Alaric: a nation in the extreme north.
Aqhat, Palace of: the home of Isaiah, Tyrant of Isembaard.
Armat: one of Isaiah of Isembaard’s generals.
Avaldamon: father to Boaz.
Axis: see SunSoar, Axis.
Aziel: archpriest of the Order of the Coil.
Baxtor, Garth: a physician who employs the Touch (the ability to determine sickness through touch). Garth was primarily responsible for freeing Maximilian Persimius from the Veins eight years before this tale begins.
Bingaleal: one of the Lealfast.
Boaz: ancestor of Ishbel and Mage of the One. Husband of Tirzah.
Book of the Soulenai: an ancient book which once belonged to Boaz.
BroadWing EvenBeat: an Icarii, and friend of Maximilian Persimius.
Central Kingdoms: a loose coalition of the states of Hosea, Pelemere, and Kyros.
Coil, Order of the: an order that lives in Serpent’s Nest. They worship the Great Serpent and use the bowels of living men to foretell the future.
Coroleas: a continent to the west, renowned for the immorality and cruelty of its peoples.
DarkGlass Mountain: an ancient pyramid originally built to provide a pathway into Infinity. Once it was known as Threshold.
Doyle: a member of the Emerald Guard and former assassin.
Egalion: captain of the Emerald Guard, and friend to Maximilian Persimius.
Elcho Falling: a magical and mysterious citadel of legend.
Eleanon: one of the Lealfast.
Emerald Guard, the: Maximilian Persimius’ personal guard, composed of former prisoners of the Veins.
Escator: a poor kingdom on the coast of the Widowmaker Sea. It is ruled by Maximilian Persimius.
Ezekiel: Isaiah of Isembaard’s most senior general.
Falayal: a Lealfast elder.
First, the: the top caste of Corolean society comprising the Forty-four Hundred Families. The First commands virtually all of the wealth and power within Coroleas.
Forty-four Hundred Families: see the First.
Georgdi, Chief Alm: general of the Outlander forces.
Gershadi: a nation in the extreme north.
Goblet of the Frogs: an ancient magical goblet created by Tirzah.
Hairekeep: a fortress standing at the southern entrance to the Salamaan Pass.
Heddiah: a servant within the kitchens of the Palace of Aqhat.
Hereward: Kitchen Steward of the Palace of Aqhat in Isembaard.
Hosea: one of the kingdoms which form the Central Kingdoms.
Icarii: a mystical race of winged people who once lived in the mountains of Tencendor. The Enchanters among them wielded the Star Dance to produce powerful enchantments. Now, a scattered remnant from the destruction of Tencendor live about the Central Kingdoms.
Inardle: one of the Lealfast.
Ingruit: a servant within the kitchens of the Palace of Aqhat.
Insharah: captain of a band of Isembaardian soldiers. Friend of Axis SunSoar.
Isaiah: Tyrant of Isembaard.
Isembaard, Tyranny of: a massive empire below the FarReach Mountains, currently ruled by Isaiah.
Jequial: a servant within the kitchens of the palace of Aqhat.
Kanubai: an ancient enemy of the Lords of Elcho Falling.
Kezial: one of Isaiah of Isembaard’s generals.
Kyros: a city state within the loose alliance of the Central Kingdoms. It is ruled by King Malat.
Lamiah: one of Isaiah of Isembaard’s generals.
Lealfast: an Icarii-like race of the frozen north.
Lixel, Baron: a trusted baron of Maximilian Persimius, currently ruling Escator in Maximilian’s absence.
Madarin: an Isembaardian soldier.
Malat: King of Kyros.
Margalit: the major city of the Outlands, and Ishbel Brunelle’s childhood home.
Maximilian Persimius: see Persimius, Maximilian.
Morfah: one of Isaiah of Isembaard’s generals. Now dead.
Odella: a servant within the kitchens of the Palace of Aqhat.
One, the: DarkGlass Mountain incarnate in flesh.
Outlands, the: a province to the far east, renowned for its wild nomadic culture.
Pelemere: a city state within the loose alliance of the Central Kingdoms.
Persimius Brunelle, Lady Ishbel: orphan from Margalit, raised to be Archpriestess of the Order of the Coil, and former wife of Maximilian Persimius.
Persimius, Maximilian: King of Escator. Maximilian endured seventeen years in the gloam mines as a youth and young man when his cousin Cavor seized the throne.
Ravenna: a marsh witch-woman who patrols the borderlands between this world and the Land of Dreams. Her mother is Venetia.
Risdon: second-in-command to the Isembaardian general, Armat.
Sakkuth: capital of the Tyranny of Isembaard.
Salamaan Pass: a great pass which is the only easy access through the FarReach Mountains into Isembaard.
Second, the: the Thirty-eight Thousand Families who comprise the second caste within Corolean society. The Second is comprised mostly of the educated intelligentsia, traders, and minor landowners.
Serge: a member of the Emerald Guard and former assassin.
Serpent’s Nest: a great mountain on the coast of the Outlands.
Skraelings: wraithlike creatures inhabiting the ice and snowbound wastes of the far north.
Star Dance: Enchanters among the Icarii wielded the music of the stars (the music made as the stars move about the heavens, and which the Icarii called the Star Dance) in order to create powerful enchantments. The Star Dance is no longer available to those Icarii remaining alive as the Star Gate, which filtered the Star Dance through to them from the heavens, was destroyed during the final Tencendor wars.
Star Gate: a magical portal which once existed in Tencendor, the Star Gate filtered the magic of the Star Dance, which the Icarii enchanters used to create their enchantments. Demons destroyed the Star Gate during the final wars of Tencendor.
StarWeb: an Icarii, and lover to Maximilian Persimius.
SunSoar, Axis: formerly a hero from Tencendor and a member of the Icarii race, Axis once reigned over Tencendor as its StarMan before relinquishing power to his son Caelum. Axis died five years ago during the destruction of Tencendor.
SunSoar, Salome: former Duchess of Sidon in Coroleas, now wife of StarDrifter SunSoar.
SunSoar, StarDrifter: Axis’ father, and a powerful Icarii prince and Enchanter.
Tencendor: a continent which once lay in the western region of the Widowmaker Sea. It was lost five years before this tale begins in a catastrophic war with demons.
Third, the: the third caste within Corolean society, mostly comprising workers.
Thirty-eight Thousand Second Families: see the Second.
Tirzah: ancestor of Ishbel and wife of Boaz.
Twisted Tower, the: a palace of memories.
Veins, the: the gloam mines of Escator where Maximilian Persimius was imprisoned for seventeen years.
Venetia: a marsh witch-woman who patrols the borderlands between this world and the Land of Dreams. Ravenna is her daughter.
Viland: a nation in the extreme north. The Vilanders often have trouble with Skraelings.
Vorstus: abbot of the Order of Persimius, Vorstus aided Garth Baxtor and Ravenna in freeing Maximilian Persimius from the Veins eight years before this tale begins.
Weeper, the: a strange but immensely powerful Corolean bronze deity.
Yysell: Axis SunSoar’s body servant.
Zeboath: Isembaardian physician.