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* ShoutOut: With her dark skin and white hair, she looks a bit like [[Franchise/XMen Storm]].
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* ShoutOut: With her dark skin and white hair, she looks a bit like [[Franchise/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen Storm]].
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: He's universally adored in southern Nubrevna, where he grew up on the Nihar estates. His arrival in Noden's Gift is cause for an impromptu celebration. Less so in the north, however.
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* UniversallyBelovedLeader: He's universally adored in southern Nubrevna, where he grew up on the Nihar estates. His arrival in Noden's Gift is cause for an impromptu celebration. Less so in the north, however.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: She appears to have been mentally ill in some way, though it's not elaborated upon.
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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse; he shares a name with the capital city of Nubrevna. It might be an indication that the city of Lovats was once his fortress.
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* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She's described as having golden hair and tan skin.
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* {{Seer}}: They can see the future by gathering together and focussing their power on the scrying pool in the convent.
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* {{Seer}}: {{Seers}}: They can see the future by gathering together and focussing their power on the scrying pool in the convent.
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* BerserkButton: ''Why'' you shouldn't call him Camilla.
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* {{Transgender}}: ''Why'' you shouldn't call him Camilla.
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* FateWorseThatDeath: She was cleaved by Portia a thousand years ago and became the first Hell-Bard; her sould is still bound to the Loom that connects and controls all Hell-Bards who ever existed.
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power and seeking to attain godhood by any means necessary.
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power and seeking to attain godhood by any means necessary.
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* FateWorseThatDeath: FateWorseThanDeath: She was cleaved by Portia a thousand years ago and became the first Hell-Bard; her sould soul is still bound to the Loom that connects and controls all Hell-Bards who ever existed.
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power andseeking sought to attain godhood by any means necessary.
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power and
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* RedeptionRejection: [[spoiler:The Rook King]] brought her back in order to offer her a chance to change her ways and Nadje tries to talk her into performing a HeelFaceTurn like he did, but she refuses.
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* RedeptionRejection: RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:The Rook King]] brought her back in order to offer her a chance to change her ways and Nadje tries to talk her into performing a HeelFaceTurn like he did, but she refuses.
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* NamesTheSame: He shares a name with the capital city of Nubrevna; it might be an indication that the city of Lovats was once his fortress.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Kullen/The Fury can tell that ''something'' is wrong with this incarnation of "Midne", outright calling [[spoiler:Corlant]] an "abomination", but doesn't make the connection. Nadje eventually figures out the deception when he realizes which of the two Void Paladins [[AGodAmI wanted to be worshiped like a goddess]].
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Kullen/The Fury can tell that ''something'' is wrong with this incarnation of "Midne", outright calling [[spoiler:Corlant]] an "abomination", but doesn't make the connection. Nadje eventually figures out the deception when he realizes remembers which of the two Void Paladins [[AGodAmI wanted to be worshiped like a goddess]].
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Aeduan notes that even though his intentions are noble, somewhere along the way he became as bad as the empires he fights. And his daughters [[spoiler:(once they're freed from the Sleeping Ice)]] tell [[spoiler:Merik]] that while their father is working towards a noble goal, he's lost his way.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Her last scene in ''Bloodwitch'' has her bleeding profusely from a knife wound and begging Merik to carry her to her Loom. ''Witchshadow'' reveals that she [[spoiler:died that day, and the Rook King transfered her soul into a weasel.]]
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[[folder:Stix]]
!!Captain Stacia "Stix" Sotar
First mate and Threadsister to Princess Vivia. She's one of the two Water Paladins.
!!Captain Stacia "Stix" Sotar
First mate and Threadsister to Princess Vivia. She's one of the two Water Paladins.
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!!Captain Stacia "Stix"
First
Baile was one of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and the lover of Bastien. After her apparent final death she was worshipped as a goddess in Nubrevna.
As Stacia Sotar, she's the first mate and Threadsister to Princess Vivia. She's one of the two Water Paladins.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In-universe, Baile is viewed very differently in different countries. In Nubrevna, she's considered a protective deity, while in Saldonica, she's the patron of the gladiator games.
