Characters · 7

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  Teo BraskProtagonistA cart-man who hauls the dead of the Sump to the pyres, and cannot stop counting them.
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  Mira SolenneHealerA Shelf-born acolyte of the Mercy House who gives water to the dying against orders.
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  HeskMentorA blind ex-archivist of the Chantry, hiding forbidden pages in a flooded cellar.
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  Valdris KahlArchdeaconThe Voice of the Undying Flame, who has read more Maker pages than anyone alive.
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  NellWardA fierce ten-year-old orphan who bites anyone who tries to take her anywhere.
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  Bram TullFerrymanA huge, slow-spoken Fen ferryman who knows water, stone, soil and cows.
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  Sorrel DaneAshwarden CaptainAn Ashwarden captain who watches the cart-man very, very closely.