AHRMAHK, RAYJHIS—Duke of Tirian; Kahlvyn Ahrmahk’s elder son and heir.
AHRMAHK, SHARLEYAN ALAHNAH ZHENYFYR AHLYSSA TAYT—Duchess of Cherayth, Lady Protector of Chisholm, Queen of Chisholm, Empress of Charis. Wife of Cayleb Ahrmahk; see also Sharleyan Tayt.
AHRMAHK, ZHAN—Crown Prince Zhan; King Cayleb’s younger brother.
AHRMAHK, ZHANAYT—Princess Zhanayt; Cayleb Ahrmahk’s younger sister; second eldest child of King Haarahld VII.
AHRMAHK, ZHENYFYR—Dowager Duchess of Tirian; mother of Kahlvyn Cayleb Ahrmahk; daughter of Rayjhis Yowance, Earl Gray Harbor.
AHRNAHLD, SPYNSAIR—Empress Sharleyan’s personal clerk and secretary.
AHRTHYR, SIR ALYK—Earl of Windshare, CO of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s cavalry.
AHSTYN, LIEUTENANT FRANZ, CHARISIAN ROYAL GUARD—the second-in-command of King Cayleb II’s personal bodyguard.
AHTKYN, LIEUTENANT ZHERALD, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—Colonel Phylyp Mahldyn’s aide.
AHUBRAI, FATHER AHNSYLMO—Schuelerite under-priest; senior Temple Loyalist clergyman, Fairkyn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
AHZGOOD, PHYLYP—Earl of Coris; previously spymaster for Prince Hektor of Corisande; Irys and Daivyn Daykyn’s legal guardian, chief advisor, and minister in exile.
AIMAIYR, FATHER IGNAZ—Archbishop Arthyn’s upper-priest Schuelerite intendant in Tarikah Province.
AIMAYL, RAHN—a member of the anti-Charis resistance in Manchyr, Corisande; an ex-apprentice of Paitryk Hainree’s.
AIRNHART, FATHER SAIMYN—Father Zohannes Pahtkovair’s immediate subordinate; a Schuelerite.
AIRYTH, EARL OF—see Trumyn Sowthmyn.
AIWAIN, CAPTAIN HARYS, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Shield, 54.
ALBAN, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NIMUE, TFN—Admiral Pei Kau-zhi’s tactical officer.
ANVIL ROCK, EARL OF—see Sir Rysel Gahrvai.
APLYN, CHESTYR—one of Hektor Aplyn-Ahrmahk’s younger brothers; newly admitted student at the Royal College of Charis.
APLYN, SAILMAH—Hektor Aplyn-Ahrmahk’s biological mother.
APLYN-AHRMAHK, LIEUTENANT HEKTOR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Duke of Darcos; flag lieutenant to Sir Dunkyn Yairley, Baron Sarmouth; Cayleb Ahrmahk’s adoptive son.
ARCHBISHOP MAIKEL—see Archbishop Maikel Staynair.
ARCHBISHOP PAWAL—see Archbishop Pawal Braynair.
ARTHMYN, FATHER OHMAHR—senior healer, Imperial Palace, Tellesberg.
ASHWAIL, COMMANDER SAHLAVAHN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO of one of Hauwerd Breygart’s Navy “battalions” at Thesmar.
ATHRAWES, CAPTAIN MERLIN, CHARISIAN IMPERIAL GUARD—King Cayleb II’s personal armsman; the cybernetic avatar of Commander Nimue Alban; promoted to Major in 896.
AYMEZ, MIDSHIPMAN BARDULF, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—a midshipman, HMS Typhoon.
BAHCHER, COLONEL SIR ZHORY, ROYAL DESNARIAN ARMY—CO, “Bahcher’s Regiment,” cavalry regiment assigned to Sir Fahstyr Rychtyr’s invasion column.
BAHLTYN, ZHEEVYS—Baron White Ford’s valet.
BAHNYR, HEKTOR—Earl of Mancora; one of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior officers; commander of the right wing at Haryl’s Crossing.
BAHR, DAHNNAH—senior chef, Imperial Palace, Cherayth.
BAHRDAHN, CAPTAIN PHYLYP, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Undaunted, 56.
BAHRDAILAHN, LIEUTENANT SIR AHBAIL, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—the Earl of Thirsk’s flag lieutenant.
BAHRKLY, BISHOP HARYS, ARMY OF GOD—CO, Rakurai Division.
BAHRMYN, ARCHBISHOP BORYS—Archbishop of Corisande for the Church of God Awaiting.
