Ihalempi
The main character
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Far from the worst, she is modest and usually considerate, but doesn't really act very responsively especially considering the situation her family is in. It mostly works for the best however.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Women aren't expected to travel alone, or act a lot outside the house, let alone she comes of as quite fragile looking, especially physically but also otherwise.
- Character Development: She comes of at first as naive, thoughtless, fragile, shy and even reclusive. She also constantly doubts herself, but develops to be more considerate, brave and considerate.
- Determinator: Despite all, she really doesn't five up.
- Fatal Flaw: Her reckleshnes causes her problems from time to time for not planning forward.
- Femininity Failure: She can't cook that well and is clumsy. Subverted as she does excel to some point in some feminine crafts such as sewing and spinning.
- Friend to All Living Things: Although she does not fit the bill perfectly because of her fears of several things, ancient Finns considered nature to be alive, and she heavily leans towards respecting it mindset too.
- I Am Not Pretty: Subverted as she only thinks of herself that way and never says it out loud, and justified as she isn't mostly thought of as specially attractive.
- The Ingenue: She is quite naive when it comes to men.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: She is not the epitome of this trope, but she has blue eyes, although of greyish variety, and she is somewhat naive.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is ancient Finnish and freely translated means something of "sweet love". She is somewhat shy and reclusive, but also thoughtful and good-willed. Though she herself thinks this is averted as she isn't particularly beautiful or wanted spouse, and she lives in early medieval Finland. In medieval Finland, this name was in fact a male name, so the name becomes Gender-Blender Name.
- Home Sweet Home: What she discovers the second she leaves Rikala, her village that she sees as Arcadia later surrounded by Ghibli Hills.
- The Quiet One: Even with people she knows she often talks least, with expection with her sister.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Seems to be the case with Ikämieli.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: With Ikämieli, at least at the start.
- Shrinking Violet
Kyllikki
Ihalempi's sister
- Character Development: Her earliest appearance has her mainly focused in her upcoming marriage and not much else, she is portrayed smart but still somewhat disinterested and even inconsiderate. She develops then to responsible figure and the head of the family at young age.
- Closer to Earth: After Character Development but somewhat already before when compared to ever curious Ihalempi.
- Feminine Women Can Cook: She is handy and skilled in kitchen work.
- Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: She is the head of the house instead of her husband Ikävalko.
- Hidden Depths: She is generally focused in her traditionally happy looking future, but many characters don't notice that she is actually very smart and often seems to have first hand knowledge.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from Finnish, basically meaning somewhet "agreeable". How muchs it describes her is up to consideration, she is very confident.
- Nerves of Steel: After Character Development.
- Neutral Female: Despite being obviously more strongwilled than Ihalempi, she is quite passive in many ways and disinterested of outside world, especially at the start. She however develops later into The Reliable One.
- Official Couple: With Ikävalko.
- Younger than She Looks: She looks older than Ihalempi despite being younger.
Ikämieli
Ihalempi's love interest at the start.
- Birds of a Feather: Part of why Ihalempi is attracted to him, he is Nice Guy.
- Character Development: He starts out bit more quiet and less confident than what he develops into.
- Closer to Earth: Compared to Petrus and other men in the village.
- Nice Guy: He is good willed like Ihalempi and not overtly eager to go to war in a way some other men in the village are.
- Non-Action Guy: He is quite passive in many ways.
- The Reliable One: Is often this to his friends.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: What Ihalempi thinks of him.
Ikävalko
Kyllikki's husband.
- Character Development: Develops from somewhat arrogant person to more mild-mannered as he gets married to Kyllikki. He doesn't completely loose his Hair-Trigger Temper Though.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: At the start, down played.
- Henpecked Husband: Definitely not at first but develops into this.
- Meaningful Name: Means basically "Old White" or "Ever white". He is blue eyed and has ash blonde hair.
- Non-Action Guy: He isn't good at fighting.
Vilja
Ihalempi's friend.
- Canon Foreigner: Her grandmother was kidnapped into her grandfathers wife.
- Character Development: Becomes noticeably more stabile later.
- Eerie Paleskinned Brunette: Extremely rare in Finland, she is always noticed because her pale skin and almost black hair.
- Meaningful Name: Means grain, which was color of her hair as a child, it got dark later.
- Proud Beauty: Especially at the start.
Petrus
Ikämieli's and Ikävalko's friend.
- Boisterous Bruiser: He is a fighter and ladies' man.
- Canon Foreigner: It's implied that his father is from Sweden.
- The Casanova: He brags that he want's to try women from every village in Tavastia.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Golden heart is questionable, but he isn't a bad guy.
- Meaningful Name: He has foreign name and he is a Canon Foreigner.
- Rape, Pillage, and Burn: He hasn't raped anyone, but it's not surprise that this is what happens when warriors go on raid.
