# List of The Saga of Shadows characters

The following is a list of characters featured in The Saga of Shadows, a forthcoming trilogy of science fiction novels written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first novel, The Dark Between the Stars, was released by Tor Books on June 3, 2014.
For characters from Anderson's preceding novel series The Saga of Seven Suns (2002-2008), see List of The Saga of Seven Suns characters.
   Key:
       = Point of view character
       = Regular character
       = Supporting character

## Humans
### Confederation

In the series, the human race has colonized multiple planets in the Spiral Arm. Since the dissolution of the corrupt Terran Hanseatic League, human civilization is allied under the Confederation, currently ruled by King Peter and Queen Estarra of Theroc. This planet's "green priests" are able to commune with the semi-sentient worldtrees and communicate telepathically across space when touching a treeling, making them indispensable for instantaneous communication across the galaxy.
| Character | Book 1 | Description |
| King Peter | POV | Ruler of the Confederation and Father of Theroc |
| Queen Estarra | | Mother of Theroc, wife of King Peter |
| Prince Reyn | POV | Son and heir of King Peter and Queen Estarra of the Confederation |
| Princess Arita | POV | Daughter of King Peter and Queen Estarra of the Confederation; a botanist studying plant life on the abandoned Klikiss world of Eljiid |
| Idriss | | Estarra's father, and former Father of Theroc |
| Nira Khali | POV | Green priest consort of Mage-Imperator Jora'h of Ildira |
| Eldred Cain | POV | Confederation Deputy on Earth |
| Anton Colicos | POV | Historian and academic known as the human expert on the Ildiran Saga of Seven Suns |
| Nalani Keah | POV | General in the Confederation Defense Forces (CDF) |
| Rlinda Kett | POV | Former trader and later the Confederation's Trade Minister; now the owner of a large shipping company. |
| Tasia Tamblyn | POV | Roamer and former EDF officer; runs Rlinda Kett's shipping company |
| Robb Brindle | | Former EDF officer; runs Rlinda Kett's shipping company |
| Xander Brindle | POV | 19-year-old son of Robb Brindle and Tasia Tamblyn, a pilot |
| Orli Covitz | POV | Compy advocate, stationed at her lab on Relleker |
| Matthew Freling | | Orli's husband |
| Zoe Alakis | POV | Disease researcher with her own planetoid, Pergamus |
| Adam and Evelyn Alakis | | Zoe's parents, who had both died on the jungle planet Vaconda |
| Tom Rom | POV | Associate of researcher Zoe Alakis |
| Shelud | POV | Green priest and younger brother of Aelin, accompanies Clan Reves on their self-imposed exile |
| Aelin | POV | Green priest and older brother of Shelud |
| Sarein | | Oldest sister of Estarra and Celli, former Earth Ambassador to Theroc, now living in self-imposed exile in the Wild |
| Celli | | Youngest sister of Sarein and Estarra, a green priest residing at Fireheart Station |
| Solimar | | Celli's green priest mate |
| Kennebar | | Leader of isolationist green priests living in the Wild on Theroc |
| Terry Handon | | Mechanic and service engineer from the Ulio transfer station; Xander Brindle's partner |
| Howard Rohandas | | Shareen's friend at school on Earth |

