Looking for a complete list of A Court of Silver Flames (ACOSF) characters? This guide breaks down every major and minor character from ACOSF and then some! You’ll also find curated character art and visuals to help you better picture each character and their relationships throughout the story. All art and descriptions are my personal interpretations and I took some artistic liberties here and there. Please enjoy your visit!
A Court of Silver Flames is the fifth installment of the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas. Picking up several months after A Court of Frost and Starlight and a year after the second Human and Fae War against the King of Hybern in A Court of Wings and Ruin, stubborn and proud Nesta deals with the horrors of war by pushing away her loved ones and drowning herself in self-destructive habits. She resents being Made into a High Fae, feeling like an outsider in a world she never wanted to join, and refuses to adapt to life in the Night Court. Forced into training with Cassian, a battle-hardened Illyrian warrior, she must confront the wounds of her past and break the walls she has built around herself. As tensions spark between them, their tumultuous journey is threatened by a looming danger from their past. Amidst the shadows of war and guilt, Nesta finds healing through empowering others and builds friendships in unexpected places. This guide offers an in-depth look at the characters in ACOSF. For a deeper exploration of the world, please visit the Ultimate ACOSF World Guide.
NOTE: This post assumes you have read the previous books in the series. Major spoilers ahead for earlier installments and minor spoilers ahead for the current book.
Table of Contents
Who are the main characters in ACOSF?

Nesta Archeron
The eldest Archeron sister, she is proud, stubborn, and angry. Still reeling at the death of her father and the war with Hybern, Nesta puts herself into a self-imposed exile, spurning any help from her family and spending all her time at bars. She refuses to move on with her new life as a High Fae in the Night Court.

Gwyneth Berdara
A mixed race Fae, she was born at the Sangravah temple to a mother, without a home Court. She later became a priestess but her temple was attacked by Hybern. She had a twin sister named Catrin, who did not survive the attack. Gwyn carries the scars of the war that nearly broke her in both body and mind, and tries to heal at the Library of Velaris.

Emerie
An Illyrian woman born in the Windhaven Camp, her mother died when she was a child and her father clipped her wings. She misses flying and the sense of freedom it gave her. Her father recently died in the war, leaving her the family clothing store and as she tries to manage it independently, she faces opposition from her Illyrian relatives.
Who is in the Night Court Inner Circle in ACOSF?

Feyre Archeron
Formerly a mortal huntress, she is now the official High Lady of the Night Court and the first High Lady in all of Prythian. Feyre is concerned for her sister Nesta’s well being and tries to encourage her to seek help. She is also busy rebuilding Velaris and establishing her life with Rhysand.

Amren
An ancient and otherworldly being, she is Rhysand’s Second-in-Command in the Night Court and provides critical advice to his court. She is capable of immense and unearthly power. She adjusts to life as a High Fae and continues to balance her friendships with her duty to the safety of the realm.

Morrigan (Mor)
Rhysand’s cousin and Third-in-Command of the Night Court, known for her confidence, battle prowess and the power of Truth. She is High Fae and her family use to rule the Night Court before they were relegated to Hewn City. She is estranged from her family. Engrossed in diplomatic efforts, Mor spends much of her time between the various courts keeping abreast of any news.

Cassian
An Illyrian bastard, born to a warrior and a war-camp laundress, he was abandoned at a distant camp as a child. Through grit and determination, he became a powerful warrior and Commander of Rhysand’s armies in the Night Court. At his full power, he wears 7 red siphons. Tasked with training Nesta, Cassian becomes both a nuisance, yet also her biggest supporter.

Azriel
An Illyrian bastard, born to an already married Lord and most likely, his servant. Azriel had a cruel childhood with his father and step-mother. He is a Shadowsinger, a rare breed of faerie that are able to manipulate shadows, a skill which helped him become Rhysand’s Spymaster. At his full power, he wears 7 cobalt siphons. Azriel monitors the growing threat from the Mortal Queens and Koschei.

