Editing The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (section)

==Characters==
* Susan – A young girl who inadvertently becomes the guardian of the "weirdstone"; for this reason she is sometimes referred to by the other characters as "Stonemaiden".
* Colin – Susan's twin brother who shares in her adventures (the fact that they are twins is not explicit until ''Boneland'' was published, although this is hinted at in the passage through the Earldelving, where Colin is described as being "an inch taller than his sister" [p.&nbsp;141])
* Gowther Mossock – A farmer with whom the children are staying while their parents are away overseas.
* Bess Mossock – Gowther's wife; years ago she was nurse to the children's mother.
* Cadellin Silverbrow – The ancient wizard who was long ago entrusted with the guardianship of the weirdstone and the sleeping knights of Fundindelve.
* Fenodyree – A dwarf, ally to Cadellin who watches over the children in his stead.
* Durathror – Prince of the Huldrafolk, and Fenodyree's cousin, whose pride lies in his strength in battle.
* Selina Place – A local woman, who is revealed to be a shape-shifting witch, indeed the leader of the morthbrood, a secret network of people involved in dark magic. Also known as [[The Morrigan]], the ancient name of an Irish battle and death goddess, she is in league with powerful forces of darkness.
* Grimnir – An evil magician, and the estranged twin brother of Cadellin Silverbrow, who wishes to keep the Weirdstone for himself; he forms a reluctant alliance with Selina Place to gain the stone from Cadellin.
* Nastrond – The great spirit of darkness who was defeated by the King in Fundindelve, but is ever waiting to return and conquer the mortal world. He is mentioned in the book but never appears firsthand.
* [[Svartálfar|Svart alfar]] – Goblins, described by Cadellin as "the maggot breed of [[Ymir]]"
* [[Ljósálfar|Lios alfar]] – Elves of light, exiled from populated areas, "the scab(s) of tile and brick"
* James Henry Hodgkins – A local businessman who happens to be a member of the morthbrood, whom they narrowly elude in Radnor Wood.