- **Lady Seris Veyr:** ambitious noble mediator with a private army
- **High Inquisitor Thalen:** Ashen Synod leader, severe but genuinely protective
- **Morrin Bale:** Black Lantern broker who knows every road and secret
- **Sister Ova:** Broken Saint veteran with undead scars and unshakable faith
- **Rootspeaker Neme:** druid envoy trying to keep the land alive
- **The Pale Regent:** the campaign’s hidden sovereign-antagonist, speaking through dreams and crowns