Worlds Apart characters

Appears from the start

The ruler of Solakir and an off-world healer who went missing during a portal crossing.

Appears from the start

An Alliance commander and ally of Queen Bael who was also Kale's trusted ally before Kale disappeared.

Appears from the start

Solakir's necromancer queen, widow of King Bael, and a leader in the coalition that survived the earlier conflict.

Appears from the start

Queen Bael's late husband and a former defender of Solakir whose death still shapes the realm's leadership.

Appears from the start

A trusted protector responsible for Kale's children and other young people in his household at Solakir.

Appears from the start

Kale and Ember's younger daughter, living under the protection of Kale's household at Solakir.

Appears from the start

Kale's magical ally and a member of his circle.

Appears from the start

A senior Magi who directs Rainer City's final defense. He draws on the Koraz Font and a black key in a desperate attempt to stop the invaders, but the result leaves his fate uncertain.

Appears from the start

Simeon Grey's deceased Magi friend, whose appearance is adopted by a higher enemy power during its confrontation with him.

Appears from the start

Twin Magi whose linked magic strengthens Simeon Grey's Font working during Rainer City's final defense.

Appears from the start

A large, speaking, armored invader presented as an enemy overseer during Rainer City's last defense. Simeon Grey and the Walker twins imprison the creature in hardened magma beneath the citadel.

Appears from the start

A higher power within the invading enemy hierarchy. It confronts Simeon Grey while disguised as his deceased friend Elena, reveals another form, and attacks him during the Font catastrophe.

Also known as General Bree

Appears from the start

The highest-ranking surviving general and a longtime comrade of Simeon Grey. During Rainer City's evacuation, he leads a reduced force south to divert the invading army from fleeing civilians.

Also known as Abigail

First appears in chapter 2

A young local who finds Kale injured in Colter Forest. Familiar with the danger posed by witches and daemons, she guides him toward her town and helps him seek shelter.

Also known as spirit companion

First appears in chapter 2

A sentient ally housed in Kale's white weapon. Newly returned to him, the spirit warns that he is depleted and separated from the magic of his home world.

First appears in chapter 3

A revolver-carrying deacon probationer who pulls Kale out of a witch attack. His suspicion eases after he sees Kale defend children and other civilians.

First appears in chapter 3

A child whom Kale saves from feral-witch corruption after conventional healing fails.

First appears in chapter 3

The church authority in Abby's town. He treats Kale's unfamiliar magic as a possible daemon threat and orders him restrained despite Kale's help against the witches.

First appears in chapter 3

The chief deacon under Proctor James and the leader of the town's armed deacons.

Also known as avian companion

First appears in chapter 6

Kale's animal companion, carried through the portal but caught in crystal threads inside a living geode. Kale finds the creature badly hurt and frees it with flowering vine magic.

First appears in chapter 6

Abby's mother, who was killed by a daemon years before Kale's arrival while the creature left Abby unharmed.

First appears in chapter 5

Abby's father, who objects when she insists on accompanying Kale during a dangerous expedition.

First appears in chapter 8

A former local woman granted power by abyssal beings to watch for the return of magic. She drains prisoners in the western caves and traps Kale in an illusion before he kills her.

First appears in chapter 7

A cave-search survivor who returns delirious and reports that captives remain in the western caves.

Also known as Alliance archwizard

First appears in chapter 9

An archwizard investigating the unexplained abandonment of mountain settlements on Talona. A small masked attacker counters his magic and leaves him unconscious during an ambush.

First appears in chapter 10

A band of hovering, hooded undead that abducts the train's passengers and holds them at a ruined fort. The group controls a geode that traps Abby in spreading crystal.

First appears in chapter 9

The guard captain who accompanies an archwizard into an abruptly abandoned mountain town. He survives the attacker's first assault, and his condition after a second magical blast is unknown.

Also known as missing archwizard's wife

First appears in chapter 11

The missing archwizard's wife, whose soul bond with an angel grants shared awareness and access to angelic memory magic. She joins the effort to learn what happened to him.

First appears in chapter 15

A representative of a witch coven who brokers Queen Bael's demon summoning. She receives the summoning platform as the coven's agreed payment and takes it away.

First appears in chapter 15

A summoned demon who performs Queen Bael's heart-bond ritual, then tries and fails to seize her womb and unborn child. Its claim on the child remains unresolved.

First appears in chapter 19

The leader of a Dead Sister faction who denies responsibility for an attack on the Dead Forge convoy. She punishes the captured rebels and offers an uneasy escort against the remaining rogue force.

First appears in chapter 20

An ancient, bloodstone-infected warrior near the Midnight Canopy. He distrusts the Dead Forge and permits its use at the Animus Seal only if his people may seize it should the attempt fail.

First appears in chapter 20

Four survivors among six volunteers who accept bloodstone infection to rebuild the Animus Seal. They channel void magic through the Dead Forge as living anchors for the new lock.

Also known as off-world overseer

First appears in chapter 21

A wolf-like being released from a fissure below the Magi Citadel. It understands speech, knows that daemons and witches are attacking Abby's world, and relies on a smaller companion to open portals.

Also known as small masked companion

First appears in chapter 21

The overseer's smaller companion, equipped with a censer that emits corrosive green smoke and can create passages between worlds.

Also known as abyss woman

First appears in chapter 22

A powerful woman released from the crystal dome beneath the citadel. She identifies herself as a goddess of the abyss and overwhelms Kale after emerging from long imprisonment.

First appears in chapter 23

An archwizard's adopted dragonkin daughter and a powerful magic user. She helps her father trace a tear between realities in the forest south of Solakir.