AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF NATIONS INVOLVED IN THE PALLESEEN WARS OF PERFECTION

Allor – conquered, a haunt of conjurers

Bracinta – a protectorate split between Pallesand and Lor

The Divine City – unconquered, a city of powerful magicians

Galletes – conquered, a mobile, island-dwelling people

Jarokir – conquered, formerly a land of many temples

Lor – unconquered, currently at war with Pallesand

Oloumann – conquered, formerly a land of many gods

Pallesand – heart of the Palleseen Sway

Telmark – conquered, a land of proud traditions, including the city of Ilmar

ELEMENTS OF THE PALLESEEN SWAY

Temporary Commission of Ends and Means – the ruling body of Pallesand

School of Correct Erudition (Archivists) – responsible for learning and magic

School of Correct Appreciation (Invigilators) – responsible for art and law

School of Correct Exchange (Brokers) – responsible for trade

School of Correct Conduct (Monitors) – responsible for military and enforcement

School of Correct Speech (Inquirers) – responsible for religion, language and espionage

Regulars (Troopers and Statloi) – the soldiers of the Palleseen army

Accessories – conscripted foreign troops, also known as Turncoats and Whitebellies

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

WITHIN THE HOSPITAL
(PALLESEEN UNLESS NOTED)

Guest-Adjutant Alv – Divinati sympathetic healer

Former Cohort-Broker Banders – orderly

Cohort-Monitor Cosserby – sonorist and artificer

Chief Accessory Erinael – former lead medico of the hospital, now dead

Accessory ‘Maric’ Jack – Ilmari former priest and orderly

Kilbery – the Butcher’s ward

Accessory Lochiver – Jarokiri former priest and flautist

Accessory Masty – Bracite orderly

Chief Accessory ‘Butcher’ Ollery – alchemist, lead medico

Fellow-Inquirer Prassel – necromancer, commanding officer

Accessory Tallifer – Jarokiri former priest and surgeon

God – a divine being

The Fisher King – a divine being

Life Of Dead Trees – a divine being

Mazdek, the Chastising Flame – a divine being

Sturge of the Unclean Sacristy – a divine being

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From L–R: Trooper Lidlet, Former Cohort-Broker Banders, Cohort-Monitor Cosserby, Guest-Adjutant Alv, Chief Accessory ‘Butcher’ Ollery, Accessory Masty, Accessory Tallifer, Accessory ‘Maric’ Jack (bottom), Accessory Lochiver (top), Fellow-Inquirer Prassel Thaumagraph © Adrian Czajkowski

IN FORTHRIGHT BATTALION
(PALLESEEN UNLESS NOTED)

Caeleen – Maserley’s demon companion

Cohort-Monitor Fosby – quartermaster

Trooper Foley – regular soldier

Companion-Monitor Goughry – officer

Trooper Klimmel – regular soldier

Trooper Lidlet – regular soldier

Fellow-Invigilator Maserley – Conjurer

Trooper Paucelry – regular soldier

Statlos Peppel – Watch officer

Sage-Monitor ‘Uncle’ Runkel – Commanding officer, Forthright Battalion

Mother Semprellaime – Allorwen bawd

Fellow-Inquirer Sherm – administrative officer

Fellow-Archivist Thurrel – Decanter

IN LANDWARDS BATTALION
(PALLESEEN UNLESS NOTED)

Companion-Archivist Callow – scholar of sympathetic magic

Cohort-Monitor Festle – Necromantic Unnatural

Cohort-Archivist Hobbers – scholar of sympathetic magic

Fellow-Inquirer Killingly – necromancer

Cohort-Inquirer Megget – Watch officer

Accessory Pirisytes – Oloumanni conscript

Professor-Invigilator ‘Old Eyeball’ Scaffesty – Commanding officer, Landwards Battalion

Cohort-Archivist Skilby – scholar of sympathetic magic

Sage-Archivist Stiverton – senior necromancer

Cohort-Monitor Tunly – Watch officer

Zenotheus, the divine scorpionfly – a divine being

OTHERS

The Dread Lord Ghastron – Varinecthes’s demonic familiar

General Halseder – Bracite loyalist

Kosha – former priest of God in Ilmar

Varinecthes ‘Varney’ – ancient sorcerer of uncertain provenance