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Mammoths at the GatesNghi VoThe Singing Hills Cycle, book 4

Characters in Mammoths at the Gates

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Chih (Singing Hills Cycle)

    A wandering cleric of Singing Hills Abbey who returns home and narrates the story.

Antagonists

  • Vi In Yee

    One of Thien's granddaughters, who arrives on a mammoth to claim her grandmother's body.

  • Tui In Hao

    Thien's other granddaughter, who rides with her sister to the abbey gates.

Supporting characters

  • Almost Brilliant

    Chih's neixin, a memory-keeping bird companion.

    Also in The empress of salt and fortune, A Mouthful of Dust

  • Thien (Singing Hills Cycle)

    Chih's mentor, a former judge turned cleric, whose death starts the story.

  • Myriad Virtues

    Thien's neixin companion at the abbey.

  • Ru (Singing Hills Cycle)

    Chih's old friend at the abbey.