Riser:
In the beginning we see Riser as a Wise old man, who seemed to know exactly how much trouble everyone around him was getting into, and as we see across this book, that never really Changes, And that's what I love about Riser, he doesn't really let anything affect him, because to him, the Woman in his head is just another person to tell his stories to, not the other way around. and while it seems that he may not be to smart, because he does not speak very well, and what he says is very simple, his words mean a lot more than what he says, and while we hear him speak in his native language while telling Chakas the story of how he got there, we can see how fluently and poetically he actually speaks. It just goes to show, that just because someone sounds like they are idiotic, doesn't mean they aren't the smartest person in the room.