Glossary of Characters

Asmodeus: wizard of phenomenal ability

Sir Bartholomew Staynes: mercenary leader and Sarah’s half-brother

Bodo: one-legged carpenter

Count Borgo: archfiend specializing in all things military

Sir Brandon Phugg: sheriff of Avincraik

Brodar Eaglebeak: warchief of the Blue Horse People

Cob: Roscoe’s man-at-arms

Drax: mercenary in the company of Sir Bartholomew Staynes

Dreego: burner of charcoal and taverns

Fergis mac Brude: Ard Righ of the Keltins

Florio: Roscoe’s reeve

Kak: treacherous peasant

Grinder: Blue Horse warrior

Gustavus: Lord Ubo’s sergeant-at-arms

Brother Jerome: cellarer of Gray Friar’s monastery

Brother Julian: choir master of Gray Friar’s monastery

Sir Lorenzo di Prativentosi: adventurous young knight

Malachai: magician of fearsome power

Oengus mac Brude: brother of Fergis

Pons: treacherous Road Guard

Pozi: Bodo’s adopted daughter

Earl Ralf Mortimer: Earl of Avincraik

Roscoe Franklin: Thurmond’s mentor and Adventurer in good standing

Sarah: Thurmond’s closest friend and fledgling Adventurer

Slow Pate: Lord Ubo’s serf

Sir Seymour Guff: knight in the service of Earl Ralf

Thurmond: fledgling Adventurer and our hero

Lord Torgul Bonelip XXIII: doughty dwarf and Adventurer in good standing

Tuck: Roscoe’s man-at-arms

Lord Ubo Futz: Lord of Skut

Uncle: headman of Skut

Wat: Roscoe’s man-at-arms

Wynkyn Whoorm: Earl Ralf’s chamberlain

Zeb the Prophet: fanatical blowhard