Dawnwalker Characters

Monk and historian

Albertus

A monk whose historical knowledge helps Coen investigate St. Mihai’s sword. Anca doubts his state of mind.

Coen's brother

Alin

Coen’s late brother. His death in a lake accident continues to shape Coen’s memories and the family’s grief.

Vampire boyar

Ambrus

Boss encounter

Brencis’s youngest vampire lieutenant manages the valley’s blood supplies. He was a mercenary in Skender’s service before becoming a vrakhir.

Story regionsMaragir Wealds

• Scarlet Shield and Ambrus’s blood

Herbalist

Anca

Merchant

Coen’s herbalist friend once lived at St. Tyna’s convent. Her knowledge of its hidden library connects her story with Leonica’s.

Story regionsSt. Tyna's Grove

• Anca’s romance route

Svartrau crime lord

Andrei

A powerful figure in Svartrau’s gambling and black market. Nora and Ocha need help escaping his control.

Story regionsSvartrau City

Beekeeper

Ascar

A Tantari beekeeper whose activities have caught Crake’s attention. His story connects an ordinary village trade with the manumits.

Story regionsTantari Woods

Laslea villager

Atanas

Vasil’s father is an older Laslea resident who demands respect and tries to discipline his son. Their arguments are part of village life.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Astrologer and inventor

Aurelius

A mortal scholar serving Brencis. From his secluded watchtower, he combines invention and magic to create flying creatures for the knyaz’s forces.

Vampire boyar

Bakir

Boss encounter

The vampire boyar behind the deadly Lunar Tournaments. His servant Farkas secretly seeks help turning against him.

Story regionsBoar's Back · The Silts

• Shadowstorm and Bakir’s blood

Clan Bakr matriarch

Bakr-Erga

Merchant

The matriarch of Clan Bakr is both a leader and a powerful magic user. Her daughter Ocha has chosen life among humans instead of succeeding her.

Knyaz of Vale Sangora

Brencis

Boss encounter

Vale Sangora’s vampire ruler holds power from Greifberg Castle. After overthrowing Skender, he imposed the Blood Covenant on the valley.

Story regionsBriar Sloughs · Greifberg Castle · Laslea Glen · Maragir Wealds · The Silts · Svartrau City

• Ending routes and choices
• Piercing Shriek and Brencis’s blood
• The final castle assault

Dragosti heir

Catalin

Skender Dragosti’s surviving son left Vale Sangora after Brencis’s coup. Accounts of his travels describe his search for allies to restore his family’s rule.

Xanthe's daughter

Chariklea

Xanthe’s daughter is sustained by her mother’s dark magic. Her condition is central to Xanthe’s refusal to accept her loss.

Manumit leader

Crake

Also known as Marat

The secretive leader of the manumits organises resistance to Brencis. Coen’s help matters to a rebellion that is hunted and outnumbered.

• Crake’s romance route

Laslea villager

Crina

A Laslea resident grieving for her grandson Kvet. His death after an infected scratch forms the background to her story.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Manumit fighter

Drogos

Merchant

Crake’s right-hand man often questions his leader’s choices, especially those involving Coen. He remains an active fighter in the manumit rebellion.

Coen's mother

Esme

Coen’s mother has withdrawn under the weight of family loss, plague and vampire rule. Coen remembers the warmth she once brought to their home.

Bakir's servant

Farkas

Bakir’s outwardly loyal servant wants his master dead. He approaches Coen for help carrying out that plan.

Blood Covenant priest

Florin

A priest of the Blood Covenant who usually resides at Svartrau Cathedral. He also visits villages to hold Mass and hear confessions.

Story regionsSvartrau City

Laslea villager

Gavril

A dependable Laslea villager and Lazar’s brother. He repeatedly helps Lazar out of the trouble his recklessness brings.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Laslea elder

Gremla

A Laslea elder known for her weaving, cooking and memory of village history. She resents the vrakhiri while favouring compromise to protect her neighbours.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Tonis's sister

Heile

Tonis’s sister once lived with him in Oghasti. Their long separation and her unusual appearance complicate the search to reunite them.

• Good Home walkthrough

Livestock owner

Iorgu

A livestock owner occupied with caring for his animals. His curiosity extends beyond farm work to questions about the natural world.

Brencis's sire

Isbrand

Boss encounter

The vrakhir who turned Brencis later became his enemy. Lacra’s search with Coen leads to the consequences of their broken relationship.

Nobleman

Iulian Codrin

A nobleman who kept his position by swearing loyalty to Ambrus. Privately, he plots against the boyar using his habit of drinking directly from people.

Laslea resident

Kostel

A Laslea resident with a reputation for fighting and rash decisions. Since his mother’s death, Vladimir has helped shield him from the consequences.

Vrakhir envoy

Lacra

Boss encounter

A vrakhir envoy who says her mission is to eliminate Brencis. Her shared enemy brings her into an uneasy alliance with Coen.

