THE PEOPLE

From the Notes of Loremaster Rothfaust

Aadl (Istaz Aadl): Zeerani youthmaster

Aaraf (Loreman Aaraf): Zeerani storyteller and bard

Aasah (Aasah sud Layl): priest of Illindra, shadowmancer and advisor to Ka Atu

Adalia: warrior of the Mah’zula

Akamaia: Illindrist and oracle of Saodan

Amalua: Quarabalese Iponui

Ani (Istaza Ani): Zeerani youthmistress; also the last known Dzirani

Annila (Annila Ja’Akari): young Zeerani warrior, peer to Sulema and Hannei

Annubasta (see Hafsa Azeina)

Ashta: journeyman mantist studying under Loremaster Rothfaust

Askander (Askander Ja’Akarinu’i): First Warden of the Zeeranim

Ba’esh: also known as Nightmare Man

Bardu: Daechen prince

Bashaba: former concubine of Ka Atu; mother to Pythos, Mattu, and Matteira

Basta (cat): kima’a to Hafsa Azeina

Bellanca (Matreon Bellanca): Matreon of Atualon

Belzaleel the Liar: an ancient, wicked spirit, currently trapped in a dragonglass blade

Boraz (Boraz Ja’Sajani): Zeerani warden

Breama: the Huntress

Bretan Mer (Bretan Mer ne Ninianne il Mer): salt merchant and liaison from Salar Merraj to Atualon; son of Ninianne il Mer

Brygus: member of the Draiksguard

Char (Charon): Guardian of Eid Kalmut; also Naara, daughter of Kal ne Mur

Daeshen Baichen Pao: the first Daemon Emperor, ruler of Sindan

Daeshen Tiachu: the current Daemon Emperor, ruler of Sindan

Daru: young apprentice to Hafsa Azeina

Davidian: Imperator General of Atualon

Davvus: a legendary king of Men

Dennet: a daughter of Nurati

Devranae: legendary daughter of Zula Din; abducted by Davvus, king of Men

Deyenna: a young woman who seeks to escape Atualon

Douwa: bathhouse attendant in Atualon

Duadl (Duadl Ja’Sajani): Zeerani warden and churra-master

Eleni: attendant at the Grinning Mymyc in Bayyid Eidtein

Etana: Iponui and First Runner of Saodan

Ezio: Atualonian Master of Coin

Fairussa (Fairussa Ja’Akari): warrior of the Zeeranim

Gai Khan: Daechen prince

Gavria (Gavria Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior

Ginna: Atualonian maidservant

Hadid (Mastersmith Hadid): Zeerani mastersmith

Hafsa Azeina: dreamshifter of the prides and queen consort of Atualon. Rarely: Annubasta

Hannei (Hannei Ja’Akari): Sulema’s peer and good friend; also Kishah Two-Blades of Min Yaarif, and Nazmah Din of the Zeera

Haoki: Counselorwoman of Saodan

Hapuata (Istaza Hapuata): Zeerani mentor to Theotara Ja’Akari

Hekates: Draiksguard of Atualon

Hyang: village boy from Bizhan

Ippos: stablemaster of Atualon

Isara (Isara Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior

Ishtaset: Mah’zula warrior

Ismai: Zeerani youth; son of Nurati

Istaza Ani: (see Ani)

Jamandae: (deceased) youngest concubine of Serpentus, deposed Dragon King of Atualon

Jasin (Ja’Atanili’i Jasin): Zeerani youth and would-be warden

Jian (Daechen Jian, Tsun-ju Jian): young Daechen prince

Jinchua (fennec): kima’a to Sulema

Jorah: Zeerani craftsman

Kabila (Kabila Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior

Kalani: Zeerani maiden

Karkash Dhwani: powerful Daechen prince, advisor to the emperor

Kekeo: Counselorman of Saodan

Kishah: (see Hannei)

Lavanya: Zeerani warrior and peer of Sulema

Lehaila: Counselorwoman of Saodan

Leviathus (Leviathus ap Wyvernus ne Atu): Sulema’s half-brother, son of Ka Atu, Leviathus is surdus—a princeling without magic

Maika: Kentakuyan a’o Maika i Kaka’ahuana li’l, queen of Quarabala

Makil: Zeerani warden

Mardoni: Daechen prince

Marisa: maidservant in Atualon

Mariza: Renegade Ja’Akari. Once banished and declared Kha’Akari, she now rides with the Mah’zula

Matteira: daughter of Bashaba, a former concubine of Ka Atu. Twin sister to Mattu, and sister to Pythos

Mattu (Mattu Halfmask): son of Bashaba, a former concubine of Ka Atu. Twin brother to Matteira, and brother to Pythos

Naara: (see Char)

Naruteo (Daechen Naruteo): Sindanese youth. Daeborn and yearmate to Jian

Neptara (Umm Neptara): daughter of Nurati

Nightmare Man: Ba’esh

Ninianne il Mer: Lady of the Lake, matriarch of the clans of Salar Merraj, city of the salt merchants; mother of Bretan Mer, Soutan Mer

Nurati (Umm Nurati): First Mother of the Zeeranim; mother of Tammas, Neptara, Ismai, Dennet, Rudya, and an as-yet unnamed infant daughter

Paleha: Quarabalese Illindrist

Perri: Sindanese youth; daeborn and yearmate to Jian

Puani: Counselorwoman of Saodan

Pythos: (long thought to be deceased) son of Serpentus, deposed Dragon King of Atualon

Rama (Rama Ja’Sajani): Zeerani warden and horsemaster from Aish Arak

Rehaza Entanye: pitmistress of Min Yaarif

Rheodus: young Atualonian man, member of Leviathus’s Draiksguard

Rothfaust (Loremaster Rothfaust): loremaster of Atualon, keeper of tomes and tales

Rudya: daughter of Nurati

Sammai: Zeerani child

Santorus (Master Healer Santorus): Atualonian patreon and master healer

Sareta (Sareta Ja’Akarinu’i): ranking warrior of the Zeeranim

Saskia (Saskia Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior and peer of Sulema

Serpentus: Dragon King of Atualon deposed by Wyvernus

Soutan Mer (Soutan Mer ne Ninianne il Mer): son of Ninianne il Mer

Sulema (Sulema Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior, daughter of Hafsa Azeina and Wyvernus

Sunzi: Daechen prince

Tadeah: (deceased) daughter of Bashaba and Ka Atu

Talilla (Ja’Akari): Zeerani warrior

Talleh: young Zeerani boy

Tamimeha: Grand Princess of Quarabala, chief among the Iponui

Tammas (Tammas Ja’Sajani): Zeerani warden, eldest son of Nurati

Teppei: Daechen prince

Theotara (Theotara Ja’Akari): honored Ja’Akari

Tiungpei (Tsun-ju Tiungpei): a Sindanese pearl diver who took a lover from among the Issuq; mother of Jian

Tsali’gei: Daezhu woman

Tsa-len: yendaeshi to Naruteo

Umm Nurati (see Nurati)

Valri: warrior of the Mah’zula

Wyvernus: Ka Atu, the Dragon King of Atualon

Xienpei: yendaeshi to Jian

Yaela: apprentice to Aasah

Yeshu: Atualonian weaver

Zula Din: trickster/warrior of legend, daughter of the First People