Characters in Sharp Ends

Sand dan Glokta

Appears in his youth as the Union's finest swordsman — before the war, the capture, and the torture that broke him.

Also in The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings, The Great Change

Shevedieh

The best thief in Styria by her own account, repeatedly proven wrong by events.

Javre

The Lioness of Hoskopp — a woman of extraordinary violence and equally extraordinary stubbornness.

Curnden Craw

The last honest man in the North, trying to do right by his dozen in a world that makes honesty expensive.

Also in The Heroes

Friendly

Former prisoner, counter of things, efficient killer who appears in multiple stories across the collection.

Also in Best Served Cold