Anissa—queen of Southmarch, Olin’s second wife
Antimony—a young Funderling temple brother
Argal the Dark One—Xixian god, enemy of Nushash
Ash Nitre—in charge of gunflour for Funderlings
Autarch—Sulepis Bishakh am-Xis III, monarch of Xis, most powerful nation on the southern continent of Xand
Avidel—Theron’s apprentice
Avin Brone—count of Landsend, the castle’s lord constable
Axamis Dorza—a Xixian ship’s captain
Ayann—brother of Yasammez, Yasudra’s husband
Ayyam—a Qar, ancestor of Kayyin/Gil
Azurite COPPER—aka “Stormstone”, famous Funderling Highwarden
Barrick Eddon—a prince of Southmarch
Baz’u Jev—a Xandian poet
Beetledown—a Rooftopper
Big Nodule (Blue Quartz)—Chert’s father
Bingulou the Kracian—Finn’s first master
Bone—a bandit
Brambinag Stoneboots—a mythical ogre
Brennas—an oracle whose head was said to have survived his execution by three years.
Brigid—a serving-woman at the Quiller’s Mint
Briony Eddon—a princess of Southmarch
Brother Okros Dioketian—physician-priest from Eastmarch Academy
Caradon Tolly—Gailon’s younger brother
Caylor—a legendary knight and prince
Chalk—a Kallikan drumstone priest
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
Children of the Emerald Fire—a Qar tribe
Cinnabar Quicksilver—a Funderling magister
Clemon—famous Syannese historian, also called “Clemon of Anverrin”
Col—a bandit
Conary—propietor of the Quiller’s Mint
Conoric, Sivonnic, and Iellic tribes—“primitive” tribes who lived on Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand
Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother
Davos of Elgi, aka Davos the Mantis—a famous mercenary, leader of a Grey Company
Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol, late of Tuan
Dolomite—Highwarden of the Underbridge Kallikans
Donal Murroy—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard
Dumin Hauyuz—antipolemarch of the Autarch’s expedition force to Southmarch
Duny—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive
Durstin Crowel—baron of Graylock
Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits
Eilis—Merolanna’s maid
Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly
Ena—Skimmer, daughter of Turley Longfingers
Enander—King of Syan
Eneas—Prince of Syan, son of Enander
Erasmias Jino—Marquis of Athnia, important Syannese official
Erinna e’Herayas—a Tessian courtier
Erivor—god of waters, AKA “Efiyal”, “Egye-Var”
Ettin—a Qar giant
Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend
Favoros—a Syannese baron
Favoros, Baron—Lord of Ugenion
Feldspar—Dead Funderling Warder
Ferras Vansen—captain of the Southmarch royal guard
Finlae—Settlander priest, slave in Qu’arus’ house
Finn Teodoros—a writer
Finneth—Brennish oracle in Hewney’s tale
Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers”, small people who specialize in stonecraft
Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin
Golya—“eaters of man-flesh”
Grandfather Sulphur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers
Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in wake of the Great Death
Gregor of Syan—a famous bard
Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar
Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’ captain, AKA “Gyir the Storm Lantern”
Hammerfoot—a Deep Ettin, war leader of Firstdeeps
Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor
Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller
Hayyids—an ancient people of Xand
Helkis, Lord—Prince Eneas’ second-in-command
Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers
Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin
Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero
Hobkin—a bandit
Iaris—an oracle of Kernios, a semi-saint
Iola, Queen of Syan, Tolos, and Perikal—queen during the Syannese empire and the War of Three Favors
Iron Quartz—one of Chert’s earliest masters
Ivgenia e’Doursos—the young daughter of the Viscount of Teryon
Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin”
Jenkin Crowel—envoy from Southmarch to Tessis
Kallikans—Syannese name for Funderlings
Karal—king of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor
Kayyin—a Qar, Yasammez’ son, AKA “Gil the Potboy”
Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings
Kendrick Eddon—prince regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin
Kernios—earth god, AKA “Xergal”
Khors—moon god, husband of Zoria, brother of Zmeos, father of Kupilas
Kofas of Mindan—an Ulosian philosopher
Kreas, King—figure out of an old tale
Kupilas—god of healing, AKA “The Artificer,” “Habbili,” “Crooked,” “Kioy-a-pous ”
Lander III—son of Karal, king of Syan, aka “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane”
Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of the Gray Companies
Linas—a captain of Eneas’ Temple Dogs
Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms
Little Pewter—a monk
Lope the Red—bandit chieftain
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”
Lukos the Pot-maker—Theron’s father
Makers of Tears—Yasammez’s famous fighting legion
Malachite Copper—a Funderling leader
Malamenas Kimir—apothecary in Agamid
Marwin—another of Qu’arus’ slaves
Massilios Goldenhair—a legendary hero (mentioned by Barrick)
Matthias Tinwright—a poet, aka “Matty”
Melarkh—a semi-legendary king of Jurr
Meno Strivoli—Syannese master poet
Meriel—Olin’s first wife
Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon
Mesiya—moon goddess
Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order
Miller’s Daughter, The—a character in “a Country Priest’s Tale”
Moina—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting
Nevin Hewney—a playwright
Niccol Opanour—Gate Herald to Hesper of Jellon
Nikomakos, Lord—son of a Syannese earl
Numannyn—King of the Qar at the time of Shivering Plain, known as “the cautious”
Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs, AKA “Zmeos,” “Whitefire”
