Mortals
Archon Basileus. The head of civic religious arrangements in Delphi.
Archon Eponymos. The chief magistrate of Delphi.
Herodotus. A Greek scholar and former curator of the Great Library of Delphi.
Izad Asabana. A wealthy merchant and dealer in spell dust.
Javid. A wind ship pilot from the Persian city of Samarqand.
Katsu. A Stygian thief-catcher.
Korinna. An acolyte at the Temple of Delphi.
Leila. Marzban’s daughter.
Marzban Khorram-Din. Asabana’s alchemist.
Nabu-bal-idinna. An eccentric alchemist of the golden age of Samarqand who claimed to have traveled in the Dominion and met the Drowned Lady.
Nazafareen. A wielder of negatory magic.
The Polemarch. The commander of Delphi’s armed forces.
Prince Shahak. Heir to the crown of Samarqand.
Savah Sayuzhdri. Javid’s old boss at the Merchants’ Guild.
Thena. An acolyte at the Temple of Delphi.
Daevas
Avas Danai (Children of Earth)
Darius. A daeva of House Dessarian who was born in the Empire on the other side of the gates.
Delilah. Victor’s wife and Darius’s mother.
Galen. Victor’s son with Mina. Half-brother to Darius.
Mithre. Victor’s second in command.
Mina. A Danai hostage at Val Moraine.
Rafel/Nikias. A daeva who was kidnapped by the Pythia.
Tethys. Victor’s mother, head of House Dessarian and one of the Matrium.
Victor. Darius’s father.
Avas Valkirins (Children of Air)
Culach. Once the heir to Val Moraine, he was blinded and lost his power.
Daniel/Demetrios. Halldora’s grandson and heir, he was abducted and brainwashed by the Pythia.
Eirik. Culach’s father and the former lord of Val Moraine.
Ellard. Galen’s friend. Raised as a hostage at House Dessarian in exchange for Mina.
Frida: Halldora’s second in command.
Gerda. Culach’s great-great-grandmother.
Halldóra. Mistress of Val Tourmaline.
Katrin. Culach’s former lover.
Petur. Culach’s best friend. He tried to kill Nazafareen and was killed by Galen.
Runar. Lord of Val Petros.
Stefán. Lord of Val Altair.
Sofia: One of Halldora’s riders.
Avas Marakai (Children of Water)
Kasaika. Captain of the Asperta. Selk Marakai.
Mafuone. Captain of the Chione. Sheut Marakai.
Mebetimmunedjem, a.k.a. Meb the Mouse. A 12-year-old orphan of the Selk who does grunt work on the Asperta.
Sakhet-ra-katme. The oldest Marakai and one of the original talismans. A distant ancestor of Meb.
Avas Vatras (Children of Fire)
Atticus. Nicodemus’s younger brother.
Domitia, a.k.a. The Pythia, a.k.a. the Oracle of Delphi. Gaius’s daughter.
Farrumohr, a.k.a. the Viper. Gaius’s advisor. Haunts Culach’s dreams.
Gaius. Former king of the Vatras.
Nicodemus. A survivor of the Kiln.
Maenads
Kallisto. Head of the Cult of Dionysus, she seeks to protect the talismans from harm. Her followers are Rhea, Charis, Cyrene and Megaera. Two others, twins named Alcippe and Adeia, were killed by the Pythia’s soldiers.