BLUE Main Characters
As we get close to the publishing date of THE BLUE-SPANGLED BLUE, I wanted to share the main characters of this first book of THE PATH.
For each character, I give their name, ethnicity/culture, a description, their planet/station of origin, their pronouns, and their gender / sexuality.
ON THE COVER
*Tenshi Koroma—Aknawajin architect and reformer leader, twin sister of the Dominian Pathwalker Oracle (Jitsu, she/her, cis/pan)
*Brando D’Angelo (silhouette)—Italian professor of linguistics and convert to the Path (Earth, he/him, cis/bi)
*Konrau Beserra—Simeriano leader of the Brotherhood, a crime syndicate seeking to establish an empire of worlds (Tenochtitlan Platform, he/him, cishet)
*Jeini Andrade—Simeriana. Dead former lover of Konrau Beserra, who “haunts” him (Tenochtitlan Platform, she/her, cis/het)
OTHER CHARACTERS WITH ONE OR MORE POV CHAPTERS
*Nestor Bos—Simeriano counselor to Konrau Beserra (Mars, he/him, cishet ace)
*Santo Koroma—Aknawajin religious and political leader; uncle of Tenshi and Samanei (Jitsu, he/him, cishet)
*Tripõ Lameda—Simeriano footsoldier for the Brotherhood (Mars, he/him, cishet)
*Chago Martin—Joviano captain of a Brotherhood crew (La Mancha Platform, he/him, cishet)
*Meji Pishan—Aknawajin religious leader who supports reform (Jitsu, they/them, genderqueer [omedeyo] pan)
*Mutemi Rawe—Aknawajin archon / head of state (Jitsu, he/him, cis/gay)
*Ben Wu—Huanren military officer, retired from the Consortium military and hired to lead an anti-terrorism squad on Jitsu (Bingzhan Platform, he/him, cishet)
OTHER MAJOR CHARACTERS
*Yen Bandera—Euromartian free-lance spy, head of the Al-Muzzaml network (Mars, he/they, genderqueer pan)
*Felipe Beserra—Simeriano. Konrau Beserra’s younger half-brother (Tenochtitlan Platform, he/him, cishet)
*Karmen Beserra—Simeriana mother of Konrau and Felipe Beserra (Tenochtitlan Platform, she/her, cishet)
*Luisa Canales—Joviana architect, protégé of Tenshi Koroma who runs the firm Izakiwo (Europa, she/her, cishet)
*Jina Chimari—Akawajin spouse of Meji Pishan. Reform activist and teacher in Kinguyama (Jitsu, she/her, cis/pan).
*Seni Chunhawan—Dharthai mayor of Station City (Dhara, he/him, cishet)
*Tana D’Angelo di Koroma—Brando and Tenshi’s young daughter (Jitsu, she/her)
*Monchu Koroma—Aknawajin Pathwalker missionary; Tenshi and Samanei’s father; older brother of Santo Koroma (Jitsu, he/him, cishet)
*Samanei Koroma—Aknawajin. Twin of Tenshi Koroma. Third and present Oracle of the Dominian Pathwalker sect (Jitsu, she/her, cis/pan)
*Ambarina Lopes—Joviana captain of the Velvet and Tenshi’s former lover (La Mancha Platform, she/her, translesbian)
*Buddhadev Mukerji—Punjabi captain of the Pacifactor II (India, he/him, cishet)
*Modupe Oduyoye— Ndigwe professor of comparative religion, friend of Brando D’Angelo (New Nigeria, he/him, cishet).
*Inyoni Onamata—Aknawajin mother of both Tenshi and Samanei (Jitsu, she/her, cis/pan)
*Leyla Soral—Dharturk mayor of the city of Lyonesse and later CPCC ambassador to Jitsu (Dhara, she/her, cislesbian)
*Michiyu Sosa—Aknawajin. Former major in the Jitsu Liberation Army; heads Anti-Terrorism Squads (Jitsu, he/him, cishet)
*Isabella Spinelli—Italian biologist and former lover of Tenshi Koroma (Earth, she/her, cis/bi)
*Nosowa Tayibo—Aknawajin head of the Modern Languages Department at the University of Jitsu (Jitsu, he/him, cis/bi)
*Nikki Trinh—Dharkinh owner of Trincon, the biggest supplier of construction materials on Jitsu (Dhara, she/her, cishet)
*Hekima Umchawi—Aknawajin priestess at Jinja ra-Shamanga, the Shrine of Shattering. Considered a ramatini or sage of the Path (Jitsu, she/her, cishet ace)
*Areshan Yesuro—Aknawajin prefect of Inkungu and close friend of Tenshi Koroma (Jitsu, they/them, genderqueer pan)
