The Burning God (The Poppy War Book 3)

The Southern Coalition and Its Allies

• Fang Runin: a war orphan from Rooster Province, former commander of the Cike, the last living Speerly
• Chen Kitay: the son of the former Imperial defense minister, heir to the House of Chen, Rin’s anchor
• Sring Venka: an archer from Sinegard, daughter of the former Imperial finance minister
• Liu Gurubai: the Monkey Warlord, a brilliant politician
• Ma Lien: bandit chief, member of the southern leadership
• Liu Dai: member of the southern leadership, Gurubai’s longtime ally
• Yang Souji: resistance leader from Rooster Province, commands the Iron Wolves
• Quan Cholang: the young, newly appointed Dog Warlord
• Chiang Moag: Pirate Queen of Ankhiluun, aka the Stone Bitch and the Lying Widow

The House of Yin

• Yin Vaisra: the Dragon Warlord and leader of the Nikara Republic
• Yin Saikhara: the Lady of Arlong and the wife of Yin Vaisra
• *Yin Jinzha: the oldest son of the Dragon Warlord and the grand marshal of the Republican Army, killed by Su Daji
• Yin Muzha: Jinzha’s twin sister, Vaisra’s only daughter
• Yin Nezha: the second son of the Dragon Warlord
• *Yin Mingzha: the third son of the Dragon Warlord, killed by the Dragon of Arlong as a child

The Trifecta

• Su Daji: formerly the Empress of Nikan, aka the Vipress, calls on the Snail Goddess of Creation Nüwa
• Jiang Ziya: the Gatekeeper, calls on the beasts of the Emperor’s Menagerie
• Yin Riga: the Dragon Emperor, presumed dead since the end of the Second Poppy War

The Hesperians

• General Josephus Tarcquet: the leader of the Hesperian troops in Nikan
• Sister Petra Ignatius: a representative of the Gray Company (the Hesperian religious order) in Nikan, one of the most brilliant religious scholars of her generation

The Cike

• *Altan Trengsin: a Speerly, formerly the commander of the Cike
• *Ramsa: a former prisoner at Baghra, munitions expert
• *Baji: a shaman who calls on the Boar God
• *Suni: a shaman who calls on the Monkey God
• Chaghan Suren: a shaman of the Naimad clan and the twin brother of Qara
• *Qara Suren: a sharpshooter, speaker to birds, and the twin sister of Chaghan
• *Aratsha: a shaman who calls on a river god

*Deceased