Ultimate Level 1: Ultimate Dreams characters

Appears from the start

The returning climber who leads the effort to recover Cordelia. Max is powerful, fiercely protective of his companions, and struggling to contain his anger over the abduction and Bob's absence. He accepts Tanila's authority once the rescue party enters elven territory.

Appears from the start

An elven elemental spellcaster who takes charge of the rescue plan in her people's territory. Tanila is carrying Max's child and understands the dangers surrounding Cordelia's rescue. She insists that uninvolved elves must not be treated as enemies.

Appears from the start

A dwarven frontline fighter and Max's blood brother. Fowl joins the mission to recover Cordelia and urges Max to trust Tanila's judgment instead of allowing rage to dictate the party's actions. He serves as a steady restraint as well as a combat companion.

Appears from the start

A dwarven healer who travels with Max's rescue party into elven territory. Batrire is one of the five established companions at the center of the climb, providing the group with medical and magical support when its confrontations turn dangerous.

Appears from the start

Max's bonded silver dragon. Rakonath chooses to accompany the rescue even after his guardian refuses wider dragon involvement, valuing Max's willingness to let him decide freely. He provides rapid travel for the mission into elven territory.

Appears from the start

An archer and member of Max's close-knit climbing party. At the beginning of the book, Cordelia is being held by the elves, and bringing her home is the party's immediate purpose. Her companions regard her as family and refuse to abandon her.

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A red dragon who protects the surviving dragons. She refuses Max’s request for broader dragon aid because their population is small and further involvement could intensify hatred, but she leaves Rakonath free to choose his own course.

Appears from the start

The leader of the Golden Axe and a trusted political adviser to Max. Everett sees the rescue party off and remains behind to oversee the faction and its interests, giving Max's circle an experienced administrator during a period of rising conflict.

Appears from the start

A Golden Axe administrator and trainer who sees Max's party off on its rescue mission. Tom remains with the faction and Max's family while the principal climbers travel, helping maintain the home base and the practical preparations behind their expeditions.

First appears in chapter 2

Tanila's father and the ruler behind the elven royal threat. He engineered a dangerous bloodline for his daughters and encouraged them to compete lethally for his approval. Tanila describes him as both an exceptional elemental fighter and a calculating strategist.

First appears in chapter 2

Tanila's elder sister, a royal elf and formidable close-range fighter. She is the opponent Tanila intends to challenge under formal elven rules so Max can reach Cordelia. Her ability to take physical qualities from victims makes the planned duel especially dangerous.

First appears in chapter 6

The unnamed leader of an elven faction implicated in sheltering Cordelia’s abductors. Max attacks him, prevents his escape, and takes him for questioning, but the leader’s knowledge of the abduction remains unconfirmed.

First appears in chapter 7

The two rulers of the human city. Max warns them against bloodthirsty retaliation and says Everett will replace them if they fail to govern responsibly.

First appears in chapter 8

Max's missing adviser, held apart from him but still connected through a power-bearing bond. Bob senses the violence surrounding Max and fears that his captors are deliberately encouraging it. He cannot yet explain why he is imprisoned or why Consume remains locked.

First appears in chapter 9

A divine adviser who meets Max as conflict with the elves escalates. The human god warns that an elven deity may strike at Max through his allies and urges him to complete the tower quickly, while rules prevent a full explanation of Max's developing bloodline.

First appears in chapter 11

The ruler represented by a goblin image in floor 70’s flooded metal city. The city’s lifelike metal inhabitants identify him as their master and summon the party to meet him after the weather disaster.

First appears in chapter 11

A giant gnome-like construct in floor 70’s metallic upper world. It carries a staff that can alter the valley’s weather, ending a severe storm but flooding the city below.

First appears in chapter 17

Max’s sister and Callie’s mother. Stacy is uncertain whether Callie’s father should be allowed back into their lives, and Max promises to support her decision.

First appears in chapter 17

Stacy’s daughter. Whether Callie’s father should be allowed into her life remains Stacy’s decision, and Max promises to support whichever course she chooses.

First appears in chapter 19

A large gold dragon that attacks Rakonath’s red-dragon guardian in flight, then turns on Max when he joins the aerial battle.

First appears in chapter 23

A demon bound to Max through a summoning skill. When called to inspect an anomalous coin, he recognizes its connection to a far older demonic power and safely consumes it within Max's dimensional space. Unstated protections keep a stronger rival from simply taking him.

First appears in chapter 24

A Golden Axe combatant whom Max carries through tower floors alongside Everett and Tom as he helps faction members advance.

First appears in chapter 37

A divine relative of the fallen elven king who arrives to avenge his death. The elven goddess seizes Max and kills him while two opposing gods appear nearby. Her intervention turns the conflict from a war between peoples into a direct confrontation with divine power.

First appears in chapter 38

A divine protector who joins the human god after the elven goddess attacks Max. The dwarven god helps invoke the rules that limit divine interference and recognizes the significance of Max defeating the elven king without another climber's direct aid.

First appears in chapter 40

Tanila's mother and the remaining elven ruler after the king's death. With her army gone and the elven goddess excluded from the world, she is left in power for the moment because Tanila believes she may be restrained while the party returns its attention to the tower.

First appears in chapter 49

The mage in Stacy’s climbing party. Grella’s death leaves the group grieving and needing to regroup together.

First appears in chapter 43

A metallic System representative who appears after the party defeats the floor-79 boss. The tower host explains that the next ten floors alternate between trading opportunities and boss fights, and advises the climbers to choose their path of growth carefully.

First appears in chapter 52

A legendary lizard craftsman whose workshop is reached when Max joins four artifact pieces. He offers to make an unusually powerful artifact in exchange for three personal prices.

Appears from the start

The king who rules the dwarves.

First appears in chapter 65

Max's childhood friend and the father of Stacy's daughter. Caleb says he never received Stacy's letters and did not know she was pregnant, evidence that challenges the belief he deliberately abandoned them. Any future contact remains subject to Stacy's decision.

First appears in chapter 66

Dagon's co-officiant in the ceremony before the party's last climb. Velda joins him in granting the five climbers a temporary divine blessing that increases their attributes for thirty days, providing practical support before they confront the final floors.

First appears in chapter 72

Max's black skill and the entity previously known as Bob. After the tower host is consumed, Consume retains a fragment of the System and Bob recovers part of his memory. The event also confirms that two other black skills are active elsewhere and farther ahead.