Cast of Characters

Ahta – a Ryogan child living in the Mysora Mountains with eir mother Dai-Usho; ey/em

Anda – Khya and Yorri’s blood-mother and a kaigo councilmember; rikinhisu mage; she/her

Chio Heinansuto – Tsua’s husband, Varan’s brother, and one of the original twelve immortals; dyuniji mage; he/him

Daitsa – former second-in-command of Tyrroh’s squad; dyuniji mage; deceased; she/her

Dai-Usho – Ryogan woman who lives in the Mysora Mountains with her child Ahta; she/her

Etaro – member of Tyrroh’s squad and currently platonically partnered with Rai; rikinhisu mage; ey/em

Kazu – commander of the Ryogan ship that carries Tyrroh’s squad to Ryogo; he/him

Khya – member of Tyrroh’s squad, Yorri’s older sister, and Tessen’s current partner; fykina mage; she/her

Lo’a – Osshi’s friend and the voice of a hanaeuu we’la maninaio caravan; she/her

Miari – member of Tyrroh’s squad and currently partnered with Nairo and Wehli; ishiji mage; she/her

Natani – member of Tyrroh’s squad; zoikyo mage; he/him

Nairo – member of Tyrroh’s squad and currently partnered with Miari and Wehli; kasaiji mage; he/him

Neeva – Tessen’s blood-mother and a kaigo councilmember; rusosa mage; she/her

Ono – Khya and Yorri’s blood-father and a kaigo councilmember; oraku mage; he/him

Osshi Shagakusa – Ryogan historian who sailed to Shiara looking for proof of the bobasu’s existence; he/him

Rai – member of Tyrroh’s squad and currently platonically partnered with Etaro; kasaiji mage; she/her

Ryzo – former second-in-command of Tyrroh’s squad who remained on Shiara; hishingu mage; he/him

Sanii – Yorri’s sumai partner and the one who discovered the truth about Yorri; hyari and tusenkei mage; ey/em

Suzu – a leader of Sagen sy Itagami and one of the original twelve immortals; sykina mage; she/her

Tessen – a member of Tyrroh’s squad and Khya’s current partner; basaku mage; he/him

Tsua – Chio’s wife and one of the original twelve immortals; rikinhisu mage; she/her

Tyrroh – the leader of Khya’s squad; oraku mage; he/him

Varan Heinansuto – leader of Sagen sy Itagami and one of the original twelve immortals; ishiji mage; he/him

Wehli – member of Tyrroh’s squad and currently partnered with Miari and Nairo; ryacho mage; he/him

Yorri – Khya’s brother, Sanii’s sumai partner, and a born immortal; kynacho mage; he/him

Zonna – Chio and Tsua’s son and a born immortal; hishingu mage; he/him