Kingdom of Ash Study Guide

Demi-Fae originally from Wendlyn, sent to Terrasen to become Aelin's sworn protector. When Terrasen was conquered, he joined the King of Adarlan's armies, eventually becoming General and asking for the Sword of Orynth to wield. Known as the Wolf of the North, in charge of the Bane. Son of Gavriel. Married to Lysandra, Lord of Caraverre.

Was given a black ring by the king. In actuality, he threw the black ring away when he realized there was something strange about it and had a replica made, and he has been working to protect the people of Terrasen as best as he could. Starts working with Ren of Allsbrook and trades information with Chaol. Is arrested by the king for working with the rebels, the king hopes that Aelin will attempt to rescue him. 

Aelin does, in fact, rescue Aedion and the two refresh their relationship. Aedion is at first heart broken that Rowan has already given his blood oath to Aelin, but they decide that Aedion can do it as well. He does not want to do it until she is crowned again. Rowan reveals that Aedion's father is Gavriel, one of Maeve's sworn warriors. Aedion learns from Rowan and the two of them use the hellfire barrels to destroy the black clocktower in Rifthold, returning magic to the land, and are forced to kill the remaining Wyrdhounds in the process. Aedion travels with Aelin to Terrasen. 

When they are refused entrance into Terrasen and Aelin is not allowed to claim her throne, they travel together to the south to collect allies. First stopping in Ilium to visit the temple, then to the Dead Islands to speak to the Pirate Lord Rolfe, where Aedion meets his father Gavriel, and then making their way to the Stone Marshes to find the Lock. After Aelin is taken by Maeve, Aedion will travel with Lysandra (posing as Aelin), the Mycenians, Ansel, Galan, Ilias, and the Whitethorn fleet to Terrasen.

Aedion travels north to Terrasen with the rest of Aelin's forces and meets up with Sol and Ravi of Suria and Ren with the Bane, all of whom will fight with Aelin. Aedion is demoted from commander at one point after a bad loss and has the Sword of Orynth taken from him by Darrow. He continues to fight and stands at Orynth when it is doomed to fall when he is honored by Darrow and given the Sword of Orynth back. He lives through the battle, which is won when Aelin and Dorian arrive with backup forces. He takes the Blood Oath to Aelin when she is crowned queen, in front of the whole court, and later marries Lysandra - becoming Lord of Caraverre. 

Currently holds the Sword of Orynth and the Shield of Orynth.

Queen of Terrasen and the Faerie Queen of the West. Owner of Fleetfoot. Wife and mate of Rowan. Her family was killed by the King of Adarlan in order for him to take control of Terrasen. Her body was not found, but it was believed that she was killed the same night. Really she had been found and trained by the Assassin King Arobynn Hamel.

As Celaena, she ruined a slave trade agreement between Arobynn and the Pirate Lord and freed the slaves. Was beaten by Arobynn and sent to the Red Desert and the SIlent Assassins as punishment. Trained with the Mute Master and saved him (and his son) from being killed by Lord Berick's forces. Unmasked Ansel as Berick's informant but allowed her to leave instead of killing her. Fell in love with Sam and paid both of their debts to Arobynn, leaving the keep and moving in with Sam with the hopes to leave Rifthold together. Arobynn arranged to have Sam killed, Celaena was captured trying to avenge his death and was sent to the salt mines of Endovier. 

Was removed from Endovier to compete for the position of King's Champion. In the process, made friends with Nehemia, Dorian, and Chaol, with a flirty side to her friendship with both Dorian and Chaol. Found the tomb of Gavin and Elena, was given the Eye of Elena by Elena herself, and used Damaris to kill the Ridderak, which was called by Cain and was murdering the competitors. In her final fight with Cain, she was poisoned by Kaltain and nearly beaten, but Nehemia healed her wounds and called Elena to help pull the poison from her body, while Chaol gave her encouragement. After she won the fight, Cain tried to kill her but was stopped and killed by Chaol. She won the position of King's Champion and broke off her flirtation with Dorian, choosing to only be his friend.

Working as King's Champion but is really staging his enemies deaths and allowing them to escape. Begins a relationship with Chaol until he is kidnapped by the rebellion in Rifthold to lure her out to talk to them. While she speaks to them, she finds out that Archer (her most recent target) really is part of the rebellion as is Nehemia. She is told that Nehemia is in danger and Chaol knew but did not tell her, breaking her trust in him. When Nehemia is killed that night, she cannot forgive him. She investigates some hidden crypts beneath the library and finds a creature down there who tries to kill her. She traps and kills the creature with Dorian's help, revealing that she can use Wyrdmarks and he has power. After Nehemia's death, she opens a portal to speak to Nehemia's ghost which allows some demons through, Fleetfoot protects her from the demons, Chaol protects Fleetfoot when she is taken into the portal, and Celaena enters the portal and becomes her Fae self, saving all three of them and revealing her secret to Chaol. Dorian doesn't see any of that but helps Celaena close the portal. She investigates the location of the Wyrdkeys using the riddle in Elena's tomb and finds the location of one, which is empty. She speaks to Mort and they believe that the King has not one, but two of the Wyrdkeys. She is sent Wendlyn to kill the King there, but before she leaves gives information to Chaol (she finally forgives him) that leads him to realize that she is Aelin Galthynius, lost Princess and heir to Terrasen. 

She travels to Wendlyn then up toward Doranelle, where she is intercepted by Maeve and one of her sworn warriors, Rowan, in the outpost Mistward. Maeve will not answer Celaena's question until she is trained by Rowan and Rowan deems Celaena ready. She slowly deals with her grief and learns how to shift on command and control her wildfire, becoming friends with some of the Mistward residents and becoming friends and bonding with Rowan in the process. She and Rowan investigate the strange deaths of several Demi-Fae that were killed by a unknown creature, leading them to discover Adarlan's forces preparing to attack Mistward. During the attack, Celaena holds off three of the king's creatures, which she realizes are Valg princes, who force her to relive the worst moments of her life and take her to the deepest, darkest parts of her soul. She walks through that dark and emerges stronger for it. Rowan gives her access to his magic through their Carranam bond, allowing her to destroy the three Valg princes as well as one in the body of Captain Narrok, but only after Narrok sends her a vision of the future - of Celaena with three wyrdkeys and beloved by her people. She travels with Rowan to see Maeve and barters for Rowan's release from his oath to Maeve, accepting him into her own court instead. She prepares to travel back to Rifthold to get the Amulet of Orynth back from Arobynn, finally accepting her birthrite as Aelin, Queen of Terrasen.

Aelin returns to Rifthold and arranges for Arobynn's murder and fraudelently takes everything as her inheritance, choosing to sell the keep to the assassins that remain there. She frees Aedion as he's about to be executed, repairing their relationship. She takes the Amulet of Orynth, and the Wyrdkey it contains, back from Arobynn. She conspires with the rebels to free Lysandra after she is taken prisoner and is on her way to Morath. She confronts the king and Dorian, possessed by a Valg prince, as Aedion and Rowan destroy the clocktower and return magic. She is able to free Dorian from the influence of the Valg and the two of them work together to overpower his father. She rules in Dorian's stead until he is well enough to take over, before taking her court back to Terrasen. She finally finds and visits Sam's grave. 

She travels with her friends toward Terrasen but is told by one of the remaining Terrasen lords that they do not recognize her as queen. She pivots quickly and travels to Ilium to speak to Brannon in the temple, where she is alerted to the existence of a Lock that will place the Keys back into the Wyrdgate. She then travels to the Dead Islands, where she meets back up with Rowan and Dorian and joins Fenrys and Gavriel, and where she reveals that Rolfe is the heir to the Mycenians and she brokers an alliance with him. She also nearly destroys Skull's Bay when her body is briefly inhabitied by the spirit of Deanna. She takes a quarter of Rolfe's fleet and travels to the Stone Marshes to find the Lock, where she joins up with Manon and Abraxos. And then later Lorcan and Elide, who gives her the Key from Kaltain. And then even later, Ansel of Briarcliff. She and Manon find a mirror instead of a Lock and use it to view Elena's memories, where they discover that Aelin must forge a new Lock and will die in doing so. When they leave the mirror, Aelin is kidnapped by Maeve and taken to Doranelle. 

Aelin fights her way out of Maeve's clutches and is saved by Rowan, Lorcan, Elide, and Gavriel. They join up with Chaol, Nesryn, and the khagan's forces to protect Anielle, preventing them from being washed away in a flood. They travel to Terrasen, helped by the Little Folk, just in time to help Terrasen's forces fight Morath's. She portals in the Lost Fae of Terrasen as well as a fair number of Fae originally from the Southern Continent, who have been living with the Wolf Clans in the north to help fight, giving them the edge and allowing them to win against Morath. With the help of Rowan, Lorcan, and Fenrys, she defeats Maeve and beheads her. She gives up all but the smallest amount of power to send the Gods back to their own world and seal all the other gates to Erilea, which should have killed her but she was able to only give up her mortality and continue to live as full Fae. Gives the Blood Oath to Aedion and, posthumousely, to Gavriel. Crowned by Darrow as Queen of Terrasen and by the Little Folk as the Faerie Queen of the West. Begins to rebuild Terrasen.

Healer and boss of Sorscha, who warns Sorscha not to become involved with Dorian and eventually betrays Sorscha to the king. She was likely killed in the Glass Palace explosion.

