Kennit's loyal first mate whose straightforward decency provides a counterpoint to his captain's complexity. Sorcor's genuine belief in Kennit's vision of a free Pirate Confederation and his uncomplicated courage make him one of the more sympathetic figures in the pirate world of the Liveship Traders. His relationship with Kennit is one of loyalty that survives considerable testing.

A former slave woman who becomes Kennit's companion - one of the trilogy's more complex secondary figures, whose fierce intelligence and genuine love for a man who is incapable of reciprocating it in kind make her arc one of its quietest and most affecting. Etta's perspective on the pirate at the centre of the trilogy is one of clear, unsentimental sight - seeing him as he is rather than as one wishes him to be.