Principal Characters

Udge: Protector of Threerivers

Bival: the Southcounsel of Threerivers

Warret: Bival’s husband

Gamwyn and Brudoer: twin boys, age fourteen, of Threerivers, sons of Rotag and Pion

Sagan: Protector of Pelbarigan

Ahroe: a guardcaptain of Pelbarigan

Jaiyan: a giant Sentani trader who lived at the north edge of Tusco country

Misque: a Peshtak girl, age fifteen

Artess and Reo: twin sister and brother, Tantal by birth, growing up at Murkal

A complete glossary of characters and places may be found at the end of the book.