Thessa Foleer

Thessa and Palua have a casual sexual relationship after sharing wine and cigarettes. Thessa worries about the workplace consequences because Palua is a lower-ranking apprentice.

Demir is trying to rescue Thessa from Ivory Forest because he needs her expertise and the schematics she carried. He sees her success in recreating the phoenix channel as crucial to the Grappo family’s future.

They have known each other for years through Kastora and reconnect at the army camp. Idrian answers Thessa’s questions about Holikan with compassion and candor.

Adriana was an ally Thessa hoped might help her after escape. Thessa believes she is dead, leaving her and Axio without an obvious source of aid.

At Grent’s glassworks, Thessa is Axio’s senior and protective authority figure. Imprisoned together at Ivory Forest, she encourages and teaches him to make godglass, covers for his inexperience, and vows they will escape together.

Montego helps Thessa escape the compound and assists her in treating Demir’s injury.

Ekhi is Thessa’s falcon and one of the last things she has from her parents. Demir returns the injured bird to her, and she is deeply relieved to find him alive.

Glissandi, called Three, shares the prison dormitory with Thessa and reads the newspaper aloud to the other prisoners.

Kastora has trained and guided Thessa for years, recognizes her exceptional siliceer talent, and appoints her his principal assistant on the phoenix-channel project. He entrusts her with its schematics and the task of rebuilding it.

Pari saves Thessa from an attempted abduction, partly because Thessa had previously treated her kindly. Thessa hires her as a trusted assistant and offers her a chance to advance beyond her labor-camp background.

Thessa studies Volos’s treatise on lightning rods and bases her experimental plans on the professor’s work and descriptions of her testing location.

Tirana leads the enforcers protecting Thessa and the phoenix-channel project. She warns Thessa that Justaci’s fall may have been deliberate and urges her to stay alert for a traitor.

Serres gives Thessa a ride with his refugee family after she helps free their wagon. He offers her shelter, and she helps him when the soldiers seize the group.

Aelia orders an armed Dorlani team to break into the Hyacinth, search Thessa’s room, and seize all her project work.

At the Forge, Breenen turns his weapon on Thessa and helps the mercenaries’ collaborators seize control of the barricade.

Filur oversees Thessa’s forced labor at Ivory Forest, confiscates her schematics, and threatens punishment for failure or defiance. Thessa hides her identity and considers sabotaging the compound and escaping.

Temmen intends to sell Thessa to Supi Magna after recognizing her as a missing prisoner from the Ivory Forest Glassworks.

Hellonian holds Thessa prisoner, seeks information about the phoenix channel, and treats her with condescension. She refuses to cooperate with him and ultimately uses the unfolding crisis to resist the captors.

Temmen recognizes Thessa as a fugitive from the Ivory Forest Glassworks and threatens her with a knife, intending to take her to Supi Magna. Pari kills him while Thessa restrains him.