BAHRMYN, TOHMYS—Baron White Castle; Prince Hektor’s ambassador to Prince Nahrmahn.
BAHRNS, CAPTAIN HALCOM, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Delthak, 22.
BAHRNS, KING RAHNYLD IV—King of Dohlar.
BAHZKAI, LAIYAN—a Leveler and printer in Siddar City; a leader of the Sword of Schueler.
BAIKET, CAPTAIN STYWYRT, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—Earl of Thirsk’s flag captain; CO, HMS Chihiro, 50.
BAIKYR, CAPTAIN SYLMAHN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Ahrmahk, 58. High Admiral Lock Island’s flag captain at Battle of Gulf of Tarot.
BAIKYR, COLONEL PAWAL—a regular officer of the Republic of Siddarmark Army who went over to the Temple Loyalists; commander of Temple Loyalist rebels in the Sylmahn Gap.
BAILAHND, SISTER AHMAI—Abbess of the Abbey of Saint Evehlain.
BAIRAHT, DAIVYN—Duke of Kholman; Emperor Mahrys IV of Desnair’s Navy minister; Sir Urwyn Hahltar’s brother-in-law.
BAIRYSTYR, LIEUTENANT ZHAK, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—senior engineer, HMS Delthak, 22.
BAIRZHAIR, BROTHER TAIRAINCE—treasurer of the Monastery of Saint Zherneau.
BANAHR, FATHER AHZWALD—head of the priory of Saint Hamlyn, city of Sarayn, Kingdom of Charis.
BARCOR, BARON OF—see Sir Zher Sumyrs.
BARHNKASTYR, MAJOR PAITRYK, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—XO, 2nd Regiment, Imperial Charisian Army.
BAYTZ, FELAYZ—Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s youngest child and second daughter.
BAYTZ, HANBYL—Duke of Solomon; Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s uncle and the commander of the Emeraldian Army.
BAYTZ, MAHRYA—Princess Mahrya; oldest child and older daughter of Nahrmahn and Ohlyvya Baytz; betrothed to Prince Zhan of Old Charis.
BAYTZ, NAHRMAHN—Prince Nahrmahn II of Emerald; deceased Prince of Emerald and councilor for intelligence, Empire of Charis.
BAYTZ, NAHRMAHN GAREYT—Prince Nahrmahn Gareyt of Emerald; elder son and second child of Prince Nahrmahn and Princess Ohlyvya Baytz.
BAYTZ, NAHRMAHN HANBYL GRAIM—see Prince Nahrmahn Baytz.
BAYTZ, OHLYVYA—Dowager Princess of Emerald; widow of Prince Nahrmahn; mother of Prince Nahrmahn Gareyt.
BAYTZ, PRINCE NAHRMAHN II—ruler of the Princedom of Emerald; Cayleb and Sharleyan Ahrmahk’s Imperial Councilor for Intelligence.
BAYTZ, PRINCESS OHLYVYA—wife of Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald.
BAYTZ, TRAHVYS—Prince Trahvys; third child and younger son of Nahrmahn and Ohlyvya Baytz.
BÉDARD, DR. ADORÉE, PH.D.—chief psychiatrist, Operation Ark.
BEKATYRO, ELAIYS—previous Temple Loyalist mayor of Ohlarn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark; unjustly denounced to the Inquisition by Bynno Leskyr, who wanted his position.
BISHOP EXECUTOR WYLLYS—see Bishop Executor Wyllys Graisyn.
BISHOP ZHERALD—see Bishop Zherald Ahdymsyn.
BLACK HORSE, DUKE OF—see Payt Stywyrt.
BLACK WATER, DUKE OF—see Sir Adulfo Lynkyn.
BLACK WATER, DUKE OF—see Admiral Ernyst Lynkyn.
BLAHNDAI, CHANTAHAL—an alias of Lysbet Wylsynn in Zion.
BLAHDYSNBERG, LIEUTENANT PAWAL, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—XO, HMS Delthak, 22.
BLAIDYN, LIEUTENANT ROZHYR, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—second lieutenant, galley Royal Bédard.
BOHLYR, WYLLYM, CANAL SERVICE—lockmaster, Fairkyn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
BORYS, ARCHBISHOP—see Archbishop Borys Bahrmyn.
BOWAVE, DAIRAK—Dr. Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s senior assistant, Royal College, Tellesberg.
BOWSHAM, CAPTAIN KHANAIR, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Gale.
