Characters in Shaman's Crossing

Nevare Burvelle

Second son of a new-noble house, raised for the cavalry; bright and dutiful, he narrates the novel in the first person as a magical bond pulls him against his own people.

Also in Forest Mage, Renegade's Magic

Tree Woman

A Speck shaman, also called Lisana, who claims Nevare as her weapon to halt the destruction of her people.

Dewara

A plainsman of the Kidona tribe and former enemy of Lord Burvelle, hired to toughen Nevare; his lessons culminate in a vision quest that magically links Nevare to Tree Woman.

Epiny

Nevare's headstrong cousin, an old-noble daughter who claims an affinity with the spirit world and rejects the roles forced on women.

Also in Forest Mage, Renegade's Magic

Spink

Nevare's best friend at the Academy, from an impoverished backwater noble family whose disadvantages dog his brilliance.

Also in Forest Mage, Renegade's Magic

Gord

A classmate mocked for his weight who tutors his peers and becomes part of Nevare's circle at the Academy.

Caulder

Son of an Academy commander, entangled in the bullying of the new nobles' sons.