The Wretched Divine Characters

A knight and Chantelune daughter who witnessed her mother's sacrifice, wanted to earn her wings and bond with an angel, and fears losing those close to her. She is driven to protect Rhovar, save her father and Azriel, and atone for lying about killing a demon. She bonds with both Yuriel and Severin, develops demon magic, and grows increasingly conflicted about her identity and desires.

Arc: From a grieving knight seeking Glory and approval, she becomes a bonded demon-touched warrior who lies, deceives, and transforms. She cuts out Varen's tongue to hide his transformation, frees him, and ultimately channels Severin's magic to defend Rhovar while a horn grows at her temple.

• Myrah — her mother
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — her brother
• Varen Chantelune — her father
• Nicolas Beaumont — romantic interest and fellow knight
• Ilaria Noriclat — friend and princess
• Solange Beaumont — rival and antagonist
• Marcel — fellow knight and friend
• Azriel — second father
• Yuriel — bonded angel
• Severin — bonded demon and lover

An angel Soldier bonded to Aurelie, initially a healer and reluctant bonded, later revealed to have been the Yuriel who carved off Sabriel's wings. He is dutiful, jealous, and conflicted between divine law and his feelings for Aurelie. He fights demons, rescues Aurelie, and ultimately defies Xadriel to side with Severin.

Arc: From an obedient Soldier and angel who follows Xadriel and hides his guilt over Sabriel, he becomes disillusioned with angelic law. He chooses Aurelie and the cure, loses a wing to Xadriel, and fights alongside Severin.

• Aurelie Chantelune — his bonded human
• Severin — former best friend and partner whom he betrayed
• Vex — vesper companion
• Azriel — elder angel he respects
• Xadriel — commander and later enemy
• Loriel (Lori) — his trainee
• Varen Chantelune — ally he shields and brings to the hall

A demon and fallen angel revealed to be Sabriel, bonded to Aurelie, who runs Veritas's wine guild and works on a cure. He is vengeful, charismatic, protective of demons, and seeks to expose the angels' hypocrisy. He becomes Wrath after Xadriel kills Selyra and exterminates a demon camp.

Arc: From a mysterious velari and demon seeking a cure and revenge, he bonds with Aurelie, reveals himself as Sabriel, kills Gareth, poisons Rhovar's wine, confronts Xadriel, is stabbed, gives his magic to Aurelie, and survives healed by Azriel.

• Aurelie Chantelune — his bonded human and lover
• Yuriel — former friend and partner, now antagonist
• Lute — ally and co-conspirator
• Vex — vesper companion
• Xadriel — enemy and former commander
• Selyra — his mortal lover killed by Xadriel
• Gareth — cured, then killed by him
• Melisandre — former lover

Princess of Rhovar, Aurelie's friend, cynical about courtly life and forced marriage. She is secretly bonded to Lute for a year, uses forbidden tunnels, and frees Varen from his cell. She marries Prince Asterion out of duty but hopes for freedom.

Arc: From a pawn of war and friend, she becomes a secret demon-bonded rebel who frees Varen, marries Asterion, and is carried to Frienen where Asterion reveals himself as Orion.

• Aurelie Chantelune — friend
• Lute — bonded secret lover
• King Edric — her father
• Queen Sybil — her mother
• Varen Chantelune — she frees him from his cell
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — former betrothed and later husband
• Azriel — family friend present at her birth
• Solange Beaumont — her knight and guard
• Edevane — knight-commander ordered to guard her

Commander of the Soldiers with six smoky-gray wings, a ruthless angel who exterminated a demon camp, killed Selyra, and forced Yuriel to cut off Sabriel's wings. He is the main angelic antagonist in the final battle.

Arc: From commander testing the angels to main enemy, he stabs Severin, cuts Yuriel's wing, captures Aurelie, but retreats after Varen and Azriel wound him.

• Yuriel — commander and later enemy
• Severin — former commander and enemy
• Selyra — he kills her
• Aurelie Chantelune — he orders the angels to kill her
• Varen Chantelune — Varen cleaves the joint of his wing
• Azriel — Azriel shoots him in the chest
• Loriel (Lori) — angel under his command

A prideborn demon leader who razed a village, attacked Rhovar, and captured and tortured Yuriel. He is vain, orders Yuriel auctioned, and nails him above an altar. Aurelie kills him with Glory.

Arc: From demon leader to killed by Aurelie during the church rescue.

• Velestra — his subordinate
• Yuriel — his captive and torture victim
• Severin — adversary at the church
• Aurelie Chantelune — enemy who kills him
• Emeric — he summons him

One of the Original Sins who appears in the archives and hunts the Chantelunes. It fights Orion and Myrah and wounds Myrah with its claws. Its attack causes Myrah's sacrifice and Orion's presumed death.