Likely dead, and good riddance

Queen of the Western Wastes. Originally of Briarcliff. Her father and sister were killed by a lord seizing all of the surrounding lands, calling himself the High King of the Flatlands. Ansel hid until he and his men were gone, then ran. She met an Ironteeth witch (who did not eat her), who took care of Ansel and sent her to the Silent Assassins. Meets Celaena when they are both training with the Silent Assassins in the Red Desert. Gave Lord Berick inside information about the assassins and the keep to help him destroy the Silent Assassins, in exchange for an army to help her take back Briarcliff. She fought Celaena, Celaena beat her but allowed her to leave instead of killing her. 

Ansel defeated the High King of the Flatlands and has set herself up as Queen of the Western Wastes. When Aelin reached out to her, Ansel took her fleet through Melisande - pretending to be allied with Morath - and taking the capital of Melisande for Aelin. She left half of her forces there in occupation and brought the other half to meet Aelin outside of Eyllwe. Is currently traveling with Aedion, Lysandra (as Aelin), the Mycenians, Galan, Ilias, and the Whitethorn fleet toward Terrasen. 

Fights with Terrasen's forces and loses most of her soldiers when they were killed by Morath. Offers to split the Western Wastes with the witches, giving back all the territory that had originally been claimed by them and ruling over the remainder. 

Courtesan who Celaena met while she was training with Arobynn Hamel. The King of Adarlan gave Celaena his name as a mark, believing he was involved in a growing rebellion in Rifthold. Celaena gave him the option to run but before he was supposed to leave the city, she realized that he really was involved in the rebellion and had hired someone to murder Nehemia. His aim was to depose the King of Adarlan and restore Aelin to the throne of Terrasen. Celaena ended up killing him after he nearly gets her, Chaol, Dorian, and Fleetfoot killed. 

Deceased

Prince of the Southern Continent and eldest child and son of the khagan. An important advisor to his father and spymaster.

Does not sail north.

Assassin King of Rifthold who rescued and trained Celaena to become an assassin. He beat her and sent her to the Red Desert as punishment after she ruined a slave trade agreement for him. He later arranged to have Sam killed and Celaena imprisoned, but only after he broke Celaena down as much as he could. 

He killed his bodyguard Wesley after Wesley killed Rourke Farran to avenge Sam's death. 

While being tortured by the Valg princes, Celaena realizes that she was wearing the Amulet of Orynth when she was found by Arobynn, though she has not seen it first. She plans to travel to Rifthold to get it back. 

Works with Aelin to free Aedion, in exchange for a Valg demon he can question. He uses the information he receives to try to bind Aelin to him with the black ring, but she out witted him and slipped him a fake. She takes back the Amulet of Orynth and that night, arranges to have Lysandra kill him in his sleep. Aelin uses a fake will to inherit everything, but sells the keep back to the assassins. 

Ironteeth Witch and former Matron of the Yellowlegs Clan. She gives Celaena some needed information about Wyrdmarks and Wyrdkeys. When she offers to sell Celaena information about Prince Dorian, Celaena kills her to keep Dorian safe. 

Was an accomplished fortune teller. 

Deceased

Melisande business man. Leighfer's ex-husband who Celaena is hired to assassinate in her last job for Arobynn. 

Deceased

Grand-daughter and heir of Houlun and hearth-sister of Sartaq. Betrothed to Yeran. Bonded to the ruk, Arcas. With her betrothed, saves Nesryn and Sartaq from the kharankui. 

Flies north with Nesryn and Sartaq, even flying over Aelin in the final battle with Yeran and Falkan to protect her. Returns to the Southern Continent with Sartaq and Nesryn.

Legendary Fae King and founder of Terrasen, father of Elena. Unclaimed by either his mother or father, but the goddess Mala bestowed her wildfire upon him. Gifted his son-in-law Gavin lands which he used to become the First King of Adarlan. Was very powerful. 

During the war with the Valg, Brannon used his wildfire to hold back the Valg princes and contain them. He then traveled with his closest friend Athril to return the three Wyrdkeys to their places in the Wyrdgate but was intercepted by Maeve, who wanted the keys for herself and killed Athril trying to obtain them. Brannon escaped with the keys and hid them, hiding one inside a pendant necklace that he had made: the Amulet of Orynth, which he gave to his descendants to help protect them from Maeve. 

Brannon and his wife Mala had worked together to create a Lock that would reunite the Wyrdkeys with the Wyrdgate and allow them to expel Erawan from Erilea. They would also send the gods back to their own lands before sealing the Gate again. However, this Lock could only be used once and was used by Elena to seal Erawan in his tomb. 

Deceased

Crochan witch and Manon's cousin on her paternal side. Fights with Manon at the Battle of Orynth and travels with her to the Western Wastes.

Weaponsmaster and palace guard who trains the competitors in the running for King's Champion. 

Working with Chaol and the rebels, trying to keep an eye on Dorian and Aedion and keep them as safe as possible. Is caught by the king and executed.

Deceased

Contestant competing to become the King's Champion, an assassin from the White Fang Mountains chosen by Duke Perrington and the frontrunner of the competition. Was calling the Ridderak, which was murdering the other contestants and making him stronger. Was in the final two contestants with Celaena, and he almost beat her, but she won with the help of Elena and Nehemia. He was killed by Chaol when he tried to murder Celaena after the fight. 

Used to have a black ring that matched Duke Perrington, possibly given to Roland of Meah.

Deceased

Hand of the King and best friend of Dorian, Lord of Anielle. Married to Yrene, whose life is tied to his. Expecting his first child.

Went with Dorian to retrieve Celaena from the salt mines of Endovier and trains with her during the competition to get her back into shape, but he does not trust her. At some points, he develops feelings for her and encourages her during her final fight with Cain, although he is not allowed to help her. After the fight when Cain tries to kill Celaena, Cain kills him. The first time he killed a person. 

Begins a relationship with Celaena. He is later kidnapped by the rebellion in Rifthold to lure Celaena into talking to them and it is revealed that he knew someone had threatened Nehemia, he knew that the King wanted to speak to Nehemia that night, and he had not told Celaena. She no longer trusts Chaol and when Nehemia is killed that night, she cannot forgive him. When Dorian is warned by Gavin that Celaena is going to do something stupid, he collects Chaol and they run to find her opening a portal to speak to Nehemia's ghost. He protects Fleetfoot when she is taken into the portal and fights the demons until Celaena comes in and uses her Fae magic to save them all. He keeps Celaena's secret but tries to find a way for her to get out of Rifthold to keep her safe. He arranges to have her sent to Wendlyn and after she leaves, realizes that Celaena is the lost Princess of Terrasen, Aelin Galathynius. 

He prepares to take his place as his father's heir in Anielle and searches for a replacement as Captain of the Guard. Tracks Aedion and discovers that he is working against the king with the rebels. He trades information with them and works with Dorian to figure out how the king stopped the magic in Adarlan. He is called with Aedion, Dorian, and Sorscha to a meeting with the king, in which Aedion is arrested for working with rebels and Sorscha is executed as a traitor. Chaol finally makes his choice, calling Dorian his king, and is almost executed by the king but Dorian attacks his father and helps Chaol to escape. He takes Fleetfoot, Damaris, and some magic books to the safe house where he meets Ren. He throws his Captain of the Guard sword into the river, washing away his previous alliances.

He starts working with the rebels in Rifthold, rescuing and evacuating prisoners set up for execution. It's a rough road, but he ends up finally being okay around Aelin. He helps to rescue Lysandra and almost gets himself killed when he tries to get to Dorian. Works with Aelin to restore magic (his hypothesis works) and is nearly killed by the King of Adarlan, only saved by the Eye of Elena. He ends up paralyzed and is ordered by his new king, Dorian, to travel to the Southern Continenet and see if he can be healed there. Is given the role of emissary by Aelin and is told to get them allies for the coming fight. 

Travels to Antica on the Southern Continent with Nesryn and forges a relationship with the khagan and his family, as best as he can. Manages to find a healer that mostly heals his spine and whom he falls in love with and marries before traveling north. Manages to bring healers, foot soldiers, Darghan, Rukhin, and ships from the khagan to fight with Aelin and Dorian's forces. 

With the khagan's forces and the soldiers in Anielle, outlasts a siege by Morath and is eventually joined by Aelin's small group to beat Morath. Stands up to his father, gives some of Aelin's land back to the wild men of the Fang to recruit them to help the armies through the mountains to Terrasen and to fight with them when they arrive. Fights in the Battle of Orynth. Returns to Rifthold with Dorian and Yrene. 

Madam who has Lysandra in her servitude. When Arobynn is killed and Aelin inherits everything, she gives Clarisse only enough money to pay off Arobynn's debts to her. Clarisse knows she was screwed. Later, Aelin makes sure that Lysandra has enough money to free herself and Evangeline. 

Stygian spider who leads Manon and Dorian to a Crochan witch camp and inadvertently teaches Dorian how to shift, using the power that she stole from Falkan Ennar.

Deceased

Husband to Georgina, father of Dorian and Hollin. Likely holds two Wyrdkeys. When Celaena was caught, he did not allow her to be seen during her trial and sentenced her in a closed session. Sent her to the salt mines of Endovier. 

