Thorn Pride fighter
Jax Wrenmoor
Dark hair, a scar on his cheek and claw scars on his forearm. The one who jokes when things get hard, and spends those jokes carefully, because he knows when not to.
The Bonded Pair
Armon Thorn & Corivel Silverwood
Armon is heir to the Thorn Pride, a Blackshade panther who leads from the front and is learning that the strongest stand is never a solo one.
Corivel is a Forest Guardian with living leaves in her dark curls and a staff that burns green. She feels the forest as if it were her own pulse.
When the blight reaches the Heartroot, a weapon waits that will answer only to a bonded pair. They have weeks to find out if theirs is strong enough.
Werecat fighter
Sira Emberlyn
One of the most striking she-cats in the Pride, fierce in a fight, warm everywhere else, and loyal to the people she has chosen. Jax has always had his eye on her.
Human mercenary
Valerius Stone
Dark hair pulled back and an old scar through one eyebrow, with a heavy blade on his back. He cannot shift and he never needs to. Calm under pressure, and his word is good.
Guardian's apprentice
Iara Fenn
Petite and determined, with a healer's gentle hands. She fled a hard home in the small town of Draspe and found shelter at the river ford camp. A notebook is always in her hand, and she is braver than she knows.
Commander for hire
Hale Ward
Long blonde braid, her father's green eyes, a crown of purple flowers and a scimitar on each hip. She runs her own company of twenty fighters, jokes easily, and is deadly serious when the fight begins.
Solis of the Thorn Pride
Mira Thorn
Gray hair and eyes that do not match, one green and one blue. She raised Armon, and she sees more than she says.
Grove Guardian
Soren
An Elder of the Thorn Pride who speaks for the guardians and knows the old guardian tongue. Lean, quick-witted and gray-bearded, he leans on his crystal staff and is wise in the old ways.
Alpha of the Obsidian Pride
Rhelan Stoneridge
Black hair streaked with iron gray, an old scar from his temple into his beard, and the calm air of a leader who needs no weapon. He knows what it costs to carry a Pride.