Government
Eodred Arabasti II - deceased former King of Korvosa
Ileosa Arabasti - Queen of Korvosa
Sabina Merrin - Handmaiden Bodyguard of Queen Ileosa, Commander of the Gray Maidens
Neolandus Kalepopolis - Seneschal of Castle Korvosa, missing since King Eodred's death
Marcus Endrin - Commandant of the Sable Company
Cressida Kroft - Field Marshal of the Korvosan Guard
Acquaintances & Allies
Zellara Esmeranda - Varisian fortuneteller, murdered by Gaedren Lamm, ghost bound to her Harrow deck
Grau Soldado - Korvosan Guard, recovering from hard times
Amin Jalento - minor noble, rescued from angry mob
Trinia Sabor - Artist & bard, framed for the murder of King Eodred
Vencarlo Orisini - Swordmaster of Orisini Academy, friend of Marshal Kroft
Majenko - house drake, rescued from Eel's End
Thousand Bones - Shoanti shaman of the Skoan-Quah tribe
B'tahg'rlurp - otyugh
Faliz al'Basheer ibn Haleb - esoteric merchant
Tayce & Brienne Soldado - Sister & niece of Grau
Ishani Dhatri - priest of Abadar
Deyanira & Ruan Mirukova - Varisian performers
Ausio Carowyn - bereaved noble
Enemies & Rivals
Gaedren Lamm - slain minor crime lord
Devargo Barvasi - master of Eel's End
Vreeg - slain derro necromancer, one of Rolth's henchmen
Jolistina Susperio - imprisoned mad elf, another of Rolth's henchmen
Reiner Davaulus - slain 'Doctor', spreader of blood veil
Rolth - slain necromancer, developer of blood veil
Ramoska Arkminos - nosferatu
Lady Andaisin - slain priestess of Urgathoa, creator of blood veil