Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

Mursili Kail

Main

The third prince of the Hittite empire, son of King Suppililiuma and the second Tawananna, Queen Hinti. At the beginning of the series, he finds Yuri running frantically from guards, and gives her the gift of understanding and speaking their language by w...

Queen Nakia

Main

The third and current Tawananna (queen) of the Hittite Empire who serves as the antagonist of the series.Nakia is a high priestess controlling the element of water and a former princess of Babylonia sent to marry the king of the hitties Suppililiuma at th...

Ramses User

Main

A military officer from a lower-ranking noble family. In the manga, he is easily distinguished by his heterochromatic eyes (the left one is sepia, the right one is golden) and blonde hair. He has a lot of sisters, most chiefly among them Nefert. His name ...

Suzuki Yuri

Main

The main character of the story. Only fifteen at the start of the series, Yuri is confident and willing to take up any charitable cause. As she possesses knowledge far greater than any woman of the time (such as recognition of iron and knowledge of 20th c...

Aslan

Supporting

Yuris horse. Aslan is wild and intelligent and only really tolerates Yuri. Aslan means lion in Turkish which harkens back to the mythology of Ishtar who rides a lion....

Hadi

Supporting

One of Yuris handmaiden and the eldest daughter of chief of Alinna and the Hatti people. She is intelligent and a very skilled fighter. Hadi tries to get Yuri to be more traditionally feminine but these efforts have mixed results. She and sister were once...

Hattusili Zannanza

Supporting

The fourth son of King Suppiluliuma (with a palace maid), he is very skilled with swords and military tactics, and is the mayor of the Hittite city of Kadesh. Prince Zannanza is very fond of Kail, whom he regards as a full brother, and he was also raised ...

Ilbani

Supporting

He is Kails advisor and foster brother. Stoic and smart, he always has answers to anything. At first he does not like Yuri at all, but in time he realizes her potential and wishes for her to remain in their world....

Kash

Supporting

The leader of the Hittite chariots, and a guard of Prince Kail. He falls in love with Ursula not long after she comes to live in the palace.After Ursula gets hanged for the crime of murdering King Arnuwanda (which she didn't commit), he starts wearing a b...

Kikkuri

Supporting

Prince Kail's servant, who goes everywhere with him. Though quite cautious and timid by nature, he is not above conspiring with Yuri's handmaids and working behind Kail's back in order to encourage him to "settle down" with Yuri. In an omake chapter at th...

Princess Alexandra

Supporting

The first princess of Arzawa (a country to the west of the Hittites on the shores of the Aegean Sea). She was sent by her mother to be Yuris concubine, they hadnt realized Yuri was a woman. Alexandra adores Yuri and one point she was brought in as a possi...

Rusafa

Supporting

The leader of the Hittite archers, he is very loyal to Yuri and Kail. His personality is free-spirited and easy going. He on one occasion was caught in Nakias scheme and kidnapped Yuri. Though he is in love with Yuri he also very loyal to Yuri and Kail an...

Shalma Urhi

Supporting

Queen Nakia's personal attendant and accomplice in her efforts to usurp the throne. He takes the guise of a royal priest while executing her schemes.Due to a deep bond between him and the queen he would never betray her.Urhi later loses an eye to an arrow...

Ursula

Supporting

Initially Ursula was hired by to pose as a fake Ishtar by Nakia, in an attempt to lessen Yuri's authority. After she is found out she is taken in as one Yuri's handmaidens, as her crime was only to experience wealth, since she grew up poor.Ursala and Kash...