LAIMHYN, FATHER CLYFYRD—Emperor Cayleb’s personal secretary, assigned to him by Archbishop Maikel.
LAINYR, BISHOP EXECUTOR WYLSYNN—Bishop Executor of Gorath; a Langhornite.
LAIRAYS, FATHER AWBRAI—under-priest of the Order of Schueler; HMS Archangel Chihiro’s ship’s chaplain.
LAIRMAHN, FAHSTAIR—Baron of Lakeland; first councilor of the Kingdom of Delferahk.
LAITEE, FATHER ZHAMES—priest of the Order of Schueler; assistant to Father Gaisbyrt Vandaik in Talkyra.
LAITYR, FATHER ZHAIF—a Reformist upper-priest of the Order of Pasquale; senior priest, Church of the Holy Archangels Triumphant; a close personal friend of Father Tymahn Hahskans.
LAKE LAND, DUKE OF—see Paitryk Mahknee.
LAKYR, SIR VYK—SO, Ferayd garrison, Kingdom of Delferahk.
LANGHORNE, ERIC—chief administrator, Operation Ark.
LARCHROS, BARON OF—see Rahzhyr Mairwyn.
LARCHROS, BARONESS OF—see Raichenda Mairwyn.
LATHYK, CAPTAIN RHOBAIR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Destiny, 54; Sir Dunkyn Yairley’s flag captain.
LAYBRAHN, BAHRYND—Paitryk Hainree’s alias.
LAYN, MAJOR ZHIM, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—Brigadier Kynt’s subordinate for original syllabus development; now the senior training officer, Helen Island Marine Base.
LEKTOR, ADMIRAL SIR TARYL—Earl of Tartarian; CO, Royal Corisandian Navy under Prince Hektor during Corisande Campaign; Earl Anvil Rock’s main ally since Hektor’s death, another member of Prince Daivyn’s Regency Council.
LESKYR, BYNNO—Temple Loyalist Mayor of Ohlarn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
LOCK ISLAND, EARL OF—see High Admiral Bryahn Lock Island.
LOCK ISLAND, HIGH ADMIRAL BRYAHN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Earl of Lock Island; CO, Imperial Charisian Navy. Cayleb Ahrmahk’s cousin.
LOHGYN, MAHRAK—a Temple Loyalist mountain clansman from the Gray Wall Mountains; one of Zhan Fyrmahn’s cousins.
LORD PROTECTOR GREYGHOR—see Lord Protector Greyghor Stohnar.
LYAM, ARCHBISHOP—see Archbishop Lyam Tyrn.
LYBYRN, FATHER GHATFRYD—Schuelerite under-priest; senior clergyman, Ohlarn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
LYCAHN, PRIVATE ZHEDRYK, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINE CORPS—a Marine private in Brigadier Taisyn’s forces in Glacierheart; ex-poacher and thief.
LYNDAHR, SIR RAIMYND—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s keeper of the purse; he serves Prince Daivyn’s Regency Council in the same capacity; an ally of Earl Anvil Rock and Earl Tartarian.
LYNKYN, SIR ADULFO—Duke of Black Water; son of Sir Ernyst Lynkyn, killed at the Battle of Darcos Sound.
LYNKYN, ADMIRAL ERNYST, CORISANDIAN NAVY—Duke of Black Water; CO, Corisandian Navy; KIA, Battle of Darcos Sound.
LYNKYN, ARCHBISHOP ULYS—second Archbishop of Chisholm for the Church of Charis, replacing the murdered Archbishop Pawal Braynair.
LYWKYS, LADY MAIRAH—Maiden name of Empress Sharleyan’s chief lady-in-waiting; Baron Green Mountain’s cousin; later marries Sir Hauwerd Breygart, Earl of Hanth.
LYWSHAI, SHAINTAI—Trumyn Lywshai’s Harchong-born father.
LYWSHAI, TRUMYN—Sir Dunkyn Yairley’s secretary and clerk.
LYWYS, DR. SAHNDRAH—faculty member, Royal College, Tellesberg, specializing in chemistry.
MAHGAIL, LIEUTENANT BRYNDYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—senior Marine officer assigned to Sarm River operation.
MAHGAIL, CAPTAIN BYRT, DELFERAHKAN ROYAL GUARD—a company commander in King Zhames’ palace detachment.
MAHGAIL, MASTER GARAM, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—carpenter, HMS Destiny, 54.
MAHGAIL, CAPTAIN RAIF, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Dancer, 56. Sir Gwylym Manthyr’s flag captain.