* FamedInStory: Baile was so powerful, she was deified after her supposed death.
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!!Baile
One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and the lover of Bastien. After her apparent final death she was worshipped as a goddess in Nubrevna.
!!Baile
One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and the lover of Bastien. After her apparent final death she was worshipped as a goddess in Nubrevna.
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!!Baile
[[folder:Rhian]]
!!Rhian
One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and Baile's niece. She's one of the
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* DependingOnTheWriter: In-universe, she's viewed very differently in different countries. In Nubrevna, she's considered a protective deity, while in Saldonica, she's the patron of the gladiator games.
* FamedInStory: So powerful, she was deified after her supposed death.
* FamedInStory: So powerful, she was deified after her supposed death.
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!!Rhian
One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and Baile's niece.
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One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and Baile's niece.
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One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, and Baile's niece.
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One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, he eventually betrayed the five others.
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One of the six Paladins who opposed the Exalted Ones, he eventually betrayed the five others.others --or so the story goes. He's one of the two Aether Paladins.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's not clear whether he was the one who betrayed the other Six Paladins a thousand years ago or not. And while [[PlayingBothSides his actions]] in the present day are entirely self-serving, he's only seen aiding Safi and Iseult.
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Ragnor]]
!!Ragnor det Amalej, the Raider King
In the past, he was the general of the Rook King's armies. No'Amatsi, his tribe was dissolved by the Exalted Ones.
In the present, he's a mysterious man who has been working to bring the former Republic of Arithuania under his control, doing so under the noses of the major empires. His ambitions, however, stretch far beyond Arithuania, as he wishes to destroy the various empires that he sees as having given himself so much pain.
[[folder:Ragnor]]
!!Ragnor det Amalej, the Raider King
In the past, he was the general of the Rook King's armies. No'Amatsi, his tribe was dissolved by the Exalted Ones.
In the present, he's a mysterious man who has been working to bring the former Republic of Arithuania under his control, doing so under the noses of the major empires. His ambitions, however, stretch far beyond Arithuania, as he wishes to destroy the various empires that he sees as having given himself so much pain.
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[[folder:Ragnor]]
!!Ragnor det Amalej, the Raider King
In the past, he was the general
One of the
In the present, he's a mysterious man who has been working to bring the former Republic of Arithuania under his control, doing so under the noses
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* ActionDad: Lisbet's father, and a soldier who rose to the rank of the general during the conflict with the Exalted Ones.
* ArchnemesisDad: He and Aeduan are at odds by the end of ''Bloodwitch''.
* BadassNormal: A soldier with no magical powers.
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: He was frozen deep under the Sightwitches' mountain with Eridysi and his daughters. Like Eridysi, he's missing when Ryber comes there a thousand years later... because he's been awake for twenty years.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name so the readers don't know that he's the same person as the Raider King until TheReveal in ''Bloodwitch''.
* ArchnemesisDad: He and Aeduan are at odds by the end of ''Bloodwitch''.
* BadassNormal: A soldier with no magical powers.
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: He was frozen deep under the Sightwitches' mountain with Eridysi and his daughters. Like Eridysi, he's missing when Ryber comes there a thousand years later... because he's been awake for twenty years.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name so the readers don't know that he's the same person as the Raider King until TheReveal in ''Bloodwitch''.
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* ActionDad: Lisbet's father, and a soldier who rose DarkIsNotEvil: She's bound to the rank of the general during the conflict with the Exalted Ones.
* ArchnemesisDad: HeVoid, an element considered to be evil by its very nature, but by all accounts she was a kind and Aeduan are at odds by the end of ''Bloodwitch''.
heroic person.
*BadassNormal: A soldier with no magical powers.
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: HeFateWorseThatDeath: She was frozen deep under the Sightwitches' mountain with Eridysi and his daughters. Like Eridysi, he's missing when Ryber comes there cleaved by Portia a thousand years later... because he's been awake for twenty years.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name soago and became the readers don't know first Hell-Bard; her sould is still bound to the Loom that he's connects and controls all Hell-Bards who ever existed.
