Characters: Main Cast Guide

Quick answer

The official Blood of Dawnwalker character directory profiles eight central figures: Coen, Brencis, Lacra, Anca, Marat, Xanthe, Ambrus, and Bakir. Coen is the playable Dawnwalker. Brencis is the Knyaz who controls Vale Sangora, supported by the vrakhir boyars Xanthe, Ambrus, and Bakir. Anca, Lacra, and Marat occupy different positions around Coen's struggle and can become romance options in the released game.

This is a spoiler-light guide to the cast's official starting roles. It does not reveal who survives or how their quests end.

Coen

Coen is the protagonist. Bandai Namco describes him as a young man already burdened by a sick mother and a family that depends on him. Becoming a Dawnwalker upends that life without changing his determination to protect the people he loves. His split condition makes him human by day and vampire by night, giving the player different abilities and routes through Vale Sangora.

Coen is a predefined character rather than a custom avatar. Players control his decisions, alliances, skills, and responses, but his identity and family history anchor the story.

Anca

Anca has been close to Coen for years. Her official profile says she guided him patiently, taught him to read, and helped him see beyond the obvious meaning of written words. Something remains unspoken between them, and she carries a secret that separates her from the rest of the village.

In the release build, Anca is one of Coen's three documented romance options. Her relationship route begins during the prologue and continues through a connected set of personal quests.

Lacra

Lacra is a vrakhir, but she is not introduced as one of Brencis's loyal followers. Bandai Namco says she came to eliminate him, although the profile deliberately leaves room to question her stated motive. That makes her both a potential ally and a dangerous unknown.

Lacra is also a documented romance option. Her route follows quests connected to the Uriashi and her conflict with Brencis.

Marat, also called Crake

Marat leads a rebellion against the vrakhiri. His official profile describes him as courageous and charismatic enough to inspire loyalty, but cautious because he expects betrayal. Release-build English guides also call him Crake. PC Gamer explicitly identifies the character as “Crake (or Marat),” so those names should not be counted as two different characters.

Marat's story is tied to the Manumit rebels. He is the third documented romance option alongside Anca and Lacra.

Brencis

Brencis is the Knyaz of Vale Sangora and the central ruler Coen opposes. Born in the ancient Roman Empire, he remains proud of that heritage. Bandai Namco says he took control of the valley two years before the game's main events and rules from Greifberg Castle above Svartrau.

Although some inhabitants initially saw him as a savior, the official profile makes clear that his takeover was not an act of selfless rescue. Reaching him requires dealing with the system of power he built across the valley.

Xanthe

Xanthe controls the southeastern part of Vale Sangora. She experiments with supernatural power, expands the Blood Guard, and searches the valley's ancient secrets for advantages that can strengthen Brencis's army. She has lived in the region for centuries and is older than Brencis, leaving her loyalty to him deliberately uncertain.

Ambrus

Ambrus manages the northern territories and the court's human-blood supply chain, including prisoners, transport, and storage. He is the youngest vrakhir in the valley, transformed during Brencis's takeover, and tries to prove both competence and loyalty. His continuing enjoyment of human company complicates that role.

Bakir

Bakir rules the southwest. Known as the Mad Khan, he enforces obedience, rewards supporters, and punishes dissidents. Bandai Namco presents him as an experienced warrior whose cruelty can turn punishment into spectacle.

How the cast fits together

The starting conflict is not a simple party roster. Brencis and his three boyars divide control of the valley. Marat organizes human resistance. Anca begins near Coen's home and personal history, while Lacra brings a vrakhir agenda opposed to Brencis. The game's narrative structure allows alliances and character outcomes to change, so later loyalties should be described in spoiler-marked quest guides rather than treated as fixed biographies.