The Crownless King Characters

The Bayi vampire king and leader of the Cauly Coven, initially consumed by rage and memory loss caused by the Akachi meteorite he acquired. He captures Amaya after Paul steals from him, becomes blood-bonded to her, and believes she calms the chaos inside him. He is possessive, powerful, and increasingly devoted to Amaya.

Arc: He moves from an out-of-control captor obsessed with keeping Amaya to a mate who shields the Akachi with her help, survives poisoning and assassination attempts, publicly claims Amaya as queen, and ultimately overthrows the Collective's authority, appointing Nathanial Latham and declaring himself King of the South.

• Amaya Cauly — his captive, blood-bonded mate, and queen
• Sebastian — best friend, second-in-command, and enforcer
• Lucas — friend and enforcer
• Raven — friend and ally
• Anita — his mate's mother, whom he calls Ma
• Paul — thief he punishes and later spares due to Anita's plea
• Bria Cauly — his grandmother
• Lucian — rival Collective elder he has killed
• Nathanial Latham — border mage leader he appoints
• Khalil — border mage he deals with
• Richard Fontaine — ally and Anita's mate

A chaos Chawi witch and primary caregiver for her mother Anita, who works in the Archive's sacred garden maintaining the Akachi and containing chaos magic. She is taken by Levi after her uncle Paul steals an Akachi piece, and she becomes blood-bonded to Levi, later his mate and Queen. She is defined by family loyalty, her powerful chaos magic, and her conflicted pull toward Levi.

Arc: She begins sacrificing herself for Paul's life and trying to escape captivity, gradually accepts and then chooses her bond with Levi, helps shield the Akachi, discovers the truth about the Chawi-Bayi mating curse, and finally stands as Queen of the South, using her heartstone against the Chawi elders and the Collective.

• Levi Cauly — her captor, blood-bonded mate, and king
• Anita — her mother
• Paul — her uncle whose theft caused her capture
• Tracy — her cousin
• Raven — friend
• Sophia — her boss and director at the Archive
• Bronx — her shifter guard
• Bradford Armstrong — her grandfather
• Richard Fontaine — her mother's mate
• Sebastian — ally, guard, and advisor
• Lucas — ally

Jeremiah is Bria's father and an ancient conqueror who uses Bayi vampires to kill and conquer. He does not appear directly but sends his horde to stop Bria and Caden and seeks to conquer the newly formed country.

Arc: He remains the threat whose Obayifo power exchange is severed by the Celestials at Bria's request.

• Bria Cauly — his daughter
• Bayi vampires — he wields control over them
• The Celestials — they act to stop him

Lucian is a Collective elder and border mage who dislikes Levi. He demands Amaya's release, calls the Bayi lawless, taunts Levi at the governor's ball, and is accused of allowing the Buru through borders. He is shot by Sebastian on Levi's order.

Arc: He remains Levi's rival until his disloyalty is exposed at the Collective meeting, where he is killed and replaced by Nathanial Latham.

• Levi Cauly — rival and enemy
• Amaya Cauly — opposes her mating with Levi
• Sebastian — shoots him
• Khalil — Levi plans Khalil's family to replace him
• Collective — member

Bradford Armstrong is Amaya's grandfather and a Chawi family elder. He disapproves of her mating with a Bayi, demands she remain at the compound, admits sending men after Anita, and orders Amaya taken to the attic. He later accuses her of betraying the family after she steals relatives' powers.

Arc: He remains an obstacle to Amaya's mating and freedom, but is defied and overpowered when Amaya steals the Chawi relatives' powers to escape.

• Amaya Cauly — his granddaughter
• Anita — he asks how she is
• Levi Cauly — meets him as Amaya's mate
• Paul — mentions Paul said Anita was in trouble

Bria Cauly is the original Chawi protagonist of the opening story, the direct descendant allowed through the once-a-century gateway. She petitions the Celestials to stop her father Jeremiah, willing to end her family line and the Obayifo power to save millions. She is later revealed as Levi's grandmother, the last true Bayi hybrid whose journals expose the Collective's deception.

Arc: She enters the gateway with Caden, petitions the Celestials, and is thrust out after they sever the Obayifo power exchange. Her journals later reveal the truth about Chawi-Bayi mating and the Obayifo, driving the main plot's resolution.

• Caden — her mate and soul tether
• Jeremiah — her father and the enemy she seeks to defeat
• The Celestials — she petitions them for help
• Levi Cauly — her grandson
• Collective — her legacy is tied to its founding

Anita is Amaya's mother, a chaos witch whose magic eats away at her mind, and a former Archive worker in the sacred garden. She is captured with Amaya and later reveals she understands the Akachi's effect on Levi and that Paul planned to sell the piece to the Buru. She is Richard Fontaine's mate and recovers lucidity at the Bayi compound.

