Jodie Galland

Jodie is the secondary character in the story. She acts as a expositionary narrator as well as best friend to Eli.

When Jodie is first mentioned, she is seen as the cold and unmoving leader of the Republic. But when she frees Eli from his prison, it is revealed that she has an adventurous- if not awkward- side of herself. She is goofy, barely completing orders correctly as she fumbles along. Comparing this to Eli's more precise and unflinching bloodlust, she is seen as the positive morals of the team. She introduced Eli to the world of Ipso Cinere and continues to act almost like his tour guide. She has an aptitude to talk to Angels, which is deduced due to her title as Archduchess.

In the second arc, Jodie and Eli have been working together for a long time now. They are well trained at their jobs and their unit cohesion is flawless. While Jodie wants to enter a relationship with Eli, he continues to refuse because of the war and schism in their castes. She also begins to show a more regal side to herself, learning not to be as clumsy as the first book. When she dies, it mentally breaks Eli, and his moral compass is skewed.

In the third arc, Jodie is only mentioned through memorendums. Without her, Eli fights brutally. He doesn't have an equilibrium to work with him. When it is discovered that she has been turned into an Angel, he cuts a swath through enemy points to find her. He rescues her, where she tries to return to a human status.