Characters in The disappearance of Winter's daughter

Royce Melborn

Cynical, lethal former assassin and one half of the Riyria partnership; sharp-tongued and distrustful, but fiercely loyal to Hadrian.

Also in The Crown Tower, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Drumindor, Heir of Novron

Hadrian Blackwater

Idealistic, skilled ex-mercenary swordsman whose sense of honor tempers Royce's ruthlessness.

Also in The Crown Tower, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Drumindor, Rise of Empire, Heir of Novron

Gabriel Winter

Wealthy Colnoran whiskey baron who hires Riyria to find his missing daughter.