Rebakah Cooper (Beka) – first-year Provost's Guard (Dog), protégée of Lord Gershom of Haryse (the Lord Provost)
Pounce – normally a constellation called the Cat, Beka's advisor and friend for the last five years
Achoo Curlypaws – scent hound assigned to the Lower City Provost's Guard
AT PROVOST'S HOUSE
Gershom of Haryse – Lord Provost of Tortall, Beka's patron
Teodorie of Haryse – Gershom's lady, patroness of Beka's brothers and sisters
Diona, Lorine, Nilo, Willes – Beka's younger sisters and brothers, all training for work in noble houses
Mya Fane – Beka's foster aunt, cook at Provost's House
PROVOST'S DOGS AND ASSOCIATES IN CORUS
Sergeant Kebibi Ahuda – Desk Sergeant, Evening Watch, Jane Street kennel, the Lower City Guard District
Corporal Finian Karel – Desk Corporal, Evening Watch, Jane Street kennel, the Lower City Guard District
Sir Acton of Fenrigh – Watch Commander, Evening Watch, Jane Street kennel, the Lower City Guard District
Sir Vannic haMinch – District Commander, the Lower City Guard District
Sir Tullus of Kings Reach – Magistrate, the Lower City Guard District
Master Sholto – Sir Tullus's personal healer and mage
Senior Corporal Nyler – most senior street Dog, the Lower
Jewel – City Evening Watch, Yoav's partner
Senior Guardswoman Osgyth Yoav – street Dog, Jewel's partner
Senior Guardsman Wulfric Birch – street Dog, Westover's partner
Ersken Westover – street Dog, first year, Beka's friend, Kora's lover
Corporal Guardswoman Clara Goodwin – Beka's partner and former training partner
Senior Guardsman Matthias Tunstall – Beka's partner and former training partner
Corporal Greengage – street Dog, Nightmarket duty, the Lower City
Guardsman Marks – street Dog, Nightmarket duty, the Lower City
Guardsman Tillyard – street Dog, Nightmarket duty, the Lower City
Senior Guardsman Elmwood – scent-hound handler, the Lower City
Guardsman Sillsbee – Beka's partner at start of Bloodhound, the Lower City
Guardsman Ercole Hempstead – scent-hound handler, the Lower City
THE COURT OF THE ROGUE, CORUS
Rosto, called the Piper – Rogue of Corus
Aniki Forfrysning – swordswoman, rusher, chieftain in the Court of the Rogue
Koramin Ingensra – mage, serves the Rogue, Ersken Westover's lover
Phelan Rapp – former Guardsman and scent-hound handler, now working for the Rogue
RESIDENTS OF CORUS
Tansy Lofts – Beka's oldest friend from their slum days, now a respectable wife, mother, and businesswoman
Herun Lofts – Tansy's husband
Joy Lofts – Tansy's daughter and Beka's godschild
Granny Fern Cooper – Beka's paternal grandmother
Philben Cooper – Beka's cousin on her father's side, a carter
Tomlan Goodwin – Clara Goodwin's easygoing husband, a master carpenter
Lady Sabine of Macayhill – Lady Knight, Tunstall's lover
Zia – Lady Sabine's serving girl
Raaashell – new dust spinner at Duke Gareth's fountain
Otho Urtiz – Player, famed minstrel
Ashmari – Otho Urtiz's slave
Garnett – quality baker in the Lower City
Geraint Pell – brother of Kevan, whom Beka arrested
Madon Pell – brother of Kevan, whom Beka arrested
Marco – sailor on riverboat the Green Mist
PROVOST'S PERSONNEL IN PORT CAYNN
Sir Lionel of Trebond – knight, Deputy Provost, District of Port Caynn
Sergeant Terart Axman – desk sergeant at Guards House, hound breeder
Sergeant Nestor Haryse – cousin of Lord Gershom, Beka's first crush, a Day Watch Sergeant in Deep Harbor District, Okha Soyan's lover
Guardsman Enno – guard on duty at Guards House
Guardsman Ives – personal aide to Sir Lionel at Guards House
Anglesea – Guardsman on duty in the jail cells at Tradesmen's kennel, skilled at interrogation
Shales – Guardswoman on duty in the jail cells at Tradesmen's kennel, skilled at interrogation
RESIDENTS OF PORT CAYNN
Dale Rowan – courier for the Goldsmith's Guild, met Beka in a riot
Hansevor (Hanse) Remy – owns a company of caravan security guards, former soldier in army, met Beka in a riot
Viel Sperling – friend of Fair Flory
Lowenna Boller – orange girl, friend of Fair Flory
Kevern Pye – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Amda Threadgill – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Austell Goff – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Erben Worts – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Wat Eavesbrook – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Amda Threadgill – caravan guard, works for Hanse
Alisoun Nails – courier at Goldsmith's Bank, knows Dale
Bermond Tapener – master clerk at Goldsmith's Bank, knows Dale
Jaco Quilty – journeyman smith, friend of Hanse
Hesserrr – dust spinner on Eagle Street
Isanz Finer – cranky master silversmith, old friend of Goodwin's
Wenna Finer – Isanz Finer's daughter
Meraud Finer – silversmith, Isanz Finer's great-granddaughter
Okha Soyan – popular male-dressed-as-female singer/entertainer, Nestor's lover
Truda – Nestor Haryse's house girl, Haden's sister, former street urchin
Haden – Nestor Haryse's house boy, Truda's brother, former street urchin
Usan – gem shop guard
Vorna – laundry maid, Aldis's mother
Aldis – missing toddler
Durant Elkes – brass merchant, caught passing coles
Serenity – supposedly retired priestess of the Goddess and proprietor of Ladyshearth Lodgings
MEMBERS OF PORT CAYNN'S COURT OF THE ROGUE
Pearl Skinner – Rogue in Port Caynn
Jurji – Bazhir swordsman, personal guard to the Rogue
Zolaika – Pearl Skinner's personal assassin
Torcall Jupp – an older sword fighter, one of Pearl Skinner's personal bodyguards
Flory, Fair – leader of city's orange sellers and flower girls, a powerful figure in the Court of the Rogue
Steen Bolter – one of Hanse's caravan guards, part of the Court of the Rogue, met Beka in a riot