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power and seeking to attain godhood by any means necessary.
* TheSacredDarkness: Bound to thesame person as Void, but she only used her powers to help the Raider King until TheReveal in ''Bloodwitch''.people under her protection and never considered reigning over them.
* ArchnemesisDad: He
*
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: He
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name so
* GoodCounterpart: To Portia, her fellow Void Paladin, who began abusing her power and seeking to attain godhood by any means necessary.
* TheSacredDarkness: Bound to the
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[[folder:Esme]]
!!Esme, the Puppeteer
A teenage Weaverwitch who works for Ragnor.
!!Esme, the Puppeteer
A teenage Weaverwitch who works for Ragnor.
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!!Esme,
One of the
A teenage Weaverwitch who works for Ragnor.
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* AffablyEvil: She's endlessly polite and friendly towards Iseult even as she Cleaves hundreds of people to aid the Raider King's plans.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.
* TheDragon: Seems to be Ragnor's second-in-command.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She hates being called the Puppeteer, thinking it childish. It doesn't stop her boss from calling her that, though.
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most of the direct threats to the protagonists.
* InTheBack: The Northman does this to her, and Merik leaves her by the Air Well afterwards as he's not interested in helping her.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed by the Northman.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.
* TheDragon: Seems to be Ragnor's second-in-command.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She hates being called the Puppeteer, thinking it childish. It doesn't stop her boss from calling her that, though.
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most of the direct threats to the protagonists.
* InTheBack: The Northman does this to her, and Merik leaves her by the Air Well afterwards as he's not interested in helping her.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed by the Northman.
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* AffablyEvil: She's endlessly polite AndIMustScream: He spend the past thousand years inside the Aether Well under the Carawen Monastery, constatly being drowned by its waters and friendly towards Iseult even as she Cleaves hundreds of people unable to aid communicate with the Raider King's plans.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.outside world.
*TheDragon: Seems BackFromTheDead: Temporarily comes back to life by possessing [[spoiler:Aeduan]]'s body --or rather, by [[spoiler:the Rook King binding his soul to Aeduan's body]]. The Rook King assures him that he'll be Ragnor's second-in-command.
resurrected for real in a body of his own once it's time for the final battle between the Paladins.
*EmbarrassingNickname: She hates FateWorseThanDeath: He considers being trapped inside the waters of the Aether Well far worse than death, and he's willing to do anything to avoid going back there. Him being willing to leave [[spoiler:Aeduan]]'s body and return to the Well is the strongest sign that his HeelRealization and subsequent HeelFaceTurn is genuine.
* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing that he chose the wrong side a thousand years ago, he vows to not repeat his mistake a second time and becomes a true ally to [[spoiler:Aeduan and, by extension, Iseult]].
* HeelRealization: He's constantly called thePuppeteer, thinking it childish. It doesn't stop her boss from calling her that, though.
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most"weakest" of the direct threats to Exalted Ones by his fellow Exalted Water Paladin. Eventually, he realizes that [[spoiler:"Evrane"]] is right: he really ''was'' the protagonists.
* InTheBack: The Northman does thisweakest of them all. He didn't become as cruel as the other Exalted Ones, but he never had the courage to her, join the Six, either.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He was never cruel like the other Exalted Ones were, but he still took power for himself andMerik leaves her by reigned over the Air Well afterwards humans he was supposed to serve.
* LightIsNotGood: He's an Aether Paladin, but he still joined the Exalted Ones a thousand years ago. Becomes a case of LightIsGood after his HeelFaceTurn.
* SuperpowerLottery: He realizes that as far as witcheries go, he'snot interested in helping her.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed byhit the Northman.jackpot by claiming [[spoiler:Aeduan]]'s body, even favorably comparing the latter's power to his own back when he was alive.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.
