Character guide

Unknown Narrator

major

Also known as yourself, mine, Your, myself, I., your

A captured forest fighter dragged before the airlords, he watches Han cruelty with cold eyes and answers their mockery with quiet defiance.

The Hans

major

Also known as the Hans, Hans, These Hans, their, themselves, Their

The airborne ruling race of Lo-Tan, whose rigid discipline and hollow courtesies mask a cynical, morally degraded civilization that has hunted Americans for centuries.

San-Lan

major

Also known as Lan, the Magnificent San-Lan, himself

The Magnificent Air Lord of All the Hans, a caged tiger of a tyrant whose gleaming empire is crumbling beneath him.

Wilma

supporting

Also known as herself, hers, your

A woman tied to the narrator's cause, whose presence threads through his captivity and the wider American resistance.

The Americans

supporting

Also known as Americans, their

The hunted survivors of a shattered nation, reduced to forest beasts yet secretly bred into supermen by the very oppression meant to destroy them.

Anthony Rogers

supporting

Also known as Rogers, your

An American figure bound up in the fight against the Han, whose name carries weight among the forest fighters and their scattered forces.

The Han Officer

supporting

Also known as himself

He commands the Han detail that takes the narrator prisoner, treating rank and ritual as weapons of petty humiliation rather than genuine respect. His crude mockery of his own Air Lord exposes the cynical, backbiting culture that holds the Han empire together through fear alone. Through him the narrator first learns that Han discipline is heartless theater, and that even captors despise one another — a lesson that colors every later encounter with the enemy.

Tony

minor

Also known as yourself

A nickname for a character, possibly Anthony Rogers or another ally.

Handan

minor

Also known as Boss Handan, Boss, himself

A Han boss or leader, possibly a local administrator.

The Bad Bloods

minor

Also known as their

A group of rebellious or outlaw characters.

Delawares

minor

Also known as the Delawares, their

A Native American group allied with the Americans.

Ngo-Lan

minor

A Han character, possibly a scientist or official.

Number Two Operator

minor

A Han technician or operator of a device.

The Wyomings

minor

Also known as Wyomings

A group of American soldiers or allies.

Han

minor

Also known as the Han

A generic reference to a Han individual, possibly a ruler.

The Tibetans

minor

Also known as their, themselves

A group of people from Tibet, possibly allies or neutral.

Boss Warn

minor

Also known as Warn

A Han boss or leader, possibly a local figure.

Yun-Yun

minor

Also known as the Yun-Yun, its

A Han character, possibly a female or a title.

Lip-Hung

minor

A named Han individual, likely a subordinate.

Lui-Lok

minor

A Han character, possibly a guard or officer.

Jim Hallwell

minor

Also known as Hallwell

A named American character, possibly a soldier or pilot.