Appendix A
Character Glossary

Aiken - Eldest son of Jill
Alcimenes - Captain-General of the Ducal Hird
Alessandra (Sandra) - Daughter of Sonia
Alvinus - Bishop of Gladius, one of the Twelve Stewards
Aristobulus - King Edric's sensechal
Bard Akason - A jarl sworn to Duke Callicrates
Berk - Second son of Jill
Boscano d'Estanci - Captain of the Victors, an Ardovan mercenary company
Bragi Dagson - Captain of the Shield-breakers
Brenok Magus - A sorceror advising Tisiphone, formerly an apprentice of the warlock Shadowblight and one of Randwulf's Five Stalkers
Callicrates - Duke of Hellebard
Catherine - The wife of Mark and mother of Nathan; a powerful mindwalker
Cedric - Third son of Jill
Christopher - A High Templar from Eagle
Columb - Mayor of Rowan
Cuthbert - Mayor of Cruz
Detmar - A man of the Royal Guard
Donatus - Captain of the Guard, second son of the lord of the Priscus branch of House Licinius
Dyer - Headman of Rowan
Edelward - House swordmaster of House Aran
Edmer - A man-at-arms in the household troops of House Aran
Edmond - The son of Everard and second of the Mountain Kings of Gladius; known as 'Bloody Edmond' for all the murders attributed to him
Edric - The King of Gladius, son of Edward
Edward - The former King of Gladius, father of Edric
Eglamour - A knight in the service of Lord Wilfried
Einar Ulfson - Captain of the Wolf-feeders; formerly one of the Five Generals of Randwulf's Marauders
Emerich - An officer of the House Cavalry commanding the levy from Newstone, assigned to serve as Mark's aide
Ethelward - Sir Emerich's liege lord; one of the barons of Stormtree
Everard - The first of the Mountain Kings of Gladius; King Edric's ancestor
Fabianus Crispin - Lord of the Fabianus branch of House Antonius
Felix the Crusader - Elemental Knight and Master Templar, lord of House Crucis; perished in Arma during Mark's journeys
Floki Sigbjornson - The second son of Lord Sigbjorn
Friedmar - One of the lords of Stormtree; father of Heinrich
Giles the Savage - One of Mark's companions, formerly General of the Marauders' Pikeman Division; killed at the Battle of Darkwall
Gillius - Bastard son of Jill and Giles the Savage, member of the town militia
Gratianus - Lord of the Thracius branch of House Flavius; a prominent courtier
Halfdan - A squire commanding the levy from Sandstone
Harald Svenson - Son of Sven Leifson, a lieutenant in the Gladian Guard executed for razing the Veracruz Abbey
Heinrich - Mark's squire, son of Lord Friedmar
Hilda - An elderly matron serving as a chambermaid for House Aran
Honorius - Master of the High Templar preceptory in Cruz commanding the levy from Cruz
Hrolf Henrikson - Master of the Stables at Castle Titan
Ireneo - A priest from the Veracruz Abbey serving as a chaplain for the Gladian expedition
Jasper - One of Mark's companions; a minstril and thief who later became a tertiary at the Veracruz Abbey; believed to have died in plague that struck Cruz
Jill - Daughter of the former headman of Rowan and adoptive sister of Sonia
John - A footman in the High Templars
Kerwin - A knight in the House Cavalry who acts as Sir Emerich's second in the Newstone levy
Kiefer - A squire commanding the levy from Rowan; vice-captain of the Rowanite town militia
Licinia Iuvenalia - Queen Mother of Gladius, daughter of Count Publius Juvenal
Marcionus - Swordmaster of the Gladian chapter of the High Templars
Mark the Guardian - Lord of House Aran, one of the Twelve Stewards, Provincial Master of the Gladian chapter of the High Templars
Martinus - A knight in the service of House Licinius commanding the levy from Corinth
Matteus - A monk in the service of Lord Sigbjorn
Nathan - Son of Mark
Nightingale - The servant-concubine of Ridley who continues to serve Sonia and Jill
Octavius - The former abbot of the Veracruz Abbey; a soldier turned monk who supported the Loyalist cause and was killed when the abbey was razed by the Gladian Guard
Olaf - A monk in the service of Duke Thormund
Orestes - Archduke of Titan
Osric - A knight in the service of House Aran, captain of the household guard
Pelagius - High Templar commanding the levy from Eagle
Pericles - An envoy from Titan sent to Gladius
Petrus - Mark's squire and a High Templar novice; grandnephew of Felix the Crusader and heir to House Crucis
Polybius Strato - Grand Chamberlain of Castle Titan
Publius Juvenal - Former lord of the Crassus branch of House Licinius and mayor of Corinth under Randwulf; the father of Licinia Iuvenalia
Radwald - Mayor of Stormtree
Raimund - Sensechal of the Aran household
Randwulf the Conqueror - The former King of Gladius, who usurped the throne after defeating King Edgar
Ridley - Former headman of Rowan; Jill's father and the adoptive father of Sonia
Robert - A knight in Mark's service
Rothgar - Maternal uncle of Heinrich living in Newstone as an officer of the House Cavalry
Sergius Arcadius - Lord Regent of Gladius; uncle of Licinia Iuvenalia
Shadowblight - A mysterious warlock who aided Randwulf in his conquest of Gladius
Siegfired Martel - Former Captain of the Guard and the previous Lord Regent
Sigbjorn Flokison - A jarl sworn to Archduke Orestes
Sonia the Defender - Lady of House Leon, one of the Twelve Stewards
Stefan - One of Mark's companions, Catherine's bodyguard before he was corrupted by Brenok's magic and killed during the Battle of Darkwall
Teresa - One of Mark's companions, a novice nun who later became Abbess Nona of the Veracruz Abbey; died in the plague that ravaged Cruz several years earlier
Tisiphone - Leader of the Olympian Furies
The Omnimancer - A powerful mage who sought to conquer Byrn; defeated by Mark and Catherine in their youth
Thor Olsson - A former Hirdman turned chief of the mountain bandits knows as the Blood Eagles
Thorbjorn - A Hirdman assigned to Archduke Orestes' escort
Thormund Thorkelson - Duke of Stridoks
Thorstein Thorkelson - Brother of Duke Thormund
Thorvald Helmutson - Steward of Lord Bard of Hellebard
Vili Sigbjornson - The third son of Lord Sigbjorn
Vitaliy Maksimov - Captain-General of the Dragon Guard; corrupted by the Omnimancer Kyrion and slain by Mark
Waldemar - Mayor of Eagle
Wigmund - Chaplain in the service of House Aran
Wilfried - The Lord of Rowan
Williers - Man-at-arms commanding the levy from Watercress
Wolfred - Stablemaster of Castle Newstone
Wulfrich - A knight commanding the levy from Stormtree