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An explorer thought to be dead after going missing on an Arctic Expedition, his son, Will, and wife, Elaine, were left behind to put together the pieces of his mysterious disappearance.

Serafina Pekkala is queen of the Lake Enara clan of witches. Serafina believes Lyra to be special, and will do all she can to protect her in order to help fulfill destiny.

Ruta Skadi is a headstrong warrior queen of the Lake Lubana clan of witches.

The Master of Jordan College took Lyra in when she was a baby and oversees her upbringing.  While he believes scholastic sanctuary should protect his fellow scholars’ quest for knowledge and truth, he also fears the Magisterium’s mission to control information.

Dr. Mary Malone is a physicist at a college in Oxford in search of answers about dark matter and other larger questions.

Father MacPhail is a high-ranking member of the Magisterium, determined to defeat the “heretics,” or followers of truth. However his pride can make him an easy target for manipulation.

Farder Coram is the knowledgeable advisor to the gyptian king John Faa.

Boreal is an ally to Mrs. Coulter and is well tied into the Magisterium, but little do they know of his secret window into Will’s world, where he has ambitions of his own.

A respected gyptian woman and mother to two sons, Tommy and Billy, Ma Costa is driven to join the gyptians’ fight when Billy becomes the latest in a string of missing children.

Cast & Characters

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James McAvoy

Dafne Keen

Ruth Wilson

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Andrew Scott

Ruta Gedmintas

Amir Wilson

Jade Anouka

Clarke Peters

Simone Kirby

Will Keen

James Cosmo

Ariyon Bakare

Anne Marie Duff

About the Series

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