MAHGENTEE, MIDSHIPMAN MAHRAK, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—senior midshipman, HMS Typhoon.
MAHGYRS, COLONEL ALLAYN, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—General Fronz Tylmahn’s senior Siddarmarkian subordinate in support of Captain Halcom Bahrns’ operation.
MAHKELYN, LIEUTENANT RHOBAIR, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—fourth lieutenant, HMS Destiny, 54.
MAHKHOM, WAHLYS—Glacierheart trapper turned guerrilla; leader of the Reformist forces in the Gray Wall Mountains.
MAHKHYNROH, BISHOP KAISI—Bishop of Manchyr for the Church of Charis; an Old Charisian sent out by Archbishop Maikel to fill that see.
MAHKLYN, AHNGAZ—Sir Domynyk Staynair’s valet.
MAHKLYN, DR. RAHZHYR—Chancellor of the Royal College of Charis, Chairman, Imperial Council of Inquiry, and a senior member of the inner circle.
MAHKLYN, TOHMYS—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s unmarried son; a merchant marine captain.
MAHKLYN, YSBET—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s deceased wife.
MAHKNASH, SERGEANT BRAICE, ROYAL DELFERAHKAN ARMY—one of Colonel Aiphraim Tahlyvyr’s squad leaders.
MAHKNEE, PAITRYK—Duke of Lake Land.
MAHKNEE, SYMYN—Paitryk Mahknee’s uncle.
MAHKNEEL, CAPTAIN HAUWYRD, ROYAL DELFERAHKAN NAVY—CO, galley Arrowhead.
MAHKYNTY, MAJOR AHRNAHLD, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, 4th Company, 37th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army.
MAHLDAN, BROTHER STAHN—a Reformist sexton in Siddar City; Order of the Quill.
MAHLDYN, BYRTRYM—Baron Gray Hill; replacement on Prince Daivyn’s Regency Council in Corisande for the Earl of Craggy Hill after Craggy Hill’s execution for treason for his part in the northern conspiracy.
MAHLDYN, COLONEL PHYLYP, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, 110th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army; acting CO, Fort Sheldyn, South March Lands.
MAHLDYN, LIEUTENANT ZHAMES, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—XO, HMS Squall, 36.
MAHLRY, LIEUTENANT RHOLYND, EMERALD NAVY—a lieutenant aboard galley Black Prince.
MAHLYK, STYWYRT, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Sir Dunkyn Yairley’s personal coxswain.
MAHNDRAYN, COMMANDER URVYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, Experimental Board; Commodore Seamount’s senior assistant.
MAHNDYR, EARL—see Gharth Rahlstahn.
MAHNTAIN, CAPTAIN TOHMYS, IMPERIAL DESNAIRIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Blessed Warrior, 40.
MAHNTAYL, TAHDAYO—usurper Earl of Hanth.
MAHNTEE, LIEUTENANT CHARLZ, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—XO, HMS Rakurai, 46.
MAHNTYN, CORPORAL AILAS—a scout-sniper assigned to Sergeant Edvarhd Wystahn’s platoon.
MAHRAK, LIEUTENANT RAHNALD, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—first lieutenant, HMS Royal Charis.
MAHRLOW, BISHOP EXECUTOR AHRAIN—Archbishop Halmyn Zahmsyn’s assistant, Archbishopric of Gorath, Kingdom of Dohlar.
MAHRLOW, FATHER ARTHYR—priest of the Order of Schueler; assistant to Father Gaisbyrt Vandaik in Talkyra.
MAHRTYN, ADMIRAL GAHVYN, ROYAL TAROTISIAN NAVY—Baron of White Ford; senior officer, Royal Tarotisian Navy.
MAHRTYNSYN, LIEUTENANT LAIZAIR, IMPERIAL DESNAIRIAN NAVY—XO, HMS Archangel Chihiro, 40.
MAHRYS, ZHAK “ZHAKKY”—a member of Prince Daivyn Daykyn’s royal guard in exile; Tobys Raimair’s junior noncom.
MAHRYS, ZHERYLD—Sir Rayjhis Dragoner’s senior secretary and aide.
MAHZYNGAIL, LIEUTENANT HAARLAHM, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Sir Domynyk Staynair’s new flag lieutenant (896).
MAHZYNGAIL, COLONEL VYKTYR—CO, 14th South March Militia Regiment, Fort Sheldyn, South March Lands.
MAIB, MAJOR EDMYND, ARMY OF GOD—CO, Twentieth Artillery Regiment, senior officer present, Ohlarn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
MAIDYN, LORD HENRAI—Chancellor of the Exchequer, Republic of Siddarmark.
