Characters in The Emerald Storm

Royce Melborn

Hadrian's partner in the thieving pair Riyria, who joins what is meant to be their last mission against Merrick Marius.

Also in The Crown Conspiracy, The Crown Tower, The Viscount and the Witch, Avempartha, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Nyphron Rising, The disappearance of Winter's daughter, Drumindor, Wintertide

Hadrian Blackwater

Former mercenary and swordsman who sets out on a sea voyage to find the true heir of Novron, and finds an old past waiting.

Also in The Crown Conspiracy, The Crown Tower, The Viscount and the Witch, Avempartha, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Nyphron Rising, The disappearance of Winter's daughter, Drumindor, Wintertide

Merrick Marius

Master assassin and spy whose help to the Imperialists the Riyria are sent to put an end to.

Also in Wintertide, Heir of Novron, Rise of Empire

Arista (Riyria Revelations)

Princess searching for the heir of Novron on her own, a hunt that carries her into the newly formed Novronian Empire.

Thrace (Riyria Revelations)

The empire's half-mad puppet heir, whose slow growth into her role as Empress is a thread of the book.

Amilia (Riyria Revelations)

Princess who works with Arista on a scheme to free the rebel leader Degan Gaunt.