Characters in A Torch Against the Night

Laia of Serra

A former slave and Scholar spy who leads the mission to free her brother Darin from Kauf Prison.

Also in A Reaper at the Gates, A Sky Beyond the Storm

Elias Veturius

A former Martial soldier who deserted the Empire to help Laia rescue her brother from Kauf Prison.

Also in An Ember in the Ashes, A Reaper at the Gates

Helene Aquilla

The Empire's Blood Shrike and Elias's closest childhood friend, now ordered to hunt him down.

Also in An Ember in the Ashes, A Reaper at the Gates, A Sky Beyond the Storm

The Commandant

Keris Veturia, the ruthless commandant of Blackcliff Military Academy and Elias's own mother.

Marcus Farrar

The tyrannical Emperor of the Martial Empire, ruling through fear after winning the Trials.

Also in An Ember in the Ashes

The Nightbringer

An ancient, powerful Jinn working to free his imprisoned kin, and an enemy of both Empire and Resistance.

Also in A Reaper at the Gates, A Sky Beyond the Storm

Darin

Laia's older brother, a gifted weapons-maker imprisoned at Kauf for aiding the Scholar Resistance.

Izzi

A kitchen slave from Blackcliff who joins Laia and Elias as a companion on their journey north.

Keris Veturia

Also in An Ember in the Ashes, A Sky Beyond the Storm