CAST OF CHARACTERS
Acharn Uniunu |
boy noble, member of Dunevon's court |
Adona |
luarin noble house |
Alan of Pirate's Swoop |
Alianne's seventeen-year-old twin brother |
Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau |
the Tortallan King's Champion, lady knight |
Alianne of Pirate's Swoop |
daughter of Alanna and George of Pirate's Swoop, former slave |
Ankoret Obeliten |
noblewoman at regents' court |
Atisa Libo |
pretty, plump, Guchol's sister, one of Aly's spy pack |
Bacar |
footman for a Balitang neighbor |
Bean |
darking placed in the palace |
Boulaj |
raka warrior, maid to Sarai, one of Aly's spy pack |
Bronau Jimajen |
Rubinyan's deceased brother, murderer of Mequen Balitang |
Callyn |
spy recruit, works for the harbormaster |
Chenaol |
free raka head cook for the Balitangs, armorer for rebels |
Dorilize |
Nuritin's maid, member of raka conspiracy |
Dovasary (Dove) Balitang |
Mequen's half-raka daughter from first marriage |
Druce Adona |
nobleman, one of Sarai's |
Dunevon Rittevon |
boy king of Copper Isles |
Edunata Mayano |
luarin noblewoman, one of Imajane's ladies-in-waiting |
Eleni of Olau |
Myles's wife, Aly's grandmother |
Elsren Balitang |
Dunevon's heir, luarin son of Mequen and Winnamine |
Eyun |
part-raka warrior, determined, member of Aly's spy pack |
Faithful |
supernatural cat, Alanna's former companion |
Feather |
darking placed in Teak Sitting Room, Balitang House |
Fegoro |
hard raka warrior, member of Aly's spy pack |
Ferdolin Tomang (Ferdy) |
one of Sarai's suitors, count, wealthy luarin |
Fesgao Yibenu |
raka sergeant of Balitang men-at-arms, rebel war leader |
Flame |
darking placed to spy on Duke Nomru |
Gazlon Lelin |
boy noble, member of Dunevon's court |
Genore Tomang |
dowager countess, Ferdolin's mother, member of luarin conspiracy |
George of Pirate's Swoop |
Alanna's husband, Aly's father, baron and second in command of his realm's spies |
Gian |
Elsren's manservant, spy recruit |
Graveyard Hag |
trickster, primary goddess of Carthak, Kyprioth's kinswoman |
Grosbeak |
Topabaw's spy, collector of information |
Guchol Libo |
plump, good-humored, Atisa's sister, one of Aly's spy pack |
Haiming |
former raka ruling house |
Hazarin |
deceased former king |
Herbrand Edgecliff |
luarin bookseller, member of raka conspiracy |
Hessken |
soldier, Rittevon Guard |
Hiraos |
handsome raka, member of Aly's spy pack |
Huldean Obeliten |
boy noble, member of Dunevon's court |
Hunod Ibadun |
noble executed by the regents |
Imajane Jimajen |
born Rittevon, King Oron's half sister, princess regent |
Imgehai Qeshi |
priestess of Black God of death, member of luarin conspiracy |
Inayica |
female ship captain |
Isalena Obemaek |
luarin, one of Sarai's friends |
Jesi |
Nuritin's secretary |
Jevair Ibadun |
noble, one of Sarai's suitors |
Jimarn |
former slave, deadly member of Aly's spy pack |
Jonathan of Conté |
king of Tortall, Aly's godfather |
Junai Dodeka |
Ulasim's daughter, Dove's bodyguard, one of Aly's spy pack |
Kaddar Iliniat |
emperor of Carthak, patron and cousin of Zaimid Hetnim |
Kadyet |
noble house, Balitang neighbor |
Kioka |
pert raka, one of Aly's spy pack |
Konutai |
female Stormwing, Taybur's friend |
Kyprioth |
trickster god |
Lace |
darking placed in raka meeting room, Balitang House |
Lehart Obemaek |
luarin lord, member of luarin conspiracy |
Lelin |
luarin noble house |
Lohearn Mantawu |
Topabaw, duke, Crown spymaster |
Lokeij |
raka hostler for the Balitangs, deceased |
Ludas Jimajen |
second in command of the luarin invasion of the Copper Isles |
Lutestring |
Topabaw's agent and information gatherer |
Matfrid Fonfala |
