Characters in The Black Witch

Elloren Gardner

The narrator, a seventeen-year-old with no magic who is the image of her legendary grandmother and starts at Verpax University to train as an apothecary.

Also in The Iron Flower, The Shadow Wand

Fallon Bane

Elloren's rival, a Level Five Mage rumored to be the next Black Witch.

Damion Bane

A cruel Gardnerian student at Verpax who torments those he sees as lesser.

Lukas Grey

A powerful Level Five Mage whom Elloren's aunt pushes her toward in a wandfasting match.

Also in The Iron Flower, The Shadow Wand

Yvan Guriel

A fellow student at Verpax with unusual speed and strength who steps in when others are tormented.

Carnissa Gardner

Elloren's late grandmother, the legendary Black Witch who saved Gardneria in the Realm War.