A Star Shall Fall

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Those marked with an asterisk are attested in history.

Galen St. Clair — a gentleman, and Prince of the Onyx Court

Charles St. Clair — a gentleman of good name and poor fortune; Galen’s father

Cynthia St. Clair — a young lady in need of a dowry; Galen’s sister

Philadelphia Northwood — a young lady of great wealth

Jonathan Hurst}

Laurence Byrd} — friends to Galen St. Clair

Peter Mayhew}

Dr. Rufus Andrews — a physician and scholar; Fellow of the Royal Society

*George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield — President of the Royal Society, and architect of the new calendar

*Henry Cavendish — a brilliant young scholar; son of Lord Charles Cavendish

*James Bradley — Astronomer Royal to King George II

*Charles Messier — a French astronomer

*John Flamsteed — the first Astronomer Royal, now deceased

*Edmond Halley — a cometary astronomer and Fellow of the Royal Society, now deceased

*Sir Isaac Newton — former President of the Royal Society, now deceased

*Dr. Samuel Johnson — a learned gentleman of very strong opinions

*Elizabeth Vesey}

*Elizabeth Montagu} — ladies of the Bluestocking Circle

*Elizabeth Carter}

Edward Thorne — valet to Galen St. Clair

*Kitty Fisher — a courtesan

Sir Michael Deven}

Dr. John Ellin} — former Princes of the Stone, now deceased

Lord Joseph Winslow}

Dr. Hamilton Birch}

Lune — Queen of the Onyx Court

Valentin Aspell — Lord Keeper

Amadea Shirrell — Lady Chamberlain

Sir Peregrin Thorne — Captain of the Onyx Guard

Sir Cerenel — Lieutenant of the Onyx Guard

Dame Segraine — a lady knight of the Onyx Guard

Dame Irrith — a sprite, and lady knight of the Vale of the White Horse

Carline — an elf-lady, now fallen from grace

Rosamund Goodemeade — a helpful brownie

Gertrude Goodemeade — likewise a helpful brownie, and Rosamund’s sister

Savennis — a courtier of scholarly inclinations

Wrain — a sprite, likewise scholarly

Magrat — a church grim

Hafdean — keeper of the Crow’s Head

Angrisla — a nightmare

Podder — a hob, and servant to the Princes of the Stone

Blacktooth Meg — hag of the River Fleet

Ktistes — a centaur, grandson of Kheiron

Wilhas von das Ticken — a good-tempered dwarf

Niklas von das Ticken — an ill-tempered dwarf; Wilhas’ brother

Lady Feidelm — an Irish sidhe, and former seer

Abd ar-Rashid — a genie of Istanbul

Il Veloce — a faun long resident in the Onyx Hall

Wayland Smith — King of the Vale of the White Horse in Berkshire

Invidiana — former Queen of the Onyx Court, now deceased