Held a competition to find his Champion, who would get rid of his enemies for him. Celaena Sardothien was brought out of the salt mines to compete and won the position. The King of Adarlan knew that Duke Perrington was manipulating Kaltain. 

Has a black ring that matches a ring worn by Duke Perrington and Roland of Meah. Uses Celaena to kill anyone who speaks against him, does not know that she is only staging their deaths. Sends Celaena to Wendlyn. 

It is discovered that he has been creating wyvern and he asks the Ironteeth for an alliance, allowing them to use the wyvern as mounts. They will fight for him, then use the wyvern to reclaim the Western Wastes. Has also released the Valg princes, who roam around in bodies that do not belong to them wearing collars that allow the king some level of control over them. When an enslaved girl starts a revolt in the Calaculla work camp, he has everyone in the Calaculla and Endovier camps killed. He has Aedion imprisoned for working with the rebels and Sorscha killed for relaying information to rebels. He calls for Chaol's execution as well, though Chaol escapes. He fights Dorian and brings out a collar for his own son. 

When Dorian and Aelin fight and overpower the king, he reveals that he has been posessed by a Valg Prince for years (since before Dorian was born). He was trapped by Duke Perrington, who also was possessed at the same time, by Erawan. He tells them that he put up the towers to protect Dorian, Erawan hates all Havilliards and all Galathyniuses. Aelin is unsure whether or not to believe the king's story, Dorian kills his father in the explosion that destroys the palace.

When Dorian and Aelin attempt to reforge the Lock together, he shows up to take Dorian's place and save his son's life. He explains that he is also nameless, since Erawan has erased it from history. He gives up his eternal soul to reforge the Lock. Dorian realizes how hard his father fought against Erawan and forces Erawan to give his name back before he is killed.

Deceased and spirit destroyed

King of Adarlan. Best friend of Chaol Westfall. In a relationship with Manon, Queen of the Witches. Chose to bring Celaena out of Endovier to be his competitor for King's Champion. Started to have feeling for Celaena but she ended their flirtation when she won the competition. Gave Celaena Fleetfoot as a puppy. 

Is jealous of the blossoming relationship between Chaol and Celaena. Hesitant ally of Nehemia. In a moment of fear and anger, he realizes that he has magic. Follows Celaena into the crypts below the library and helps her kill the creature that chases her, realizing that she can use Wyrdmarks and revealing that he has power. Is visited in a dream by Gavin who warns him that Celaena is going to do something stupid, collects Chaol, and runs to find her opening a portal to speak to Nehemia's ghost. He is knocked out and does not see Celaena in her Fae form, but uses his power to help close the portal. Takes guardianship of Fleetfoot when Celaena leaves for Wendlyn. 

Dorian starts training with the guards and becomes romantically entangled with Sorscha, the healer who has healed Dorian and his friends on several occasions without reporting the strange injuries to her boss. Sorscha helps Dorian find a way to keep his magic contained to protect him from his father. Dorian performs some tests with Chaol to try to decipher how the king got rid of the magic in Adarlan, telling Chaol that he is prepared to help Celaena in any way he can, going against his father. Later, he is called before his father with Chaol, Sorscha, and Aedion. Aedion is imprisoned and Sorscha is killed as a traitor. Chaol is nearly killed but Dorian unleashes his magic on his father, clearing a way for Chaol to escape. He fights his father, who suspected he had magic, but his father is stronger and more practiced and brings out a collar for Dorian which would allow the king to control him. 

His father puts a collar on him, allowing his body to be occupied by a Valg Prince. Dorian fights for control but it is slowly wrested away from him. Aelin originally plans to kill Dorian, believing that there is no other recourse, but Manon sends her a message that Dorian is still inside his body and reachable. Aelin slips the golden ring on Dorian, allowing him to regain control of his body and break the collar. Together, they fight Dorian's father. Dorian's power explodes from him, breaking the glass portion of the palace and sending the glass shards towards Rifthold, but they are stopped by Aelin. Aelin takes control of Rifthold while Dorian is recovering, relinquishing control to him when he is capable of ruling. He promotes Chaol to his Hand of the King and sends him to the Southern Continent and revokes his control of any countries his father conquered. 

Rowan has said he's never seen anything like the depths of Dorian's power.

Dorian is in Rifthold when the city is sacked by the Ironteeth witches, Rowan arrives to help get him to safety. Dorian is named an enemy of Adarlan by "King Perrington". They travel to the Dead Islands, where they meet back up with Aelin and broker an alliance with Rolfe. They then move towards the Stone Marshes, where Dorian spots Abraxos and a grieviously injured Manon (who he later sleeps with). Once they join forces with Ansel, Galan, and Ilias, and Aelin is taken by Maeve, Dorian takes possession of their two Wyrdkeys. He travels with Manon and the Thirteen to the Western Wastes to raise the Crochan witches before traveling to Terrasen. 

Travels with Manon and the Thirteen as they search for the Crochan witches and learns how to shapeshift from a Stygian spider. Travels to Morath alone to find the last Wyrdkey. Makes a deal with Maeve, finds the key, takes the key, betrays Maeve, and flies away as a wyvern with all three keys to find Aelin. Helps Aelin to close the gate, though she pushes him to safety before it is done and his place is taken by his father's spirit instead. Travels north to Terrasen with Aelin and the khaganate to fight at Orynth, helping to lure Erawan into a trap and kill him, but not until he first retrieves his father's name from being lost. Several ruk riders petition him to stay in Adarlan to raise and train a clutch of wyvern eggs they found, which he grants but he asks the witches to help them to ensure he can continue to see Manon. They may end up getting married one day. Travels to Adarlan with Chaol and Yrene. 

Fae in Doranelle who helped Elide to locate Cairn's position and form a plan to infiltrate the camp and free Aelin. Essar's sister. 

Duke of Morath. Came with Dorian and Chaol to retrieve Celaena from the salt mines of Endovier. Conspires with Kaltain Rompier to get rid of Celaena and convince Kaltain to poison her before her final fight with Cain. When Celaena wins, he blames the whole thing on Kaltain and he is not punished. It is later revealed that he had been using power on Kaltain to manipulate her. 

Has a matching black ring with the King of Adarlan and Roland of Meah. He has Kaltain brought to Morath, presumably so he can marry her. 

Half of the Ironteeth witches are sent to Morath to meet up with Duke Perrington. He starts to expirament on the witches, sewing onyx pieces into their abdomens to allow them to carry children for the Valg. He is conducting other expiraments as well, below the mountains. The King of Adarlan reveals that Erawan has already been released and resides within Duke Perrington.

Erawan has since cast off Duke Perrington's body. 

Deceased

Princess of the Southern Continent and middle daughter of the khagan. Recently married in an arranged marriage and pregnant with her first child. Upon her marriage, was sent a disguised ring by Erawan and was possessed by a Valg Princess. While possessed, she killed her younger sister and an acolyte from the Torre Cesme. The Valg was purged from her body by Yrene. Both her and her baby are healthy after the Valg is gone. 

Does not sail north.

Princess of Terrasen and first Queen of Adarlan. Daughter of the Fae King Brannon, wife of King Gavin. With the help of Gavin, defeated Erawan, the Valg King. Her spirit comes to Celaena after Celaena finds Elena's tomb. Gives Celaena the Eye of Elena necklace, assists her with some challenges, and encourages Celaena to end the evil within the castle. During Celaena's final fight with Cain, Elena takes the poison from Celaena's body and holds off his demons, allowing Celaena to defeat Cain. 

While legend says that Elena and her husband Gavin defeated Erawan, Aelin receives information that indicates that is untrue. They were not able to kill him, instead incapacitating him using the Eye of Elena for long enough to seal him within a sarcophagus, within a mountain tomb. It is revealed that the Eye of Elena is a Lock that needs to be used to reinsert the Wyrdkeys into the Gate in order to send Erawan as well as the gods back to their own lands. It can only be used once and when Elena used it to seal Erawan into his tomb, she ruined their plans. As punishment, Elena must show Aelin how to reforge the Lock, which will kill Aelin. Elena is the reason Aelin lived through the assassination attempt, keeping her from dying of hypothermia and alerting Arobynn to her location. She helped Nehemia bring Dorian and Aelin together, and encouraged Nehemia to give her own life to spur Aelin's actions. As penance for not taking Aelin to reforge the Lock immediately, instead allowing Aelin the chance to have a life first, Elena will cease to exist once her task is done and the Lock is remade. She will not go on to any afterlife where she would see her family. 

When Aelin reforges the Lock and seals the Wyrdgate, she barters for Elena to remain with her family in the afterlife. Deanna takes Elena and destroys her anyway, causin Aelin to return the gods to their own realm but open a portal to a realm of monsters before sealing them inside. 

Deceased and her spirit destroyed

Lady of Peranth, married to Lorcan Salvaterre. 

After her mother, Marion, was killed protecting Aelin and her father, Cal, was killed during the Adarlan's attack on Terrasen. She had been taken by her father's brother, Vernon Lochan, who stole her title and seat of power and did not give her any freedom. He brings her to Morath, where she is shackled at all times. She learns from Manon that she has at least a little bit of witch heritage, Manon can taste in in her blood, likely from her mother. She spies for Manon, finding out what is happening with the witch coven used by the duke for his expiraments. She is kidnapped by her uncle, who plans to have her expiramented on as well, but is rescued by Manon. In the rescue, Kaltain gives Elide a Wyrdkey and sends her to find Celaena (Aelin). Manon drops Elide off in Oakwald and points her toward Terrasen, telling her that Aelin and Aedion are on their way there. Elide and Manon are the only living people to know she has a Wyrdkey.

