These are hardly all the characters in Year of the Dragon Lord but they were the easiest to distill down to an interesting essence within the limitations of twitter. Got a favorite I missed? Let me know!

• Orphaned by dragons, Gerald plans to be the greatest dragon lord & kill them all. Is it that simple?

• Cuthbert, lore master, the kingdom's greatest treasure. Like Nick Fury, even his secrets have secrets.

• Kenna: mere trader or perhaps faerie? Mysteriously alluring, she knows a lot about dragons.

• Santana, the first dragon Gerald meets. Formidable, honorable, and a brilliant sense of humor.

• It's too bad Argyll wasn't dropped into a volcano while still in the egg. But then who would Gerald be?

• "Kill me so you can kill my brother!" she says. Are all dragons mad? Some days it seems that way.

• K'Pene renounced everything and moved to Ireland. Why would an African Queen do that?