MAIGEE, CAPTAIN GRAYGAIR, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—CO, galleon Guardian.
MAIGEE, PLATOON SERGEANT ZHAK, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—senior noncom, 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st/3rd Marines, ICMC.
MAIGOWHYN, LIEUTENANT BRAHNDYN, ROYAL DELFERAHKAN ARMY—Colonel Aiphraim Tahlyvyr’s aide.
MAIGWAIR, VICAR ALLAYN—Captain General of the Church of God Awaiting; one of the so-called Group of Four.
/> MAIGWAIR, CORPORAL STAHNYZLAHAS—Temple Loyalist rebel, garrison of Fort Darymahn, the South March Lands, Republic of Siddarmark.
MAIK, BISHOP STAIPHAN—Schuelerite auxiliary bishop of the Church of God Awaiting; Earl Thirsk’s special intendant; effectively intendant for the Royal Dohlaran Navy in the Church’s name.
MAIKEL, CAPTAIN QWENTYN, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—CO, galley Gorath Bay.
MAIKELSYN, LIEUTENANT LEEAHM, ROYAL TAROTISIAN NAVY—first lieutenant, King Gorjah II.
MAIKSYN, COLONEL LYWYS—rebel Temple Loyalist CO, 3rd Saiknyr Militia Regiment.
MAIRNAIR, LIEUTENANT TOBYS, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—XO, HMS Hador, 22.
MAIRWYN, RAHZHYR—Baron of Larchros; a member of the Northern Conspiracy in Corisande.
MAIRWYN, RAICHENDA—Baroness of Larchros; wife of Rahzhyr Mairwyn.
MAIRYAI, COLONEL SPYNCYR, ARMY OF GOD—CO, 2nd Regiment, Langhorne Division.
MAIRYDYTH, LIEUTENANT NEVYL, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—first lieutenant, galley Royal Bédard.
MAITLYND, CAPTAIN ZHORJ, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Victorious, 56.
MAITZLYR, CAPTAIN FAIDOHRAV, IMPERIAL DESNAIRIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Loyal Defender, 48.
MAIYR, CAPTAIN ZHAKSYN—one of Colonel Sir Wahlys Zhorj’s troop commanders in Tahdayo Mahntayl’s service.
MAIZUR, KHANSTANC—Archbishop Maikel Staynair’s cook.
MAKAIVYR, BRIGADIER ZHOSH, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, 1st Brigade, RCMC.
MAKFERZAHN, ZHAMES—one of Prince Hektor’s agents in Charis.
MAKGREGAIR, FATHER ZHOSHUA—Vicar Zahmsyn Trynair’s special representative to Tarot.
MALIKAI, DUKE OF—see Faidel Ahlverez.
MALKAIHY, COMMANDER DAHRAIL, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Captain Ahldahs Rahzwail’s senior assistant; senior liaison between the Bureau of Ordnance and Sir Dustyn Olyvyr; slated to officially command Bureau of Engineering when it is formally organized.
MANTHYR, ADMIRAL SIR GWYLYM, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Cayleb Ahrmahk’s flag captain at battles of Crag Hook, Rock Point, and Darcos Sound; later admiral; CO, Charisian expedition to Gulf of Dohlar; senior Charisian POW surrendered to Inquisition by Kingdom of Dohlar.
MARDHAR, COLONEL ZHANDRU, ARMY OF GOD—CO, 191st Cavalry Regiment.
MARGO, DUKE OF—see Sir Bairmon Chahlmair.
MARSHYL, MIDSHIPMAN ADYM, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—senior midshipman, HMS Royal Charis.
MATHYSYN, LIEUTENANT ZHAIKEB, ROYAL DOHLARAN NAVY—first lieutenant, galley Gorath Bay.
MATTHYSAHN, PETTY OFFICER AHBUKYRA, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—signalman, HMS Delthak, 22.
MAYLYR, CAPTAIN DUNKYN, ROYAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Halberd.
MAYSAHN, ZHASPAHR—Prince Hektor’s senior agent in Charis.
MAYTHIS, LIEUTENANT FRAIZHER, ROYAL CORISANDIAN NAVY—true name of Captain Wahltayr Seatown.
METZLYR, FATHER PAIRAIK—an upper-priest of Schueler; General Sir Fahstyr Rychtyr’s special intendant.
MHARDYR, SYLVYST—Baron Stoneheart; current Lord Justice of Chisholm, replacing Braisyn Byrns.
