Characters
26 entries in the His Dark Materials compendium.
Lyra BelacquaA liar who speaks truth, a child who saves worlds with her courage.PantalaimonA shape-shifting soul companion who mirrors Lyra’s courage from a trembling moth to a steaWill ParryThe boy from a world without daemons who carries the weight of two worlds on his shouldersLord AsrielA man who would burn the heavens to free humanity from a tyrant god.Iorek ByrnisonExiled by iron, crowned by truth: the bear who reclaimed his soul.BaruchAn angelic figure absent from Pullman’s published canon despite biblical prominence.John ParryA father lost to the ice, found in spirit, and silenced before he could reclaim his son.StelmariaThe snow leopard soul who walks beside the fierce Lord Asriel through rebellion and cosmicFather MacPhailA bureaucrat of dogma who views the severing of human-daemon bonds as divine necessity.BalthamosAn angel who, with Baruch, sought Will's help to deliver the Subtle Knife to Lord Asriel.King BalazarA phantom title with no seat on any throne across the multiverse.The AuthorityThe oldest angel, mistaken for God, who rules through fear until his power fades.Lord RokeA high-ranking councilor of the Magisterium whose authority crumbles with the collapse of PanThe shapeshifting soul of a girl who dared to save the multiverse.Serafina PekkalaThe wind carries her clan, and her loyalty turns the tide of war.Roger ParslowThe kitchen boy whose death broke Lyra's heart and changed the multiverse.John FaaKing of the Gyptians who leads the Arctic expedition to save the abducted children.Farder CoramThe wise Gyptian elder whose foresight guides the fleet through peril and prophecy.OgunweA key ally recruited by Lord Asriel to fight against the Authority in the final series.HesterThe loyal jackrabbit daemon accompanying aeronaut Lee Scoresby across multiple worlds.The MulefaWheel-bound beings who perceive consciousness as a tangible force without the duality of sErsiliaA legendary castrato whose voice touched souls from Venice to London.TialysThe cold, calculating Inquisitor who sought to sever the soul itself.Lyra SilvertongueA girl who reads the Alethiometer and saves the multiverse alongside Will Parry.GarmundA historical name with roots in Old English and medieval chronicles, but absent from the HMa CostaA nurturing force within the Gyptian fleet who once cared for Lyra before joining the resi
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