BRADLAI, LIEUTENANT ROBYRT, ROYAL CORISANDIAN NAVY—true name of Captain Styvyn Whaite.
BRAHDLAI, LIEUTENANT HAARAHLD, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—third lieutenant, HMS Chihiro, 50.
BRAHDLAI, CORPORAL HOWAIL, ARMY OF GOD—scout patrol commander, 191st Cavalry regiment.
BRAHNAHR, CAPTAIN STYVYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, Bureau of Navigation, Imperial Charisian Navy.
BRAHNSYN, DOCTOR FYL—member of the Royal College of Charis, specializing in botany.
BRAIDAIL, BROTHER ZHILBYRT—under-priest of the Order of Schueler; a junior Inquisitor in Talkyra.
BRAISHAIR, CAPTAIN HORYS, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Rock Point, 38; POW of Earl Thirsk, surrendered to the Inquisition.
BRAISYN, AHRNAHLD, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—a
seaman aboard HMS Destiny, 54; a member of Stywyrt Mahlyk’s boat crew.
BRAISYN, CAPTAIN DYNNYS, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, Bureau of Supply, Imperial Charisian Navy.
BRAYNAIR, ARCHBISHOP PAWAL—first Archbishop of Chisholm for the Church of Charis.
BREYGART, FHRANCYS—younger daughter of Hauwerd and Fhrancys Breygart; Lady Mairah Breygart’s stepdaughter.
BREYGART, FRAIDARECK—fourteenth Earl of Hanth; Hauwerd Breygart’s great-grandfather.
BREYGART, HAARAHLD—second oldest son of Hauwerd and Fhrancys Breygart; Lady Mairah Breygart’s stepdaughter.
BREYGART, LADY MAIRAH LYWKYS—Countess of Hanth; Empress Sharleyan’s former chief lady-in-waiting; second wife of Sir Hauwerd Breygart, Earl of Hanth.
BREYGART, GENERAL SIR HAUWERD, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINE CORPS—the rightful heir to the Earldom of Hanth; becomes earl 893; Marine officer recalled for service in Siddarmark.
BREYGART, STYVYN—elder son of Hauwerd and Fhrancys Breygart; Lady Mairah Breygart’s stepson.
BREYGART, TRUMYN—youngest son of Hauwerd and Fhrancys Breygart; Lady Mairah Breygart’s stepson.
BREYGART, ZHERLDYN—elder daughter of Hauwerd and Fhrancys Breygart; Lady Mairah Breygart’s stepdaughter.
BROUN, FATHER MAHTAIO—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ senior secretary and aide; Archbishop Erayk’s confidant and protégé.
BROWNYNG, CAPTAIN ELLYS—CO, Temple galleon Blessed Langhorne.
BRYNDYN, MAJOR DAHRYN—the senior artillery officer attached to Brigadier Clareyk’s column at Haryl’s Priory.
BRYNYGAIR, COLONEL SIR ZHADWAIL, ROYAL DESNARIAN ARMY—CO, “Brynygair’s Regiment,” cavalry regiment assigned to Sir Fahstyr Rychtyr’s invasion column.
BYRGAIR, COLONEL SIR NAYTHYN, ROYAL DESNARIAN ARMY—CO, “Byrgair’s Regiment,” cavalry regiment assigned to Sir Fahstyr Rychtyr’s invasion column.
BYRK, MAJOR BREKYN, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, Marine detachment, HMS Royal Charis.
BYRK, FATHER MYRTAN—upper-priest of the Order of Schueler; Father Vyktyr Tahrlsahn’s second-in-command.
BYRK, CAPTAIN ZHORJ, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Volcano, 24, one of the Imperial Charisian Navy’s “bombardment ships.”
BYRKYT, FATHER ZHON—librarian and ex-Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Zherneau.
BYRNS, BRAISYN—Earl of White Crag; former Lord Justice of Chisholm, currently first councilor, replacing Mahrak Sahndyrs.
CAHKRAYN, SAMYL—Duke of Fern, King Rahnyld IV of Dohlar’s first councilor.
CAHMMYNG, AHLBAIR—a professional assassin working for Father Aidryn Waimyn.
CAHNYR, ARCHBISHOP ZHASYN—fugitive Archbishop of Glacierheart; a Reformist member of Samyl Wylsynn’s Circle; a major spiritual leader of the Reformists in Siddar City.
CAHNYRS, LIEUTENANT ZHERALD, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—second lieutenant, HMS Delthak, 22.
