Characters in Toll the Hounds

Anomander Rake

Son of Darkness and Lord of the Tiste Andii, wielder of the black sword Dragnipur. His legacy shapes the novel from its opening pages, building toward the climactic, voluntary sacrifice that ends his story.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, Memories of Ice

Kruppe

The garrulous Darujhistani fence who narrates the novel in the cadence of legend rather than history — his comic excess masking a narrator carrying more grief than he lets on.

Also in Gardens of the Moon, Orb Sceptre Throne

Nimander Golit

Anomander Rake's son, leading a small band of young Tiste Andii survivors of Drift Avalii toward Black Coral and a reckoning with the father he barely knows.

Ditch

A mage bound within Dragnipur, dragging the sword's damned wagon through its prison-realm as a storm of Chaos closes in behind the endless procession of the condemned.

Crokus Younghand

Once a young thief in Darujhistan, now going by the name Cutter after years as a hired blade abroad; he returns to the city haunted by loss and searching for purpose.

Also in Gardens of the Moon

Karsa Orlong

The Teblor warrior crosses the Plain of Lamatath with Samar Dev, encounters the mysterious swordsman Traveller, and arrives in Darujhistan for the climactic convergence — a wild, unpredictable force outside the gods' plans.

Also in House of Chains, The Bonehunters, Reaper's Gale

Endest Silann

The oldest surviving Tiste Andii in Anomander Rake's court at Black Coral, whose long grief and quiet faith carry much of the novel's emotional weight.

Also in Forge of Darkness