We Who Will Die
We Who Will DieStacia StarkEmpire of Blood, book 1
Characters in We Who Will Die
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Arvelle Dacien
A sigilmarked "voidborn" from the Thorn district who makes a binding vow to kill the vampire emperor and enters the Sundering arena to do it.
Antagonists
Emperor Vallius Corvus
The ancient vampire emperor, created by the god Umbros, whom Arvelle is bound by vow to kill.
Supporting characters
Tiernon
Arvelle's childhood sweetheart and the Primus charged with protecting the emperor, later revealed as the emperor's second son.
Rorrik
The emperor's sadistic eldest son and heir, part of the love triangle around Arvelle; his true motives stay unclear for most of the book.