Characters from the Russian fantasy series. For
the Discworld novel, see
Characters.Discworld.
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The Night Watch
The forces of
Light in the series.
The protagonist (and most of the time) narrator of the series.
Semyon
Anton's superior in the Night Watch.
Boris Ignatyevich/ Geser
The head of the Night Watch.
Svetlana Gorodetskaya (nee Nazarova)
A seemingly human woman who is revealed to be a Light Other of immense power.
The Day Watch
The forces of
DarknessZabulon
The head of the Day Watch.
Konstantin (Kostya) Saushkin
A young, idealistic vampire whom Anton befriended before joining the Nightwatch.
Alisa Donnikova
A witch of the Day Watch and Zabulon's lover.
Arina
- Affably Evil
- And I Must Scream: New Watch ends with her getting trapped in the inescapable Sarcophagus of Times for all eternity.
- Anti-Villain
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: She has no respect to Zabulon whatsoever, and isn't afraid to show it.
- Heel-Face Turn: She becomes a Light Witch in Last Watch, although it doesn't change her personality nor her intentions.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Twilight Watch reveals she had sabotaged an experiment, conducted by the Inquisition with the purpose of giving Russian people communist ideas. It worked much sooner than it was supposed to, resulting in countless deaths and leaving Russia in its current unfortunate economic condition. The reason? Had she not, humans would have discovered the existence of the Others among them, leading to a world-wide witch hunt. And then Geser reveals that the experiment was doomed to fail anyway, causing numerous nuclear wars across the world.
- In New Watch, Arina seeks to destroy Twilight itself in order to stop the prophecy which foretells Russia's destruction.
- Wicked Witch
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Played with. She did threaten to kill Nadya and even trapped her with a grenade inside a magic barrier once, but she warned Anton just in time so he could disassemble it and save his daughter. Later, Geser assures Anton he is acquainted with her well enough that he knows she'd never hurt a little kid.
The Inquisition
The
Balance Between Good and Evil.
Maxim
A Light Other introduced early in the novel
Night Watch who is initially unaware of
The Masquerade and as a result, kills Dark Others who he wrongly believes to be pure evil.
Witezslav
A vampire and Dark Other.
- Retired Monster: He became a Higher Vampire though killing several young girls and feels no remorse, but has sort of "mellowed" to the extent that he left the Day Watch to become an Inquisitor.
- Worf Effect: He is defeated by Kostya after he gets Fuaran.
Edgar
A Dark Other Mage who started out on the Day Watch (in the eponymous novel), but later joined the Inquisition.
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