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TitheHolly BlackThe Modern Faerie Tales, book 1

Characters in Tithe

9 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Kaye Fierch

    A headstrong, sharp-tongued sixteen-year-old who has toured the country with her mother's band and is pulled into the faerie world after returning to her childhood home.

Antagonists

  • Nephamael

    A cruel, manipulative faerie knight who enjoys toying with those around him.

  • Nicnevin (Modern Faerie Tales)

    The beautiful, cruel Unseelie Queen, whose court revives the old tithe.

Supporting characters

  • Spike (Modern Faerie Tales)

    One of Kaye's childhood faerie friends, who distrusts Roiben.

  • Roiben

    A silver-haired faerie knight, feared by many, with a complicated past and a pull toward Kaye that he does not at first understand.

    Also in Ironside

  • Corny (Modern Faerie Tales)

    Cornelius, a comic-book-loving computer geek and one of Kaye's closest friends, who is drawn into the faerie conflict.

    Also in Ironside

  • Janet (Modern Faerie Tales)

    Corny's sister and Kaye's best friend since childhood.

  • Lutie-loo

    A tiny winged faerie and one of Kaye's childhood friends, who helps draw her back into the faerie world.

  • Silarial

    The Seelie Queen, whose motives shape the struggle between the courts.

    Also in Ironside