She meets up with Lorcan, who saves her from the ilken, and the two start traveling together with a troupe of performers. Once their identies are revealed, they break away from the troupe and travel toward Eyllwe, trying to find Aelin. Once they find Aelin, Elide is nearly killed by Fenrys (accidentally), before she is healed and a truce is called. She gives the Wyrdkey to Aelin - joining Aelin's group. She offers Lorcan a place in her home should he ever need it. Later, when Aelin is taken, she is furious at Lorcan but the two of them travel with Rowan and Gavriel to rescue Aelin. 

Helps to rescue Aelin before helping with the siege at Anielle. Travels north with the khaganate, helping Yrene and the healers as they travel and fight. Comes up with a clever idea in Orynth, which leads to them tricking Erawan, trapping Erawan, and killing Erawan. Serves as a handmaiden when Aelin is crowned Queen and later marries Lorcan, who gives up his immortality and ties his life to hers.

Demi-Fae who lives at Mistward, mate to Malakai. Works in the kitchens and knew Aelin's mother before she went to Terrasen. Is a story-keeper, telling the stories and the legends of the Fae. Is considered a friend by Aelin.

Rowan's cousin who abandoned Maeve to ally himself with Rowan and Aelin's forces.

King of the Valg who came through the gate with his two brothers to find Maeve. He was "killed" by Elena and Gavin. Aelin learns that this is untrue, they were unable to kill him but did manage to incapacitate him using the Eye of Elena for long enough to lock him away in a sarcophagus inside a sealed mountain tomb. Unfortunately, that mountain tomb was in Morath, and the guardians of the tomb eventually led to Duke Perrington, who freed Erawan somehow and was possessed by him. Erawan has cast off the body of Duke Perrington and has since taken a much more attractive body for himself. He is now going around as King Perrington.

Teams up with Maeve though he doesn't completely trust her. That wedge is eventually widened by Aelin and Erawan is able to be lured away by Elide and Lysandra so that Dorian and Yrene can kill him. 

Deceased for real this time

Healer at the Torre Cesme and Yrene's immediate advisor. Sails north with the khaganate to heal during the war. Sails back to the Southern Continent with Sartaq and Nesryn.

Fae in Doranelle who helped Elide to locate Cairn's position and form a plan to infiltrate the camp and free Aelin. Dresenda's sister. Past lover of Lorcan. 

Mother of Aelin, who was killed along with her husband so the King of Adarlan could take control of Terrasen. Originally from Wendlyn. 

Protected Aelin, keeping her from Maeve and from Maeve's spies. Gave Aelin the Amulet of Orynth the night that she was killed. 

Deceased

Ward of Lysandra, who was sold into servitude with Clarisse but Lysandra scarred her face so she would never have to do the work. As a punishment, the cost of Evangeline was added to Lysandra's debt to Clarisse. Aelin makes sure that Lysandra has enough money to free both herself and Evangeline from Clarisse and Evangeline accompanies the others to Terrasen. 

During the Battle of Orynth, she becomes a runner for Darrow who really likes the girl. She makes him realize his mistakes, leading to his acknowledging Lysandra as Lady of Caraverre, returning the Sword of Orynth to Aedion, crowning Aelin as Queen of Terrasen, and making Evangeline his heir. 

Merchant who sold twenty years of his life to the stygian spiders in exchange for some of their spidersilk. Gave Celaena a square of the silk after speaking to her in the Red Desert. Shapeshifter and uncle to Lysandra, though they've never met, he's been searching for her for years. Travels to the Southern Continent to discover how to kill the stygian spiders in order to regain the twenty years he gave away. Becomes friends with Nesryn and Borte. Helps Nesryn and Sartaq to sneak into the kharankui's nest and saves their lives more than once. Travels north with Chaol and Nesryn when they leave the Southern Continent. 

Fights with the khaganate during the Siege of Anielle and traveling with them to fight at the War of Orynth. Flies over Aelin with Borte and Yeran to protect the queen during the battle. Introduces himself to Lysandra as her uncle and telling her about her father after the battle is done. Stays in Terrasen with his family and regains his power and the twenty years of his life when Dorian kills the spider who took it. 

Warrior sworn to Aelin, can shift into a light colored wolf. Has the ability to teleport, but it is draining so it must be used sparingly. His twin brother, Connall, swore himself to Maeve and Fenrys followed to protect his brother but has always hated the bond. Comes to Rowan's aid at Mistward when they are called. 

Is sent by Maeve with Gavriel to track and kill Lorcan, but becomes allied with Aelin and enjoys seeing how relationships can be different than what Maeve has. Until he is forced to return to Maeve, he helps Aelin and her friends, including fighting against Maeve's armada. When Maeve kidnaps Aelin, she takes Fenrys with her, knowing that it is more of a punishment for him to stay bonded with her than to be set free, like Gavriel and Lorcan. 

Is with Aelin as she is tortured by Cairn and Maeve and they form a bond. Watches his brother Connall kill himself as punishment for Fenrys. When Cairn nearly kills Aelin, Fenrys destroys the bond he has with Maeve to save Aelin, which would kill him except Aelin gave him the Blood Oath to her in order to save his life. Is rescued by Rowan and Gavriel when they come to save Aelin. Travels with Aelin to help during the Siege of Anielle and fights with her during the Battle of Orynth. Faces Maeve with Aelin, Lorcan, and Rowan, stabbing Maeve with Goldryn and allowing Aelin to behead Maeve, ending the war. Stays in Terrasen with Aelin and Rowan.

Crown Prince of Wendlyn, beloved by his people. He takes part in the blockade against Adarlan. 

When a missive arrives for him from Aelin, asking for his help, he brings of fleet of longboats to ally with her forces. He arrives outside of Eyllwe just after Aelin was taken by Maeve and believes that Lysandra is Aelin. Traveling with Ilias, Aedion, Lysandra (posing as Aelin), Ansel, the Mycenians, and the Whitethorn fleet toward Terrasen. 

Fights with Aedion against Morath from the first battle to the last, finally meeting his cousin Aelin after the battle is done. Sails back to Wendlyn.

First King of Adarlan, which was gifted to him by King Brannon, and husband to Elena. Founder of House Havilliard. Holder of Damaris. With the help of Elena, defeated Erawan the Valg King. 

Aelin finds evidence that Elena and Gavin did not actually kill Erawan, as the legends say. They could not kill him but were able to incapacitate him using the Eye of Elena and entrap him inside a sarcophagus inside a mountain tomb.

Deceased

Fae warrior posthumously sworn to Aelin to honor his death. Can turn into a mountain lion. Aedion's father, who died protecting his son.

Was sent with Fenrys to track Lorcan down and kill him. Met with Rowan and Aelin in Skull's Bay and teamed up to find Lorcan, agreeing to help Aelin on the way. They fight together at Skull's Bay and then travel toward the Stone Marshes to find the Lock, where they see Lorcan. Gavriel and Fenrys attack him, but Aelin puts Lorcan under her protection, allowing Gavriel and Fenrys some leeway from Maeve's orders. They fight with Rowan against Maeve for as long as they can, although Gavriel cherishes his honor and his vow to Maeve, he wants a relationship with Aedion more. When Maeve calls Gavriel to her side, she severs their bond specifically to punish Gavriel. When Maeve takes Aelin prisoner, Gavriel travels with Rowan, Elide, and Lorcan to rescue her. 

Helps rescue Fenrys and Aelin, traveling with Aelin to fight in the Siege of Anielle and the Battle of Orynth. Dies protecting his son and sealing the Western Gate when it was breached by Morath's soldiers. Was not given the Blood Oath before, because Aelin wanted to offer it to Aedion first, but she gave it to Gavriel after his death in order to honor his sacrifice for the good of Terrasen. 

Deceased

Crochan witch and Manon's great-grandmother, who helps Manon win the trust of the Crochan witches and eventually secure her crown as Queen of the Witches. 

One of the contestants vying for the position of King's Champion, an assassin who stayed close to Cain. Was eliminated from the contest. Was hired to kill Nehemia by Archer Finn and later killed by Celaena.

Deceased

Healer on High of the Torre Cesme. She is taken hostage by Duva but fights back and goes to get help once Duva is distracted by Yrene and Chaol. Helps incapacitate Duva and to bring Chaol back to life, as well as heal him as much as possible. 

Sails north to heal during the war. Gives Yrene her blessing to start a Torre Cesme in the north before sailing back to the Southern Continent with Sartaq and Nesryn. 

Eldest Princess of the Southern Continent and daughter of the khagan. In charge of the khagan's armadas. Partner of Renia. Travels north with a portion of the armadas' ships to fight with Aelin and Dorian's forces. Returns to the Southern Continent after the war with Sartaq and Nesryn.

Prince of Adarlan, son of the King of Adarlan and his wife, Georgina. Younger brother of Dorian. Currently heir to Erawan, who is posing as King Perrington.