Rhysand
High Lord of the Night Court, half-Fae, half-Illyrian, Rhysand is a charismatic and powerful leader with the ability to mist, to pulverize anything into a fine powder, and to also read and control minds as Daemati, a species of fairies with mind controlling powers. Frustrated with Nesta's attitude, he gives her an ultimatum to change her life or be exiled from his court.
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Elain
The middle Archeron sister, she is gentle and kind, preferring to tend to her garden rather than dealing with reality. Although she’s the middle child, she is often protected by her sisters. Tired of Nesta's prickliness, Elain tries to be the peacemaker, but is often dismissed. Instead, she spends much of her time helping the citizens of Velaris rebuild their gardens.
Who is in the Night Court Court of Dreams in ACOSF?

Madja
A High Fae healer in Velaris, she is Rhysand’s favorite healer and often attends to the Night Court Inner Circle’s wounds and ailments.

The Blacksmith
A local blacksmith located on the outskirts of Velaris who creates weapons for the Night Court.

Rita
A friendly Fae who lives in Velaris, she owns a popular bar that is frequently visited by the Night Court Inner Circle.
Who are the Illyrians in ACOSF?

Proteus
A wealthy Illyrian merchant who owned a clothing shop in the Windhaven Camp. He was Emerie’s father and was abusive towards her and her mother growing up. He died in the war against the King of Hybern.

Bellius
A young, hot-headed Illyrian warrior with misogynistic beliefs. Also Emerie's cousin.

Kallon
An Illyrian warrior from the Ironcrest Camp, he is arrogant and insolent, often deliberately causing trouble.

Lord Devlon
An Illyrian war-lord who rules the Windhaven Camp. Although he is considered to be one of the more fair war-lords, he holds many superstitions against Illyrian women taking up arms.

Balthazar
A young and kind Illyrian, who unlike most of his peers, does not harbor misogynistic views.

Enalius
A warrior-god amongst the Illyrians. He died defending Mount Ramiel from ancient enemies and the annual Blood Rite is performed in his memorial.

Rhysand's Mother
Originally a seamstress in a war-camp, she was found to be the Mate of the Night Court High Lord and although they were not compatible, he stopped her wings from being clipped and let her fly. She made sure Rhysand was educated in both the Fae and Illyrian cultures and became a surrogate mother to Cassian and Azriel. She was killed by Tamlin’s father in an ongoing court feud.

Rhysand's Sister
Half-Fae and half-Illyrian just like her brother, Rhysand’s sister loved visiting the artists’ quarters in Velaris and was later murdered alongside her mother by Tamlin’s father in an ongoing court feud.

Emerie's Mother
An Illyrian from the Windhaven Camp, she was married to Proteus and together they had a son before having Emerie. She was often beaten by Proteus and did her best to shield Emerie from the abuse.

Azriel's Mother
Little is known about Azriel’s mother, other than she bore Azriel out of wedlock to an already married Illyrian Lord and likely faced much stigma. She may still be alive and residing at Rosehall.

Cassian's Mother
An Illyrian war-camp laundress, she bore Cassian out of wedlock to an Illyrian warrior, she couldn’t or wouldn’t remember. She was thrown out of her camp shortly after Cassian’s birth.
Who are the priestesses in ACOSF?

Clotho
A high priestess who works at the library in Velaris, she helps manage the other priestesses and acolytes. She is mute and her hands are injured and permanently disfigured from an earlier attack.

Lorelei
A quiet priestess.

Merrill
Clotho’s assistant, she can be quite demanding and overbearing. She is descended from Rabath, Lord of the Western Wind, and as a result can command the wind.

Roslin
A talkative priestess who has stayed within the library for 60 years.

Deirdre
A priestess who enjoys working in the solitude of the library.

Ananke
A shy priestess who prefers spending her time in silent prayer.

Ilana
A quiet priestess with a small crush on Azriel.

Riven
A particularly quiet and shy priestess who arrived at the library 80 years ago.

