Barrick Eddon—a Prince of Southmarch
Barrow—a royal guard
Baz’u Jev—a Xandian poet
Beetledown—a Rooftopper
Big Nodule (Blue Quartz)—Chert’s father
Blackglass—a Funderling family
Boulder—a Funderling.
Brambinag Stoneboots—a mythical ogre.
Bratchard, Lord—a nobleman.
Brenhall, Lord—a nobleman.
Brigid—a serving-woman at the Quiller’s Mint.
Briony Eddon—a Princess of Southmarch.
Brother Okros—physician-priest from Eastmarch Academy.
Caddick—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard, known as “Longlegs.”
Calkin—a Skimmer.
Caradon Tolly—Gailon’s younger brother.
Caylor—a legendary knight and prince.
Chaven—physician and astrologer to the Eddon family.
Chert (Blue Quartz)—a Funderling, Opal’s husband.
Cheshret—Qinnitan’s father, a minor priest of Nushash.
Child of the Emerald Fire—a Qar tribe.
Chryssa—Chief Acolyte of the Hive Temple in Xis.
Cinnabar—a Funderling magister.
Clemon—famous Syannese historian, also called “Clemon of Anverrin.”
Cloudwalker—another name for Perin, the sky god.
Collum—Willow’s younger brother.
Collum Dyer—one of Vansen’s soldiers.
Comfrey M’Neel—a noblewoman.
Conary—proprietor of the Quiller’s Mint.
Cononc, Sivonmc, and Iellic tribes—”primitive” tribes who lived on. Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand
Cusy—chief of the Favored (eunuchs) of the Royal Seclusion in Xis
Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother
Dannet Beck—Raemon Beck’s cousin
Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol
Dab Dawley—a Southmarch guard
Dawtrey—a legendary knight, sometimes called “Elf-spelled”
Derla—wife of Raemon Beck
Dimakos Heavyhand—one of the last chieftains of the Gray Companies
Donal Murray—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard
Droy Nikomede—a.k.a. “Droy of Eastlake,” a Southmarch noble
Durstin Crowel—Baron of Graylock
Dunyaza—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive
Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits.
Eats-the-Moon—a Qar of the Changing tribe.
Ellis—Merolanna’s maid.
Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly.
Ena—a young Skimmer girl, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan.
Enlo—god of the harvest.
Erivor—god of waters.
Euan Dogsend—Chaven’s friend, “the most learned man in Blueshore.”
Evander—Syannese count, envoy to Southmarch.
Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend.
Evon Kinnay—friend of Gailon Tolly, son of Baron of Longhowe.
Ewan—Finnith’s son.
Falk—a Southmarch guard.
Fergil—son of Finneth and Onsin.
Ferras Vansen—Captain of the royal guard.
Finton—Raemon Beck’s younger son.
Finn Teodoros—a writer.
Finneth—a woman of Candlerstown.
Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers,” small people who specialize in stonecraft.
Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin
Gar Doiney—a scout
Gil—a potboy at the Quiller’s Mint.
Galhbert Perkin—Count of Craneshill, Lord Chancellor of Southmarch
Gowan M’Ardall—an earl, his fiefdom is in Helmingsea
Grandfather Sulfur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers
Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in the wake of the Great Death
Great Mother—goddess worshipped in Tuan
Greenjay—a Qar of the Trickster tribe
Gregor of Syan—a famous bard
Grenna—a lady’s maid
Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar
Gwatkin—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard
Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’s captain, a k a “Gyrir the Storm Lantern”
Gypsum—a Funderling family
Habbili—a god, the crippled son of Nushash
Haketam—people of the Haketan tribe in Xand
Hammerfoot—a Qar, of Firstdeep.
Hand of the Sky—a Rooftopper deity.
Hanede—Shaso’s daughter.
Harry—Chaven’s manservant.
Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor.
Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller.
Havemore—Brone’s factor.
Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers.
Heryn Millward—a Southmarch royal guard.
Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin.
Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero.
Hisolda—Anissa’s midwife.
Hornblende—Funderling, Stonecutters Guild foreman.
Hull-Scrapes-the-Sand—Skimmer extended family.
Iaris—an oracle of Kermos, a semi-saint.
Idrin—young son of Gowan of Helmingsea.
Ivar Brenhill—a knight and nobleman of Silverside.
Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin.”
Jem Tallow—a Southmarch guard officer.
Karal—King of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor.
Kaspar Dyelos—Chaven’s mentor, a.k.a. “Warlock of Krace.”
Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings.
Kendrick Eddon—Prince Regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin.
Kermos—earth god.
Kert hillmen—a wild tribe that lives northwest of Kertewall.
King Nikolos—Syan monarch who moved the Trigonarchy out of Hierosol.
Krisanthe—Queen Meriel’s mother, the twins’ grandmother.
Kupilas—god of healing.
Lander III—son of Karal, King of Syan, a.k.a. “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane.”
Lapis—Chert’s mother.
Layhn—uncle of Tyne Aldritch.
Laybrick—a Southmarch guard.
Leotrodos—Perikalese scientist friend of Chaven.
Lepthis—an Autarch of Xis.
Lew—a Southmarch guard.
Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms.
Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of Gray Companies.
Little Carbon—a Funderling craftsman.
Little Raemon—Raemon Beck’s oldest son.
Lord of the Peak—a Rooftopper deity.
Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young.
Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol.
Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon.”
Madi Surazem—goddess of childbirth.
Matthias Tinwright—a poet, a k a “Matty.”
Mayne Calough—a nobleman and knight.
Meriel—Olin’s first wife, daughter of a powerful Brennish duke.
Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon.
Mesiya—moon goddess.
Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order.
Mica—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew.
Mickeal Southstead—a Southmarch guard.
Mistress Jennikin—Chaven’s housekeeper.
Moina Hartsbrook—a young Helmingsea noblewoman, one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting.
Mokori—one of the autarch’s stranglers.
Mormng-in-Eye—a Qar of the Changing People.
Muchmore—a Southmarch scout.
Nevin Hewney—a playwright.
Nodule—Chert’s brother, a k a “Magister Blue Quartz.”
Nose, Grand and Worthy—a Rooftopper dignitary.
Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs.
Nynor—Steffans Nynor, Count of Redtree, Lord Castellan of Southmarch Castle.