Ancillary Sword

Commands the Undergarden situation, disciplines Hetnys, encounters Basnaaid, grapples with grief and the loss of her distributed ancillary self, manages Dlique's death and its diplomatic fallout.

Present during the tea-set destruction; reacts with small audible distress at its loss; accompanies Breq throughout the return journey.

Treating Captain Hetnys's leg during the confrontation; dismayed by Breq's threat to kill Hetnys; later managing Tisarwat's injuries and mood stabilization.

Multiply-bodied ruler fractured into warring factions; one fragment had been installed in Tisarwat and attempts to use her to control Mercy of Kalr.

Monitors Breq remotely; deduces the Ghost Gate conspiracy; reprimanded for risking herself during the rescue; reflects on her own emotional history with vulnerability.

Lower-class officer on watch; offers a proverb-laced assessment of Sword of Atagaris's Amaat lieutenant after the near-hostile encounter.

Elegant dock-authority official in whose office Breq first meets Tisarwat; described Tisarwat as 'flighty' before assignment.

Complicit in concealing Dlique's presence; her ancillary kills the translator; she is physically humiliated by Breq and stripped of her right to bear arms on the station.

Breq's ship, which communicates directly with her and confirms when Tisarwat-as-Anaander cancels unauthorized orders.

Managed Undergarden repairs in Breq's absence; shows diplomatic skill; later confesses suicidal ideation and articulates that she and Breq mirror patterns imposed by Anaander Mianaai.

Held hostage by Hetnys; survives; tells Breq she wishes Breq had been there when Awn died, precipitating Breq's confession; later joins Breq for supper.

Presger-bred human translator stranded at Athoek after a gate went down; escapes confinement out of boredom, meets Breq, and is shot and killed by Sword of Atagaris.

Initially dismissive of transportee trafficking rumors and worker grievances; yielded to Breq's pressure on both the storage facility access and plantation conditions.

Present at the dinner discussing Valskaayan labor; among those implicated in the Undergarden's systemic neglect.

Rationalizes Valskaayan exploitation as cultural inadequacy; revealed to be connected to ancestral slave-trafficking scandal through her grandmother; targeted by post-explosion confrontation.

Arrives with medkit after the shooting; sent to fetch a priest by Breq.

Tense and silent returning from downwell; challenges Breq's impartiality on the shuttle; ultimately dismissed after voicing that the Ychana's problems stem from insufficient citizenship.

Reports the Undergarden residents' anger to Tisarwat; relays the morning's temple cast ('No Gain Without Loss').

Ordered to stand down and disclose its captain's contact beyond the Ghost Gate; does so with bitter resignation; describes the contact as Ychana-looking but Radchaai-accented.

Samirend woman who lost her mother in labor strikes; testifies before the magistrate despite doubting she will be believed; sardonic and determined.

Matriarch figure who questions whether justice can truly be delivered, speaks for communal grief and limits of forgiveness, ultimately offers Breq hospitality.

Anticipates Breq's need for cushions without being asked; small gesture illustrating the distributed attentiveness of Breq's household.

A woman with jiu jitsu training who resisted captors and was locked in a storage locker for eight days, surviving extreme deprivation and witnessing crew deaths.

The Canterbury's ship mechanic, known for collecting cartoon clips and jokes, killed by being ejected from an airlock by captors.

Captain of the transport ship who surrendered to the invaders without resistance.

XO of the Canterbury, reflective and duty-bound, with a Navy background, drawn to navigator Ade Tukunbo.

Tall Belter chief engineer of the Canterbury, highly competent, commands Amos Burton's loyalty over Holden's rank.

Earther assistant to Naomi, treats her as his true boss regardless of formal hierarchy.

Navigator of the Canterbury, warm but clear-eyed about the limits of her relationship with Holden; identifies him as too comfortable to leave the ship.

Captain of the Canterbury, elderly Belter who manages the crew's perception of authority while reluctantly following the distress signal law.

Comm officer aboard the Canterbury, sharp-featured, rumored to have killed an ex-husband; delivers the distress signal report.

Crew member recovering from the loss of his arm, crushed by a block of ice in a work accident.

Medical technician aboard the Canterbury, treating Paj's wound.

A shapeshifter (Changer) working for the Idirans, imprisoned by the Gerontocracy of Sorpen after his cover was blown, facing execution by drowning.

Culture intelligence agent who exposed Horza but also pleaded for his life; departs as he drowns, expressing regret.

Security minister of the Gerontocracy of Sorpen; determined to execute Horza, dismisses both Balveda's pleas and Horza's arguments.