Due to the large number of characters that appear over the course of the story, the list is divided by species with the exception of major characters (chimaera, seraphim, or human), along with the respective novel they have appeared in: Daughter of Smoke and Bone or Days of Blood and Starlight.
[1] In Daughter of Smoke and Bone, she runs tasks for her foster father Brimstone by gathering the teeth of various creatures, including humans, and draws pictures of her chimaera guardians in her sketchbook.
In Days of Blood and Starlight, with Brimstone dead, Karou works for Thiago as the resurrectionist, as she is the only one left who truly knew the task.
When Madrigal was executed by Thiago, Brimstone gleaned her soul and fashioned her a new body of a human infant so that he could raise her.
In Days of Blood and Starlight, he kills his father Joram to help achieve the goal that he and Madrigal strove for.
To stop Jael's army from hatching their evil plot, he plans to burn all portals from Eretz to the human world, but is too late.
In Days of Blood and Starlight, Thiago has appointed Karou as the new resurrectionist and the two act as the Warlord and Brimstone.
In Days of Blood and Starlight, Ten is in charge with looking after Karou to make sure that she doesn't escape.
When Bast says that Amzallag and the Shadows That Live were killed by Thiago, Karou runs into Ten on the way to the pit and gets attacked.
However, Issa manages to overcome Ten and transfers her body to Haxaya's soul so that the fox-type chimaera can keep up a disguise so as not to arouse suspicion.
However, when his party (led by Balieros) disobeyed orders and went to the Hintermost to save their people, he was the only survivor and managed to glean the souls of the others.
At first, Thiago is hesitant to allow Issa to remain there, as Naja do not have the wings that are needed by the chimaera army, but Karou talks him into keeping her, as she has resurrection experience.
When Brimstone is to be killed, he requests that Issa, Twiga, and Yasri give up their bodies so that their souls can be gleaned and sent back to Karou.
Yasri's thurible awaits for Karou to regain in the rubble of the temple of Ellai where Madrigal and Akiva met every night.
In the middle of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Kishmish comes flying in at top speed on fire with his last note from Brimstone, requesting help.
She was of the Kirin species, meaning that she has large bat wings on her back, gazelle horns, and gazelle-furred legs with hooves from the knee down.
Karou's memories of Madrigal are in both Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Days of Blood and Starlight.
After the siege of Loramendi, The Warlord was personally killed by the emperor of the seraphim, Joram, and Thiago took over as the leader of the chimaera.
Chiro is a member of the Sab tribe of chimaera, meaning that they possess a jackal head, caracal haunches, and bat wings.
She helps her older sister escape slavery and makes friends with the Dashnag boy Rath.
When the three manage to escape, Rath meets up with the two Dama and offers to carry Sarazal so that they can make better progress.
He and Ziri sparred outside and began laughing about the events that took place, which causes Karou to assume that everyone is happier without her.
Tangris and Bashees: Known as the "Shadows That Live", these two sisters are black, sphinx-like chimaera that have the ability to disguise themselves using the glamour and silently kill whole legions of angels in their sleep.
When Akiva declares that he is going to kill Joram to free the seraphim and chimaera from this war, Hazael stands with him.
When Akiva declares that he is going to kill Joram to free the seraphim and chimaera from this war, Liraz stands with him.
Jael's plot is to get white gowns and harps for the seraphim, invade Earth, and trick the humans to their side -making the chimaera look like monsters for trying to stop him.
He helps Zuzana to find Karou in Days of Blood and Starlight and then stays with them for a short period of time before they are sent back.
He first appears in Daughter of Smoke and Bone, but plays a larger part in Days of Blood and Starlight.
She provides the information to Karou in Daughter of Smoke and Bone that all the portals in the world have been burned by seraphim.
The Godstars: The serephim believed that there were once a race of bright warriors who traveled from their far away world to engaged in a long war with the Gibborim.