspear while the party defends a threatened settlement.

First appears in chapter 17

An elusive experimenter tied to the raid dungeon. Randidly knows this being and both champion Regalias remain unaccounted for, making its unseen role a central danger within the sealed world.

Also known as Ace

First appears in chapter 33

The cultivated fighting persona Ace adopts through his helmet. The identity changes his bearing and gives his allies a separate name for that side of him.

First appears in chapter 38

A blinded Dintan ritualist whom Randidly exposes as a former Zone 32 champion. He interrupts her hidden influence over Ptolemy and places her under restraint.

First appears in chapter 42

A leading defender within Randidly's inner world. He commands forces facing an invasion that threatens the peoples living inside the soul skill.

First appears in chapter 49

An ancient Dintan leader who publicly represents the hidden city's ruler and says she has endured for centuries.

Also known as Dungeon experimenter

First appears in chapter 52

The hidden dungeon experimenter when it finally appears before Randidly in an aged version of Lyra's face. The encounter makes the visual connection safe, but does not establish that the being is Lyra.

First appears in chapter 52

The familiar face worn by the dungeon's hidden enemy when it finally appears before Randidly, visibly aged but still recognizable.

Also known as Simon

First appears in chapter 67

Randidly's returning Dreamer ally after he claims the recovered Regalias and becomes Zone 32's new champion. The transformation strengthens his illusions and distant perception while binding him to champion duties.

Appears from the start

A returning Dreamer ally known before this volume, able to observe distant events through astral perception.

First appears in chapter 69

A Donington organizer who directs spiderlings in producing fabric from the marrow silk supplied by Randidly's companion.

First appears in chapter 71

Donington's chieftain, whom Randidly tests to determine whether he can protect the settlement independently.

First appears in chapter 75

A newly awakened survivor who assists at a Donington triage center using her first-aid experience and is allowed to settle in the town.

First appears in chapter 79

An official whose report discloses Earth's unusually high Aether readings and a heretic-level reading, exposing the planet to greater outside scrutiny.

First appears in chapter 80

A Zone 1 gunslinger sheriff who intervenes to protect a probationary youth from two higher-tier aggressors.

First appears in chapter 80

Hank's brother, who summons him to East Providence.

First appears in chapter 81

Zone 1's city-classification artificial intelligence and a central UHF power. It evaluates cities, monsters, and citizens while shaping preparations for contact with other zones.

First appears in chapter 82

A dangerous prospective member of Hank's Zone 1 expedition.

First appears in chapter 85

A UHF operative in a powered suit who challenges Hank for command of an upcoming expedition.

First appears in chapter 86

A blind combatant whom the Jade Prince assigns to Hank's expedition. Her equipment includes a bamboo cane.

First appears in chapter 87

An android assigned by Ghost to replace Mordecai Heath on Hank's expedition.

First appears in chapter 88

Hank's former partner and a spirit walker whose warnings can shape dreams and reveal danger. She joins his expedition after warning that the newly opened territory is a trap.

First appears in chapter 92

A Zone 32 mage who leads the initial contact with Hank's party and blocks a plasma shot with a mana shield.

First appears in chapter 92

An exceptionally strong Zone 32 fighter who carries a massive, dense metal ball. He crushes a mortally wounded ram before meeting Hank's expedition.

First appears in chapter 93

A ten-year-old member of Zone 32 living at its field base.

Also known as Randidly Ghosthound

First appears in chapter 103

Randidly's steelworker identity in Zone 1. The disguise lets him earn money, study local industry, and investigate threats without exposing the Zone 32 leader behind it.

First appears in chapter 107

The leader of a powerful Unity Church enclave that limits its members' access to System knowledge.

First appears in chapter 108

An armed Zone 1 businesswoman and organizer who approaches Randidly at a steelworkers' gathering while presenting herself as a fortune reader.

First appears in chapter 139

A Unity Church speaker whom Randidly recognizes as his maternal grandfather.

First appears in chapter 146

A public performer presented as Randidly Ghosthound's fiancée.