Human Characters
- Alex Bradley
- The son of Richard Bradley and childhood friend of Tallis Keeton, the protagonist of Lavondyss.
- Alice Bradley
- Alex Bradley's mother and the wife of Richard Bradley.
- Richard Bradley
- Main character of the story.
- Elizabeth Haylock
- A specialist in first millennium European history. She is partnered with Alan Wakeman.
- Ilmari Heikonen
- A male Finnish scientist partnered with Pirkko Sinisalo.
- Dan Jacobi
- Helen's Silverlock's parter and fellow scientist who has disappeared in Ryhope wood.
- Arnauld Lacan
- A tall Frenchman and excellent cook who is one of the scientists exploring Ryhope wood. Arnauld has had traumatic experiences with mythagos in Brocéliande, a forest similar to Ryhope wood, but situated in Brittany. Brocéliande is the location of the events in Merlin's Wood.
- Alexander Lytton
- A Scottish scientist who possesses George Huxley's map of Ryhope wood and one of Huxley's two journals. He perceives Alex Bradley's effect on Ryhope wood as a threat to Huxley's nuanced and beautiful vision.
- McCarthy
- A small Irishman and specialist who is exploring Ryhope wood. He has a special power to mentally probe the wood.
- Helen Silverlock
- A Lakota Sioux woman from Nebraska, she is one of the scientists exploring Ryhope wood.
- Pirkko Sinisalo
- A female Finnish scientist partnered with Ilmari Heikonen.
- Alan Wakeman
- A paleolinguist and expert in glyphs and bronze age culture. He is partnered with Elizabeth Haylock.
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