Hearth-mother of the Eridun, a tribe of Rukhin. Grandmother of Borte. Hearth-mother to Sartaq. Tells Sartaq and Nesryn legends of the kharankui, the Fae, and the Valg from the mountains the Eridun live in. 

Crime Lord of Rifthold killed by Celaena Sardothien after his second in command killed her boyfriend, Sam. 

Deceased

Ironteeth witch, heir to the Yellowlegs clan. While none of the Ironteeth witches are considered friendly, Iskra seems excessively unlikeable and has a real problem with Manon in particular. During war games when the witches were told not to kill each other, Iskra gave her wyvern the kill order while attacking Petrah and her wyvern. Petrah's wyvern did not livewhile Petrah only survived because Manon saved her. 

During the sack of Rifthold, Manon kills one of Iskra's coven members. Iskra demands recompense and a trial is held. As punishment, one of Manon's coven members is to be killed and the Blackbeak Matron names Asterin. Instead of allowing Asterin to be killed, Manon frees her and commands the Thirteen to run, nearly being killed by her grandmother in the process. 

Yskra leads the Ironteeth forces for Morath, including in the Battle of Orynth. When the Ironteeth witches who fight with Manon arrive, Petrah targets Yskra and kills her and her wyvern. 

Deceased

Servant in the khagan's palace under Sartaq's employ, tasked to take care of Chaol while he is housed in the palace. 

Previous lady-in-waiting to Queen Georgina. New in Rifthold and wants to marry Dorian, using Duke Perrington to get close to him. Works with Perrington to drug Celaena in the final fight between Celaena and Cain. When Celaena wins, Perrington blames the whole thing on Kaltain. She is taken to the dungeons. We learn later that Perrington was using power to manipulate Kaltain, causing her headaches and fatigue, which they blamed on her opium addiction. 

She is told that she is going to marry Perrington and is taken from the dungeons to Morath. When last seen by Celaena in the dungeons, she complained of headaches and flapping wings. She believes that Perrington wants her, but not to be his wife. 

Kaltain is seen again in Morath wearing a black collar and sporting a nasty scar along one arm. Duke Perrington has been conducting expiraments using Kaltain's shadowfire, which he believes could kill an entire army with the right resources. At this point, she is not quite able to destroy a village. Kaltain fights against the Valg Prince within her and destroys him, regaining control of herself. She facilitates in the rescue of Elide, taking Elide's place and giving Elide the Wyrdkey contained within the scar on her arm. She uses her shadowfire to destroy several of the Valg, the witches who'd been expiramented on, their offspring, a third of the keep, and herself. 

Deceased

Youngest Prince of the Southern Continent and son of the khagan. In charge of the khagan's land forces and Darghun. Friends with Yrene but would like it to be romantic, but she turned him down. Did not travel north with the others but believes that he will end up fighting with them eventually.

Travels north with the second wave of ships sailing to fight and joins his siblings just after the Siege of Orynth. Sails back to the Southern Continent with Sartaq and Nesryn.

Melisande business woman. Doneval's ex-wife who hires Celaena to assassinate Doneval because he is trying to get into business in the slave trade. Betrayed Celaena, it was actually her who was getting into the slave trade. Bought Celaena's Asterion mare, Kasida.

Demi-Fae warrior sworn to serve Aelin. The most powerful Demi-Fae alive, equal in power to Rowan. Married to Elide, Lord of Perranth. 

He follows Aelin to Rifthold, and is followed by Rowan. He tells them that he does not want Maeve to find the whereabouts of the Wyrdkeys, for her own good, so he is here on his own accord but still in service to Maeve. He trades the golden ring for the Amulet of Orynth, but is given a fake amulet. Aelin traps him in the sewer where he has to fight several Valg commanders and a Wyrdhound, proving that they can be killed. Once they have a scent, it is believed that the other hounds pursue him and he is forced to kill them all, though that is not true. Instead, he turned them onto Rowan's scent. Even so, he discovers who Aedion's father is and comes to save them when they're nearly killed in the tunnels trying to bring the tower down. Later, he takes the golden ring back from Dorian before disappearing. 

He follows Elide in Oakwald Forest and eventually saves her from ilken. They travel together and the two of them slowly develop feeling for each other, Elide eventually offering a home to Lorcan should he ever need it. They travel toward Eyllwe and Aelin, where Lorcan warns Aelin and her friends of an impending ilken attack. After a truce is called and Gavriel and Fenrys do not need to immediately kill Lorcan on Maeve's orders, they all fight for Aelin against Maeve's forces for as long as they can. Once Maeve calls them back, she severs her bond with Lorcan because she knows it will hurt him the most, but it doesn't hurt as much because he is so focused on saving Elide. And after Aelin is taken by Maeve, although Elide is furious and blames Lorcan, he travels with Elide, Rowan, and Gavriel toward Doranelle to save Aelin. 

Helps to save Aelin and Fenrys before traveling to fight in the Siege of Anielle and the Battle of Orynth. Helps Aelin, Rowan, and Fenrys to kill Maeve, ending the battle and winning the war. Later marries Elide and becomes Lord Lorcan Lochan. Stays in Terrasen with Aelin and Rowan, specifically in Perranth with Elide.

Lord in the Red Desert in charge of the city of Xandria, who tries to kill the Mute Master and get rid of the SIlent Assassins. Works with Ansel for inside information.

Demi-Fae who works in the kitchens of Mistward. Fights in the tunnels against the Valg prince and is considered a friend by Aelin.

The supposed mate of Rowan, who was killed while pregnant with their child. However, they were not really mates, it was a ploy by Maeve who arranged for Lyria's murder specifically to break Rowan. 

Deceased

A courtesan and a previous irritant to Aelin. Shape-shifter. Lady of Caraverre. Married to Aedion. Has been given lands and a title within Terrasen after buying her freedom and the freedom of Evangline from Clarisse. Guardian of Evangeline. Niece of Ennar Falkan.

Arobynn bids on and wins her "bidding", when men bid on taking her virginity. 

Lysandra helps Aelin, revealing that she had been in love with Wesley and considered Sam a friend before Arobynn had both of them killed. Aelin gives her the honor of killing Arobynn, which she does. She facilitates the escape of Aedion before he is executed. She is later imprisoned for being a magic user and placed in a prison wagon to be sent to Morath, but is rescued by Aelin and her friends. When magic is returned, she shifts into a snow leopard and kills several Valg demons, saving the lives of Rowan, Aedion, and Lorcan. 

Travels with Aelin towards Terrasen but after they are denied entrance and Aelin is not allowed to claim her throne, they send Evangeline with Murtaugh and Fleetfoot for her safety and go south to gather allies. They travel first to Ilium, where Lysandra is able to study the form of Sea Dragons, and then to Skull's Bay, where Lysandra plays a pivotal part in a sea battle against Morath. She shifts into a sea dragon and kills the better part of five sea wyverns. This also serves as a symbol to the Mycenians, who legend says will not return until the sea dragons are seen again. They later travel to the Stone Marshes, picking up Manon and Abraxos on the way. Lysandra is able to study Abraxos and can shift into a wyvern as well. She fights against Maeve as a sea dragon and when Aelin is taken, shifts into the shape of Aelin to impersonate her for as long as possible - possibly forever. She travels to Terrasen with Aedion (who is mad at her), Ansel, Ilias, Galan, the Mycenians, and the Whitethorn fleet. 

Travels and fights with Aedion's army, pretending to be Aelin and Rowan both to confuse their enemies. Fights for the entirety of the Battle of Orynth, being a large part of the reason they did not lose before Aelin could arrive with reinforcements. Is part of the plot with Elide and Yrene that kills Erawan. After the war is over, she serves as a handmaiden when Aelin is crowned and then marries Aedion. 

One of three legendary Fae sister-queens, ancestor of Aelin and the Ashryver family. Could shift into a swan and gave up her immortality to marry a mortal man. Was rumored to be made into a goddess, Deanna, Lady of the Hunt but it has come out that Deanna is actually from a different world and traveled here through the Wyrdgate, getting trapped here. 

It is discovered that Maeve planted herself in the memories of Mab and Mora because she is a Valg Queen instead of their Fae sister. 

Dance master who trained Celaena how to dance, even agreeing to continue her tutelage after she broke from Arobynn. She worked with Aelin and Arobynn to help free Aedion before his execution, swearing to join Aelin in her new court one day. 

Queen of the Witches, ruling in the Western Wastes over Crochan and Ironteeth witches alike. Previous heir to the Blackbeak clan of Ironteeth witches. Leader of her own coven called The Thirteen. Claims Abraxos as her wyvern and becomes Wing Leader of all the Ironteeth witches, now deposed. During the war games, she saves the life of Petrah (the Blueblood heir), who's wyvern was killed by Iskra (the Yellowlegs heir) even though they were supposed to avoid killing each other. She and half of the Ironteeth host fly to meet Duke Perrington in Morath while the second half stays in the mountains, lead by Iskra. 

She is forced to choose a coven of witches to be expiramented on by Duke Perrington but regrets it even before she does it (she didn't really choose, the coven volunteered their service). She begins to have doubts about her grandmother and the other Clan Matrons, even before she learns a difficult truth about Asterin's past. She takes Elide under her protection as a witch, rescuing her from a dungeon cell and removing her from Morath as soon as she realized that Vernon had entrapped her. She fought Aelin and the two of them destroy a temple but Aelin gets the upper hand when the temple roof collapses on Manon. Manon nearly dies but Aelin returns to her and pulls her out of the rubble, saving her life. Manon alerts Aelin that Dorian is still inside his body, repaying the life debt that she owed.

