The spirits of murdered children who haunt the Leikkio Plains.

Lesser Goddess of the Forest and daughter of Tapio.ĭemons and goblins of Tuonela, spawns of Rangaista.Ī powerful demon and Old God, father of Louhi. Head cook and gardener of Shadow’s End.ĭeadmaiden. God of Graves and Tuoni’s right-hand man and advisor.Ī relic from the days of the Old Gods and the personification of killing.ĭeadmaiden. Goddess of the Moon, Mother of Stars, protector of sea creatures. God of the Oceans and Seas, husband of Vellamo, brother of Tuoni & Ilmatar. Vellamo can be found in the Great Inland Sea. Goddess of the Air, sister to Tuoni and Ahto. Väinämöinen has supposedly been dead for centuries.Ī supreme God and the father of Tuoni, Ahto, Ilmatar, husband to Akka.Ī supreme Goddess, wife to Ukko, and the mother of Tuoni, Ahto, Ilmatar. He lives with Louhi in their castle by the Star Swamps.ĭeath’s past adversary and legendary shaman who became a Finnish folk-hero. Louhi’s consort, the demigod shaman whom she left Death for. While he is a loyal and refined servant to Death, he is also vicious, violent and bloodthirsty by nature, as all unicorns are. Sentient, Sarvi is able to communicate telepathically. Sarvi is a unicorn with bat-like wings that died a long time ago and is composed of skin and bone. Short for Yksisarvinen, Sarvi is a relic from the times of the Old Gods and originally from another world. Tuonen is also a lord in the City of Death and helps oversee things in the afterlife. He shares ferrying duties with his sister Loviatar. Her job is to ferry the dead down the River of Shadows to the City of Death, a role she shares with her brother Tuonen.

The Lesser Goddess of Death and Death’s Daughter. The God of Death, otherwise called Death, and King of Tuonela who rules over the realm from his castle at Shadow’s End.Įx-wife of Death’s, former Goddess, half-demon daughter of Rangaista. Outside the City of Death, Gods, Goddesses, spirits, shamans, and the dead who have escaped the city can be found. The recently deceased travel via the River of Shadows to the City of Death where they are divided into factions (Amaranthus, the Golden Mean, and Inmost) and admitted into the afterlife. It is a large island that floats between worlds, with varied geography and terrain. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.įor my father, Sven Halle – until we meet again.

River of shadows by karina halle