GLOOM CHARACTERS Madeline Grey, Daughter of The Scribe Maddy has spent her whole life learning the arcane language and philosophy of The Ancients, the god-race banished by the demon lord Gloom.  Her quiet life will change forever when Gloom learns what even Maddy doesn’t know:  that she can open the gate to the Unremembered Realm and free The Ancients from their slumber. Victoria, Future Queen of Brassyria Vicky is the last granddaughter of The Ancients.  She’s sworn her life to fighting Gloom and his demonic armies, and after training under the enigmatic hermit and seer known only as Talon, she has become Captain of The Questors, a secret order of warriors who serve The Ancients.  Her mission, to keep Maddy alive, may be impossible. Tess, Sentinel of The Wasteland Tess would have been a Questor, had she only been patient enough to complete her training.  Instead, she followed a different road: she first became a mercenary, then a forester, a pirate, and mercenary.  In these final days, she has come full circle, bringing her varied skills to fight alongside Vicky against Gloom Skatch Born in the breeding pits, Skatch is a Tomac:  one of the thousand half-human and half-demon sons of Patomac, the thrice-evil right hand of the demon Gloom.  Skatch has been charged with bringing Maddy to Gloom.  If he can kill Vicky and eat Tess’ entrails along the way, all the better for him.