Hope : the Sphinx
Leto : Hope’s mother; also a Sphinx
Priska : Hope’s “aunt,” tasked with protecting Leto and Hope, demigod daughter of Artemis
Charlie Davenport : Priska’s employer
Athan : demigod son of Hermes
Haley : Hope’s friend from school
Mr. Stanley : a butcher who is kind to Hope; Haley’s father
Xan : demigod son of Ares
Dahlia : daughter of Eris, Xan’s cousin, friend of Hope
Ares : god of war, bloodshed, and violence; father of Xan
Aphrodite : goddess of love, beauty, desire, and pleasure
Athena : goddess of wisdom, courage, justice, skill, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts
Apollo : god of music, truth, and prophecy; twin brother to Artemis. Fell in love with Phoibe and cursed her daughter, Phaidra, when she refused his advances. Hunts Hope and Hope’s mother, Leto.
Artemis : virgin goddess of the hunt, twin sister to Apollo. Mother to Priska.
Boreas : god of winter and the north wind
Demeter : goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest, growth, and nourishment
Dionysus : god of wine, parties and festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, ecstasy, and drugs
Eris : goddess of strife and discord, mother of Dahlia
Eros : god of love and desire
Charon : the ferryman who carries souls across the rivers Styx and Acheron
The Fates : three incarnations of destiny, primordial deities who are even more powerful than the Olympians; Atropos (the cutter of life’s thread), Lachesis (the measurer), and Clotho (the spinner) are destiny personified. Collectively known as Moirai.
The Furies : primordial goddesses of vengeance: Tisiphone (avenger or murder), Megaera (the jealous) and Alecto (constant anger). Daughters of Nyx, sisters to the Fates. Collectively known as the Erinyes.
The Graeae : three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth among them. By name: Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo.
Hades : ruler of the Underworld; god of the Earth’s hidden wealth, both agricultural produce and precious metals; married to Persephone.
Hephaestus : god of fire, metalworking, and crafts; father to Mr. Stanley
Hera : queen of the heavens and goddess of marriage and fidelity, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires.
Hermes : god of commerce, boundaries, travel, thievery, trickery, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics, and animal husbandry; father of Athan
Hestia : goddess of the home, hearth, and chastity; mother of Obelia
Hypnos : god of sleep
Leto : Titan goddess of Motherhood
Persephone : wife of Hades; queen of the Underworld; daughter of Zeus; goddess of spring growth.
Poseidon : god of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes, and the creator of horses.
Skia : immortal creatures from the Underworld
Thanatos : the personification of death, twin brother to Hypnos.
Zeus : king of the gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky, lightning, thunder, weather, law, order, and fate.