Characters in Wintertide

Royce Melborn

Master thief and half of Riyria, who sets out to upset the New Empire's Wintertide plans while hunting Merrick Marius.

Also in The Crown Conspiracy, The Crown Tower, The Viscount and the Witch, Avempartha, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Nyphron Rising, The disappearance of Winter's daughter, The Emerald Storm, Drumindor

Hadrian Blackwater

Royce's partner, who must enter the Wintertide tournament in Aquesta as a knight to get near the condemned prisoners.

Also in The Crown Conspiracy, The Crown Tower, The Viscount and the Witch, Avempartha, The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Nyphron Rising, The disappearance of Winter's daughter, The Emerald Storm, Drumindor

Saldur

Bishop and regent of the New Empire, who designs the Wintertide festivities to finish off the empire's opponents.

Merrick Marius

Royce's oldest friend and greatest enemy, whom Royce hunts while the Wintertide celebrations approach.

Also in The Emerald Storm, Heir of Novron, Rise of Empire

Arista Essendon

Princess of Melengar, branded the Witch of Melengar and condemned to public execution at the Wintertide celebration.

Also in Avempartha, Nyphron Rising, Heir of Novron, Rise of Empire, Theft of Swords

Thrace Wood

The farm girl crowned Empress Modina, silent for much of the book while the regency arranges her marriage.

Also in Nyphron Rising, Heir of Novron, Rise of Empire, Theft of Swords

Degan Gaunt

Captured by the New Empire and condemned as a traitor, he is set to be executed alongside Arista at the Wintertide celebration.

Also in Percepliquis, Heir of Novron

Amilia (Riyria)

A former kitchen girl pushed into dangerous court politics, who is the empress's only confidante in the palace.

Gwen DeLancy

The woman Royce loves, whose bond with him draws him toward a life away from Riyria's work.

Also in The rose and the thorn, Death of Dulgath, Heir of Novron, Rise of Empire, Theft of Swords