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ALENOR D'ORLON—Queen of Dhevyn. Rainan's daughter. Wife of Kirshov.

ALEXIN SERANOV—Second son of the current Duke of Grannon Rock. Reithan's cousin.

ANALEE LATANYA—Deceased. Princess of Damita. Wife of Antonov. Mother of Misha, Kirshov and Gunta.

ANTONOV LATANYA—The Lion of Senet. Father of Misha, Kirshov and Gunta. Husband of Analee of Damita.

BALONAN—Seneschal of Elcast castle.

BARIN WELACIN—Prefect of Avacas.

BELAGREN—Deceased. High Priestess of the Shadowdancers.

BLARENOV—Member of the Brotherhood based in Paislee.

BRAHM HALYN—Sundancer living on Elcast. Brother of Paige Halyn, the Lord of the Suns.

CALLA—Mil's blacksmith.

CASPONA TAKARNOV—Deceased. Shadowdancer in training with Marqel.

CATERINA FARLO—Dirk's hostage. Daughter of Brotherhood members.

CLEGG—Captain of the
Calliope
.

DAL FALSTOV—Captain of the
Orlando
.

DARGIN OTMAR—Master-at-arms in the Queen's Guard.

DIRK PROVIN—Second son of Duke Wallin of Elcast and Princess Morna of Damita. Illegitimate son of Johan Thorn.

DROGAN SERANOV—Deceased. Duke of Grannon Rock until the War of Shadows. Killed fighting with Johan against Senet. Father of Reithan. Husband of Lexie.

ELESKA ARROWSMITH—Baenlander. Daughter of Novin Arrowsmith. Mellie Thorn's best friend. ELLA GEON—Shadowdancer and physician. Expert in herbs and drugs. Tia's mother.

ERYK—Orphan from Elcast. Dirk's servant.

FARALAN—Daughter of the Duke of Ionan. Duchess of Elcast. Married to Rees Provin

FREDRAK D'ORLON—Deceased. Duke of Bryton. Killed in a hunting accident not long after his wife, Rainan Thorn, assumed the throne of Dhevyn. Alenor's father.

FRENA—Servant in Elcast Castle. The baker Welma's daughter.

GAVEN GREYBROOK—Pirate on Johan's ship. Killed in the tidal wave that hit Elcast.

GUNTA LATANYA—Deceased. Youngest son of Antonov Latanya and Analee of Damita. Sacrificed as a baby to ensure the return of the second sun.

HARI—Pirate captured in Paislee. Sacrificed on Elcast during the Landfall Festival.

HAURITZ—Butcher living in Elcast Town.

HELGIN—Physician and tutor at Elcast.

JACINTA D'ORLON—Cousin and lady-in-waiting to Alenor.

JOHAN THORN— Deceased. Pirate. Exiled King of Dhevyn.

KALLEEN—Leader of Kalleen's acrobat troupe.

KIRSHOV LATANYA—Second son of the Prince of Senet. Regent of Dhevyn. Husband of Alenor.

LANATYNE—Member of Kalleen's acrobats. LANON RILL—Second son of Tovin Rill, Governor of Elcast.

LEXIE SERANOV THORN—Wife of Johan Thorn. First husband was the Duke of Grannon Rock. Mother of Reithan Seranov and Mellie Thorn.

LILA BAYSTOKE—Herb woman from Elcast.

LILE DROGANOV—Pirate based in Mil.

LINEL—Pirate captured in Paislee. Sacrificed on Elcast during the Landfall Festival.

MADALAN TIROV—Shadowdancer and aide to the High Priestess Belagren.

MARQEL—Also known as Marqel the Magnificent. Landfall bastard. Performs as an acrobat in Kalleen's troupe until she is taken into the Shadowdancers.

MASTER KEDRON—Elcast master-at-arms.

MELLIE THORN—Daughter of Johan Thorn and Lexie Seranov.

MISHA LATANYA—Eldest son of Antonov, the Lion of Senet. Also known as the Crippled Prince.

MORNA PROVIN—Deceased. Duchess of Elcast. Princess of Damita. Daughter of Prince Oscon. Sister of Analee. Married to Wallin Provin. Mother of Rees and Dirk.

MURRY—Member of Mistress Kalleen's acrobats.

NERIS VERAN—Sundancer and mathematical genius. Believed to be dead.

NOVIN ARROWSMITH—Pirate living in Mil.

OLENA BORNE—Deceased. Shadowdancer attached to Prince Antonov's court.

OSCON—Exiled ruler of Damita. Father of Analee and Morna.

PAIGE HALYN—Lord of the Suns.

PARON SHOEBROOK—Cobbler's son on Elcast.

PELLA—Baker in Mil.

PORL ISINGRIN—Pirate. Captain of the
Makuan
. Based in Mil.

RAINAN D'ORLON—Née Thorn. Former queen of Dhevyn. Mother of Alenor. Johan Thorn's younger sister.

REES PROVIN—Duke of Elcast. Dirk's brother.

REZO—Sailor on the
Calliope
.

ROVE ELAN—Lord Marshal of Dhevyn.

REITHAN SERANOV—Son of the late Duke of Grannon Rock and Lexie Seranov. Johan's stepson.

SABAN SERANOV—Duke of Grannon Rock. Father of Alexin and Raban.

SERGEY—Captain of the Avacas Palace Guard in Senet.

SOOTER—Member of Mistress Kalleen's acrobats.

TABOR ISINGRIN—Son of Porl Isingrin.

TIA VERAN—Daughter of Neris Veran and Ella Geon.

TOVIN RILL—Governor of Elcast.

VARIAN—Nurse to the sons of Elcast.

VIDEON LUKANOV—Head of the Brotherhood in Dhevyn.

VONRIL—Juggler. Son of Kalleen.

WALLIN PROVIN—Deceased Duke of Elcast.

WELMA—The master baker at Elcast Castle.

WILIM—Officer in the Queen's Guard.

YORNE—Apprentice baker. Welma's son.

YURI DARANSKI—Physician in the palace at Avacas.

JENNIFER FALLON lives in Alice Springs, Australia, and writes anywhere she can get her hands on a computer. She works in sales, marketing and training in the IT industry and changes jobs so often that even she isn't sure where she works these days.

LORD OF THE SHADOWS

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