Characters in The Warded Man

Rojer

An orphan who loses two fingers to a coreling as a child and is raised as a Jongleur's apprentice, learning a fiddle that can sway demons.

Also in The Desert Spear

Arlen Bales

A farm boy from Tibbet's Brook who becomes a Messenger and a Warder, obsessed with finding a way to fight the corelings instead of hiding from them.

Also in The Desert Spear, The Daylight War, Messenger's Legacy, The Skull Throne, The Core

Leesha

A young woman of Cutter's Hollow whose reputation is ruined by a lie, and who becomes the apprentice of the village Herb Gatherer and a healer.

Also in The Desert Spear

Ragen (Demon Cycle)

A veteran Messenger who finds the injured Arlen on the road, treats his fever, and takes him to Fort Miln.

Bruna (Demon Cycle)

The elderly Herb Gatherer of Cutter's Hollow, who defends Leesha publicly and takes her on as an apprentice.

Gared Cutter

The man Leesha is promised to, whose lie about her ruins her standing in Cutter's Hollow.

Arrick Sweetsong

A Jongleur who takes in the orphaned Rojer as his apprentice, carrying guilt over the night Rojer's parents died.