### Roamers

In the series, the Roamers are clans of industrious humans once living a clandestine existence in the fringes of space, but now allied with planet-bound colonies under the Confederation. Managing a profitable economy centered on the sale of the valuable stardrive fuel ekti and other commodities, the Roamers are still adjusting to their new place in the Confederation while trying to maintain their independence and historical culture.
| Character | Book 1 | Description |
| Del Kellum | POV | Former Speaker of the Roamers, distiller on Kuivahr |
| Zhett Kellum | POV | Daughter of Del Kellum, wife of Patrick Fitzpatrick III and operator of skymine at Golgen |
| Patrick Fitzpatrick III | POV | Husband of Zhett Kellum |
| Shareen Fitzkellum | POV | 17-year-old daughter of Patrick Fitzpatrick and Zhett Kellum |
| Kristof "Toff" Fitzkellum | | 13-year-old son of Patrick Fitzpatrick and Zhett Kellum |
| Rex Fitzkellum | | 2-year-old son of Patrick Fitzpatrick and Zhett Kellum |
| Garrison Reeves | POV | Roamer engineer and husband to Elisa Reeves |
| Elisa Enturi Reeves | POV | Deputy to Lee Iswander and wife of Garrison |
| Seth Reeves | | Teenage son of Garrison and Elisa Reeves |
| Olaf Reeves | | Garrison's father and head of Clan Reeves |
| Dale Reeves | POV | Garrison's brother |
| Sendra Reeves | | Dale's wife, and mother to his sons Scott and Jamie |
| Cesca Peroni | | Former Speaker of the Roamers; runs Academ, the school for Roamer children houses in a wental-infused, hollowed-out captive comet near Newstation |
| Jess Tamblyn | POV | Cesca's husband and co-head of the Academ school |
| Isha Seward | | Interim Speaker of the Roamers |
| Sam Ricks | | New Speaker of the Roamers |
| Lee Iswander | POV | Roamer owner of lava-processing operations on Sheol, Iswander Industries |
| Londa and Arden Iswander | | Lee Iswander's wife and teenage son |
| Alec Pannebaker | | Deputy to Lee Iswander |
| Marius Denva | | Del Kellum's distillery manager |

## Ildirans

In the series, the Ildiran Empire has existed for over ten thousand years, living peacefully due to a communal mental interconnectedness called the thism. Each Ildiran has what is called a soulthread, and these soulthreads are woven together by their leader, the Mage-Imperator. Ildirans have a very specialized society, with specific castes that are adept at performing particular tasks. The castes are physically different from one another, and have different suffixes at the end of their names. Ildirans are the first extraterrestrials that humanity encounters upon exploring space beyond Earth, and the Ildirans share their stardrive technology with humans.
| Character | Book 1 | Description |
| Mage-Imperator Jora'h | POV | Ruler of the Ildirans |
| Adar Zan'nh | POV | Eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora'h and supreme commander of the Ildiran Solar Navy |
| Yazra'h | POV | Noble-born warrior daughter of Mage-Imperator Jora'h |
| Prime Designate Daro'h | | Son and heir to Jora'h |
| Osira'h | POV | Half human/half Ildiran daughter of Nira and Mage-Imperator Jora'h |
| Rod'h | POV | Half human/half Ildiran son of Nira and former Dobro Designate Udru'h |
| Tal Gale'nh | POV | Half human/half Ildiran son of Nira and Adar Kori'nh; military commander of the new Kolpraxa warship |
| Tamo'l | POV | Half human/half Ildiran daughter of Nira and a Lens kithman; medical researcher on Kuivahr working with the less successful mixed breeds from Dobro |
| Muree'n | | Half human/half Ildiran warrior daughter of Nira and a Guard kithman |
| Tora'm | | Swimmer kithman on Kuivahr, befriends Shareen Fitzkellum and Howard Rohandas. |
| Rememberer Ko'sh | | Rememberer assigned to the Kolpraxa |
| Chiar'h | | Noble kithwoman married to the human Shawn Fennis, both are volunteers at Tamo'l's facility |

## Artificial intelligence

| Character | Book 1 | Description |
| Exxos | POV | Leader of the remaining thousand Klikiss robots, discovered hiding inside a moon of Dhula |
| DD | | Orli Covitz's Friendly model compy, former compy of Louis and Margaret Colicos |
| MO | | Domestic compy at Orli's Relleker facility |
| LU | | Listener compy at Orli's Relleker facility |
| BO | | Teacher compy at Academ, sent by Cesca with the children of Clan Reeves |
| OK | | Xander Brindle and Terry Handon's compy navigator |