Arc: She moves from being Amaya's dependent mother to a lucid ally who shares the Akachi affliction with Levi, leaves with Richard to recover, and is reported to be improving.

• Amaya Cauly — her daughter
• Paul — her brother
• Levi Cauly — host and captor turned ally; shares the Akachi affliction
• Richard Fontaine — her mate
• Tracy — her niece
• Bradford Armstrong — he asks about her

Sebastian, also called Bas, is Levi's best friend, captain of his guard, second-in-command, and top enforcer. He is mated to Raven and often questions Levi's decisions while remaining loyal. He supports Levi through Amaya's capture, the Buru ambush and poisoning, the Collective confrontation, and the final coup.

Arc: He remains Levi's closest ally and enforcer, helps heal Levi, coordinates protection during the attack on Amaya, and ultimately kills Lucian on Levi's order.

• Levi Cauly — best friend, king, and brother-like figure
• Raven — his mate
• Lucas — fellow enforcer and friend
• Amaya Cauly — ally and guard
• Bronx — coordinates during the chase

Lucas is Levi's top enforcer, close friend, and one of his men. He is loyal, often joking, and reports on Amaya, the Buru, and threats to Levi. He helps investigate the poisoning and later kills a captured mage and brings Hale's severed head to Levi.

Arc: He remains loyal throughout, from enforcing Levi's orders at the club to killing Hale and the prisoner, and supporting Levi's rise against the Collective.

• Levi Cauly — his king and friend
• Sebastian — fellow enforcer and friend
• Amaya Cauly — ally
• Sophia — he teases and flirts with her
• Hale — he killed him

Raven is Sebastian's mate, a fire Mujaji, and an ally of Levi and Amaya. She warned Levi that the Akachi's pure chaos magic would be too much, helps heal Levi by burning poison from his blood, and identifies Bria Cauly's journals.

Arc: She moves from warning about chaos magic to actively researching the Chawi-Bayi mating curse and supporting Amaya as a friend, while remaining Sebastian's mate.

• Sebastian — her mate
• Levi Cauly — friend and king
• Amaya Cauly — friend
• Anita — companion
• Sophia — colleague
• Oliver — her father
• Bria Cauly — she identifies her journals

Paul is Amaya's uncle and Anita's brother, described as a terrible caretaker. He steals an Akachi piece from Levi's compound, leaves it at Amaya's house, and tries to sell it to the Buru, causing Amaya's capture. He is punished by Levi, spared because of Amaya, and later hides at his father's compound and spreads stories to the elders.

Arc: He triggers the central capture, survives, and remains a source of family trouble; Levi ultimately spares him due to Anita's plea.

• Amaya Cauly — his niece
• Anita — his sister
• Levi Cauly — stole from him; punished and later spared
• Tracy — her uncle

Tracy, sometimes called Trace, is Amaya's cousin. She jokes with Amaya, invites her out, sneaks groceries to her, and later tries to help her escape Levi. She is concerned for Amaya and stands with her against the Chawi elders.

Arc: She reveals Amaya's self-neglect, attempts an escape rescue, and ultimately leaves with Amaya after the compound confrontation, claiming she did not know the family's plans.

• Amaya Cauly — her cousin
• Anita — her aunt
• Paul — her uncle
• Angelica — her mother
• Levi Cauly — Amaya's mate, who takes her in

Sophia, also called Ms. Sophia, is the director of the Archive and Amaya's boss. She confronts Amaya about rumors of being kept against her will and about Levi possessing the Akachi, then helps decipher Bria Cauly's journals and warns Levi to double security.

Arc: She shifts from a concerned superior managing rumors to an ally who reveals the Collective's lies about Chawi-Bayi mating and supports the Bayi cause.

• Amaya Cauly — her employee
• Raven — colleague
• Levi Cauly — ally
• Lucas — he teases and flirts with her

Bronx is a shifter assigned by Levi as Amaya's guard. He drives her, ensures she eats, protects her during the attack and car chase outside the Archive, and notes his wolf is calm around her.

Arc: He becomes a trusted protector, fighting attackers and driving Amaya to safety, and later guards her at the Chawi compound.

• Amaya Cauly — her assigned shifter guard
• Levi Cauly — his king and boss
• Sebastian — coordinates with him during the chase

The Celestials appear as a changing face among stars and grant Bria's request to stop Jeremiah by severing the Obayifo power exchange. They warn of consequences, call Bria daughter, and dismiss her.

Arc: They answer Bria's petition and sever the power exchange, saying it will be interesting to see the outcome.