CAHRTAIR, MAJOR HAHLYS—rebel Temple Loyalist CO, 3rd Company, 3rd Saiknyr Militia Regiment.
CHAHLMAIR, SIR BAIRMON—Duke of Margo; a member of Prince Daivyn’s Regency Council in Corisande who does not fully trust Earl Anvil Rock and Earl Tartarian.
CHAIMBYRS, LIEUTENANT ZHUSTYN, IMPERIAL DESNAIRIAN NAVY—second lieutenant, HMS Archangel Chihiro, 40.
CHALMYR, LIEUTENANT MAILVYN, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—first lieutenant, HMS Tellesberg.
CHALMYRZ, FATHER KARLOS—Archbishop Borys Bahrmyn’s aide and secretary.
CHANSAYL, COLONEL PAITYR, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, 43rd Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army, a part of General Trumyn Stohnar’s Sylmahn Gap command.
CHARLZ, CAPTAIN MARIK—CO, Charisian merchant ship Wave Daughter.
CHARLZ, MASTER YEREK, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—gunner, HMS Wave, 14.
CHERMYN, MAJOR DAHNEL—rebel Temple Loyalist CO, 1st Company 3rd Saiknyr Militia Regiment.
CHERMYN, VICEROY GENERAL HAUWYL, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, Charisian occupation forces in Corisande. Cayleb and Sharleyan Ahrmahk’s regent in Corisande; later Grand Duke of Zebediah.
CHERMYN, MATHYLD—Hauwyl Chermyn’s wife.
CHERMYN, RHAZ—Hauwyl Chermyn’s oldest son.
CHERMYN, LIEUTENANT ZHOEL, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—senior engineer, HMS Hador, 22.
CHERYNG, LIEUTENANT TAIWYL—a junior officer on Sir Vyk Lakyr’s staff; he is in charge of Lakyr’s clerks and message traffic.
CLAREYK, GENERAL KYNT, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—Baron Green Valley; Old Charisian ex-Marine; senior advisor to Duke of Eastshare; effectively second-in-command of the Imperial Charisian Army; CO, 2nd Brigade (reinforced), Charisian Expeditionary Force.
CLYNTAHN, LIEUTENANT HAIRYM, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—CO, Support Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, Imperial Charisian Army.
CLYNTAHN, VICAR ZHASPAHR—Grand Inquisitor of the Church of God Awaiting; one of the so-called Group of Four.
COHLMYN, ADMIRAL SIR LEWK, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Earl Sharpfield, second-ranking officer, Imperial Charisian Navy; ex-Royal Chisholmian Navy.
CORIS, EARL OF—see Phylyp Ahzgood.
CRAGGY HILL, EARL OF—see Wahlys Hillkeeper.
CROSS CREEK, EARL OF—see Ahdem Zhefry.
DAHGLYS, CAPTAIN LAINYR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Tellesberg, 22.
DAHNSYN, LIEUTENANT CHARLZ, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—Colonel Stahn Wyllys’ senior aide.
DAHNVAHR, AINSAIL—Charisian-born Temple Loyalist living in the Temple Lands recruited for Operation Rakurai.
DAHNVAHR, RAHZHYR—Ainsail Dahnvahr’s father.
DAHNVAIR, CAPTAIN LAIZAHNDO, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Royal Kraken, 58.
DAHNZAI, LYZBYT—Father Zhaif Laityr’s housekeeper at the Church of the Holy Archangels Triumphant.
DAHRYUS, MASTER EDVARHD—an alias of Bishop Mylz Halcom.
DAIKHAR, LIEUTENANT MOHTOHKAI, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—XO, HMS Dart, 54.
DAIKYN, GAHLVYN—King Cayleb’s valet.
DAIVYN, PRINCE—see Daivyn Daykyn.
DAIVYS, MYTRAHN—a Charisian Temple Loyalist.
DARCOS, DUKE OF—see Hektor Aplyn-Ahrmahk.
DARYS, CAPTAIN TYMYTHY, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Destroyer, 54; Sir Domynyk Staynair’s flag captain.
DAYKYN, DAIVYN DAHNYLD MAHRAK ZOSHYA—Prince Daivyn of Corisande; only surviving son of Prince Hektor of Corisande; rightful Prince of Corisande.
DAYKYN, HEKTOR (THE YOUNGER)—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s second oldest child and heir apparent; assassinated 893.
DAYKYN, HEKTOR—Prince of Corisande, leader of the League of Corisande; assassinated 893.