MHARTYN, MAJOR ABSHAIR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—CO, 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, Imperial Charisian Army.
MHARTYN, MAJOR LAIRAYS, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINE CORPS—Hauwerd Breygart’s junior Marine battalion commander at Thesmar.
MHATTSYN, PETTY OFFICER LAISL, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—a gun captain in Lieutenant Yerek Sahbrahan’s battery under Commander Hainz Watyrs in Glacierheart Province.
MHULVAYN, OSKAHR—one of Prince Hektor’s agents in Charis.
MULLYGYN, RAHSKHO—a member of Prince Daivyn Daykyn’s royal guard in exile; Tobys Raimair’s second-ranking noncom.
MYCHAIL, ALYX—Rhaiyan Mychail’s oldest grandson.
MYCHAIL, MYLDRYD—one of Rhaiyan Mychail’s married granddaughters-in-law.
MYCHAIL, RHAIYAN—a business partner of Ehdwyrd Howsmyn and the Kingdom of Charis’ primary textile producer.
MYCHAIL, STYVYN—Myldryd Mychail’s youngest son.
MYKLAYN, ZHAIMYS, CANAL SERVICE—a senior canal pilot of the Siddarmarkian Canal Service assigned to assist Captain Halcom Bahrns.
MYLLYR, ARCHBISHOP URVYN—Archbishop of Sodar.
MYLLYR, SIR PHYLYP—one of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s regimental commanders, Corisande Campaign.
MYLS, BRIGADIER GWYAHN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, ICMC.
MYRGYN, SIR KEHVYN, ROYAL CORISANDIAN NAVY—CO, galley Corisande. Duke Black Water’s flag captain. KIA, Battle of Darcos Sound.
NAHRMAHN, LIEUTENANT FRONZ, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—second lieutenant, HMS Destiny, 54.
NAIGAIL, SAMYL—son of a deceased Siddarmarkian sailmaker; Temple Loyalist and anti-Charisian bigot.
NAIKLOS, CAPTAIN FRAHNKLYN, CORISANDIAN GUARD—CO of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s headquarters company; later promoted to major.
NARTH, BISHOP EXECUTOR TYRNYR—Archbishop Failyx Gahrbor’s executive assistant, Archbishopric of Tarot.
NAVYZ, WYLFRYD—Siddarmarkian Temple Loyalist guide attached to General Sir Fahstyr Rychtyr’s Dohlaran invasion column.
NETHAUL, HAIRYM—XO, privateer schooner Blade.
NOHRCROSS, BISHOP MAILVYN—Bishop of Barcor for the Church of Charis; a member of the Northern Conspiracy in Corisande.
NORTH COAST, EARL OF—see Edwair Garthin.
NYBAR, BISHOP GORTHYK, ARMY OF GOD—CO, Langhorne Division; Bishop Militant Bahrnabai Wyrshym’s senior division commander.
NYLZ, ADMIRAL KOHDY, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—senior squadron commander, ICN; previously commodore, Royal Charisian Navy.
NYOU, GORJAH ALYKSAHNDAR—King Gorjah III, King of Tarot.
NYOU, MAIYL—Queen Consort of Tarot; wife of Gorjah Nyou.
NYOU, PRINCE RHOLYND—Crown Prince of Tarot; infant son of Gorjah and Maiyl Nyou; heir to the Tarotisian throne.
NYXYN, DAIVYN, ROYAL DELFERAHKAN ARMY—a dragoon assigned to Sergeant Braice Mahknash’s squad.
OARMASTER, SYGMAHN, ROYAL CHARISIAN MARINES—a member of Crown Prince Cayleb’s bodyguard.
OHLSYN, TRAHVYS—Earl Pine Hollow, Prince Nahrmahn Baytz’ cousin; first councilor of Emerald; later first councilor of the Charisian Empire.
OLYVYR, AHNYET—Sir Dustyn Olyvyr’s wife.
OLYVYR, SIR DUSTYN—a leading Tellesberg ship designer; chief constructor and designer, Imperial Charisian Navy.
OWL—Nimue Alban’s AI, based on the manufacturer’s acronym: Ordoñes-Westinghouse-Lytton RAPIER Tactical Computer, Mark 17a.
PAHLMAHN, ZHULYIS—a Corisandian banker convicted of treason as part of the Northern Conspiracy.
PAHLZAR, COLONEL AHKYLLYS—Sir Charlz Doyal’s replacement as Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior artillery commander.
PAHRAIHA, COLONEL VAHSAG, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN MARINES—CO, 14th Marine Regiment.
