| 1 | The | Boy | The missing boy. |
| | Tracker | | A hunter. Protagonist. |
| | Black | Leopard | Tracker's best friend. The shape-shifting hunter. |
| | Itaki | | The river witch. |
| 2 | Uncle | | Tracker's uncle. |
| | Beloved | Uncle | The Chief of Ku. |
| | His | Father | Grandfather's father. |
| | Her | Mother | The young girl's mother. |
| | Grandfather | | Tracker's grandfather/father. |
| | Kwash | Likud | The Kwash's ancestor. |
| | Aboyami | | Tracker's father. |
| | Ayodele | | Tracker's brother. |
| | The | Witchman | The necromancer of Ku. |
| | The | Makala | The master of charms and spell. |
| | Kava | | The boy that Tracker met. Aka: Asani. |
| 3 | Yumboes | | The bush fairies and the guardian of the children. |
| 4 | Sangona | | The anti-witch. |
| | Giraffe | Boy | One of the Mingis that Tracker saved. Aka: Niguli. |
| | Smoke | Girl | One of the Mingis that Tracker saved. Aka: Khamseen. |
| | Albino | | One of the Mingis that Tracker saved. Aka: Kamangu. |
| | Ball | Boy | One of the Mingi's that Tracker saved. Aka: Kosu. |
| | Loembe | | The conjoined twins. One of the Mingi's that Tracker saved. |
| | Nkanga | | The conjoined twins. One of the Mingi's that Tracker saved. |
| | Asanbosam | | The human flesh eater. |
| | Sasabosam | | Asanbosam's brother. The blood sucker. |
| | Tokoloshe | | The small gremlin who can make himself invisible. |
| 6 | Amadu | Kasuwara | The slaver. The lion of the lower mountain and master of men. |
| | Kwash | Dara | Son of Kwash Netu. King of North Kingdom. Aka: Spider King. |
| | Fumeli | | The Leopard's bowman. |
| 7 | Kwash | Netu | Kwash Dara's father. |
| | Nooya | | The washerwoman who was possessed by the lightning bird. |
| | Saduk | | Nooya's child. |
| | Makhang | | Nooya's child. |
| | Fula | | Nooya's child. |
| 8 | Sadogo | | The Ogo. A tall and strong man. |
| | Nsaka | De Vampi | A mercenary. |
| | Bultungi | | The hyena. |
| | Basu | Fumanguru | The elder of the North Kingdom. Deceased. |
| 9 | Aesi | | Kwash Dara's chancellor. The lord of host. |
| | Sogolon | | The moon witch. |
| | Zogbanu | | The trolls from the blood swamp. |
| | | | Seven Wings - The Mercenaries. |
| | Venin | | The chosen child to become food of Zogbanu. |
| | Kiluya | | Sogolon's mother. |
| | Chipfalambula | | The great fish. The toll taker. |
| | Bibi | | The date feeder. |
| | Nyka | | The young mercenary. |
| | Adagagi | The Wise | The wise elder. |
| | Amaki | The Slippery | The elder that nobody knows. |
| | Belekun | The Big | The big fat elder. |
| 10 | Emele | | The red and hairy ghommid. |
| | Egbere | | Ewele's cousin. |
| | Ghommids | | A forest creature. |
| | Anjonu | | The spirit of the darklands. A wicked and ugly spirit. |
| 11 | Miss | Wadada | A brothel owner. Prostitute. |
| | Ekoiye | | One of the prostitutes. |
| 13 | Mossi | | The third prefect of the Kongori Chieftain Army. |
| 14 | Lord | Kafuta | The owner of the house where Sogolon lives. |
| | Entertainments | Master | The Ogo fight master. |
| | Lala | | E. Master's slave. |
| 15 | Old | Man | Lord of a huy and Southern Griot. |
| | Queen | Of Dolingo | The Dolingo Queen. |
| | Mazambezi | | One of the Prefects. |
| | Lissisolo | | Kwash Dara's sister. |
| 17 | Ipundulu | | A vampire lightning bird creature. |
| | Adze | | A vampire and bug swarm creature. |
| | Eloko | | The glass troll. A cannibal. |
| | Ikede | | A Southern Griot. Akede's son. |
| | Akede | | Ikede's father. |
| 18 | Chancellor | | The Queen Dolingo's chancellor. |
| 19 | White | Scientist | The lord of necromancers and an alchemist. |
| | Bad | Ibeji | A malformed twin. |
| | Venin-Jakwu | | King Batuta's white guard. |
| | King | Batuta | The long-time dead king. |
| 21 | Shadowings | | The night demon of Aesi. |
| 25 | Kamikwayo | | The white scientist who turned into a monster. |