Hana
A priestess who enjoys playing the lute during religious services.
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Catrin Berdara
Gwyneth Berdara’s twin sister and a priestess at the Sangravah temple before it was sacked by the King of Hybern. Gwyn remarks that her twin had always been the strong one.
Who are the mortals in ACOSF?

Mr. Archeron
Feyre’s father and once a wealthy merchant, he lost everything after a failed venture. His leg was crippled by his creditors, while his spirit was broken by his misfortunes. He brought much needed military forces to the war against the King of Hybern at the very last moment and redeemed himself in his daughters’ eyes.

Mrs. Archeron
Feyre’s mother, she died of typhus when Feyre was 8. She was strict and domineering and favored Nesta over her other daughters. However, she recognized an inner strength in Feyre and made her promise to take care of the family after her death.

Urstin
A distant cousin to Mrs. Archeron who lives on the Continent, she either deliberately ignored Nesta’s letters for help or never received them.

Tomas Mandray
The son of a poor woodcutter in Feyre’s Village, he use to fool around with Nesta and was going to ask for her hand in marriage, but she rejected him and had to fight off his advances.

Lord Graysen
The son of a wealthy lord, Graysen and his family despise the High Fae and built extensive fortifications around their estates. He was engaged to Elain Archeron.
Who is in the Spring Court in ACOSF?
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Tamlin
The High Lord of the Spring Court, he is able to shape shift into any form he desires and is also able to shape shift others. He is a powerful but tormented High Fae. Tamlin spends most of his days in his beast form and wallows in despair as his court slides further into decay and abandonment.
Who is in the Summer Court in ACOSF?

Tarquin
The High Lord of the Summer Court, he is the youngest High Lord and relatively inexperienced but kind. He is able to control water as well as winnow, the ability to transport oneself instantaneously.

Cresseida
A High Fae and Princess of Adriata, cousin to Tarquin and older sister to Varian. She is friendly and flirty and has the ability to create glamours and illusions.

Varian
A High Fae and Prince of Adriata, cousin to Tarquin and captain of Tarquin's guard. He harbors feelings for Amren and is Cresseida’s younger brother.
Who is in the Autumn Court in ACOSF?

Beron
The High Lord of the Autumn Court, he is noted for his cruelty, maliciousness, and greed. He is able to control fire as well as winnow. He is Lucien’s father.

Lady of the Autumn Court
Wife to High Lord Beron, she is Lucien’s mother and has always lived under the oppression of her husband. Like many of the Autumn Court, she is able to control fire.

Eris
Eldest son of High Lord Beron, he is Lucien’s eldest brother and appears to be cocky and arrogant as the heir apparent to the Autumn Court.
Who is in the Dawn Court in ACOSF?

Thesan
The High Lord of the Dawn Court, he has exceptional healing abilities and is also able to winnow. He is said to glow the brightest amongst all the High Lords and has a calming personality.

Peregryns
A race of winged fae that live in the Dawn Court and make up Thesan’s aerial army. Like their namesake, they have colorful feathered wings that come in a range of colors and patterns from browns and whites to gold and black.

Captain of the Peregryns
The Captain of the Peregryn aerial legion is a formidable warrior and also Thesan’s lover.
Who is in the Winter Court in ACOSF?

Kallias
The High Lord of the Winter Court, he is able to manipulate ice and also winnow. He is cautious and reserved in his behavior and has a habit of wearing fur even in the warmer courts.

Viviane
Lady of the Winter Court and Kallias’ mate. She is noted for her warmth and kindness. She is old friends with Mor and is not afraid to speak her mind.
Who is in the Day Court in ACOSF?

Helion
The High Lord of the Day Court, he is incredibly powerful with multiple skills, from air and light manipulation to shape-shifting and winnowing, but he is most noted for his ability to detect and break spells, giving him the moniker ‘Spell-Cleaver.’ While he puts on a serious front, he is good-natured and flirtatious.

