| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Corcoran | O'Connor | Protagonist. AKA: Cork. |
| | Henry | Meloux | Cork's old friend. |
| | Michi | Peshu | A monster that lived in the depths. |
| 2 | Jenny | O'Connor | Cork's older daughter. |
| | Judy | Madsen | A retired school administrator. |
| | Marlee | Daychild | Jenny's assistant. Stephen's girlfriend. |
| | Stephen | O'Connor | Cork's son. |
| | Anne | O'Connor | Cork's daughter. |
| | Rose | Thorne | Cork's sister-in-law. |
| | Waaboo | | Cork's grandson. Jenny's son. AKA: Aaron Smalldog O'Connor. |
| | Rainy | Bisonette | Meloux's great-niece. |
| | Daniel | English | Meloux's nephew. |
| | Eudora | English | Daniel's mother. |
| 3 | Carrie | Verga | Deceased. Maria's friend. AKA: Misty. |
| | Mariah | Arceneaux | Daniel's cousin. AKA: Candi. |
| 4 | Mal | Thorne | Rose's husband. |
| | Trixie | | The O'Connor's mutt. |
| 5 | Red | Arceneaux | Mariah's uncle. |
| | Tobias | | Mariah's half brother. AKA: Toby. |
| | Denny | | Mariah's half brother. |
| | Cal | | Mariah's half brother. |
| | Louise | Arceneaux | Mariah's mother. |
| 6 | Paul | | Mariah's half-brother. AKA: Puck. |
| 7 | Joe | Hammer | A policeman. |
| 8 | Demetrius | Verga | Carrie's father. |
| | Bibi | Gunnarsdottir | Mr. Verga's housekeeper. |
| | Leslie | Littlejohn | Mariah's basketball coach. |
| 10 | Tom | Bigboy | The Bad Bluff police captain. |
| | Ravel | Duvall | Mariah's friend. |
| | Brian | Buffalo | Kyle's father. |
| | Kyle | Buffalo | Brian's son. The boy who found Carrie's dead boy. |
| 12 | Marsha | Dross | The sheriff at Tamarack County. |
| 13 | Lindy | Duvall | Raven's mother. AKA: Sparkle. |
| 18 | Smiley | | Louise's former pimp. |
| 21 | Oli | Kukkonen | A Finnish Immigrant. |
| | Dan | McGinty | An eagle scout. Cork's
acquaintance. |
| 22 | Bea | Abbiss | The director of Nishiime House. |
| | Gina | | Bea's receptionist. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 23 | Melissa | Spry | Missing. |
| | Windigo | | The mystery man. AKA: Angel, Robert Wilson French. |
| | Manny | | Windigo's brother. AKA: Maiingan. |
| 27 | Simon | Wesley | A member of Montcalm's crew. |
| 29 | John Boone | Turner | Carrie's attacker. AKA: J.B. |
| 30 | Rollie | Downfeather | A veterinarian. |
| | Lenora | Downfeather | Rollie's wife and assistant. |
| 31 | Cherry | | One of Manny's victims. |
| 32 | Ember | | Manny's dog. |
| 33 | Johnny | Blumenthal | Rose's first kiss. |
| 34 | Tom | Blessing | One of the red boyz. |
| | Elgin | Mannypenny | Tom's colleague. |
| 36 | Shinny | | Daniel's friend. AKA: Clarence Fox. |
| | Breeze | | One of Windigo's girls. |
| 38 | Benjamin | O'Baker | Windigo's assistant. AKA: Brick. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 40 | Tommy | Seekins | A policeman. |
| | Walt | | Seekin's colleague. |
