Characters in Demon in the Wood

Eryk (the Darkling)

A boy on the run with his mother, hunted for being the rarest and most powerful kind of Grisha, before he becomes the Darkling.

Also in The Demon in the Wood

The Darkling

Also in Shadow and Bone, Shadow and Bone & Siege and Storm, The Tailor, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising

Lena

Eryk's mother, who has spent her life protecting him from those who would exploit or destroy him.