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Book cover of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Daughter of Smoke & BoneLaini TaylorDaughter of Smoke & Bone, book 1

Characters in Daughter of Smoke & Bone

10 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Karou

    A blue-haired art student in Prague who has run mysterious errands for her chimaera foster family since childhood, unaware of who she really is.

    Also in Night of Cake & Puppets, Days of Blood & Starlight

  • Akiva

    A seraph warrior known as "Beast's Bane" for his lethal skill against the chimaera, whose chance encounter with Karou reopens a buried past.

    Also in Days of Blood & Starlight

Antagonists

  • Thiago

    A wolf-headed chimaera Karou encounters beneath Brimstone's shop, hostile to her presence in the world she thought she understood.

    Also in Days of Blood & Starlight

Supporting characters