The Kane Chronicles/Characters

Characters who appear in The Kane Chronicles.

Beware of unmarked spoilers.

Carter Kane
One of the main characters and the eldest child of Julius and Ruby Kane. Is very knowledgeable of Egyptian myths and artifacts and shows enhanced skills in combat.


 * Badass Bookworm: Knows a lot about Ancient Egypt and its myths, as he traveled with his dad for half his life. Sadie often teases him about this.
 * Black and Nerdy: Well, mixed race and nerdy, anyway. Sadie even calls him "Mr. Wikipedia".
 * Brother-Sister Team: With Sadie.
 * The Chosen One: Implied to be the one meant to claim the throne of the House of Life and restore it to greatness.
 * Cool Sword: His khopesh.
 * Kid Hero
 * You Killed My Father: Set killed his father.

Sadie Kane
One of the main characters and the younger sister of Carter. Has the ability to read hieroglyphs with ease and can open portals despite her lack of training thanks to the presence of Isis. In The Red Pyramid, she becomes the host of Isis,


 * Action Girl
 * Book Dumb
 * Brother-Sister Team: With Carter.
 * But Not Too Foreign
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * I Know Your True Name
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Is often sarcastic, rebellious and is not afraid when it comes to breaking rules. But that said she is always willing to put her friends and family first beforehand.
 * Kid Hero
 * Shipper On Deck: Supports Carter/Zia
 * Talk About the Weather: Does this once while traveling in the desert with Walt.
 * Tsundere: Type A
 * You Killed My Father: Set killed her father.

Amos Kane
The brother of Julius Kane and the uncle of Carter and Sadie.


 * Badass Bookworm

Julius Kane
The husband of Ruby Kane and the father of Carter and Sadie. He is the current host of Osiris.


 * Badass Bookworm
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Identical Stranger: With Osiris.
 * So Proud of You
 * : With Ruby.
 * Team Dad: So very much.
 * Team Dad: So very much.

Ruby Kane
The wife of Julius Kane and the mother of Carter and Sadie. She died prior to the start of the story


 * Identical Stranger: With Isis.
 * Posthumous Character
 * So Proud of You
 * : With Julius.
 * : With Julius.

Horus
The falcon god of pharaohs and the sky. He was born on the second day of the Demon Days. Originally a son of Geb and Nut making him brother to Set, Isis, Nephthys and Osiris. Later reborn as a son of Osiris and Isis.


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Hero: Expected to save the world from chaos.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: His arrogance, tough demeanor, and demands of duties can be off putting, but he is a courageous warrior who fights for what is right and will stand by a friend.
 * Lunacy: One of his eyes is supposed to be the moon damaged by Set.
 * The Power of the Sun: A sun god with one of his eyes being the sun.
 * You Killed My Father: Set killed his father.

Isis
The goddess of magic and motherhood. She was born on the fourth day of the Demon Days.


 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She can be caring, but has a very deceptive and manipulative side.
 * Brother-Sister Incest: With her brother Osiris, though this is explained as their different hosts - brother and sister, then husband and wife.
 * Hot Witch: A goddess of magic.
 * Mama Bear: To Horus against Set.

Bast
The goddess of felines. She acts as the guardian of Carter and Sadie.


 * Action Girl
 * Catgirl: She's the goddess of cats; what did you expect?
 * I Gave My Word
 * Magical Guardian
 * Team Mom
 * Magical Guardian
 * Team Mom

Bes
The god of dwarves.


 * Lovecraftian Superpower: Can make himself REALLY ugly. It does a lot of damage.
 * Nightmare Face
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Takes Bast's role as the god who looks after the Kanes in Throne of Fire.
 * Team Dad
 * Team Dad

Anubis
The god of death and funerals and one of the love interests of Sadie Kane.


 * Don't Fear the Reaper
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Troubled but Cute

Apophis
The embodiment of primal chaos.


 * Big Bad
 * Chaos Is Evil
 * The Chessmaster
 * Eldritch Abomination: Even being near him in a dream would have driven  insane were it not for   protection.
 * Eye Scream
 * God of Evil: Even the other chaos gods hate him.

Geb
The god/personification of the earth and father of Isis, Osiris, the first incarnation of Horus, Nephthys and Set.


 * Dishing Out Dirt

Nephthys
The goddess of rivers, nature, lamentation, sleep, and night. She was born on the Fifth Demon Day and is the mother of Anubis.

Nut
The goddess/personification of the sky.


 * Celestial Body: Well she IS the sky so...

Osiris
The god of the dead and ruler of the afterlife. He is the husband of Isis and father of the current incarnation of Horus. His current host is Julius Kane.


 * Brother-Sister Incest: With Isis.
 * Cain and Abel: With Set.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: In some ways, more so then his wife and son.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Sadie questions his intelligence when viewing a record of him falling for Set's trap.

Ra
The god of creation, rebirth, and the sun.


 * Cloudcuckoolander: Thanks to his long exile and incomplete resurrection.
 * The Power of the Sun
 * You Can't Fight Fate: His attempts to prevent his overthrow at the hands of Nut's children.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: His attempts to prevent his overthrow at the hands of Nut's children.

Set
The god of chaos, deserts, and storms. Famous for being Ra's chief defender against Apophis and the strongest warrior god.


 * Big Bad: In the first book.
 * Cain and Abel: With Osiris.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Or as he sarcastically puts it: "You figure that out all by yourself? The god of evil is evil?"
 * Cartoon Creature: The Set Animal.
 * Evil Uncle: To Horus
 * Evil Versus Oblivion: Just because he's evil doesn't mean he wants Apophis to destroy the universe.

Thoth
The god of wisdom, magic and writing. He's also know as Djehuti. He's the founder of the House of Life.


 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Bookworm
 * Mediator: Balances the conflicts between order and chaos.

Zia Rashid
A magician and scribe of the House of Life and a member of the First Nome.


 * Action Girl
 * Badass Boast: "I am a magician of the House of Life. We are trained to fight gods."
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Playing With Fire: Master of fire.
 * Talking in Your Dreams

Walt Stone
One of Carter and Sadie's trainees and a charm maker. He's one of Sadie's love interests.
 * Gentle Giant

Jaz
One of Carter and Sadie's trainees and a healer. Her real name is Jasmine.


 * Healing Hands
 * In-Series Nickname
 * The Medic

Felix
One of Carter and Sadie's trainees, the youngest one there during The Throne of Fire.


 * Badass Adorable: Proves himself to be this.
 * Everything's Better With Penguins: Believes this to an Up to Eleven degree.
 * An Ice Person: Is this despite there being no known Egyptian god of ice and snow.
 * An Ice Person: Is this despite there being no known Egyptian god of ice and snow.

Iskandar
The Chief Lector of the House of Life.

Michel Desjardins
A magician of French descent.


 * French Jerk
 * Really Two Hundred Years Old
 * Really Two Hundred Years Old
 * Really Two Hundred Years Old

Vladimir Menshikov
AKA "Vlad the Inhaler." More evil then he sounds.


 * Bad Boss: He isn't above killing his own loyal servants to summon Set.
 * Eye Scream
 * Facial Horror
 * Jerkass
 * Names to Run Away From
 * Nightmare Face
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * Omnicidal Maniac

Khufu
Amos Kane's pet baboon.


 * Everything's Better With Baboons
 * Picky Eater: Will only eat food that ends in -o.

Philip of Macedonia
A shabti that belongs to Amos Kane.


 * Heroic Albino
 * Never Smile At a Crocodile: Inverted.