She travels to Rifthold when it is being sacked and saves Dorian's life, allowing him to get to safety, and killing several Yellowlegs witches in the process. Afterward, Iskra calls for a trial and one of Manon's coven members is to be killed as recompense. The Blackbeak Matron chooses Asterin but instead of allowing Asterin to be killed, Manon frees her and yells at the Thirteen to flee while she fights her grandmother. Her grandmother nearly kills her, revealing that her father was a Crochan prince in the process. She tells Manon that the last Crochan witch she killed was her own half-sister, she is the last of the Crochan royal line, but Manon is able to get away and is rescued by a waiting Abraxos, who takes her to Dorian and Aelin. She travels with them to the Stone Marshes where Manon meets with Ansel of Briarcliff, Queen of the Western Wastes, and Aelin tries to get them to split the Wastes between them. Manon goes into the witch mirror with Aelin, learning that Aelin must give her own life to recreate the Lock. When they leave the mirror and are transported to Maeve's location, Aelin descreetly passes the Keys to Manon for safekeeping. She later gives them to Dorian after Aelin is taken by Maeve. She and the Thirteen, who found her thanks to Abraxos' help, decide to travel to the Wastes with Dorian to try to gather Crochan forces and unite the two witch sides before then taking Dorian and the Keys to Terrasen. 

Travels with Dorian and the Thirteen to find and recruit Crochan witches. She kills the Yellowlegs matron in the Crochan camp and flies to Terrasen's aid when called, being crowned Queen of the Crochans and lighting the Flame of War to call the Crochans to fight. Convinces a portion of the Ironteeth witches, Petrah included, to desert and join Terrasen's forces. Makes a deal with Ansel to split the Western Wastes - the witches get the land that originally belonged to them while Ansel gets the remainder. Fights with the witches during the Battle of Orynth. After the Thirteen sacrifice themselves, the Western Wastes bloom again and Manon is crowned Queen of the Witches. After the war, she agrees to allow some witches to train the clutch of wyvern eggs with the rukhin and to continue her relationship with Dorian. They may even get married one day.

One of three legendary Fae sister-queens. Rules from Doranelle. She refused to help Terrasen when they called for aid to defend against Adarlan. Does not seem to think the Demi-Fae are worth protecting. 

Was once in love with Athril, and wanted to accept his familial ring. Instead, she killed Athril fighting for control of the three Wyrdkeys, but the keys were taken by Brannon and hidden from her. She now has a cadre of warriors who are sworn to her by blood oath, including Rowan Whitethorn, whom she commands to train Aelin. When Aelin is finally brought to ask Maeve her questions, she does not reveal much new information. But Aelin bring out Athril's ring, which she and Rowan found inside the cave lake and barters for Rowan's freedom in exchange for the ring. Maeve releases Rowan from his oath and tells them to leave Doranelle. 

Lorcan follows Aelin to Rifthold and bring the golden ring with him, explaining that the ring protects the wearer from the Valg. With the ring, Maeve could find the keys with no concern of being possessed herself, and Lorcan does not want Maeve to find the keys and have that amount of power. 

She attacks Aelin outside of Eyllwe after planting traps to ensure that Aelin's power would be drained and weak after weeks of use. However, much of her fleet turns against her to follow Rowan instead. She reveals to Aelin that Lyria and Rowan were not mates. It is something that she told them so that when she had Lyria killed, it would break Rowan and allow her to use him as she wished. To bring him into her fold. She severs her bond with Gavriel and Lorcan because she knows it will hurt them the most, while keeping Fenrys close to her because she knows he resents their bond. She then has Aelin put in an iron mask, inside an iron box, and she takes Aelin and Fenrys back to Doranelle. 

Nesryn found out that Maeve is actually a Valg Queen married to the eldest of the Valg brother Kings, Orcus. She was the first Valg to travel through the rifts and Erawan and his brothers traveled here to find her. She brought the stygian spiders and their southern sisters, the kharankui, with her as her handmaidens. She implanted herself into the memories of Mab and Mora as well as everyone else around to convince them that she was their sister. Is afraid of the healers which is why she has secluded the healers of Doranelle.

Ousted as Queen of Doranelle by her people, leading her to bring her spider handmaidens to Morath to join forces with Erawan. During the Battle of Orynth, she fights Aelin, Rowan, Fenrys, and Lorcan. Fenrys is able to stab her through the heart with Goldryn, allowing Aelin to behead her and burn her body. 

Deceased

Fae warrior who has chosen to live at Mistward instead of staying in Doranelle, mated to Emrys. Fights at Mistward against the Valg princes.

King of the Valg. Brother of Erawan. They originally traveled through the gate to find Maeve, his brother's wife. Was banished back through the gate by Maeve.

Lady of Peranth. Married to Cal Lochan and mother of Elide. A member of the Terrasen court who was a close friend of Evalin. Accompanied Aelin and her parents after Aelin lost control of her magic while the King of Adarlan was visiting, they all went to Aelin's parent's country house. Marion found Aelin's parents dead and cared for Aelin as the other members of the household either went for help or fled. She was alone in the house with Aelin when the assassin came to kill Aelin. Marion hid Aelin and was able to get Aelin out of the house undetected, distracting the assassin and buying Aelin as much time as she could. The assassin killed Marion before coming after Aelin, who barely got away. 

Had a witch ancestor.

Leader of a traveling performance troupe that allows Lorcan and Elide to travel with them for a time. 

One of three legendary Fae sister-queens. Able to shift into a hawk, married a mortal man and gave up her immortality. Ancestor to Rowan Whitethorn.

It is discovered that Maeve planted herself in the memories of Mab and Mora because she is a Valg Queen instead of their Fae sister. 

Grandfather to Ren, Lord of Allsbrook, and part of the Allsbrook house by marriage. Fled Terrasen with his grandson Ren and works as part of the rebel group working to return Aelin Galathynius to the throne. 

Tries to gather the remaining Lords of Terrasen to give Aelin aid, but they refuse to acknowledge her claim. So Murtaugh gives as much help as he can, writing to Rolfe of Skull's Bay on Aelin's behalf and taking both Evangeline and Fleetfoot to keep them safe. 

Dies during the Battle of Orynth while holding the Western Wall. 

Deceased

Legendary assassin, leading the order of the Silent Assassins in the Red Desert. Gave Celaena the money to pay off her debts to Arobynn. 

General in charge of part of Adarlan's fleet. Possessed by a Valg prince and expirimenting on Demi-Fae. Leads the forces to attack Mistward and is destroyed by Aelin, but not before sending her a vision of the possible future, with her in possession of all three Wyrdkeys and beloved by her people.

Deceased

Princess of Eyllwe and best friend of Celaena. Came to Rifthold to try to better the treatment of her people by the King of Adarlan. Can read and use Wyrdmarks. During Celaena's final fight with Cain, she summoned Elena to help Celaena and also healed Celaena's injuries.

Tries to convince Celaena to fight against the King of Adarlan. Is killed by Grave, who was hired by Archer Finn. In her grief, Celaena opened a portal to speak to Nehemia's ghost. Nehemia told her she forgave her for their last fight and not to ever open a portal to the afterworld again. 

Deceased

In a relationship with the khagan's heir Sartaq and future Empress of their empire. 

City guard who worked with Chaol and the rebels and becomes Captain of the Guard for Dorian. Romantically involved with Prince Sartaq, heir to the khagan of the Southern Continent. Known as Neith's Arrow, for the Goddess of Archery and the Hunt. Her father is the real hero of the story, they continually use his bakeries and country home as a safe house for whatever needs safe keeping. She is an excellent shot with the bow. Helps to rescue Lysandra with Aelin and her friends. When Dorian becomes king, she is promoted not only to the first woman in the palace guard, but Captain of the Palace Guard. She is to accompany Chaol to the Sourthern Continent to see if his spine can be healed. Upon arriving in Antica, she forges a relationship with the Rukhin and discovers the truth about Maeve and her handmaidens. She bonds a ruk and convinces  the Southern Continent to send a portion of the Rukhin, Darghun, foot soldiers, and ships to fight with Aelin and Dorian's forces. 

Travels north and fights in the Siege of Anielle and later in the Battle of Orynth. After the battle, she travels back to the Southern Continent with Sartaq with the understanding that they will eventually marry. 

Member of a traveling performance troupe that allows Lorcan and Elide to travel with them for a time. 

Head librarian of the Torre Cesme who helps Yrene research the magic echo in Chaol's wound.

One of the contestants vying for the position of King's Champion, a thief who stayed close to Celaena. Fled Rifthold when the murders of the contestants started to pile up. 

Originally from Perranth. Darrow's most trusted messenger, who deserts Darrow to work with Aedion and follow Aelin. When he first met Aelin, he had been planted in the competition as a spy. He has been a part of the rebellion and loyal to Terrasen this whole time. 

Member of a traveling performance troupe that allows Lorcan and Elide to travel with them for a time. 

King of the Valg. Eldest brother of Erawan and Maeve's husband. They originally traveled through the gate to find Maeve. Was banished back through the gate by Maeve.