• Bria Cauly — they call her daughter and grant her request
• Chawi and Bayi — they are the source of the gifts and the Obayifo bond
• Jeremiah — they act to stop him

Caden is Bria's mate and soul tether. He tries to dissuade her from entering the gateway, then fights alongside her when Jeremiah's horde attacks and goes through the gateway with her.

Arc: He supports Bria's petition and is thrust out with her; no further change is noted.

• Bria Cauly — his mate and soul tether
• Jeremiah — Bria's father and the enemy whose horde attacks them

Richard Fontaine is Anita's mate, who waits at Levi's compound and admits taking Anita's blood to track her. He negotiates to see Anita, swears loyalty to the Cauly Coven, and takes Anita away to recover. He suggests Levi could unite the Bayi and proposes taking Anita out of the country.

Arc: He moves from an unknown intruder to a recognized ally and mate, securing Anita's safety and supporting Levi's broader plans.

• Anita — his mate
• Levi Cauly — ally
• Amaya Cauly — her mother's mate

Nathanial Latham is a border mage leader appointed by Levi to replace Lucian and given a Collective seat. He accepts leadership, works to clear borders Lucian neglected, and visits Levi and Amaya's yacht with his son Khalil. He invites them to dinner.

Arc: He becomes the new border mage leader serving Levi, helping secure borders and supporting the new order.

• Levi Cauly — king he serves
• Khalil — his son
• Amaya Cauly — queen he greets and invites to dinner

Khalil is a border mage and son of Nathanial Latham. He meets Levi at the Monterrey docks to discuss replacing Lucian, takes the proposition to his father, and later reports on border work on Levi's yacht. He jokes that Levi is whipped.

Arc: He becomes a trusted border mage under Levi's new order, working to secure the borders and not let things slide as Lucian did.

• Nathanial Latham — his father
• Levi Cauly — king he serves
• Amaya Cauly — queen he greets

Malik is a Mujaji guard at the Archive's sacred garden who works alongside Amaya. He teases her, opens the iron door for her, offers help, and tells her about new mage classes.

Arc: He remains a steady coworker and friend at the Archive, with no major change noted.

• Amaya Cauly — long-time coworker at the Archive
• Sophia — relays her summons

Deonte is a coven leader and former enemy of Levi, the son of the coven master Levi killed. He asks Levi for a deal to add his coven's weapons to Levi's trucks and helps Hale after Levi slits Hale's throat.

Arc: He shifts from an enemy to a business ally seeking his coven's prosperity under Levi's authority.

• Levi Cauly — former enemy turned deal partner
• Hale — coven-mate and friend

Hale is a vampire of Deonte's coven who objects to dealing with Levi because Levi killed their last coven master. He curses at Levi and has his throat slit by Levi, but heals from the wound. Later his severed head is brought to Levi by Lucas, who says Hale had been meeting with the Buru.

Arc: He opposes Levi, survives a throat-slitting, and is eventually killed for meeting with the Buru.

• Deonte — coven-mate and friend
• Levi Cauly — enemy who killed their coven master and slit his throat
• Lucas — killed him

Oliver is Raven's father and head of the fire Mujaji. At the Collective meeting he tells Levi he is being unreasonable, with hate in his gaze, and has a grudge against the Bayi because Raven mated with Sebastian.

Arc: He remains hostile to Levi and Sebastian, with no change noted.

• Raven — his daughter
• Sebastian — dislikes him because he mated with Raven
• Levi Cauly — hostile toward him

Governor Kelvin comes to Levi's office asking for more time to pay his debt. He threatens Levi with law enforcement, is forced to his knees by Levi's power, and agrees to clear Levi's freighters through Monterrey customs.

Arc: He is coerced into compliance; no further change is noted.

• Levi Cauly — debtor and governor under his control
• Lucas — present during the meeting

James is Levi's driver. During the Buru ambush he releases the sunroof seal on Levi's order, fires a sawed-off at a Buru, and speeds the SUV away from the scene. He obeys Levi's orders.

Arc: No change noted.

• Levi Cauly — driver and enforcer

Chawi is a healer who monitors Raven's work burning poison from Levi's blood. She examines Levi, announces the work is done, and takes her leave.

Arc: No change noted.

• Raven — monitors and assists her healing work
• Levi Cauly — patient she examines
• Amaya Cauly — present during the healing

Angelica is Tracy's mother and Amaya's aunt. She hugs Amaya at the Chawi compound and reacts with surprise when Amaya says Paul has been spinning stories.

Arc: No major change noted; she shows concern for Amaya.

• Amaya Cauly — her niece
• Tracy — her daughter

Michael is Amaya's uncle who greets her with an awkward pat and chides her when she defies the elders.

Arc: No major change noted.

• Amaya Cauly — his niece