Arc: It attacks the family and causes Myrah's sacrifice; it is not seen later in the notes.

• Aurelie Chantelune — target
• Myrah — it wounds her
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — it fights him

A demon leading Kieran's horde who captures Yuriel, presents him to Kieran, and fights Severin and Yuriel. She snares Yuriel with vines and cages him while the horde closes in.

Arc: From Kieran's subordinate and captor to defeated or displaced after the church battle; her later fate is not detailed.

• Kieran — her leader
• Yuriel — captor
• Severin — enemy and target
• Radian — she blames Severin for his disappearance

Captain of the king's guard, Aurelie's father, and Azriel's soulbound partner. He fights demons, transforms into a demon-like hybrid, is imprisoned, and has his tongue cut out by Aurelie to hide his transformation. He later takes the cure, becomes human, and fights Xadriel.

Arc: From a proud captain and father, he becomes a hybrid prisoner, is freed by Ilaria, cured by Severin, and rallies the knights against the angels.

• Aurelie Chantelune — his daughter
• Myrah — his wife
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — his son
• Azriel — his bonded angel
• Ilaria Noriclat — the princess who frees him
• Edevane — a broken engagement between them
• Xadriel — enemy whose wing he cleaves
• King Edric — his king

A High Warden and Guardian angel bonded to Varen and a second father to Aurelie. He is weakened after Varen's transformation, confined by King Edric, and later continues to protect Aurelie and Varen. He shoots Xadriel and heals Severin.

Arc: From a powerful soulbound angel, he is confined and weakened, but ultimately shoots Xadriel in the chest and heals Severin with golden light.

• Varen Chantelune — his bonded human
• Aurelie Chantelune — he loves her like his own
• Yuriel — fellow angel he advises
• King Edric — the king who orders his confinement
• Ilaria Noriclat — family friend who has known her since birth
• Severin — he heals him after the battle

A blue-skinned envyborn demon, Severin's ally, and secretly bonded to Ilaria for a year. She is sarcastic, reluctant, and protective of Ilaria. She tests the cure, captures Yuriel, and later fights for the demons.

Arc: From Severin's reluctant companion to Ilaria's secret lover and co-conspirator, she helps cure Gareth, drugs Yuriel, and fights him before being bound.

• Ilaria Noriclat — her bonded secret lover
• Severin — ally and co-conspirator
• Aurelie Chantelune — hostile toward her
• Yuriel — captor and enemy
• Vex — she snares her in darkness
• Gareth — she restrains and hides him

A Luminel vesper companion to Aurelie, also called Vexara, who is mischievous and helpful. She guides the group, warns of the Nyxaris, helps rescue Yuriel, and is captured by Lute. She later appears on the Frienen ship as Asterion's familiar.

Arc: From an elusive guide to a loyal companion, she aids Aurelie, is captured, freed, and later appears on the Frienen ship reporting that Asterion's sister is alive.

• Aurelie Chantelune — her vesper companion
• Yuriel — companion who travels on his shoulder
• Severin — stays with him outside the barrier
• Lute — captor who snares her
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — appears as his familiar on the Frienen ship

A knight, Nicolas's twin, and fierce rival to Aurelie. She taunts Aurelie, fights demons, and seeks revenge after Aurelie severs Nicolas's hand. She serves as Ilaria's guard and later fights Aurelie in the hold.

Arc: From rival and antagonist to wounded guard, she is subdued by Aurelie and Severin, imprisoned, and left in the cell.

• Nicolas Beaumont — her twin brother
• Aurelie Chantelune — rival and enemy
• Edevane — her mother
• Ilaria Noriclat — her charge and guard
• Varen Chantelune — she watches his interrogation with admiration
• Severin — he revives her and imprisons her

A knight, Solange's twin, and a romantic interest of Aurelie. He is kind, dances with Aurelie, carries her from the woods, but raises his sword over Varen and has his hand severed by Aurelie. Later he inspects cargo at the gate, missing a hand.

Arc: From suitor and fellow knight to wounded victim of Aurelie's actions; he survives and continues his duties.

• Aurelie Chantelune — romantic interest whose hand she severs
• Solange Beaumont — his twin sister
• Marcel — fellow knight
• Varen Chantelune — he raises his sword over him

A knight and friend of Aurelie who promised her brother to watch over her. He kills a demon, restrains Solange, and offers to go with Yuriel. He fights in the final battle and becomes a demon after drinking the wine.

Arc: From loyal knight and protector to participant in the cure and wine, he drinks and is horrified by the transformation.

