Yan Jiajing: Sworn sister of Yan Lingxuan; a hot-headed girl; 14 years old, 8th grade, 163cm tall with chestnut-colored long hair; dissatisfied with her small bust; deeply devoted to her sworn brother Yan Lingxuan; caught in a hijacking incident and rescued by Clarice and Yan Lingxuan.
Clarice Jenkins: Commonly known as Keli; an exceptionally beautiful young girl; chief priestess of the Vatican; naive and prone to emotional outbursts; proficient in ancient magic; wields the Holy Scepter; appointed instructor for the new 'Ancient Magic' course at Valhalla Academy.
CL Group: A world-renowned conglomerate headquartered in Paris, France, Western Europe.
Yves Bartley: Chairman.
Claudette: Trusted aide?
Jed Bartley: Heir to the CL Group; a young prodigy; only son of the chairman; came to Atlantis to discuss investment projects, secretly establishing drug trafficking routes for the group.
Katy: Jed's companion in Atlantis; 'Katy' is a temporary name given by Jed; Asian woman.
Hand: International broker; facilitates drug deals for CL Group.
Pawn (Claws): A PMC private military company based in Wau, South Sudan; oppresses locals; CL Group's private army; commands 100,000 troops, over 1,000 mages, and modern weaponry.
Mabus: Leader of the Claws; European, bald, with an oriental dragon tattoo on his face; addressed as Boss.
Columburn: A Class Mage.
Brandon: A lean young man; a capable thug.
Atlantis local gang.
Lei Hongzhe: Boss.
Xu Yang: A thug with drooping eyes.
Blackwing Mercenary Group (Black Wing): Active in Southeast Asia and the Middle East; founded five years ago; hired by broker Hand to come to Atlantis.
Zhao Ping (alias): Commonly known as BK, the leader; nicknamed Black Killer; Asian youth; former assassin who founded Blackwing; Qi Gong master; skilled in combat and assassination; gives a quiet, reserved impression.
Billy: British-Canadian; flirts with women; terrified of the muscular Betty; 28 years old; has a crush on Li Lixiu.
Li Lixiu: Korean, sexy woman; commonly known as Goddess; handles communications and tech; has feelings for the leader; 27 years old, 169cm tall.
Sam: 55-year-old black muscular man; commonly known as Uncle; scarred face.
Betty: Commonly known as Muscle Girl; enjoys competing with Sam in various contests.
Archie: Russian man; cold demeanor; around 24 years old; skilled in reconnaissance.
Kovan: Security guard at the 3-star hotel where Blackwing stays; elderly; avid smoker; former US military service.
Shangguan Binxue: Came to Atlantis under the guise of observing the ranking tournament; stubborn and competitive; intensely rivals Bai Lingyue, a similarly aged mage dubbed the strongest; Chinese-American with blonde hair, blue eyes, and Asian features; alias Purgatory Hand.
Carrie Cheliman: Junior staffer under Military Intelligence; subordinate to Avery Bren; accompanied Shangguan Binxue to Atlantis as her aide; brown short hair, freckled face; careless; loves wheat beer.
Atlantis Police Department.
Third Criminal Investigation Unit.
Liu Li: Unit leader; square-faced, strong build; used a Mythical Weapon series blade resembling a Tang sword, destroyed by Yan Lingxuan.
Zhou Liang: Frivolous young man; Liu Li's subordinate.
Marjane: Black, sassy woman; efficient.
Suzuki Teru: Mature and steady.
Sun Hong: Young man in white shirt, around 27; intervened on the highway near North Town Street to stop a mage committing a crime.
Ren Yubin: Asian boy, 15-year-old junior high student, thin; intervened on the highway near North Town Street to stop a mage committing a crime.
College students.
Shan Xi: Mage who teamed with Bai Lingyue and Katherine in Volume 1.
Nakamura Miyu: Fashionably dressed woman with ash-blonde medium-length hair; has a crush on Yan Lingxuan; outgoing; aggressive in romance?
Wen Li: Brown short hair, European.
Zhu Minghong: Chinese, crew cut.
Ranking tournament participants.
Chen Kaihai: Second-year university; ranked 101st last year; lost to Yan Lingxuan and Yuan Ye Yuta in preliminaries.
Qi Jun: Former Yunmen City No.2 High student; severely injured in the Waste Law Society hostage crisis, became a mage during recovery, transferred to Valhalla Academy; fell for An Yixuan at first sight; lost in preliminaries.
An Yixuan: Second-year university; ash-blonde medium-length permed hair; mature older-sister type; small mole on left mouth corner; lost in preliminaries with Qi Jun.
Nathan Kogan: First-year university; faced Sherlock in preliminaries; suspected drug user.
Li Huihui: In Nathan and Sherlock's preliminary group; advanced after Nathan's loss to Sherlock, barely qualifying as one of the two winners.
Lu Qingbo: Fair-skinned, chubby university student; faced Yan Lingxuan in the losers' bracket top-8 match; advanced due to Yan Lingxuan's forfeit, securing 8th place this year.
Gavin Oak: Russian, 180cm tall; third-year high school; ranked third last tournament; drug user; arrogant; lost to Yan Lingxuan in the losers' bracket.
A village on the outskirts of Wau, South Sudan.
Parker: 12-year-old boy; timid yet kind; has an older sister Sefi by one year; after their school was attacked, she went missing; believing the Claws captured her and villagers refused to help, he went alone to their base; rescued Sefi with Yan Lingxuan's aid.
Sefi: Parker's older sister; protective of her brother.
