The “Dynamite Pilot”, he has been trained as a religious weapon to drive rockets into Disintian transport ships. He is the oral history of his people and their struggle to free themselves from the oppressive government of the Disintians.
He is the cunning, evil leader of the R.A.D. (Revolution Against Disintia) revolution and weilds the real power over the country. He keeps track of his nephew and controls him politically by hiding him in the desert.
A slave, bought at birth to be the bodyguard of Susewjot. He is completely loyal and would die for his young master. Through his rigorous training, he is a master of hand-to-hand combat and weapon systems.
The jealous older cousin and son of Uncle Ossem; he begged his way onto the party and resents the attention given to the chosen one and his family.
"Lightning" becomes a captive after her airship is shot down by Susewjot’s holy missile. In a chance encounter with Susewjot, she begins to haunt his dreams and he later rescues her out of slavery and marries her to the utter shock and horror of Uncle Ossem and his first wife.
He the life-long friend of Susewjot and son of a rich trader family; He is the driver of the party and can maneuver almost any vehicle. A gifted natural mechanical engineer, he often invents new gadgets that find a way of getting the party out of trouble.
He is a fierce tribesman and has a complete, blind loyalty to the cause. Through Bojac’s connections, Uncle Ossem is able to control even the furthest regions of the country. Bojac’s penchant for brutality is legendary; he is not one to cross.
Susewjot’s arranged marriage wife; she was betrothed to him while she was sixteen years of age when Susewjot was still an infant. She lives in their palatial estate in the N.Ecuadorian capital of Sandess.
Man Wool factories owner (wool made from hair of man). He lives in a huge mansion in the middle of Katiak and is the unofficial “Don” of the town.
Rekab, the elder son, wishes desperately to follow in his father's footsteps and take the everlasting fight to the occupational force of the Disintians. The younger son, Alyosha, wishes only peace.
The leader of the evil overlord country, Disintia. He is a brash man that spits venom of the “Ultimate Victory” and makes war to conquer the planet
Leader of the High Senate of Disintia. A ruthless and cunning leader who controls the back avenues of information and power.
Disintian Ground Forces Commander; a brilliant battlefield strategist with a long, storied career. Although he is ruthless on the battlefield, General Hopsch has always championed ceasefires and diplomatic solutions to the two nations' problems.