Winnamine's father, lord, member of luarin conspiracy |
Mayce |
soldier, Rittevon Guard |
Meipun Kloulechat |
raka baron |
Mequen Balitang |
deceased duke, father to Balitang children |
Merani |
luarin noblewoman |
Murtebo |
Balitang neighbor |
Myles of Olau |
head Tortallan spymaster, Aly's grandfather, Alanna's adoptive father |
Nawat Crow |
crow who turned himself into a man |
Numair Salmalín |
powerful mage, Daine's husband |
Nuritin Balitang |
great-aunt to Balitang children, unofficial head of extended Balitang family |
Obeliten |
luarin noble house |
Ochobu Dodeka |
mother of Ulasim, leader of mages of the Chain |
Olkey |
chubby, thoughtful, one of Aly's spy pack |
Oron Rittevon |
deceased king of the Copper Isles |
Otaviyu Lelin |
one of Sarai's friends, parents are members of luarin conspiracy |
Pembery |
part-raka, Winnamine's maid, belongs to rebellion |
Peony |
darking placed to spy on agent Grosbeak |
Petranne Balitang |
Mequen's first child with Winnamine |
Qovold Engan |
baron, royal astronomer, member of luarin conspiracy |
Quartz |
darking placed with Countess Tomang |
Quedanga |
Balitang housekeeper, head of communications, member of rebel leadership |
Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak |
lord, knight-commander of the King's Own, Alan's knight-master |
Rasaj |
handsome raka, member of Aly's spy pack |
Rihani |
raka healer, nursemaid to Petranne and Elsren |
Rikash Salmalín |
Daine and Numair's infant son |
Rittevon Lanman |
leader of luarin conquest of Copper Isles |
Roald of Conté |
prince, heir to Tortallan throne |
Roger of Conté |
King Jonathan's deceased uncle, rebel |
Rosamma Tomang |
one of Sarai's friends, Genore's daughter |
Rubinyan Jimajen |
luarin, husband of Princess Imajane, prince regent |
Rufert |
soldier, Rittevon guard |
Saraiyu (Sarai) Balitang |
Mequen's oldest daughter, half raka, from his first marriage |
Sarralyn Salmalín |
Daine and Numair's daughter |
Sarugani Temaida |
Mequen's first wife, raka, mother of Dove and Sarai, deceased |
Sevmire Ambau |
Rubinyan's personal spymaster, luarin |
Shinkokami |
princess, wife of Prince Roald, heir to Tortallan throne |
Spot (now Secret) |
darking first placed in king's bedroom, then with Aly |
Sulion |
royal governor of Tongkang |
Taybur Sibigat |
captain of King's Guard |
Temaida |
raka noble house, keepers of the Haiming bloodlines, Sarugani's family |
Thayet of Conté |
Queen of Tortall, co-ruler with her husband, King Jonathan |
Thom of Pirate's Swoop |
Aly's older brother, a student mage |
Tkaa |
basilisk, immortal and friend of Aly's family |
Topabaw |
people's name for Duke Lohearn Mantawu, Crown spymaster |
Trick |
darking who stays with Aly |
Ukali |
wicked, dangerous, one of Aly's spy pack |
Ulasim Dodeka |
head footman to Balitangs, general of rebellion, raka, Ochobu's son, Junai's father |
Uniunu |
luarin noble house |
Vedec Golzai |
young luarin noble |
Veralidaine (Daine) Sarrasri Salmalín |
half goddess, called the Wildmage for her skills with animals, Aly's adoptive aunt |
Vereyu |
raka servant, head of raka conspiracy at palace |
Vitorcine Townsend |
double agent, maid to Obemaek family |
Vurquan Nomru |
duke, luarin, popular, member of luarin conspiracy |
Wayan |
raka child, message runner at Balitang House |
Wesedi |
luarin noble house, friends of Winnamine's |
Winnamine Fonfala Balitang |
duchess, mother of Petranne and Elsren, member of luarin conspiracy |
Yoyox |
cheerful, bold raka, member of Aly's spy pack |
Ysul |
mage of the Chain, mute, member of raka conspiracy |
Zaimid Hetnim |
handsome Carthaki healer, friend of the Carthaki emperor |