DAYKYN, IRYS ZHORZHET MAHRA—Princess Irys of Corisande; only daughter of Prince Hektor of Corisande; older sister of Daivyn Dahnyld Mharak Zoshya Daykyn, Prince of Corisande.
DAYKYN, RAICHYNDA—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s deceased wife; born in Earldom of Domair, Kingdom of Hoth.
DEEP HOLLOW, EARL OF—see Bryahn Selkyr.
DEKYN, SERGEANT ALLAYN—one of Kairmyn’s noncoms, Delferahkan Army.
DOBYNS, CHARLZ—son of Lyzbyt Dobyns; an adolescent Corisandian convicted of treason as part of the Northern Conspiracy and pardoned by Empress Sharleyan.
DOBYNS, EZMELDA—Father Tymahn Hahskans’ housekeeper at Saint Kathryn’s church.
DOWAIN, COLONEL TYMYTHY, ARMY OF GOD—XO, Zion Division.
DOYAL, SIR CHARLZ—Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s chief of staff and intelligence chief; also serves as the Regency Council’s chief of intelligence.
DRAGON HILL, EARL OF—see Edwyrd Ahlbair.
DRAGONER, SIR RAYJHIS—Charisian ambassador to the Republic of Siddarmark.
DRAGONER, CORPORAL ZHAK, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—a member of Crown Prince Cayleb’s bodyguard.
DRAGONMASTER, BRIGADE SERGEANT MAJOR MAHKYNTY (“MAHK”), ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—Brigadier Clareyk’s senior noncom during Corisande Campaign.
DUCHAIRN, VICAR RHOBAIR—Minister of Treasury, Council of Vicars; one of the so-called Group of Four.
DYMYTREE, FRONZ, ROYAL CH
ARISIAN MARINES—a member of Crown Prince Cayleb’s bodyguard.
DYNNYS, ADORAI—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ wife.
DYNNYS, MAJOR AHBNAIR, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, 1st Company, 37th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army.
DYNNYS, ARCHBISHOP ERAYK—Archbishop of Charis. Executed for heresy.
DYNNYS, STYVYN—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ younger son, age eleven in 892.
DYNNYS, TYMYTHY ERAYK—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ older son, age fourteen in 892.
EASTSHARE, DUKE OF—see Ruhsyl Thairis.
EDWAIR, FATHER SHAINSAIL—Schuelerite upper-priest; senior inquisitor attached to the Sylmahn Gap Temple Loyalists in Mountaincross.
EDWYRDS, KEVYN—XO, privateer galleon Kraken.
EDWYRDS, BISHOP WYLBYR—Schuelerite bishop; Zhaspahr Clyntahn’s personal choice as Inquisitor General to head the Inquisition in territories occupied by the Army of God.
EKYRD, CAPTAIN HAYRYS, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—CO, galley King Rahnyld.
EMPEROR CAYLEB—see Cayleb Ahrmahk.
EMPEROR MAHRYS IV—see Mahrys Ohlarn Ahldarm.
EMPEROR WAISU VI—see Waisu Hantai.
EMPRESS SHARLEYAN—see Sharleyan Ahrmahk.
ERAYK, ARCHBISHOP—see Erayk Dynnys.
ERAYKSYN, LIEUTENANT STYVYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Sir Domynyk Staynair’s flag lieutenant.
ERAYKSYN, WYLLYM—a Charisian textiles manufacturer.
FAHRMAHN, PRIVATE LUHYS, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—a member of Crown Prince Cayleb’s bodyguard.
FAHSTYR, VYRGYL—Earl of Gold Wyvern.
FAIRCASTER, SERGEANT PAYTER, CHARISIAN ROYAL GUARD—one of Emperor Cayleb’s personal guardsmen; a transferee from Crown Prince Cayleb’s Marine detachment.
FAIRSTOCK, MAJOR KLYMYNT, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, Provisional Company, Republic of Siddarmark Army, Fort Sheldyn, South March Lands.
FAIRYS, COLONEL AHLVYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, 1st Regiment, 3rd Brigade, ICMC.
FALKHAN, CAPTAIN AHRNAHLD, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, Crown Prince Cayleb’s personal bodyguard as lieutenant; later promoted to captain and CO, Prince Zhan Ahrmahk’s bodyguard.
FARDHYM, ARCHBISHOP DAHNYLD—Bishop of Siddar City, elevated to Archbishop of Siddarmark by Greyghor Stohnar after the rebellion of the Sword of Schueler ordered by Vicar Zhaspahr Clyntahn.
FATHER MICHAEL—parish priest of Lakeview.