*
*
* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing that he chose the wrong side a thousand years ago, he vows to not repeat his mistake a second time and becomes a true ally to [[spoiler:Aeduan and, by extension, Iseult]].
* HeelRealization: He's constantly called the
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most
* InTheBack: The Northman does this
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He was never cruel like the other Exalted Ones were, but he still took power for himself and
* LightIsNotGood: He's an Aether Paladin, but he still joined the Exalted Ones a thousand years ago. Becomes a case of LightIsGood after his HeelFaceTurn.
* SuperpowerLottery: He realizes that as far as witcheries go, he's
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed by
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!!Corlant
A Cursewitch who works for Ragnor. He turned the people of the Midenzi settlement against their Threadwitch Gretchya, Iseult's mother, using his powers and a threat to depower her if she unmasked him. He also moonlights as a Purist priest. It's hinted that he may actually be a Void Paladin.
!!Corlant
A Cursewitch who works for Ragnor. He turned the people of the Midenzi settlement against their Threadwitch Gretchya, Iseult's mother, using his powers and a threat to depower her if she unmasked him. He also moonlights as a Purist priest. It's hinted that he may actually be a Void Paladin.
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!!Corlant
A Cursewitch who works for Ragnor. He turned the people
One of the
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* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a Cursewitch, who can {{depower}} other witches and give people [[WoundThatWillNotHeal wounds that will not heal]], and is an utter scumbag.
* SexualExtortion: It's heavily implied he's making Gretchya sleep with him by threatening to {{depower}} her if she refuses.
* SinisterMinister: He is also a Purist priest, which is somewhat ironic as they're the AntiMagicalFaction of the setting. Of course, they don't ''know'' he's a witch.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
* SexualExtortion: It's heavily implied he's making Gretchya sleep with him by threatening to {{depower}} her if she refuses.
* SinisterMinister: He is also a Purist priest, which is somewhat ironic as they're the AntiMagicalFaction of the setting. Of course, they don't ''know'' he's a witch.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
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* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a Cursewitch, who can {{depower}} other witches AndIMustScream: She spend the past thousand years inside the Water Well in Nubrevna, constatly being drowned by its waters and give people [[WoundThatWillNotHeal wounds that will not heal]], unable to communicate with the outside world. This left her already less-than-sunny disposition even surlier.
* BackFromTheDead: Temporarily comes back to life by possessing [[spoiler:Evrane]]'s body --or rather, by [[spoiler:the Rook King binding her soul to Evrane's body]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: She considers being trapped inside the waters of the Water Well far worse than death, and isan utter scumbag.
willing to do anything to avoid going back there.
*SexualExtortion: It's heavily implied he's making Gretchya sleep with him NoNameGiven: Her true name is not revealled; she goes by threatening to {{depower}} [[spoiler:Evrane]], which is the name of her if host body.
* RedeptionRejection: [[spoiler:The Rook King]] brought her back in order to offer her a chance to change her ways and Nadje tries to talk her into performing a HeelFaceTurn like he did, but she refuses.
* SinisterMinister: He is also a Purist priest, which is somewhat ironic as they're the AntiMagicalFaction of the setting. Of course, they don't ''know'' he's a witch.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
* BackFromTheDead: Temporarily comes back to life by possessing [[spoiler:Evrane]]'s body --or rather, by [[spoiler:the Rook King binding her soul to Evrane's body]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: She considers being trapped inside the waters of the Water Well far worse than death, and is
*
* RedeptionRejection: [[spoiler:The Rook King]] brought her back in order to offer her a chance to change her ways and Nadje tries to talk her into performing a HeelFaceTurn like he did, but she refuses.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
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[[folder:The Rook]]
!!The Rook
A mysterious, apparently immortal bird who was sent by the Rook King to convey messages between himself and the Sightwitches.
[[folder:The Rook]]
!!The Rook
A mysterious, apparently immortal bird who was sent by the Rook King to convey messages between himself and the Sightwitches.
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!!The Rook
A mysterious, apparently immortal bird who
One of the six Exalted Paladins. He was
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* ActionPet: Fights the shadowwyrms alongside Kullen and Ryber, and fares better than either of the humans, even managing to kill one of the beasts.