• Aurelie Chantelune — friend and protector
• Solange Beaumont — he restrains her
• Yuriel — receives his feather
• Nicolas Beaumont — fellow knight
• Varen Chantelune — rallied by him

Aurelie and Orion's mother, who teaches lyre and sacrifices herself to save Orion from Gluttony. She gives Aurelie her lyre and makes her promise to keep singing. She is remembered through her lyre and pendant.

Arc: She appears in flashbacks as a protective mother whose sacrifice drives Aurelie; her memory shapes Aurelie's grief and resolve.

• Aurelie Chantelune — her daughter
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — her son
• Varen Chantelune — her husband
• Gluttony — she stabs it and is wounded by it

Aurelie's brother, once destined to marry Ilaria, presumed dead after Gluttony's attack. His journals on demons are quoted. He appears as Prince Asterion Veythar of Frienen and reveals himself as Orion in the epilogue.

Arc: From lost brother and journal author to disguised prince who marries Ilaria, then reveals his true identity as Orion.

• Aurelie Chantelune — her brother
• Myrah — his mother
• Varen Chantelune — his father
• Ilaria Noriclat — former betrothed and later wife
• King Thalorian — Frienen royal house announced alongside him
• Queen Selanir Veythar — Frienen royal house announced alongside him

King of Rhovar and Ilaria's father, who seeks an alliance with Frienen. He orders Aurelie bound to a Soldier angel, rejects Ilaria's truce, and is poisoned at the wedding. He transforms and is killed by a gilded arrow.

Arc: From a king using his family as pieces on a board to a transformed victim killed at the wedding feast.

• Ilaria Noriclat — his daughter
• Queen Sybil — his wife
• Varen Chantelune — his captain
• Aurelie Chantelune — he orders her bound and later taken away
• Severin — Severin planned to confront him and poisoned his wine
• Edevane — he tasks her with the hunt and guarding Ilaria

Queen of Rhovar and Ilaria's mother, who comforts Aurelie and tries to protect Ilaria. She gives Ilaria a veil to cover her scars and protests Edric sending her on the hunt. At the wedding she is seized as Edric transforms.

Arc: From a comforting queen to a grieving and frightened witness of her husband's transformation and death.

• King Edric — her husband
• Ilaria Noriclat — her daughter
• Aurelie Chantelune — she comforts her and says they are proud
• Yuriel — she thanks him after he heals Ilaria

A knight-commander, Solange's mother, and a woman with a broken engagement to Varen. She leads the hunt with Ilaria, prioritizes Ilaria's safety, and later drinks the wine during the final battle. She fights Aurelie's command and is transformed.

Arc: From commander tasked with the hunt to a participant in the final battle who drinks the wine and becomes demon-touched.

• Solange Beaumont — her daughter
• Varen Chantelune — a broken engagement between them
• Ilaria Noriclat — she guards her on the hunt
• Marcel — he tears the wine from her grasp

A hybrid cured by Severin into the human Gareth, then held captive and reverts into a demon. He warns Yuriel about the angel and later is killed by Severin. His transformation demonstrates the cure's instability.

Arc: From hybrid to cured human to reverted demon, he is killed by Severin for being a liability.

• Severin — cured, then killed by him
• Lute — restrains and hides him
• Yuriel — captor and interrogator
• Aurelie Chantelune — she recognizes him

A lustborn performer and Severin's former lover who teases Aurelie. She performs onstage, sits on Severin's lap, and later watches Aurelie's performance with irritation. She is called a gossip by Lute.

Arc: A minor recurring presence whose jealousy and attention highlight Severin's bond with Aurelie.

• Severin — former lover
• Aurelie Chantelune — she sneers at her
• Lute — calls her a gossip

A greedborn who stabs Aurelie outside the cellar and later confronts her in the tavern. He dies woundless after she breaks a harp, and his death mirrors a human's. Severin says Claude worked at his vineyard and treated his wife like a princess.

Arc: From attacker to killed by Aurelie's sound magic, serving as her first kill and a lesson in demon humanity.

• Aurelie Chantelune — he attacks her and is killed by her
• Severin — former employer whose wife Severin killed

A hybrid who steps out from a narrow door near the altar when Kieran calls his name. His appearance makes Severin still during the church confrontation.

Arc: A brief but significant reveal of a hybrid presence in Kieran's church.

• Kieran — summoned by him
• Severin — his name makes Severin still

Yuriel's young disciple and a Soldier in training who gives Yuriel a summoning feather. He is summoned to fetch Xadriel, later shoots Aurelie when she intervenes, and is choked by Severin before being revived. He sinks into the shadows terrified after the battle.

