The following is a list of characters featured in ''

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'', a series of

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novels written by

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from 2002 to 2008. For characters in the

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The Saga of Shadows ''The Saga of Shadows'' is a trilogy of space opera novels written by Kevin J. Anderson. First announced in 2011, it is a sequel to Anderson's seven-book series, ''The Saga of Seven Suns'' (2002–2008). The first novel, ''The Dark Between the St ...

'', see List of ''The Saga of Shadows'' characters.

Humans

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In the future, the human race has colonized multiple planets in the

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s merely follow orders.

Hansa

Earth Defense Forces

Citizens

Therons

In the series, the most prominent human world aside from Earth is Theroc, a planet covered in semi-sentient worldtrees that is quietly independent from the Hansa. Theroc's "green priests" are able to commune with the trees and communicate telepathically across space when touching a treeling, making them indispensable for instantaneous communication across the galaxy.

Green priests

Royal family

Roamers

In the series, the Roamers are clans of industrious humans living a clandestine existence in the fringes of space, managing a profitable economy centered on the sale of the valuable stardrive fuel ekti and other commodities.

Ildirans

In the series, the Ildiran Empire has existed for over ten thousand years, living peacefully due to a communal mental interconnectedness called the ''thism''. Each Ildiran has what is called a soulthread, and these soulthreads are woven together by their leader, the Mage-Imperator. Ildirans have a very specialized society, with specific castes that are adept at performing particular tasks. The castes are physically different from one another, and have different suffixes at the end of their names. Ildirans are the first extraterrestrials that humanity encounters upon exploring space beyond Earth, and the Ildirans share their stardrive technology with humans.