Addy—Shade’s gilded swamp adder, to whom she is bound
Adric—Lord Ardeth
Ahack—in the Wastes, the west wind
Amantine, Princess—Kruin’s sister, Krothen’s aunt
Amberley—a Kendar, Brier’s former lover
Anooo—in the Wastes, the north wind
Apollynes—the mountain range parallel to the Rim
Arrin-ken—catlike third of the Three People
Ashe—a haunt singer
Awl—a Randir senior randon
Bane—Jame and Tori’s half-brother, who may be alive or dead
Bear—Sheth’s brain-damaged brother
Bel-tairi—a Whinno-hir
Blackie—the common name for Torisen
Brier Iron-thorn—a Kendar randon cadet, first bound to Torisen and then to Jame
Burnt Man, the—the one of the Four who represents fire
Burr—Torisen’s Kendar servant
Byrne—Gaudaric’s grandson
Caldane—Lord Caineron
Cella, Lady—cousin to King Krothen
Char—a third-year Knorth cadet
Corrudin—Caldane’s uncle and advisor
Corvine—a Knorth oath-breaker, bound to the Randir
Cron—a Knorth Kendar
Cully—one of Torisen’s first command
Damson—one of Jame’s ten-command
Dani—Shandanielle, Lady Professionate
Dar—one of Jame’s ten-command
Dari—Lord Ardeth’s would-be heir
Death’s-head—a rathorn
Dorin—grandson of the Kothifir high priest
Ean—Gaudaric’s son-in-law
Eaten One, the—the one of the Four who represents water
Erim—one of Jame’s ten-command
Evensong—Gaudaric’s daughter, Ean’s wife, Byrne’s mother
Falling Man, the—the one of the Four who represents air
Fang—a Waster girl who has ended up in Kothifir
Fash—a Caineron cadet
Four, the—the elementals of Rathillien
Frost—the Randir barracks commander
Ganth Gray Lord—father of Jame and Torisen
Gaudaric—Master Iron Gauntlet
Genjar—Caldane’s son, Commandant of the Host
Gerridon—Master of Knorth, arch-traitor of the Kencyrath
Gnasher—wolver king of the Deep Weald
Gorbel—Caldane’s lordan
Graykin—Jame’s servant, sometime Master Intelligencer
Greshan—Jame and Tori’s uncle, Ganth’s brother
Grimly, the wolver—a wolver of the Grimly Holt
Hangnail—a spy
Hull—Torisen’s chief forester
Granny Sit-by-the-Fire—an Old Pantheon goddess of the Wastes
Harn Grip-hard—commandant of the South Host
Index—a scrollsman who knows where everything is
Iron-jaw—first Ganth’s war-horse, then Gerridon’s haunt war-horse
Ishtier—former high priest of Tai-tastigon
Jame—Jamethiel Priest’s-bane, sister of Torisen Black Lord
Jamethiel Dream-weaver—consort of Gerridon, Master of Knorth; mother of Jame and Torisen
Jedrak—temporary lord of the Jaran
Jorin—Jame’s ounce
Kalan—a Kothifiran seeker
Kells—herbalist at Gothregor
Kenan—Lord Randir
Keral—a fallen changer, servant of the Master
Killy—one of Jame’s ten-command
Kindrie Soul-walker—a healer; cousin of Jame and Torisen
Kin-Slayer—Torisen’s sword
Kirien—a scrollswoman; Lordan of Randir
Kroaky—young Krothen
Krothen—god-king of Kothifir
Kruin—former king of Kothifir; Krothen’s father
Lady Professionate—Dani or Shandanielle; a guild lord
Lainoscopes—king of Langadine
Lanek—young son of Kalan
Lanielle—a Langadine seeker, granddaughter of Laurintine
Laurintine—a Langadine seeker
Lord Artifice—a Kothifiran guild lord
Lord Merchandy—a Kothifiran guild lord
Lurcher—Jame’s moa
Marc—Marcarn, Jame’s Kendar friend
Mercer—Lord Merchandy
Merry—one of Torisen’s Kendar
Mint—one of Jame’s ten-command
Mother Ragga—the Earth Wife; one of the Four
Near, Prince—Princess Amantine’s husband
Needham—Master Silk Purse
Niall—one of Jame’s ten-command
Onyx-eyed, Marigold—commander of the Knorth barracks
Pereden—Timmon’s father; Adric’s son
Prophet, the—leader of the Karnids
Quill—one of Jame’s ten-command
Quirl—Corvine’s son
Qrink—Master Paper Crown, Kalan’s brother-in-law
rathorn—a carnivorous bi-corn
Rain—replacement for Storm
Rawneth—the Randir Matriarch
Rose Iron-thorn—a Caineron; Brier Iron-thorn’s mother
Rowan—Torisen’s steward
Rue—one of Jame’s ten-command, her servant
Ruso—Lord Artifice
Shade—a Randir cadet
Shandanielle—Dani, Lady Professionate
Sheth Sharp-tongue—the Caineron war-leader; former commandant of Tentir
Shrike—a third-year Randir cadet
Shuu—in the Wastes, the south wind
Snow—replacement for Rain
Spare—second-in-command of the Knorth barracks
Storm—Torisen’s war-horse
Talisman—Jame’s identity as a Tastigon thief
Taur—director of Mount Alban, a former randon
Tenebrae—mountain range to the east of the Wastes
Timmon—the Ardeth Lordan
Tishooo—the Falling Man, the Old Man, the east wind
Ton—prince of Kothifir, son of Amantine
Torisen Black Lord—Tori, Blackie, Highlord of the Kencyrath
Trishien—Jaran Matriarch
Twizzle—Gorbel’s pet pook
Uraks—mountain range to the west of the Wastes
Vedia—Kothifiran Old Pantheon goddess of healing
Whinno-hir—one of the equines who have followed the Kencyrath since the beginning
Yce—a wolver pup