major character Taleswapper) William Henry Harrison Andrew Jackson Napoleon Bonaparte Marquis de La Fayette Daniel Webster Denmark Vesey John Adams Abraham Lincoln Honoré de Balzac John James Audubon Ralph Waldo Emerson Tecumseh (as Ta Kumsaw) Tensquatawa (as Lolla-Wossiky/Tenskwa Tawa) Stephen F. Austin James Bowie Mentioned characters These are characters who are mentioned, but do not appear. Oliver Cromwell: His survival from the illness that killed him in reality because his physician (unknown to Cromwell) had a magical “knack” for healing meant that the monarchy wasn’t restored, which drastically altered the subsequent history of both Great Britain and British North America. This is the key divergence point of this alternative history. Benjamin Franklin: He is described as a “wizard” and also as a possible “maker” himself (Appeared briefly in Seventh Son as “Old Ben.”) George Washington: Described as “Lord Potomac,” who served under the British crown, but surrendered his army (and was subsequently beheaded for treason) in the series' alternate version of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson: He serves as the first President of the United States in this timeline. John Quincy Adams: Serves as Governor of Massachusetts during the events of Heartfire. The Unmaker The Unmaker is a supernatural force that breaks apart matter and aims to destroy and consume everything and everyone. Essentially, the Unmaker is entropy as a conscious, destructive entity. Aside from opposing all life, the Unmaker is the particular nemesis of Alvin Miller. Alvin is a Maker of exceptional power and prodigious creativity who enriches life by constructing both objects and social bridges, thereby threatening and thwarting the Unmaker. The Unmaker repeatedly attempts to do away with Alvin, at first by inducing accidents at Alvin's childhood (especially by drowning, since eroding water has a natural affinity to it), and later by influencing people to challenge and repudiate him. To make something is to oppose the Unmaker, but a point often made is that this is futile. By natural law the Unmaker can tear down faster than any man can build. On the other hand, Making cares nothing about natural law. As Taleswapper reveals to a seven-year-old Alvin, the creation of what is known as the Crystal City could defeat, even destroy, the Unmaker. This then becomes Alvin's mission in life. The Unmaker is usually undetectable to most people, though Alvin can detect its attention as a shimmering around his field of vision. It manifests when it