Pegasus
A breed of winged horses that are able to fly, they are incredibly rare. High Lord Helion use to have a large herd, but many of them were slaughtered by Amarantha, leaving him with only 7 breeding pairs.

Meallan
High Lord Helion’s most cherished Pegasus and his trusty steed.
Who is in the Night Court Court of Nightmares in ACOSF?

Keir
The Steward of the Hewn City and the Court of Nightmares. He is Mor’s father and has a strained relationship with her, she remembers him as a mean and hateful person.

Mor's Mother
She resides in the Hewn City alongside Keir, she is estranged from her daughter and views her as a disappointment. Mor does not like speaking about her.

Darkbringers
A legion of elite warriors from the Court of Nightmares. They are highly trained but often left underutilized.
Who is in the Band of Exiles in ACOSF?

Vassa
The mortal Queen of Scythia. She was sold by the other Mortal Queens to Koschei, who enchanted her to turn into a firebird by day and remain bound to his lake. He granted her a reprieve to join the war. She currently resides with Lucien and Jurian in the Mortal Lands and seeks to break her curse.

Jurian
A legendary human general from the Human Fae War, who helped free the humans from Fae enslavement. He incurred Amarantha’s everlasting wrath for murdering her sister, and as punishment she tortured him and bound his soul and eye to a ring for eternity. The King of Hybern used the Cauldron to resurrect him into a new human body. He found companionship with Lucien and Vassa.

Lucien
The youngest High Fae lordling of the Autumn Court, he has 6 older brothers and is uninterested in royal titles. He fled his court and found refuge in the Spring Court as Tamlin’s emissary and confidante. He bears no love for his family. After the war, he is both an emissary of the Night Court and the Spring Court, keeping tabs on Vassa and Jurian, while also offering encouragement to Tamlin.
What magical creatures are in ACOSF?

The Attor
A large grotesque, bat-like creature that served as Amarantha’s messenger. It enjoyed tormenting both humans and faeries alike, and was known to be vindictive. Feyre killed it during the attack on Velaris.

The Bogge
A type of lesser faerie that only becomes corporeal once a person lays eyes upon it, otherwise it remains a disembodied voice. It strikes fear into its beholder and no one knows its true form.

Bryaxis
An amorphous creature of darkness that was imprisoned at the bottom of the library in Velaris. She fed on fear and was able to shape-shift. She is considered an entity of pure terror. Feyre enlisted her help in the war against Hybern, but in the aftermath, Bryaxis escaped.

Seven-Headed Lubia
A terrifying creature that lived at the bottom of the ocean but would occasionally surface to hunt maidens on the western coast of Prythian. Cassian caught it and sent it to the Prison.

Kelpie
An ancient species of male fae that live under water and have the ability to shape-shift. They often take on the appearance of horses and try to lure their victims into the water to drown them. They have a never ending hunger and eat mortals and fae alike.

Blue Annis
A monster that craved female flesh. She nearly killed Cassian and shredded through his chest, nearly reaching his heart before Azriel arrived. She is locked up in the Prison.

Lightsingers
Charming and ethereal beings that inhabit swamps and act as friendly guides to lost souls, however, their true motives are to drown wanderers simply for fun.

Water Nymph
Similar to river nymphs, they are a species of lesser fae that inhabit the seas and are noted for their beauty.

River Nymph
A species of lesser fae that inhabit the waters in the Spring Court, they are lithe and stunningly beautiful with webbed fingers. They do not tolerate crossbreeds within their midst.
Who are the death gods in ACOSF?

The Bone Carver
A primordial being, who was able to see parts of the future and was highly sought after for his clairvoyancy skills. He appeared differently to everyone who saw him and traded in knowledge, revealing cryptic truths in exchange for intriguing stories or items. He died in the war against Hybern but also revealed that he was the twin brother of Stryga, the Weaver, and that Koschei was their older brother.

