Characters in I Shall Wear Midnight

Tiffany Aching

Sixteen years old, the official witch of the Chalk, and fighting something that wants to make everyone around her believe she is dangerous.

Also in The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, The Shepherd's Crown

The Cunning Man

An ancient entity of hatred — the accumulated prejudice of generations of witch-burning, given form. One of the Discworld's most genuinely disturbing antagonists.

Preston

A young guard-soldier who is unexpectedly intelligent and asks good questions — a new relationship for Tiffany.

Rob Anybody

Big Man of the Nac Mac Feegle, the tiny, hard-drinking, fight-loving pictsies who watch over Tiffany and the Chalk.

Also in The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, The Shepherd's Crown

Roland de Chumsfanleigh

The Baron's son and Tiffany's old friend from the Chalk, whose coming marriage puts him at the centre of events.

Letitia Keepsake

Daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Keepsake, an untrained but talented witch whom Tiffany meets in the course of the story.

Amber Petty

A young girl of the Chalk, fond of the Feegles, whose troubles at home draw Tiffany into her work as a witch.

Eskarina Smith

The first female wizard from Equal Rites (1987), appearing here in a brief but meaningful cameo after more than twenty books' absence.

Also in Equal Rites