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the rest of the Six, and smart enough to figure out how to open magical locks.
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spends his days being petted (but not too much) and stealing sweets.
* MentorMascot: Does his best to (grudgingly) mentor Ryber when she's the only Sightwitch left.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the rest of the Six, and smart enough to figure out how to open magical locks.
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spends his days being petted (but not too much) and stealing sweets.
* MentorMascot: Does his best to (grudgingly) mentor Ryber when she's the only Sightwitch left.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.
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* ActionPet: Fights NamesTheSame: He shares a name with the shadowwyrms alongside Kullen and Ryber, and fares better than either capital city of Nubrevna; it might be an indication that the humans, even managing to kill city of Lovats was once his fortress.
* {{Sadist}}: He was one of thebeasts.
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the restcruelest of the Six, Exalted ones. Baile remembers that he used to host GladiatorGames for his own amusement, and smart enough to figure out how to open magical locks.
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spendsonce used his days being petted (but not too much) and stealing sweets.
* MentorMascot: Does his bestpet Fire Hawk to (grudgingly) mentor Ryber when she's the only Sightwitch left.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.burn Bastien's face.
* {{Sadist}}: He was one of the
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the rest
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spends
* MentorMascot: Does his best
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.
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One of the six Exalted Paladins. She was the second Void Paladin. She was killed a thousand years before the start of the series --or so she's led everyone to believe. In truth, she's been reincarnating for a thousand years like the Six did, but unlike them she kept her memories intact.
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* TheDreaded: All her fellow Paladins feared her.
* EvilLaugh: She had a very distinctive laugh, which she retains even in the present day in [[spoiler:Corlant]]'s body. Nadje remembers it with dread.
* FakingTheDead: She pretended to have been permanently killed during the Paladins' battle under the mountain (implied to be the same battle Eridysi and the General witnessed in ''Sightwitch'') a thousand years ago. Since all her fellow Paladins lost their memories for some unknown reason, she was left to carry her ultimate plan in peace while posing as Midne, her [[TheSacredDarkness heroic counterpart]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: After faking her permanent death and taking on the identity of Midne, her heroic counterpart among the Six, she gradually strengthened herself while simultaneously weakening [[LegacyOfTheChosen the Cahr Awen]], all so she could one day [[spoiler:drain the Sleeper's power and become the goddess of the Witchlands]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Kullen/The Fury can tell that ''something'' is wrong with this incarnation of "Midne", outright calling [[spoiler:Corlant]] an "abomination", but doesn't make the connection. Nadje eventually figures out the deception when he realizes which of the two Void Paladins [[AGodAmI wanted to be worshiped like a goddess]].
* {{Sadist}}: She was the cruelest and most calculating of the Exalted Ones.
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Ragnor]]
!!Ragnor det Amalej, the Raider King
In the past, he was the general of the Rook King's armies. No'Amatsi, his tribe was dissolved by the Exalted Ones.
In the present, he's a mysterious man who has been working to bring the former Republic of Arithuania under his control, doing so under the noses of the major empires. His ambitions, however, stretch far beyond Arithuania, as he wishes to destroy the various empires that he sees as having given himself so much pain.
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* ActionDad: Lisbet's father, and a soldier who rose to the rank of the general during the conflict with the Exalted Ones.
* ArchnemesisDad: He and Aeduan are at odds by the end of ''Bloodwitch''.
* BadassNormal: A soldier with no magical powers.
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: He was frozen deep under the Sightwitches' mountain with Eridysi and his daughters. Like Eridysi, he's missing when Ryber comes there a thousand years later... because he's been awake for twenty years.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name so the readers don't know that he's the same person as the Raider King until TheReveal in ''Bloodwitch''.
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[[folder:Esme]]
!!Esme, the Puppeteer
A teenage Weaverwitch who works for Ragnor.
