Helena Sedanka
Vonvalt’s clerk and retrospective narrator, intelligent, impulsive and still learning the cost of law.
Sir Konrad Vonvalt
Imperial Justice empowered to investigate, judge and execute.
Dubine Bressinger
Vonvalt’s loyal taskman and physical protector.
Patria Claver
zealous priest whose conflict with Vonvalt reflects the struggle between canon and common law.
Matas
Helena’s romantic attachment in Galen’s Vale.
Sir Radomir
ally whose practical loyalty helps the investigation survive political pressure.