• Lacra’s quest order
• Lacra’s romance route
• Tobias’s relic on the expedition
• Mesmerise and Lacra’s blood

Gavril's brother

Lazar

Gavril’s adventurous, often reckless brother. He depends on Gavril’s support when his choices lead him into trouble.

Nun of St. Tyna's

Leonica

Boss encounter

A nun tied to Anca’s past at St. Tyna’s convent. She reported Anca’s discovery of a secret library, then developed an interest in it herself.

Story regionsSt. Tyna's Grove

Coen's younger sister

Lunka

Coen’s determined younger sister is perceptive but still learning to recognise danger. Protecting her is a central concern for him.

Miller

Mert

Renna’s husband and Vladimir’s cousin works as a miller. His suspected manumit connections have led to his imprisonment by Brencis’s soldiers.

Rabbi

Mevasser

Merchant

A respected rabbi in Svartrau’s Neustadt district. His community practises its faith in secret under the Blood Covenant, making outside approaches a sensitive matter.

Story regionsSvartrau City

• Life Lock and Silas’s book

Dawnwalker

Mihai

Boss encounter

Svartrau remembers Mihai as a patron saint and dragon-slayer. Coen finds a different account of his past beneath the cathedral.

Story regionsSvartrau City

Coen's younger brother

Mirto

Coen’s younger brother struggles with anger and restless energy. His behaviour unfolds against the family’s losses and strained relationships.

Uriash blacksmith

Nareh

Also known as Uriash Hermit

Merchant

An uriash blacksmith living in a remote mountain home. Her isolation sets her apart even from other uriashi.

• Arbiter armour components and enhancement
• Choose a saint’s relic to hand in

Mysterious traveller

Neberu

A traveller encountered in Laslea who takes a particular interest in Coen. He says he has arrived from far away.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Svartrau resident

Nora

A resourceful Svartrau resident working with Ocha to resist Andrei’s exploitation. The two turn to Coen for help with their plan.

Story regionsSvartrau City

Uriash fighter

Ocha

Also known as Bakr-Ocha

Merchant

Bakr-Ocha left the prospect of leading her clan for life among humans. This uriash fighter’s problems in Svartrau connect her with Nora and Andrei.

Story regionsSvartrau City

• Manuals and teaching conditions
• Ocha’s request during Lacra’s route

Coen's father

Pieter

Coen’s father taught him sword fighting and worked with him in the silver mine. He says little about the mercenary past described by others.

Devout Laslea resident

Premysl

A devout Laslea resident who struggles to accept Brencis’s rule. His outspoken objections bring him into conflict with more accommodating neighbours.

Miller

Renna

A miller trying to keep her livelihood going after her husband Mert’s arrest. Their family has already suffered the loss of both children to the plague.

Sanzhani ruler

Sanzhani Tsarina

The ruler of a small sanzhani community in a burrow. Her authority and confidence suggest considerable magical power despite her small stature.

• Good Home walkthrough

Manumit rebel

Sara

Merchant

A young manumit committed to the rebellion against Brencis. She takes her place in the movement seriously despite doubts about her age.

Former knyaz

Skender

The Dragosti knyaz who ruled before Brencis. His violent suppression of a peasant revolt helps explain why some inhabitants initially welcomed his overthrow.

Story regionsBoar's Back · Greifberg Castle

Lumberjack

Tonis

A lumberjack who believed his sister Heile was dead. News of her survival gives him hope after years of separation.

• Good Home walkthrough

Atanas's son

Vasil

Atanas’s son often targets Coen over his friendship with Anca. His difficult behaviour and resistance to work create friction around Laslea.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Swamp herbalist

Vera

Merchant

A seller of Witchcraft manuals and crafting recipes near Briar Sloughs and Maragir Wealds. Find her in the yard by day; at night she sleeps inside her locked hut.

• Skill books and learning

Curio shop owner

Vicho

Merchant

A vrakhir curio-shop owner in Svartrau who abstains from human blood. He helps Coen while keeping his distance from the direct fight against Brencis.

Story regionsSvartrau City

• St. Dasius’s relic and shop conditions

Laslea resident

Vladimir

Also known as Vlad

Known as Vlad, he is a friend of Coen and Pieter. His growing secrecy is linked to rumours about the manumits and a planned uprising.

Story regionsLaslea Glen

Former mercenary

Volk

Merchant

A blind former mercenary who says he knew Pieter. His recollections offer another view of the past that Coen’s father rarely discusses.

Vampire boyaress

Xanthe

Boss encounter

Brencis’s oldest vampire courtier specialises in influencing minds and creating blood guards. Her dark magic also sustains her daughter Chariklea.

Story regionsThe Silts

• Blood Surge and Xanthe’s blood

Coen's sister

Yanna

Coen’s sister helps care for Mirto and Lunka. She takes on that responsibility when Pieter and Coen are away.

Laslea alderman

Zdislav

Laslea’s alderman tries to keep peace between villagers divided over vampire rule. He guards his own opinions while managing their disputes.

Story regionsLaslea Glen