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* AffablyEvil: She's endlessly polite and friendly towards Iseult even as she Cleaves hundreds of people to aid the Raider King's plans.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.
* TheDragon: Seems to be Ragnor's second-in-command.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She hates being called the Puppeteer, thinking it childish. It doesn't stop her boss from calling her that, though.
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most of the direct threats to the protagonists.
* InTheBack: The Northman does this to her, and Merik leaves her by the Air Well afterwards as he's not interested in helping her.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed by the Northman.
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[[folder:Corlant]]
!!Corlant
A Cursewitch who works for Ragnor. He turned the people of the Midenzi settlement against their Threadwitch Gretchya, Iseult's mother, using his powers and a threat to depower her if she unmasked him. He also moonlights as a Purist priest. It's hinted that he may actually be a Void Paladin.
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* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a Cursewitch, who can {{depower}} other witches and give people [[WoundThatWillNotHeal wounds that will not heal]], and is an utter scumbag.
* SexualExtortion: It's heavily implied he's making Gretchya sleep with him by threatening to {{depower}} her if she refuses.
* SinisterMinister: He is also a Purist priest, which is somewhat ironic as they're the AntiMagicalFaction of the setting. Of course, they don't ''know'' he's a witch.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
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!!Other
[[folder:The Rook]]
!!The Rook
A mysterious, apparently immortal bird who was sent by the Rook King to convey messages between himself and the Sightwitches.
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* ActionPet: Fights the shadowwyrms alongside Kullen and Ryber, and fares better than either of the humans, even managing to kill one of the beasts.
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the rest of the Six, and smart enough to figure out how to open magical locks.
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spends his days being petted (but not too much) and stealing sweets.
* MentorMascot: Does his best to (grudgingly) mentor Ryber when she's the only Sightwitch left.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.
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One of the six Exalted Paladins. She was the second Void Paladin. She was killed a thousand years before the start of the series --or so she's led everyone to believe. In truth, she's been reincarnating for a thousand years like the Six did, but unlike them she kept her memories intact.
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* TheDreaded: All her fellow Paladins feared her.
* EvilLaugh: She had a very distinctive laugh, which she retains even in the present day in [[spoiler:Corlant]]'s body. Nadje remembers it with dread.
* FakingTheDead: She pretended to have been permanently killed during the Paladins' battle under the mountain (implied to be the same battle Eridysi and the General witnessed in ''Sightwitch'') a thousand years ago. Since all her fellow Paladins lost their memories for some unknown reason, she was left to carry her ultimate plan in peace while posing as Midne, her [[TheSacredDarkness heroic counterpart]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: After faking her permanent death and taking on the identity of Midne, her heroic counterpart among the Six, she gradually strengthened herself while simultaneously weakening [[LegacyOfTheChosen the Cahr Awen]], all so she could one day [[spoiler:drain the Sleeper's power and become the goddess of the Witchlands]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Kullen/The Fury can tell that ''something'' is wrong with this incarnation of "Midne", outright calling [[spoiler:Corlant]] an "abomination", but doesn't make the connection. Nadje eventually figures out the deception when he realizes which of the two Void Paladins [[AGodAmI wanted to be worshiped like a goddess]].
* {{Sadist}}: She was the cruelest and most calculating of the Exalted Ones.
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Ragnor]]
!!Ragnor det Amalej, the Raider King
In the past, he was the general of the Rook King's armies. No'Amatsi, his tribe was dissolved by the Exalted Ones.
In the present, he's a mysterious man who has been working to bring the former Republic of Arithuania under his control, doing so under the noses of the major empires. His ambitions, however, stretch far beyond Arithuania, as he wishes to destroy the various empires that he sees as having given himself so much pain.
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* ActionDad: Lisbet's father, and a soldier who rose to the rank of the general during the conflict with the Exalted Ones.
* ArchnemesisDad: He and Aeduan are at odds by the end of ''Bloodwitch''.
* BadassNormal: A soldier with no magical powers.
* BigBad: Behind most of the problems facing our protagonists so far.
* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in person in the first two books.
