Characters of The Last Candle of Lysora

Four lives braided in the Candle’s light.
A Story of Sparks & Shadows

The Aureth saga begins with a small circle of people drawn together by a faltering flame. Some serve the Candle, some question it, and some would see it unchained—but all of them carry their own ember of the story.

This page gathers the core cast of The Last Candle of Lysora. These descriptions stay near the start of the journey—no late-book twists, only who they are when the light first begins to fail.

The Torchbearer & His Circle

The boy, the runaway, the soldier, the keeper, and the one who would break the flame.

Elion Saar

Apprentice candle keeper • Chosen Torchbearer
Reluctant hero Ink-stained hands

Sixteen, ink-stained and soft-spoken, Elion grew up in the shadow of the Candle, learning to tend a flame he never imagined would notice him. When the light falters and reaches for his soul, he must decide whether he was chosen for greatness or simply offered up to burn.

Every step away from Lysora peels back another layer of the stories he was raised on – and of the price the city has been paying for seven hundred years of borrowed light.

Tira Ash

Runaway experiment • Hidden spark
Streetfire Trusts no one

Quick-tongued and quicker on her feet, Tira survived in the Candlelit alleys by stealing, bluffing, and never staying anywhere long. Fire twists when she loses her temper, a gift that drew the attention of people who wanted to unmake the Candle.

Escaped and half-scarred from their experiments, she trusts no one – until she discovers that Elion’s mission may be her only chance to choose what her flame becomes.

Corren Vale

Disillusioned soldier • Reluctant guardian
Burnt conscience Hired blade

Once a decorated defender of Lysora, Corren abandoned the city watch after being ordered to burn doubters in the Candle’s name. Now he sells his sword to whoever lets him sleep at night.

Maevra hires him to keep the boy Torchbearer alive. The further they travel from the Candle’s light, the more he’s forced to confront the question he’s been avoiding: what if the thing he walked away from was the only thing keeping the world intact?

Maevra Lyr

Senior candle keeper • Keeper of secrets
Old guilt Quiet fire

Calm, precise, and wrapped in the scent of herbs and smoke, Maevra has tended the great Candle for decades. She knows exactly how much wax to add, how much story to reveal, and how much truth to bury.

Long ago she walked with those who wanted the Candle to die. Sending Elion away is both an act of duty and a penance – and she knows more than anyone what waits beneath the city if the light fails.

Varek Lyr

Shadow Extinguisher • Fanatic liberator
Unchainer Dangerous faith

Cloaked in black and silver, Varek speaks of chains and stolen fire. He believes the Candle is a shackle that keeps the world small and docile, its light fed by a god that should never have been bound.

Where Maevra chose containment, he chose awakening. To him, letting the Candle die is not an ending, but the first mercy the world has seen in centuries.

Ensemble & Themes

Four Sparks, One Flame

Elion, Tira, Corren and Maevra do not begin the story as a harmonious group. One has sworn to guard the Candle, one wants nothing to do with it, one walked away from its orders, and one has kept too many of its secrets. Their journey forces each of them to test what the Candle means: shield, prison, or something far stranger.

Together they carry only a single shard of the great light out into a world that has grown used to living under its glow. The question that haunts them is not just whether the Candle will endure—but whether it deserves to.

Family, Faith & Borrowed Light

The Aureth saga is built on quiet, personal choices as much as epic ones: the weight of family names, the comfort and danger of belief, and the moment when a story you grew up with stops feeling like safety and starts feeling like a cage.

On the road out of Lysora, loyalties are tested, found family forms in the shadow of a failing god, and each character has to decide how much of themselves they are willing to burn to keep others warm.

Meet Them in the Story

You’ll encounter these characters first in The Last Candle of Lysora, as the Eternal Candle falters and the basin learns what lives beyond the edge of its light. To see how their choices reshape Aureth, start with the Story and explore the Lore and Map sections for the places they will walk.