Olin Eddon—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms
Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife
Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash
Parak—former autarch of Xis, grandfather of Sulepis
Pariki—Xixian name for Qar
Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping”
Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father
Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings,” AKA “Argal”
Phayallos—a philosopher and alchemist
Phimon—Hierarch of Tessis
Pig Iron—a Funderling warder
Pinimmon Vash—paramount minister of Xis
Pouta—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros
Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”
Puntar—a reeve
Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for Great Death
Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family
Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion
Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis, escaped bride of Autarch Sulepis
Qu’arus—a Dreamless
Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family
Rafe—Skimmer, Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan
Rhantys of Kalebria—author of “Agony of Truth Forsworn”
Risto, Marquis of Omaranth—a Syannese nobleman and military commander
Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle
Rope-Men—A people living in Beggar lands behind the Shadowline
Rose—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone
Rule—Avin Brone’s informant
Saqri—queen of the Qar, AKA “The First Flower”
Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, AKA “Weeping Queen”
Sand Leekstone—Opal’s father
Sandstone—a Funderling family
Schist—dead Funderling
Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis
Sembla—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros
Seris—Duke of Gela’s daughter, a Tessian courtier
Shanni—a type of Xixian spirit that grants wishes
Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms
Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight
Silkins—shadowland creatures who “Speak not, nor go to market,” per Skurn
Skimmers—a people who make their living on and around water
Sledge Jasper—the wardthane of Funderling Town
Sleepers—renegade Dreamless, AKA “Dreamers”
Snout—a Qar guard
Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe
Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals
Summu—Yasammez’s mother, “bride” of Kupilas
Surigali—Xixian goddess, AKA “Zuriyal”
Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Trigon gods, AKA “Zhafaris”
Talia—a young maid of Briony’s in Tessis
Theron—leader of pilgrimages
Tibunis Vash—father of Pinimmon Vash
Tine Fay—very small Qar
Tricksters—a tribe of the Qar
Trigon—priesthoods of Perin, Erivor, and Kernios acting in concert
Trigonarch—Head of Trigonate church, chief religious figure in Eion
Turley Longfingers—a Skimmer headman, Back-On-Sunset-Tide clan
Twilight People—another name for the Qar
Tyne Aldritch—Earl of Blueshore, an ally of Southmarch
Ustin—King Olin’s father
Utta—AKA “Sister Utta,” a priestess of Zoria and Briony’s tutor
Vais—legendary “witch-queen of Krace”
Vanderin Ugenios—classical poet
Vaspis the Dark—an autarch of Xis
Vilas—a Perikalese fisherman
Vo Jovandil—Daikonas Vo’s family name
Volos Longbeard—a god
Warders of the Guild—the guardians of Funderling Town
Rocksalt—a Funderling
Yasammez—Qar noblewoman, sometimes known as “Lady Porcupine,” “Scourge of the Shivering Plain”
Yasudra—twin sister of Yasammez
Ynnir the Blind King—lord of the Qar, AKA “Ynnir din’at sen-Qin, Lord of Winds and Thought,” “Son of the First Stone”
Zhafaris—Xixian name for Sveros, AKA “Twilight,” father of the gods
Zmeos—a god, Perin’s nemesis, AKA “Whitefire,” “Nushash”
Zoria—goddess of wisdom, AKA “Suya,” “Pale Daughter,” “Dawnf lower”
Zosim—god of playwrights and drunkards, AKA “Trickster,” “Salamandros”
PLACES
Agamid—a city north of Devonis
Akaris—an island between Xand and Eion
Badger’s Boots—a Southmarch inn
Basilisk Gate—main gate of Southmarch Castle
Beetle Way—street in Funderling Town
Beggar Lands—territory behind the Shadowline
Black River Forest—a forest in northern Syan
Blacklamp Row—road outside Funderling Town that runs into Stormstone Roads
Boreholes—monastic retreat beyond the Five Arches
Brenland—small country south of the March Kingdoms
Brenn’s Bay—surrounds Soutmarch Castle, named after legendary hero Brennas
Candlerstown—Daler’s Troth town
Cascade Stair—in the Funderling Depths
Chapel of Erivor—Eddon family chapel
Cloud-Spirit Tower—a tower in Qul-na-Qar
Coldgray Moor—legendary battleground, from a Qar word, “Qul Girah”
Copper Ring—the outer road that leads to many of the Stormstone Roads outside Funderling Town
Deep Library—a place in Qul-na-Qar
Devona Fountain Square—in Tessis
Doros Eco—a town in Syan
Drymusa—a fortified town at the southern border of Hierosol
Eastmarch Academy—university, originally in old Eastmarch, relocated to Southmarch at the time of the last war with the Qar
Eion—the northern continent
Emberstone Reach—in the Funderling Depths
Esterian—city near Tessis
Fade, or “River Fade”—main watercourse in City of Sleep
Fael—a nation in the heartland of Eion
Firstdeeps—a place in Qar lands
Flower Meadow—biggest market in Tessis
Funderling Town—underground city of Funderlings, in Southmarch
Gremos Pitra—capitol of Jellon
Helobine—marshy country south of Brenland
Hierosol—once the reigning empire of the world, now much reduced; its symbol is the golden snail shell
Hive—a temple in Xis, home of the sacred bees of Nushash
House of Tears—dungeon in Broadhall Palace
J’ezh’kral Pit—a place out of Funderling myth
Jellon—kingdom, once part of Syannic Empire, now combined with Jael
Jurr—an ancient city-state in Xand
Kertewall—one of the March Kingdoms
Krace—a collection of city-states, once part of Hierosoline Empire
Landsend—part of Southmarch, Avin Brone’s fief, colors red and gold