Pure Characters

Whether you pronounce it as "Presh-ah" or "Press-e-ah," Pressia Belze is your heroine and main-main protagonist in Pure. Now, we say "main-main" because one could make the argument that Partridge c...

Clueless PartridgeWhat would we do without Partridge? This dude, this "Pure," is almost the farthest thing from being pure. And you know what? That gives this book a smidge of levity. His cluelessn...

The Barbaric YawpEver met a dude with wings in his back? Well then, you've never met Bradwell, the good-looking, smart-talking, bad-guy-punching rebel with a cause of Pure. This guy protects Pressi...

Silent But DeadlyLyda Mertz is nobody's fool, and nobody's damsel in distress. But that fact comes as a surprise—when we meet her, she seems like she's going have about as much backbone as a slug...

"You're In Charge 'til I Get Back, El Capitan." (18.33) With a name like this, how could we not love this guy to death? El Capitan is the fourth and final character whose eyes through which we view...

Thanks, DadPlayed a part in the destruction of the world, only to save himself and create a new corrupt utopia: check.Pretended his eldest son was dead so that he could breed him into a superhuman...

The Swan Wife Otherwise known as Pressia and Partridge's mother, Aribelle is characterized more when she is absent during the book, instead of when she's present. When she is present in the book, s...

Shut Up Helmud"There but for the grace of God, Helmud. That could be you in there," he says. "You in there," Helmud says. "Shut up, Helmud." "Shut up." (18.21)What on earth do we think of Helmud, t...

The Inside ManGlassings is just your everyday teacher who wants to overthrow the government. Nothing too out of the ordinary, right? Okay, so Glassings isn't your everyday teacher. He is the one ad...

The Scalpel WarriorWoman stabs husband in back with scalpel: saves the day. Illia is one of those characters that we just know is going to do something important… but we just don't know when. Whe...

The BullyThere's a lot wrong with this guy. First of all, he's the head of OSR and orders random Death Sprees. Strike one. Secondly, he beats his wife and basically holds her captive. Strike two. F...

The GrandfatherOdwald Belze is supposedly Pressia's grandfather, though we aren't sure. Either way, he cares for her with all of his heart, and would do anything to protect her. Unfortunately, we d...

The ZombieSedge is Partridge's dead brother. Except he's not dead. He was just mutated into a super-soldier. Surprise! Sedge is pretty much written off as a non-entity for most of the story, but hi...

MaryShe has a simple face, small and delicate, a mosaic of glass. There's only one light hitting her, and it makes the glass shimmer. Her pale skin has almost completely grown over the pearls aroun...