Characters in The Crippled God

Kalam Mekhar

A former Claw assassin and close friend of Fiddler and Quick Ben.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, The Bonehunters

Fiddler

A veteran soldier and sapper of the Bonehunters, a recurring POV across the series.

Also in Deadhouse Gates, The Bonehunters, Dust of Dreams

Quick Ben

A former Bridgeburner mage of immense and mysterious power.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale

Adjunct Tavore Paran

Commander of the Bonehunters, leading them on their final, near-suicidal march.

Also in House of Chains, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale, Dust of Dreams

The Crippled God

The alien deity at the center of the series' cosmological conflict — not villain but prisoner, not monster but grief.

Emancipor Reese

A long-suffering manservant to a pair of necromancers, providing comic relief.

Also in Blood Follows, The Lees of Laughter's End, The Wurms of Blearmouth, The Healthy Dead, Crack'd Pot Trail, The Fiends of Nightmaria