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.