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Characters

The people of the stories, introduced without spoilers. Each page lets you choose how far you’ve read.

Ansel

First appears in Everything Kept

Dareth’s apprentice in a Hushvault cellar on Tiravel: chronically late, gifted with a good eye, and haunted by blurred faces he is sure he knows.

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Carys

First appears in Everything Kept

Morwal’s apprentice in Hushvault: proud, sharp, and sure her cask deserved the light.

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Dareth

First appears in Everything Kept

A Hushvault cellarer with a good nose, who raised Ansel as his apprentice and wants him to stop reaching for the faces.

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Farian

First appears in The Deep

A pump hand from Rethis who has worked the Deep with the same crew for thirty-one years.

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Ferra

First appears in Everything Kept

A picker on Veylan Steps’ reserve rows, Ansel’s closest friend, and the pickers’ witness for the Opening.

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Hobb

First appears in The Deep

The oldest hand on a Deep crew, whose word is worth more than most on Dhorak’s hiring boards.

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Maudry

First appears in Everything Kept

The loud, warm boss of the hand crews on Veylan Steps’ reserve rows.

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Pell

First appears in The Deep

The newest hand on a Deep crew, six years in, who keeps the weather on his slate.

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Ressa

First appears in The Deep

The Abider of a Deep crew, who carries them through Oranth’s weight on every descent.

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Ruthe

First appears in Everything Kept

The old keeper at Auvren Groves, who tends the mother vine and cuts the graft wood for each Opening.

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Tamsin

First appears in The Deep

Chief of a long-standing Deep crew, who counts every one of them through the Gate and up the ramp.

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The Berthmaster

First appears in The Opening

The berthmaster at Veylan Steps’ port, who knows every ship that comes down on Tiravel and every crate in every hold.

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The Magistrate

First appears in The Opening

The market compact’s magistrate on Veylan Steps, who reads the register at every Opening.

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Tolliver

First appears in Everything Kept

An offworld cellar agent who comes to Tiravel every harvest and is always first off at the port.

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Wendel

First appears in The Opening

Morwal’s cellarer in Hushvault, a big, red, cheerful man who talks to everyone as though they were his oldest friend.

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