# Ralestone Luck — Character guide

> Key figures in Ralestone Luck by Andre Norton.

- [Val Ralestone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/val_ralestone.md): Val Ralestone is the heir to Pirate's Haven, a decaying Southern estate whose luck has run out along with its money. When a rival claimant threatens the family's last asset, Val must decide whether to fight, bargain, or 
- [Rupert Ralestone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/rupert_ralestone.md): Rupert Ralestone is the Ralestone in residence, the one who faces down lawyers and threats with a slight twist of the lips and no intention of moving. He manages the estate's practical crises—wrecked carriage houses, unp
- [Rick Ralestone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/rick_ralestone.md): Richanda "Ricky" Ralestone is the youngest of the clan, the one who teases Val about snobbery and bristles at being packed off to town while the men handle danger. When a tunnel collapse pins her brother in the dark, she
- [Uncle Rick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/uncle_rick.md): Roderick Ralestone vanished in 1788, leaving his half of Pirate's Haven in legal limbo and his descendants—or someone claiming to be them—a foothold to challenge the current family's claim. Because no birth record surviv
- [Jeems](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/jeems.md): Jeems is the quiet, capable presence who fixes what the storm breaks and reports what the land needs, a man whose loyalty to "the Big House" predates the current generation. His wife Lucy, a former cook-housekeeper, arri
- [Miss Charity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/miss_charity.md): Charity Biglow is a painter from Boston who has leased the Ralestones' overseer's house without realizing her landlords were in residence—or that one of them is her landlord. She offers lemonade, laughter, and a refreshi
- [Lucy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/lucy.md): Lucy belongs to the older, half-wild Louisiana that the Ralestones have inherited along with their crumbling plantation, and she moves through it with the ease of someone who has always known its ways. She adopts the dis
- [LeFleur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/lefleur.md): René LeFleur keeps his offices in the old slave quarters of Pirate's Haven, greeting the returning Ralestones with outstretched hands and a warmth that Val finds himself trusting almost before their grip ends. His arched
- [Creighton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/creighton.md): A lawyer or business associate involved in the Ralestone affairs.
- [Judson Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/judson_holmes.md): A detective or investigator looking into the Ralestone family secrets.
- [Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/satan.md): The Ralestone family dog, a large and loyal hound.
- [Red Bird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/red_bird.md): A Native American character who assists the Ralestones.
- [Sam Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/sam_two.md): A servant or worker at the Ralestone estate.
- [Boss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/boss.md): A local figure of authority in the swamp region.
- [Sir Roderick de la Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/sir_roderick_de_la_stone.md): A medieval ancestor of the Ralestones, founder of the family line.
- [Miles Ralestone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ralestone_luck_se/characters/miles_ralestone.md): A wild ancestor of the Ralestones, known for his exploits.

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