The Gilded Ones
The Gilded OnesNamina FornaThe Deathless, book 1
Characters in The Gilded Ones
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Deka (Otera)
A sixteen-year-old girl whose blood runs gold instead of red, marking her as one of the near-immortal alaki; she leaves her village to train and fight for the empire.
Supporting characters
Keita
One of the uruni, the male warriors paired with each alaki recruit; he becomes Deka's training partner and, gradually, her love interest.
White Hands
The enigmatic woman who recruits Deka into the alaki army and takes a particular, closely guarded interest in developing her powers.
Adwapa
One of Deka's fellow alaki recruits at the Warthu Bera training ground, and one half of a pair of twin sisters among the trainees.
Britta (Otera)
A fellow impure girl who joins Deka's cohort of alaki recruits at Warthu Bera and becomes one of her closest friends during training.