The Weaver, Stryga
An ancient crone who wove on her loom in a secluded cottage. She appeared old and frail with milky blind eyes but ate those who trespassed into her cottage and fortified her home with the bones, fat, and hair of her victims. She was one of the most formidable creatures in Prythian and died in the war against Hybern. She was the twin sister to the Bone Carver, and Koschei was their older brother.

Lanthys
Although not an otherworldly god, Lanthys is a powerful and ancient death-lord of Prythian, who is immortal and rode in the Wild Hunt, a period of terror and conquest led by the Daglan. He is said to have fathered the Bogge and often appears as a mist. He is sadistic and is currently trapped in the Prison.
Who are the holy figures in ACOSF?

The Cauldron
An ancient and powerful artifact that is semi-sentient and believed to be the source of all life and magic in Prythian. It has immense power to create and destroy, as well as transform objects and beings into more powerful versions of themselves. These afflicted items and persons are then referred to as Made, and are imbued with great magical abilities.

The Mother
The primordial Mother and main deity, she unleashed the mysterious contents of the Cauldron by tipping it over and thereby created Prythian and the known world. She is a mythical and goddess-like figure that represents nurture, fate, and life.
Who are the historical figures in ACOSF?

King Fionn
An ancient Fae hero who overthrew the Daglans and then became the first High King of Prythian.

The Daglan
An ancient species of quasi-gods and monsters that ruled Prythian eons ago.

Oleanna
The High Priestess who gave Fionn the Cauldron-dipped sword, Gwydion, with which he defeated the Daglan.

Amarantha
Originally a military commander in the King of Hybern’s forces, she was sent back to Prythian 100 years ago as an emissary but went rogue and took over Prythian for herself. She enchanted the land and restrained the Fae’s magic for 50 years. Feyre broke Amarantha’s curse and freed everyone’s magic, allowing Tamlin to deliver a fatal blow, finally ending her reign of terror.

Nephelle
A Seraphim in Drakon’s legion. She was born with small, deformed wings so she could not fly with armor or equipment and became a cartographer instead. She became best friends with Miryam.

Clythia
Amarantha’s younger sister, once a gifted Fae commander in the King of Hybern’s forces. She fell in love with Jurian, but he only used her for information and killed her when he had no further use for her. Her death was a huge blow to Amarantha.

Miryam
A half-Fae, half-human slave from the Black Land on the Continent. The Fae Queen of the Black Land gifted Miryam to a Fae Prince, Drakon, as an engagement gift. However, he was disgusted by the gift and freed Miryam.

Drakon
A half-Fae, half-Seraphim Prince, he was sympathetic to the humans’ cause and did not believe the High Fae had the right to keep humans as slaves. He later fought alongside Jurian’s human rebellion in the War.

Seraphim
A species of winged Fae that follow Prince Drakon. They are fierce aerial warriors with white angel-like wings and are considered to be the counterparts to the Illyrians.
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Tanwyn
A former Valkyrie, who perished in the War. The Valkyrie were a clan of female warriors that were species agnostic and had members from all different types of faerie races. They were sadly wiped out in the Human vs. Fae War from 500 years ago.
Who are the antagonists in ACOSF?

King of Hybern
The enigmatic and cruel ruler of Hybern, he believed humans were insignificant pests and sought to destroy the Treaty that ended human enslavement in Prythian. He was killed by Elain and Nesta in the recent war.

Briallyn
One of the mortal queens, she is vain and selfish and allied herself with the King of Hybern. Along with the other queens, she sold Vassa to the death lord, Koschei, and murdered Demetra. She was the first queen to enter the Cauldron and although she became a High Fae, the Cauldron took her youth and beauty. She is now a withered old woman, who seeks vengeance.

Koschei
A dark and omnipotent sorcerer, he was bound to a lake on the Continent eons ago by an ancient Fae warrioress. He has been trying to break his bondage but to no avail, and has become known for enchanting and imprisoning women to his lake. No one knows what he does with his prisoners.
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