The Darkness that Comes Before
Characters in The Darkness that Comes Before
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Anasûrimbor Kellhus
A Dûnyain monk from the hidden monastery of Ishuäl, trained to read and manipulate the minds of everyone he meets as he travels into the Three Seas.
Drusas Achamian
A spy and sorcerer of the Mandate School, sent to the gathering Holy War to watch for signs of the ancient enemy's return.
Esmenet
A sharp-witted prostitute of Sumna whose life becomes entangled with Achamian and the gathering Holy War.
Cnaiür urs Skiötha
Chieftain of the Scylvendi Utemot, a feared plainsman warrior nursing a decades-old grudge against the man who once enslaved him.
Supporting characters
Maithanet
The newly risen Shriah of the Thousand Temples, whose call for a Holy War reshapes the Three Seas while his own origins stay deliberately obscure.
Ikurei Conphas
Nephew of the Nansur Emperor and Exalt-General of the Imperial Army, an ambitious general angling to use the Holy War for his own ends.
Serwë
A Kianene slave who travels with Cnaiür and Kellhus as the three journey into the Nansurium together.