A mad and dangerous liveship, blinded and beached, whose reputation for killing his crews has made him an outcast among the Bingtown Traders. Paragon's madness conceals a history of genuine trauma, and his arc across the Liveship Traders Trilogy and the Rain Wild Chronicles is one of the most affecting in the sequence - a being who has survived the worst that could be done to him and must decide what he wants to become. His relationship with the Ludluck family and the truth of his origins are central to understanding him.

An old Bingtown liveship, one of the first generation. Bawdy, shrewd, and warm-hearted. Discovers Althea's identity and engineers her reinstatement as a passenger and acting mate.

The oldest liveship on the Rain Wild River, adapted over generations to the river's particular demands into something quite different from the sea-going liveships of Bingtown. Tarman's sentience is quieter and less demonstrative than Vivacia's or Paragon's but no less real, and his connection to the river and to Leftrin gives him a distinctive presence among the sequence's living ships. His true nature and history are among the Rain Wild Chronicles' more carefully revealed discoveries.

A liveship of the Bingtown Traders, encountered by Althea at the dock; carries the Tenira family colours.