Arc: From trainee to summoning help in crisis, he is wounded and traumatized by the final battle.

• Yuriel — his mentor
• Caiel — will take over his training
• Xadriel — sent to find him
• Severin — Severin chokes him
• Aurelie Chantelune — he shoots her, and she tries to free him

A Soldier angel who volunteers to go to Rhovar and is rejected by Xadriel. He is later set to take over Lori's training. He is described as well-suited to camaraderie with mortal knights.

Arc: A minor angelic figure whose rejection and reassignment mark the selection of Yuriel.

• Yuriel — fellow Soldier and rival candidate
• Loriel (Lori) — will take over his training
• Xadriel — rejects his offer to go

Harbinger of the Heralds who leads new angels to the Chamber of Echoes and tests Sabriel and Yuriel. She praises promising Heralds and reassures angels who hesitate. She is one of the Stewards.

Arc: A guiding figure in the angelic trials who helps establish the fates and talents of the novices.

• Azriel — fellow Steward
• Xadriel — fellow Steward
• Severin — as Sabriel, he is tested by her
• Yuriel — tested by her in the Chamber of Echoes

A Herald who assigns Yuriel and Sabriel to hunt and eliminate a gluttonborn terrorizing a mortal village. She warns them to be mindful of humans and transports them to the forest.

Arc: A minor angelic authority whose mission leads to Sabriel's fateful encounter with Selyra.

• Yuriel — Herald to Soldier
• Severin — as Sabriel, receives her mission

A mortal woman and Sabriel's lover, killed by Xadriel while she sleeps. Her red blood reveals she is human. Her death triggers Severin's wrath and revenge against the angels.

Arc: An innocent mortal whose murder by Xadriel becomes the catalyst for Severin's transformation into Wrath.

• Severin — as Sabriel, she is his lover
• Xadriel — he kills her
• Yuriel — an innocent mortal he had been tasked to protect

King of Frienen who enters the grand hall and takes his seat at the high table during Ilaria and Asterion's wedding feast. He is later ushered out by Frienen soldiers when chaos erupts.

Arc: A minor royal presence at the wedding alliance.

• Queen Selanir Veythar — his royal consort
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — Frienen royal house announced alongside him

Queen of Frienen who enters the grand hall and takes her seat at the high table during the wedding feast. She is later ushered out by Frienen soldiers when chaos erupts.

Arc: A minor royal presence at the wedding alliance.

• King Thalorian — her royal consort
• Orion Chantelune / Asterion — Frienen royal house announced alongside him

A greedborn in the demon tavern who hisses that they should burn Yuriel and pluck out his feathers. She resents Yuriel's presence and opposes Severin's protection of him.

Arc: A minor voice of demon hostility toward angels in Veritas.

• Yuriel — hostile toward him
• Severin — opposes his protection of Yuriel

A barmaid in the demon tavern who serves drinks, rebuffs a customer, and accidentally knocks Lute's chalice. When Aurelie's hood slips, Mari appears afraid and obeys Severin. She leaves after Severin dismisses her.

Arc: A minor tavern worker whose accident briefly exposes Aurelie's identity.

• Severin — tavern patron she obeys
• Aurelie Chantelune — she inadvertently reveals her hair

A prideborn sent to speak with Severin who never returned, and whose bonded burned to ash. Velestra cites his disappearance against Severin. He is mentioned as a source of conflict between Severin and Kieran's horde.

Arc: A minor off-page figure whose disappearance fuels Velestra's accusation.

• Severin — sent to speak with him and never returned
• Velestra — she cites his disappearance against Severin

A knight who finds Ilaria in the hold, orders Lucas to take her to safety, and follows her order to send the velari away and help the kingdom. He hesitates when glancing toward where Aurelie's father is held.

Arc: A minor knight whose obedience to Ilaria enables Aurelie's rescue of Varen.

• Ilaria Noriclat — knight who obeys her order
• Lucas — knight under his command

A knight who, on Eldran's command, scoops up the fainted Ilaria and carries her over his shoulder to the safe room. He is part of the deception that frees the hold.

Arc: A minor knight who carries Ilaria away during her performance.

• Eldran — fellow knight and commander
• Ilaria Noriclat — carries her to safety

A knight who rides near the front of the formation and is incinerated when flames erupt from the trees during the hunt. Marcel cries out her name when she is struck.

Arc: A minor knight whose death illustrates the dangers of the demon hunt.

• Marcel — comrade who cries out her name

A knight reported by Marcel as not having made it out of the demon attack. His death is mentioned among the losses of the hunt.

Arc: A minor off-page casualty of the demon attacks.

• Marcel — reports his death