Characters in "Servant of The Bones"
Azriel - formerly a mortal young man of Babylon in 539 B.C., now a spirit bound to obey whoever possesses his gold-encased mortal bones.
Jonathan Ben Isaac - the history professor whom Azriel seeks to hear and write his tale.
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