The Library at Mount Char

Raised by Father in the Library alongside eleven adopted siblings, each trained in their own field of supernatural knowledge; when Father disappears she competes with her siblings for control of his power.

One of Carolyn's siblings; her catalogue is Death — she has died and been resurrected so many times by Father that she exists in a state between life and death.

One of Carolyn's siblings; his catalogue is Animals, and he is more at ease living among and speaking with animals than with people.

One of Carolyn's siblings; her catalogue is healing, and she is responsible for resurrecting her siblings whenever Father kills them.

A former war hero employed by the US government to investigate the family; interviews Steve Hodgson and later assists Carolyn.