Characters in The Mad Ship

Althea Vestrit

Set on recovering the captured Vivacia, she allies with Brashen and the reawakening Paragon for a rescue voyage.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Wintrow Vestrit

Held captive aboard Vivacia, he struggles to restrain the ship's growing bloodlust and his fraught bond with Kennit.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Malta Vestrit

Drawn into Rain Wild courtship and magic, she begins a charged relationship with the masked Reyn Khuprus.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny, Assassin's Fate

Kennit

The pirate king who holds Vivacia and vies for the living ship's love while consolidating power in the Pirate Isles.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Brashen Trell

Althea's ally and the captain who helps crew Paragon for the rescue, his bond with Althea deepening.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Amber

An enigmatic Bingtown bead- and wood-carver with a gift for prophecy who dreams of restoring the mad ship Paragon.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Paragon

The blinded, half-mad liveship slowly drawn back toward purpose by Amber's hopes of relaunching him.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Reyn Khuprus

A masked young Rain Wild Trader whose courtship of Malta forces his hand amid the river's buried secrets.

Also in Ship of Destiny, Assassin's Fate

Ronica Vestrit

The matriarch fighting to keep the family solvent and respected as Bingtown's old order frays.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Etta

Once a Divvytown prostitute, now Kennit's companion who sails with him and is taught to read by Wintrow.

Keffria Vestrit

Althea's sister and Ronica's daughter, who struggles to hold the family's position in Bingtown as its fortunes collapse.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny

Kyle Haven

Keffria's husband, who took command of Vivacia and whose pursuit of profit divides the family.

Also in Ship of Magic

Vivacia

The Vestrit family liveship, a living ship of wizardwood bonded to the family, now held by the pirate Kennit.

Also in Ship of Magic, Ship of Destiny, Assassin's Fate