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Anca is a village healer in Vale Sangora whose knowledge of herbs and magic makes her one of Coen's key allies, though she keeps her own secrets.
Marat, called Crake in the shipped game, leads the Manumits rebellion against Brencis in Vale Sangora and is one of the allies Coen can seek out.
Lacra is an old vampire in The Blood of Dawnwalker who wants Brencis gone for reasons of her own, and one of the characters Coen can grow close to.
Coen is the protagonist of The Blood of Dawnwalker, a silver-poisoned peasant turned Dawnwalker who must rescue his family from a vampire lord within 30 days.
Saint Mihai is the pagan-born knight venerated as patron of Svartrau's cathedral, found walled up in its crypt with the silver sword that anchors the game's best weapon chain.
Lunka is Coen's sister, whose plague cure by vampire blood set the events of The Blood of Dawnwalker into motion. She may be aging slower than normal due to the vampire blood in her system.
Xanthe is the oldest of the Vrakhiri, a former Greek priestess who hears voices from beyond the pale and is the one who stripped the Blood Guards of their humanity.
Brencis is the primary antagonist of The Blood of Dawnwalker, an ancient Roman vampire who seized control of Vale Sangora and holds Coen's family hostage.
Ambrus is the youngest of the Vrakhiri, a charming and deceptive vampire lord who rose from humble origins and now serves Brencis in Vale Sangora.
Bakir is one of the Vrakhiri vampire lords, a former Central Asian warlord who thirsted for blood even before he was turned.
Zdislav is the alderman of Laslea, a village elder whose diary records a warning for future generations and whose folklore stories map onto the valley's real creatures.
Skender Dragosti was the tyrannical human ruler of Vale Sangora before Brencis and the Vrakhiri vampires seized control.
Albertus Taurinus is the in-character chronicler whose sixteen-part account of Vale Sangora was published as a lore series through 2025.
Yanna is Coen's sister and the second oldest of the four children, mature beyond her years and the one who holds the household together when her father and brother are away.
Father Florin is a priest introduced alongside the people closest to Coen, whose diary tracks the villagers' habits, fears and changing behaviour as Vale Sangora turns.
Pieter is Coen's father, a former mercenary with a past he rarely discusses, who taught his son swordsmanship and worked the silver mines alongside him.
Mirto is Coen's brother, the third of the four children, a once quiet boy who has grown increasingly restless as his parents became emotionally absent.
Esme is Coen's mother, a woman who always put her family ahead of herself and whose health has declined badly since Brencis took control of the valley.