PAHRSAHN, AIVAH—Nynian Rychtair’s public persona in the Republic of Siddarmark.
PAHSKAL, MASTER MIDSHIPMAN FAYDOHR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—a midshipman assigned to HMS Dawn Star, 58.
PAHTKOVAIR, FATHER ZOHANNES—Intendant of Siddar. A Schuelerite.
PARKAIR, ADYM—Weslai Parkair’s eldest son and heir.
PARKAIR, LORD DARYUS—seneschal, Republic of Siddarmark.
PARKAIR, WESLAI—Lord Shairncross; Lord of Clan Shairncross and head of the Council of Clan Lords, Raven’s Land.
PARKAIR, ZHAIN—Lady Shairncross, Weslai Parkair’s wife.
PARKAIR, ZHANAIAH—Daryus Parkair’s wife.
PARKYR, COMMANDER AHRTHYR, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—Hauwerd Breygart’s senior Navy artillerist at Thesmar.
PARKYR, FATHER EDWYRD—upper-priest of the Order of Bédard; named by Archbishop Klairmant to succeed Father Tymahn at Saint Kathryn’s Church.
PARKYR, GLAHDYS—Crown Princess Alahnah’s Chisholmian wet nurse and nanny.
PAWAL, CAPTAIN ZHON, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Dart, 54.
PAWALSYN, AHLVYNO—Baron Ironhill, keeper of the purse (treasurer) of the Kingdom of Old Charis and treasurer o
f the Charisian Empire.
PEI, KAU-YUNG, COMMODORE, TFN—CO, Operation Ark final escort; husband of Dr. Pei Shan-wei.
PEI, KAU-ZHI, ADMIRAL, TFN—CO, Operation Breakaway; older brother of Commodore Pei Kau-yung.
PEI, SHAN-WEI, PH.D.—Commodore Pei Kau-yung’s wife; senior terraforming expert for Operation Ark.
PEZKYVYR, MAJOR AHNDRAI, ARMY OF GOD—XO, 191st Cavalry regiment.
PHALGRAIN, SIR HARVAI—majordomo, Imperial Palace, Cherayth.
PHANDYS, MAJOR KHANSTAHNZO—an officer of the Temple Guard; promoted to major; CO of Vicar Rhobair Duchairn’s personal security detachment.
PHONDA, AHNZHELYK—an alias of Nynian Rychtair; one of the most successful courtesans in the city of Zion; an agent and ally of Samyl Wylsynn.
PINE HOLLOW, EARL OF—see Trahvys Ohlsyn.
PLYZYK, CAPTAIN EHRNYSTO, IMPERIAL DESNAIRIAN NAVY—CO, HMS Saint Adulfo, 40.
PORTYR, COMMANDER DAIVYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—CO of one of Hauwerd Breygart’s Navy “battalions” at Thesmar.
POTTYR, MAJOR HAINREE, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—CO, 4th Battalion, 4th Regiment, Imperial Charisian Army.
POWAIRS, COLONEL ALLAYN, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN ARMY—chief of staff, 2nd Brigade (reinforced), Charisian Expeditionary Force.
PRAIETO, LIEUTENANT ORLYNOH, ARMY OF GOD—CO, Battery B, 20th Artillery Regiment, Ohlarn, New Northland Province, Republic of Siddarmark.
PRAIGYR, STAHLMAN—one of Ehdwyrd Howsmyn’s senior artificers, particularly involved with the development of steam engines.
PRINCE CAYLEB—see Cayleb Ahrmahk.
PRINCE DAIVYN—see Daivyn Daykyn.
PRINCE HEKTOR—see Hektor Daykyn.
PRINCE NAHRMAHN II—see Nahrmahn Baytz.
PRINCE NAHRMAHN GAREYT—see Nahrmahn Gareyt Baytz.
PRINCE RHOLYND—see Rholynd Nyou.
PRINCESS IRYS—see Irys Daykyn.
PROCTOR, ELIAS, PH.D.—a member of Pei Shan-wei’s staff and a noted cyberneticist.
PRUAIT, COLONEL FHRANKLYN, REPUBLIC OF SIDDARMARK ARMY—CO, 76th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army, a part of General Trumyn Stohnar’s Sylmahn Gap command.
PRUAIT, CAPTAIN TYMYTHY, IMPERIAL CHARISIAN NAVY—newly captain of prize ship Sword of God.
PYGAIN, FATHER AVRY—Chihirite upper-priest of the Order of the Quill; Archbishop Arthyn Zagyrsk’s secretary and aide.