Story
Characters
| Character | Side | In this act | Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamsin Vale | Evane, Wardens | Twinhold guide; rides the Long Road in route A | "It's not cruel if it's fair. I'll keep telling myself that." |
| Rook | Facets | Lanternfall guide; rides the Long Road in route B; teaches threading in route A | "Take it. If you're going to ask what it costs, you're asking the wrong person." |
| Caravan-master Dace | Evane, Waymakers | Teaches Gale and shows Tempest; Headwind in route B; Tailwind after the first Waymaker job | "What moves keeps its course. Stop moving and you're cargo." |
| Prelate Ondine Ash | Evane, Wardens | Receives the Twinhold letter; asks for the mending guard; teaches Weigh if it is guarded | "I'm not asking you to like it. I'm asking you to stand where the glints are." |
| Iver Kest, "the Cutter" | Facets | Receives the Lanternfall letter; asks for the Vault | "They took the shape out of my hands when I was twelve. I took it back. Twice." |
| Lio | Facets | A child who hurt her family with her first cast | "Don't take it." |
| Pell (Idea) | Facets, Rook's cut | Un-taught on the Bridge Court | "I gave it away first. Three copies before they caught me." |
| Brother Fallow (Idea) | Evane, Tenders | Tender envoy; Greenvault guide | "Corners are for people in a hurry to be right." |
| Novice Tull (Idea) | Evane, Keepers | Keeper envoy, carrying Hale's note | "Keeper Hale says you're early. Keeper Hale says everyone is." |
| Sister Ise (Idea) | Evane, Still Choir | Choir envoy (signs only) | (signs) "Come and be quiet with us." |
| Mother Bramble | Evane, Tenders | Turns the dying away | "I heal what the world would heal. The rest isn't mine to take." |
| Choirmistress Wen | Evane, Still Choir | Teaches Calm, Listen, Hush and Echo; sends a letter to the Facets | (signs) "Every letter I send to Lanternfall is a stroke nobody else sees me draw." |
| Ness (Idea) | Evane, Waymakers | Dace's outrider; may be hurt at the pass | "Ribbons first, questions later." |
| Garnet and Cass (Idea) | Facets, Bevel cut | Lio's mother and brother | Garnet: "Nobody's to blame. That's the hard part." |
| Sorrel (Idea) | Facets | Unbinder | "A seal's only a knot. Knots have prices." |
| Rusk and Oda (Idea) | Facets | Glyph-hunters at the Sallow warp | Rusk: "Fresh warp, fresh glyphs. Somebody has to get them before the Wardens glass it." |
| Fenn | Unaligned | Carries Aske's warning | "Aske said to say it exactly. Further back than you think." |
| Marra Hesk, Tobin | Unaligned | Sallowbank on the way to the warp; Marra's letter ends the act | Marra: "Sit. Eat. Then tell me what's on the river." |
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