King of Terrasen. Great-uncle of Aelin and uncle of Rhoe, who was killed along with Rhoe and Evalin so the King of Adarlan could take control of Terrasen. Aelin, as Rhoe's daughter, was meant to be killed as well. Had taken one of Terrasen's lords as his lover, Lord Darrow.

Deceased

Ironteeth witch and heir to the Blueblood clan. Her mother, Cresseida, is the matron of the Blueblood clan. Petrah seems friendlier than most Ironteeth witches and has a bond with her wyvern, Keelie. During war games, Iskra gives her wyvern the kill order while fighting Petrah and Iskra's wyvern kills Keelie, who manages to buy enough time for Manon to save Petrah's life before she hits the ground and dies. 

Spoke on Manon's behalf at her trial, which is perhaps the only thing that prevented Manon from being killed right then. 

Is convinced by Manon to desert the other Ironteeth witches and fight with Terrasen's armies. In the Battle of Orynth, she kills Iskra and helps to make Manon Queen of the Witches. Returns to the Western Wastes after the war. 

Attendant given to Celaena during the contest to find the King's Champion. She remains Celaena's attendant after Celaena wins the position. Tried to take care of Celaena as best she could after Nehemia's death.

Younger brother to Sol, Lord of Suria. The two brothers govern together. They join Aelin's young court and fight with Aedion in Terrasen, though they are often sent out by Aedion and do not fight much in the battles we see. 

Lord of Allsbrook in Terrasen. His father was Lord of Allsbrook before him and a member of King Orlon's court. When Terrasen was conquered, his father and sisters were killed. Ren was able to flee with his grandfather Murtaugh and have been on the run since. Now work as part of the rebel movement in Rifthold.

Sent north out of Rifthold by Chaol since anyone known to have had magic or be a sympathizer was being taken and executed. Ren alerts them to the number of Valg and witches in Morath, and the existence of the wyvern. 

Discovers that Aelin and Celaena are the same person when Aelin meets the Lords of Terrasen, and he is not pleased. But he is given command of the Bane for now, and is hopefully working to aid Aelin and Aedion. 

Meets back up with Aedion and turns command of the Bane back over to him. Fights in every battle with Morath, right next to Aedion. Survives the war but loses his only living relative, Murtaugh, who gave his life to hold the Western Wall.

Partner of Princess Hasar, generally more likeable than the princess. 

Palace guard who works with Brullo, Chaol, and the rebels. He is caught by the king and executed. 

Deceased

Crochan witch and Manon's half-sister, who she killed after being commanded to do so by the Blackbeak matron.

Deceased

Father of Aelin, who was killed along with his wife and uncle so the King of Adarlan could take control of Terrasen. Was the heir to the throne of Terrasen, after his uncle. Aelin, as his daughter, was meant to be killed as well. 

Deceased

Son of the Lord of Meah and second cousin of Dorian. Chaol hates him. Comes to Rifthold and joins the King's council. Has a black ring that matches a ring of the King's and Duke Perrington's.

He is possessed by a Valg Prince but once Duke Perrington believes he has served his use, Roland is sent to the witches to be killed. When she kills him, Manon realizes that the demon inside her is terrified of her golden eyes.

Deceased

Pirate Lord, Heir to the Mycenians, Lord of Ilium, King of the Archipelago. With a magic tattoo on his hands that changes with the seas and shows him storms and treasures. Running Skull's Bay. Celaena forces him to swear an oath not to deal in slaves ever again, and to punish anyone that is. 

When Aelin arrives in Skull's Bay, it is revealed that Rolfe is the Heir to the Mycenians. He eventually agrees to try to raise the Mycenians again and to fight with Aelin, including arming the fleets with firelances that he has purchased. In exchange, he would become king of the Dead Islands, called the King of the Archipelago, Lord of Ilium (as the seat of the Mycenians), and Commander of Aelin's Armada. He fights with Aelin against Morath in Skull's Bay and sees Lysandra transform into a sea dragon. Afterward, he leaves a quarter of his fleet in Skull's Bay, sends a quarter with Aelin, and takes half to find and raise the rest of the Mycenians before traveling to Terrasen to meet with Aelin's forces. 

Meet up with Aedion's forces when they are nearly overwhelmed outside of Perranth, allowing them to escape and travel to Orynth. The Mycenians joins the fight with their fire lances until Oyrnth is nearly overwhelmed and Aelin arrives with reinforcements. After the war is over, it is still undecided if he will rebuild Ilium or return to Skull's Bay - though likely the Mycenians will choose Ilium. 

Second in command to Rifthold's crime lord Ioan Jayne. Came up with a plan to have Ioan killed while also getting rid of Celaena and Sam for Arobynn. He killed Sam and turned Celaena over to the authorities. He was later killed by Arobynn's bodyguard Wesley, who was quite fond of Sam. 

Deceased

Fae warrior previously sworn to Maeve, now sworn to Aelin. Carranam to Aelin. Once believed to be the mate of Lyria, who is dead, is really the mate and husband to Aelin. King of Terrasen. 

Descendant of Mora, can shift into a hawk. Is commanded by Maeve to train Celaena and bring her to Doranelle when she has control of her powers. The two of them also investigate the deaths of Demi-Fae by an unknown creature. During Celaena's training, they go from abject loathing for each other, to tentative understanding, to friendship and even bond with each other. They discover that the King of Adarlan plans to attack Mistward and together they warn the outpost and prepare for the attack. Rowan fights in the secret tunnel breached by Adarlan's soldiers as Celaena fights the Valg princes outside the wards. When Maeve's other sworn warriors arrive, Rowan runs to help Celaena and watches as her fire goes out... then blazes back. He allows her to use his magic as his Carranam and Celaena kills the Valg princes, finally embracing her identity as Aelin again. Rowan takes Aelin to Maeve, where Rowan is whipped by the other warriors to convince Aelin to tell Maeve the whereabouts of the third Wyrdkey. But instead, Aelin uses Athril's ring to barter for Rowan's freedom. Maeve releases him from his oath and Rowan immediately swears fealty to Aelin instead. Aelin plans to go to Rifthold in search of the third key, Rowan will return to help Mistward repair. 

Rowan follows Lorcan to Rifthold. Since he's there, he works with Aelin. He trains with Aedion and helps regain the Amulet of Orynth. Lorcan tells him that the golden ring protects from the Valg, and he will trade it for the Amulet of Orynth and the Wyrdkey within it. Lorcan claims to want to get rid of the keys so that Maeve cannot use them, but Rowan does not trust him completely. He makes the deal but gives Lorcan a fake amulet with a black ring inside, not the Wyrdkey. Later, Aedion and Rowan attempt to destroy the tower but are attacked by Wyrdhounds. Only when Lorcan comes to their aid do they kill the rest of the hounds and bring the tower down, but still they nearly died until the three of them were saved by Lysandra. 

Travels toward Terrasen until they find out about the sack of Rifthold, then swiftly flies to Rifthold to help Dorian. Is able to get Dorian out of the city and they travel together to Skull's Bay, where they are reunited with Aelin. He works with Gavriel and Fenrys, agreeing to give them information on Lorcan if they fight with Aelin for the moment. They travel together to the Stone Marshes to find the Lock. When they see Ansel's forces surrounding their own, Aelin feels Lorcan give off a panicked pulse of power, which she knows will attract Maeve to their location. So she marries Rowan that night, making him King of Terrasen. When Maeve's forces arrive and give Aelin an ultimatum, Rowan visits each of his cousins in Maeve's fleet that night and asks them to fight with Aelin and against Maeve. During the fight, each of his cousin betrays Maeve, flying the flag of Whitethorn and fighting with him instead. When Maeve captures Aelin, he sends the Whitethorn fleet with Aedion to Terrasen while he travels with Gavriel, Lorcan, and Elide to Doranelle to rescue Aelin. 

Rescues Aelin and Fenrys before traveling to help with the Siege of Anielle and to fight in the Battle of Orynth. Fight in the battle with Maeve, allowing Aelin to draw on his strength, which results in Maeve being killed and ending the war. Stays in Terrasen with Aelin.

Another of Arobynn's assassin, who helped Celaena to free the slaves in Skull's Bay and assassinate Doneval. They fell in love and began dating, Celaena paid back both of their debts to Arobynn and the two started to live together, with a dream of leaving Rifthold. Arobynn set Celaena and Sam up, Sam was killed while Celaena was caught and sent to the Endovier salt mines. 

Aelin takes Rowan to his gravesite, where they both honor him. 

Deceased

Prince of the Southern Continent and heir to his father, the khagan. In a relationship with Nesryn. Known as the Winged Prince. Head of the Rukhin and a member and captain of the Eridun tribe. Bonded with the ruk Kadara. While looking into the kharankui with Nesryn, discovers the truth about Maeve. Convinces his father to send forces to fight with Doranelle and Adarlan, after telling him that he will be going with the Rukhin regardless. 

Flies north and fights in the Siege of Anielle and the Battle of Orynth. After the battles are won and the war is over, he travels back with Nesryn to the Southern Continent with the understanding that they will eventually marry and rule together. 

Fae Queen of the East, Queen of Doranelle. Rowan's cousin who abandoned Maeve to ally himself with Rowan and Aelin's forces.

