Characters
- Keladry "Kel" of Mindelan: The protangonist of the series, a young noble striving to become the first official Lady Knight in Tortall for a hundred years. She is the youngest daughter of Piers and Ilane of Mindelan, and has several older siblings. She spent several years of her childhood in the Yamani Islands, where her father, a Tortallan diplomat, negotiated a peace treaty between the two countries. As a result Kel adopted several Yamani customs, which she continued to practise after returning to Tortall.
- Nealan "Neal" of Queenscove: Kel's first friend and year-mate in the training program. He is the son of Duke Baird of Queenscove, the chief of the palace healers. Neal has got a very strong healing Gift, which, like his father's, is emerald green. Neal is several years older than his year mates, since he initially studied healing at the university of Corus before deciding to carry on the family tradition of always having a Queenscove knight in royal service.
- Wyldon of Cavall: Lord Wyldon, nicknamed "the Stump" by Neal, is the stiff, conservative training master when Kel tries for knighthood, and is the one to demand a year of probation for her, because she is a girl.
- Joren of Stone Mountain: Joren is an enemy of Kel, and tries to drive her out. he has a group of follwers who are against women being knights, or using combat to defend themselves. he bullies first-pages, claiming that it is making them obedient.
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