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
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
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
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
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
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
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