Lord of Suria. Older brother of Ravi, the two brothers govern together. They join Aelin's young court and fight with Aedion in Terrasen, though they are often sent out by Aedion and do not fight much in the battles we see. 

Healer who healed Celaena, Dorian, and Chaol (and Fleetfoot) of several questionable injuries without reporting them to her superiors. When Dorian starts to train with the guards and receives several injuries, he is tended to by Sorscha, who discovers that he has magic. She works with him to find a way to conceal his magic and the two start a romantic relationship together. Dorian wants to find a way to get Sorscha out of the palace but Sorscha refuses to go without him, then they are brought to see the king with Aedion and Chaol. Aedion is imprisoned for working with rebels and Sorscha is executed for passing the rebels information. 

Deceased

Younger brother of Chaol, who left Anielle with his mother before the siege and intends to come live with Chaol and Yrene. 

Youngest Princess of the Southern Kingdom and daughter of the khagan. Recently died, killed by her sister Duva while she was possessed by the Valg. 

Deceased

Khagan of the Southern Continent and father of several children: Arghun, Sartaq, Hasar, Duva, Kashin, and Tumelun. Grieving for the death of his youngest daughter, Tumelun and refuses to meet with Chaol or Nesryn. Only after they discover that Duva was possessed by a Valg princess and Yrene heals her does he agree to send forces to fight with the Terrasen and Adarlanian forces. 

Lord of Peranth, stole the seat and title from his niece, Elide. Kept Elide locked away before eventually bringing her to Morath to be expiramented on. Manon hates him. So does Lorcan. He tries to kidnap Elide after she escapes Morath but is stopped by Lorcan, although an ilken grabs Vernon and they narrowly escape. 

Captured while at the Ferian Gap and questioned by Aelin's warriors, telling them that Maeve and Erawan are working together. He is left chained and closed away to starve.

Likely deceased

Personal bodyguard to Arobynn who was quite fond of Sam. He tried to warn Celaena that trying to avenge Sam's death by killing Ioan Jayne and Rourke Farran was a trap, but she did not listen and ended up being caught and send to the salt mines of Endovier. He killed Rourke Farran for killing Sam and was killed by Arobynn in response. 

Deceased

Lord of Arran. Lord of Terrasen and King Orlon's lover. When Murtaugh gathers the lords to meet Aelin, he refuses to accept Aelin as Queen of Terrasen and will not allow her entrance into Orynth. 

During the length of the war, he refuses to acknowledge the claims of either Aelin or Lysandra and strips Aedion of the Sword of Orynth. He asks Evangeline to work as his messenger during the Battle of Orynth, mostly to distract the girl, but he ends up liking her and seeing her as a granddaughter of sorts. She shows him the light, he ends up returning the sword to Aedion, legitimizing Lysandra as Lady of Caraverre before Aelin is crowned, and eventually crowns Aelin himself. He also makes Evangeline his heir and Lady of Arran. 

A member of the Rukhin tribe the Berlad and betrothed to Borte. Travels with Borte to save Nesryn and Sartaq from the kharankui lair. Flies north with the khagan's forces to fight, even flying above Aelin during the Battle of Orynth with Borte and Falkan to help protect her. 

Lady of Anielle. Healer that Celaena met on her way to the Red Desert, while Yrene worked in a pub. Traveled to the Southern Continent to train with the Torre Cesme. Married to Chaol. Unofficial heir to the Healer on High. 

Agrees to heal Chaol when he arrives in the Southern Continent and successfully does so, although he is later reinjured. In order to save his life, she ties her own life to his so they will die at the same time and the amount of movement he has in his legs is directly affected by the strength of her magic at the moment. Finds out that she can purge the Valg out of people and does so with Princess Duva, saving both the Princess and her unborn baby. 

Sails north with Chaol to fight against Morath and finds out that she's pregnant. Even so, she leads the healers and helps to purge the Valg from any soldiers she can. During the Battle of Orynth, she and Elide hatch a plan to capture Erawan and Yrene is able to kill him. After the war is done, she returns to Adarlan with Chaol and Dorian.

Rukhin

• Flying forces on ruks

• Lead by Sartaq

Armadas

• Lead by Hasar

Darghan

• Mounted forces on horses

• Lead by Kashin

• Lorcan - Demi-fae and one of the two most powerful warriors alive. His bond was severed by Maeve and is now sworn to Aelin.

• Gavriel - able to shift into a mountain lion. His bond was severed by Maeve. Deceased. Posthumously sworn to Aelin.

• Vaughan - able to shift into an osprey

• Rowan - able to shift into a hawk. His bond with Maeve was severed and he is now sworn to Aelin.

• Connall - black wolf shifter. Twin brother to Fenrys. Deceased.

• Fenrys - white wolf shifter. Twin brother to Connall. He broke his bond with Maeve and is now sworn to Aelin.

• Cairn - newest member, bonded to replace Rowan. Deceased.

• Manon Blackbeak

• Asterin (Manon's second in command, again)

• Sorrel (Manon's third in command)

• Faline (twin to Fallon)

• Fallon (twin to Faline)

• Edda (shadow)

• Briar (shadow)

• Vesta

• Lin (don't call her Linnea)

• Imogen

• Ghislaine

• Thea

• Kaya

Traveled with Manon to find and recruit the Crochan witches, helping to make Manon the Queen of the Witches. Sacrificed themselves to destroy the witch tower, killing the Blackbeak matron in the process. 

• Blackbeak Clan

  • Lead by the High Witch of the Blackbeak Clan

  • Heir was Manon Blackbeak.

  • Matron killed by Asterin during the Battle of Orynth.

• Yellowlegs Clan - Clan keeps iron teeth and nails visible at all times.

  • Lead by the Yellowlegs Matron, who was killed by Manon in the Crochan camp.

  • Previously led by Baba Yellowlegs. 

  • Heir was Iskra Yellowlegs, who is now deceased.

• Blueblood Clan - Clan most devoted to the three-faced Goddess.

  • Lead by Cresseida Blueblood

  • Heir is Petrah Blueblood, who fought with Manon in the Battle of Orynth.

Wyvern originally used as a bait beast that allied with Manon Blackbeak when she was pushed into the pit and killed the largest bull wyvern. Manon claimed him as her mount and secured Stygian spider silk to repair Abraxos' wings and had his broken teeth removed and replaced with iron teeth, as well as an iron barb in his tail where the barb had been removed. 

Has a soft spot for Elide. 

When Manon is injured by her grandmother, he rescues her from falling to her death from a cliff and takes her to Dorian and Aelin, where Manon can heal. When Manon and the others travel into the Stone Marshes, he finds the Thirteen and they fight against Maeve with Aelin's forces, later reuniting with both Manon and Elide. 

Forms a mating bond with Asterin's wyvern, who is killed during the Battle of Orynth. Abraxos is badly wounded but survives the war. 

Celaena's dog that Dorian gave her. Protected Celaena from the demons that enter through the portal that Celaena created to speak to Nehemia's ghost. She is left in Dorian's care as Celaena travels to Wendlyn. When Chaol escapes the palace, he takes Fleetfoot with him. Fleetfoot gets to live at Nesryn's dad's country home until she is picked up on Aelin's way to Terrasen. When Aelin is not allowed into Terrasen, Fleetfood is sent with Evangeline to stay with Murtaugh.

Ruk bonded with Sartaq.

Young ruk who bonds with Nesryn.

Monster that was being called by Cain and murdering people in the Glass Castle until it was killed by Celaena. 

Deceased

Amulet made by Brannon as a relic of the Galathynius family and the rulers of Terrasen. It is believed to house the third Wyrdmark, which Terrasen's leaders can use to protect themselves against Maeve. 

Legendary sword of King Gavin, the first King of Adarlan, which is kept in the tomb of King Gavin and Queen Elena. Celaena uses it to kill the Ridderak in the Glass Castle. She later uses Damaris to find the riddle inside the tomb, which indicates where the Wyrdkeys can be found. Taken by Chaol when he fled the palace.

Currently held by Dorian. 

Necklace given to Celaena by Queen Elena that warns her of danger. Given to Chaol when Celaena left Rifthold, was returned to her when she came back. It was used to seal Erawan in his tomb. 

The Eye of Elena was a Lock crafted by Brannon and Mala, Mala gave her life in order to have it made. It is a Lock that will allow the Wyrdkeys to put back into the Wyrdgate, allowing Erawan and the gods to be sent back to their own worlds. It could only be used once. When Elena used it to seal Erawan in his tomb, she prevented that from happening. 

Ring found inside the scabbard of Athril's sword, Goldryn, which Aelin believes to be Athril's family ring and uses to barter with Maeve for Rowan's freedom. 

Lorcan reveals that the ring was not Athril's family ring, but a ring that protects the wearer from the Valg. He trades the golden ring for the Amulet of Orynth, desiring the Wyrdstone within it (he's given a fake). Aelin uses the ring to break the Valg Prince's hold on Dorian, freeing him from the black collar. 

Sword of Athril, which is found inside a cave and now wielded by Aelin. Inside of Goldryn's scabbard, Aelin also found a golden ring. 

Currently held by Aelin.

Door knocker on the outside of the tomb of King Gavin and Queen Elena, who is sentient due to the old spells King Brannon cast on him. Acts as a guardian to the tomb and is quite sassy. Chaol tells Mort where he is going in case Aelin comes to the tomb and asks Mort.