Kraken
KrakenChina Miéville
Characters in Kraken
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Billy Harrow
A Natural History Museum employee who finds the giant squid gone and is pulled into a hidden, magical London.
Antagonists
Tattoo (Kraken)
A former Kray twins associate turned sentient tattoo, who leads a London gang.
Goss (Kraken)
A centuries-old assassin who works with Subby for the Tattoo.
Subby (Kraken)
A centuries-old assassin who works with Goss for the Tattoo.
Supporting characters
Dane Parnell
A museum security guard and cult member who tries to protect Billy.
Kath Collingswood
A police officer in the Met's sect-crime unit, the FSRC, who works alongside an aetherial animal companion.
Chief Inspector Baron
Head of the FSRC, the Metropolitan Police unit that deals with sect-related crime.
Wati (Kraken)
An Egyptian afterlife familiar who leads the Union of Magicked Assistants in a strike.