Characters in The Shadow of the Torturer

Severian

An apprentice torturer and the novel's narrator, whose claim to perfect memory makes him one of literature's most celebrated unreliable storytellers.

Also in The claw of the conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the new sun, The Complete Book of the New Sun

Agia

A cunning woman who conspires to steal Severian's sword Terminus Est and have him killed.

Also in The claw of the conciliator

Thecla

A noble prisoner whose relationship with Severian precipitates his expulsion from the guild and exile from Nessus.

Dorcas

A mysterious woman Severian pulls from the waters of a garden lake, whose origin and identity become one of the series' quiet mysteries.

Also in The Sword of the Lictor