Thieves World Book #08
Soul of the City
Edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
CONTENTS
Dramatis Personae Lynn Abbey
Power Play Janet Morris
Dagger in the Mind C.J. Cherryh
Children of All Ages Lynn Abbey
Death in the Meadow C.J. Cherryh
The Small Powers that Endure Lynn Abbey
Pillar of Fire Janet Morris
Dramatis Personae
The Townspeople
AHDIOVIZUN; AHDIOMER viz; AHDIO, Proprietor of Sty’s Place, a legendary dive
within the Maze.
LALO THE LIMNER, Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand.
GILLA, His indomitable wife.
ALFI, Their youngest son.
LATILLA, Their daughter.
OANNER, Their middle son, slain during the False Plague riots of the previous
winter.
VANDA, Their daughter, employed as maid-servant to the Beysib at the palace.
WEDEMIR, Their son and eldest child.
DUBRO, Bazaar blacksmith and husband to Illyra.
ILLYRA, Half-blood S’danzo seeress with True Sight. Hounded by PFLS in the False
Plague.
ARTON, Their son, marked by the gods and magic as part of an emerging
divinity known as the Stormchildren. Sent to the Bandaran Isles for his safety
and education.
ULLIS, Their daughter, slain in the False Plague riots.
HAKIEM, Storyteller and confidant extraordinaire.
JUBAL, Prematurely aged former gladiator. Once he openly ran Sanctuary’s most
visible criminal organization, the Hawkmasks. Now he works behind the scenes.
SALIMAN, His aide and only friend.
MAMA BECHO, Owner of a particularly disreputable tavern in Downwind.
MASHA ZIL-INEEL, Midwife whose involvement with the destruction of the Purple
Mage enabled her to move from the Maze to respectability uptown.