* GiveHimANormalLife: He gives up his daughters to the Sightwitches to keep them safe during the war.
* HumanPopsicle: He was frozen deep under the Sightwitches' mountain with Eridysi and his daughters. Like Eridysi, he's missing when Ryber comes there a thousand years later... because he's been awake for twenty years.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Sightwitch'', he is very deliberately not referred to by name so the readers don't know that he's the same person as the Raider King until TheReveal in ''Bloodwitch''.
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[[folder:Esme]]
!!Esme, the Puppeteer
A teenage Weaverwitch who works for Ragnor.
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* AffablyEvil: She's endlessly polite and friendly towards Iseult even as she Cleaves hundreds of people to aid the Raider King's plans.
* CreepyChild: A young girl who can turn witches into her puppets across the entire continent.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's noted to be one of the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful women]] alive. She also regularly cleaves witches and keeps them as her puppets.
* TheDragon: Seems to be Ragnor's second-in-command.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She hates being called the Puppeteer, thinking it childish. It doesn't stop her boss from calling her that, though.
* EvilCounterpart: To Iseult, since they're both the same kind of witch. In fact, in ''Bloodwitch'' she reveals that she was cast out of her tribe for not being able to make Threadstones, which is why Iseult left her home in the first place.
* EvilSorceress: Her use of her power to create armies of SlaveMooks gives her this vibe.
* FriendlyEnemy: She genuinely considers Iseult her friend and wants to help her master her powers.
* TheHeavy: Via her Weaverwitchery, she has been responsible for most of the direct threats to the protagonists.
* InTheBack: The Northman does this to her, and Merik leaves her by the Air Well afterwards as he's not interested in helping her.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: When Merik is held prisoner by her in ''Bloodwitch'', she acts quite childish while carrying out her evil.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear if she survived being stabbed by the Northman.
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[[folder:Corlant]]
!!Corlant
A Cursewitch who works for Ragnor. He turned the people of the Midenzi settlement against their Threadwitch Gretchya, Iseult's mother, using his powers and a threat to depower her if she unmasked him. He also moonlights as a Purist priest. It's hinted that he may actually be a Void Paladin.
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* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a Cursewitch, who can {{depower}} other witches and give people [[WoundThatWillNotHeal wounds that will not heal]], and is an utter scumbag.
* SexualExtortion: It's heavily implied he's making Gretchya sleep with him by threatening to {{depower}} her if she refuses.
* SinisterMinister: He is also a Purist priest, which is somewhat ironic as they're the AntiMagicalFaction of the setting. Of course, they don't ''know'' he's a witch.
* SmugSnake: Gives off a general oily, unpleasant demeanour.
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!!Other
[[folder:The Rook]]
!!The Rook
A mysterious, apparently immortal bird who was sent by the Rook King to convey messages between himself and the Sightwitches.
----
* ActionPet: Fights the shadowwyrms alongside Kullen and Ryber, and fares better than either of the humans, even managing to kill one of the beasts.
* CleverCrows: A rook, but same family. He's definitely sentient, intelligent enough to convey messages between the Rook King and the rest of the Six, and smart enough to figure out how to open magical locks.
* TheHedonist: The essay Tanzi wrote on him as an assignment reveals he mostly spends his days being petted (but not too much) and stealing sweets.
* MentorMascot: Does his best to (grudgingly) mentor Ryber when she's the only Sightwitch left.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Ryber when she's exploring under the mountain, and to the Rook King in the past.
* ParrotPetPosition: While underground, he usually travels like this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over a thousand years old; the Rook mentioned by Eridysi in her journal is the same Ryber interacts with.
* TheSpeechless: On account of being a bird.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He won't acknowledge people who don't address him as ''the'' Rook.
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* TheUnfavorite: Serafin shipped him off to the south once he learned that Merik wasn't a powerful witch like he'd believed. And Jana never shared with him the secret of the hidden Well and the undercity before her suicide, although it's unclear whether this was out of favoritism for Vivia or because Merik was too young to keep the secret.
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