The Primal Hunter 15 characters

Also known as Arcane Hunter

Appears from the start

Earth's leading hunter and the Malefic Viper's Chosen. He enters the Holy Church's Milky Way headquarters to demand the release of Ell'Hakan's true soul, while expecting the dispute may become violent.

Appears from the start

A former enemy of Jake whose true soul remains in Holy Church custody after his death, leaving their conflict unresolved.

Appears from the start

A figure from earlier events whose surviving records remain relevant to Jake and the Malefic Viper.

Also known as Villy

Appears from the start

Jake's primordial patron and adviser. He knows that damage within Jake's soul threatens the safety of a future B-grade evolution.

Appears from the start

A Holy Church augur who holds Ell'Hakan's soul under an earlier consent and takes part in the negotiations with Jake.

Appears from the start

Jacob's guardian and companion during the confrontation with Jake. He helps escort Jake into the city prepared for the Church's fighters.

Appears from the start

Earth's principal political and military administrator. She enters an apparent expedition outside Haven while an enemy force prepares an ambush intended to kill her.

Appears from the start

An allied void engineer whose teleportation bypasses the Holy Church's planetary defenses. He can send Jake into the Church headquarters and stands ready to bring Carmen if reinforcement is needed.

Appears from the start

The commander of the anti-Earth force preparing an ambush intended to kill Miranda.

Appears from the start

An elf infiltrator within the loyalist force who helps draw Miranda toward its prepared ambush.

Also known as Fourteenth of the Holy Light

First appears in chapter 2

A senior Holy Church recruiter summoned to negotiate directly with Jake over Ell'Hakan's soul.

First appears in chapter 5

This senior cleric commands Jacob, by divine authority, to free a captive meant for use against Jake. He dismisses Jacob's warning about the danger and views the being as expendable.

Also known as false god

First appears in chapter 6

An entity regenerated from a fragment of the Fallen King. It recognizes Jake, radiates desolation, and attacks him alongside Holy Church fighters.

First appears in chapter 6

A destroyed ruler whose remaining fragment is used to regenerate the Desolate Child of Loss.

Also known as Rune Maiden

First appears in chapter 7

Jake's rune warrior ally. Her transformed body and runes resist desolation, letting her contain the regenerated Desolate Child of Loss in a sealed close-range battle.

First appears in chapter 8

His karmic reading helps establish that the surrendered loyalist ruler is lying before Miranda passes judgment.

First appears in chapter 12

Jake's wind-aligned companion. She assists Arnold with experiments after the Church settlement and remains part of Jake's circle as preparations begin for travel beyond Earth.

First appears in chapter 13

Haven's construction manager. After Jake's alchemy accident damages the underground laboratory, he arranges reinforcement and shielding for the site.

First appears in chapter 14

A troll grovekeeper who cultivates rare alchemical ingredients and tends Jake's banana plant.

First appears in chapter 16

Jake's brother and a judge within the Court of Shadows. He oversees regional contracts and explains why Umbra kept the Court neutral during the conflict with the Holy Church.

First appears in chapter 16

Caleb's partner and the mother of their son.

First appears in chapter 16

Caleb and Maya's son, living with them at their protected family compound.

First appears in chapter 16

The leader whose authority keeps the Court of Shadows out of the Holy Church conflict. Her prohibition applies to contracts offered by several sides and preserves the Court's political independence.

First appears in chapter 22

A senior swordsman and clan patriarch who supports Miranda's deterrence policy as the universe opens.

First appears in chapter 22

A hunter god of the Pantheon of Life who has invited Jake to visit after their unusual prior connection through Nevermore. Jake intends to address that connection during the coming diplomatic journey.

First appears in chapter 22

A figure Jake plans to meet during his diplomatic visit to the Pantheon of Life.

First appears in chapter 23

A succubus who serves as Jake's official liaison to the Order. She receives Earth's arriving delegation and assigns its representatives to suitable Order contacts.

First appears in chapter 23

Jake's healer companion, currently training in Nevermore. A newly built private alchemical tower at his Order residence belongs to her. Duskleaf advises that she needs combat experience because healers are often targeted.

First appears in chapter 23

An Order figure who advises that Jake's absent healer companion needs combat experience because healers are often targeted.

First appears in chapter 24

A senior leader of the Pantheon of Life.

Also known as Sword Saint

First appears in chapter 26

The personal name of the Sword Saint, revealed as he approaches an Order vampire family. As Miyamoto, he seeks an exchange of knowledge that could aid the vampires of his own clan.

First appears in chapter 27

A powerful vampire god who evaluates the Blood Legacy, accepts Miyamoto's clan as a prospective ally, and arranges future delegations and a teleportation connection. She leaves the artifact with Miyamoto to help extend vampirism into the newly integrated universe.

First appears in chapter 28

An Order member whose connection to Jake attracts political attention from several dragonflights. She is away on a dungeon expedition while those groups seek closer relations through her.

First appears in chapter 30

A labyrinth maker who joins the Pantheon expedition through an S-grade proxy while a stronger clone remains aboard the ship.

First appears in chapter 31

A member of Jake's Nevermore group whom he anticipates seeing again at the Pantheon of Life.

Also known as Sovereign

First appears in chapter 49

A B-grade avian ruler whose related flock is destroyed by Jake. He receives the flock's final call, identifies Jake as the killer, and intends to seek revenge after protecting his current nests.

First appears in chapter 50

An endangered space-and-mysticism creature and the only known member of its species on the hunting ground. It communicates simple requests and can enter a subspace realm.

First appears in chapter 51

A Dryad hunter who works with a High Elf. The pair defend a cave entrance while a Simivita force prepares to attack.

First appears in chapter 51

A High Elf hunter with a lesser blessing of Artemis. Together with a Dryad partner, the hunter protects a cave entrance from attacking Simivita.

First appears in chapter 51

A trophy-bearing Simivita leader who directs an attack on two hunters guarding a cave.

First appears in chapter 54

A B-grade spirit fighter who leads a large Simivita population. Jake selects him as the target of his first deliberate B-grade hunt.

First appears in chapter 63

A winged B-grade who speaks for a group arriving after Jake's duel with the Sovereign. She is the strongest visible member of the group and helps prevent either wounded combatant from continuing safely.

First appears in chapter 67

A B-grade treant allied with the Forest Fae. It has limited use of its own body, acts through a summoned avatar, and becomes one of Jake's targets.

Also known as Prideleader

First appears in chapter 68

A fast B-grade lioness who confronts Jake after receiving a misleading account of his actions. She fights with regenerative green lightning and crystalline forearms while trying to determine the truth of the conflict.

First appears in chapter 72

The hunting planet's strongest known local B-grade, a solitary creature with dark and life affinities. It shelters the Forest Fae within its muted jungle domain and bears a lesser blessing from an unidentified source.