YASMIN VELMARA
The Watchful Daughter
Thirteen-year-old Yasmin notices what others overlook. Quiet, guarded and deeply observant, she feels disturbances in the forest before anyone can explain them.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT THE SAGA
Meet the characters revealed through the published saga, original music, cinematic releases, and the wider universe. Each profile identifies where the character first entered The Other Side—and whether they have appeared in the main story.
CHARACTERS OF THE OTHER SIDE UNIVERSE
LEYA VELMARA
The Fearless Questioner
Six-year-old Leya brings curiosity and stubborn bravery to the Velmara household. Yasmin’s younger sister asks the questions adults avoid, meeting an uncertain world with disarming honesty.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
BEEDA VELMARA
The Family’s Steady Heart
Practical and fiercely protective, Beeda keeps her family grounded in Rootmere Hollow. Beneath her restrained manner lies a watchful resolve to protect Yasmin and Leya as familiar life grows uncertain.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
HENNA VELMARA
The Farwatch Path-Captain
A senior Farwatch Path-Captain, Henna reads routes, leads expeditions and teaches restraint. Beeda’s husband and the girls’ father, he measures leadership by evidence, preparation and bringing people home.
First revealed:Â Book 1, Chapter 1
​ASHGUARD
The Silent Guardian
Yasmin’s great black wolf watches with an alertness no one can explain. Loyal and protective, Ashguard senses disturbances before the family understands them—and will not always obey when she is at risk.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
KAELOR VELMARA
The Maker of Mossbreak
A resistance veteran and salvage mechanic, Kaelor helps protect Mossbreak and keeps its workshop alive. His full left robotic arm is part of a working life shaped by survival, repair and family.
First revealed:Â Book 1, Chapter 5
ASHMANE
​The Steadfast Mount
Henna’s powerful black horse is built for endurance and difficult paths. Calm, alert and steady under pressure, Ashmane’s attention can reveal danger before his riders understand what has changed.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
VESSA
The Watchful Mare
Calm but wary, Vessa carries the grounded strength of a working forest horse. She responds to Beeda’s touch while her shifting attention reveals tensions that human eyes have yet to resolve.
First revealed:Â Book 1, Chapter 1
TARROW
Leya’s Restless Companion
Responsive and sometimes nervous, Tarrow trusts Leya without losing her own alertness. The young mare’s quick reactions and stubborn loyalty make her a living measure of the forest’s unease.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
NARA
Yasmin’s Trusted Mare
Nara meets Yasmin with deep trust, yet loyalty does not silence her instincts. Wary of what lies beyond familiar paths, she can refuse a direction even when her companion asks gently.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
CAVE PROPHETIC CREATURE
The Ancient Witness
​An ancient, grave presence carries the weight of wars beyond living memory. With controlled lightning-like lines marking its form, the creature’s prophetic bearing leaves its true nature unresolved.
First revealed:Â Book 1, Chapter 3
THREE WHITE-ROBED BEINGS
The Unnamed Three
Three white-robed beings appear as a single, purposeful presence. Tall, slender and ancient in bearing, they remain distinct from ordinary humanity, their nature and motives not fully explained.
First revealed:Â Book 1, Chapter 2
MARA
​Rootmere’s Watchful Elder
Severe, unsentimental and deeply watchful, Mara carries the authority of a long life in Rootmere Hollow. Her clouded eyes offer no easy reassurance as old fears press against the present.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
​OLD MARRETH
​Keeper of Orun
Rootmere’s aged Orun Keeper tends a sacred tradition rooted in moss, rain, breath and memory. Marreth preserves a community’s beliefs and burdens without resolving every mystery those beliefs seek to explain.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
TOVAN
The Young Protector
​A trained fighter in Rootmere’s Protectors Squadron, Tovan brings strength and confidence to village defence. Pride and charm complicate the vigilance expected of someone entrusted with other people’s safety.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
​RISSA
The Worried Mother
Rissa’s concern for her children places her among Rootmere’s most anxious witnesses. As uncertainty spreads, maternal protection and suspicion become difficult to separate in the village’s ordinary encounters.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
SERA VAELTHORN
The Keeper of Private Truths
A young adult woman in Rootmere’s warmth trade, Sera reads people with survival-sharpened intelligence. Beneath her approachable manner, she notices the secrets others reveal when they believe no one is listening.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
VALA BRACKENWILD
The Bold Survivor
Gatherer, labourer and warmth-trade worker, Vala meets Rootmere with teasing confidence. Her boldness conceals practical survival instincts and a clear understanding of the village’s unequal judgments.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
​NIME BRIARWATER
​The Quiet Romantic
Orphaned hardship has taught Nime to watch carefully and protect her private hopes. Quiet and romantic, she navigates Rootmere’s warmth trade with a vulnerability that does not erase her resourcefulness.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
MOTHER KELDA ROOTHEN
Keeper of Hearth-After
Kelda oversees Hearth-After’s tokens, ledgers and private adult bargains. An experienced witness to consent, debt and survival, she offers imperfect protection within a system that never frees her from compromise.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
HARRO VALE
The Gentle Repairman
First revealed:Â T.B.D
​A widowed root-worker and repairman, Harro carries grief with restraint. His gentleness matters in a world of unequal bargains: paid companionship, to him, never grants ownership of another person.
The Hearthless Worker
TALLA FENREED
A strong, proud bark-worker and cord-stripper, Talla survives without a household’s protection. Her difficult position exposes her to exploitation, but never reduces her to helplessness or erases her will.
First revealed: T.B.D
RAUVEN BLACKROOT
​The Night-Watch Captain
First revealed:Â T.B.D
Rauven reads boundaries, directs patrols and prepares Rootmere for raiders. Controlled rather than reckless, he understands that protecting a village also means confronting dangers within it.
ORVEK MUDHAND
​The Broker of Need
Orvek turns food, tools and promises of protection into leverage. A manipulative debt-broker, he seeks power in other people’s scarcity and tests the limits of Rootmere’s fragile safeguards.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
The Backpath Smuggler
JORREL REEDNECK
A smuggler and backpath guide between Rootmere and Brine Hollow, Jorrel carries contraband and messages. Evasive and self-protective, he sells access to routes that others depend on for survival.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
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KESSA THORN-SILK
The Fire-Veil Bargainer
​A nomad dancer of the Honeyfire Wagons, Kessa combines performance with sharp bargaining. She remembers the secrets and red-cord accounts that make generosity, freedom and obligation difficult to distinguish.
First revealed:Â T.B.D
MIRAEL PALE-HONEY
The Soft-Spoken Strategist
First revealed: T.B.D
​A song-dancer and feast companion of the Velvet Root Wagons, Mirael hides careful calculation behind a gentle manner. Every bargain is part of her effort to gain a little more freedom.
​LYRRA SALTVEIL
​The Lantern Dancer
First revealed:Â T.B.D
At the Blue Pearl House in the Orivex Tide Cluster, Lyrra works as a lantern dancer and paid companion. She negotiates rooms, secrets and protection in a world where access has a price.
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