Appendix A
Character Glossary
Adalbert - Sir Manfried's steward
Adelric - Baron of Morgau; father of Sir Burkhardt's fiancée
Adelheidis - Queen of Gotland; abducted by the cult of Hecate
Alaira - One of the Empusae acting as vicereine of Bergeny in conjunction with Shahazz'in
Amalric IV - King of Gotland
Andronikos - Strategos of Taxis Selene and Hecate's Knight Champion
Arnolf - Second son of the Baron of Ludevic and a retainer of Prince Rickardt
At'lah - Ral'shee shaman who trained Lys
Bernhardt - Duke of Lakenstadt and the governor-general of Gotland
Berthardt - Eldest son of Count Friedbert and Princess Luitgard; fostered by Prince Wenceslaus of Lothria
Berthilda - Niece of Sir Eckhardt and Sir Burkhardt assigned to serve as Gudrun's attendant
Bertholdt - The assumed name Sir Burkhardt takes up when he first meets Father Tristram
Burkhardt - Knight Champion of Gotland; one of the Five Champions
Chilperic Oakenrod - Court Sorcerer of King Rudolf
Christoph - Bishop Friedman's vicar-general and Vizelandmeister fo the Gotland chapter of the Brothers of the Sword of Saint Michael
Conrad - Nephew to the Landgrave of Columban and one of Prince Rickardt's retainers
Corothas - Half-Dragon wanderer
Diethild - Chamber maid of Lady Hildesinde; Dietmar and Dietrich's sister
Dietmar - One of Sir Manfried's servants; Dietrich and Diethild's brother
Dietrich - One of Sir Manfried's servants; Dietmar and Diethild's brother
Eckhardt - King Amalric's bodyguard
Elysabet - The assumed name Sir Burkhardt gives for Lys when he first meets Father Tristram
Falk - A man-at-arms in the service of Sir Eckhardt
Friedbert - Burgrave of Widden and husband of Princess Luitgard
Friedman - Bishop of Gottestag and Landmeister of the Gotland chapter of the Brothers of the Sword of Saint Michael; one of the Five Champions
Friedrich - Prince of Noviodum
Gereon - King Amalric's majordomo
Gerhardt - Eckhardt and Burkhardt's father and the former Knight Champion of Gotland
Gerlach - Squire of Sir Hengist
Gertrud - A maidservant assigned to serve as Gudrun's attendant
Ghullr - A tagmatarch in Chiliarchy Gunrok
Gisela - An apprentice of the Empusae originally intended as the vessel for Hecate's reincarnation; later the witch advisor to Sir Andronikos
Gottfried - Baron of Gutmark in Skadia
Grommwè - A kentarch in Chiliarchy Gunrok
Grundl - A dimœrites in the Chiliarchy Gunrok
Gudrun - Child prodigy and secondary of Udo the Far-seer
Gundomar - Burgrave of Dumanus.
Gunrok - A chiliarch in Taxis Shahazz'in charged with the garrison of Milon
Gwenore - Tristram and Ysolde's mother
Hecate - Olympian goddess of witchcraft, later the self-proclaimed Empress in the Southern Lands
Heinrich - One of Sir Burkhardt's drinking mates
Hekation - The 'son' of Hecate born during the rite of her resurrection
Helmfried - Duke of Tauria who betrayed Criemus to Hecate
Hengist - Knight Captain of the King's Horsemen
Hildesinde - Wife of Sir Manfried
Hugbert - The late Baron of Helmbach
Hugo - Adoptive son of the Baron of Paternus and one of Prince Rickardt's retainers
Johann - The chaplain of Luten
Kolman Curtmantle - One of the apprentices of Tancred Half-Elven; Maus' rival
Kreszentia - Grand Matriarch of the Empusae and high priestess of the cult of Hecate
Leofwina - Kreszentia's successor as Grand Matriarch of the Empusae
Lodewic - Baron of Paternus
Longinus - The Demon Knight who aids the Empusae in the revival of Hecate
Loreley - One of the apprentices of Tancred Half-Elven; beloved of Maus
Ludbert - A warrior-priest of the Brothers of the Sword of Saint Michael
Luitgard - King Amalric's daughter and the wife of Count Friedbert of Widden
Lys - The daughter of Tancred Half-Elven
Manfried - The third son of Lord Hugbert of Helmbach
Marcion - A novice in the Brothers of the Sword of Saint Michael
Maus - Squire of Sir Burkhardt
Meinfried - A man-at-arms in the service of Prince Wilfried
Morten - A warrior-priest of the Brothers of the Sword of Saint Michael
Olfgar - A knight in the service of Lord Gottfried
Ottokar VII - King of Lothria
Philipp III - Prince of Milon who has publicly submitted to the Witch Queen while covertly supporting resistance to her rule
Pippin the Blue - An apprentice of Chilperic Oakenrod
Rademar - Court sorcerer of Lord Gottfried
Reineldis - A sorceress in the service of Sir Manfried and Torvald's wife.
Reinholdt - First son of the Baron of Floris and the chief retainer of Prince Rickardt
Reinolf - A son of King Rudolf V of Bergeny acting as Lord Steward to Shahazz'in
Richlinde - The daughter of Baron Lodewic
Rickardt - Son and heir of Prince Philipp of Milon
Rudolf IV - A Prince-King of Bergeny who made his capital in Lewenfort despite hailing from Veson
Rudolf V - King of Bergeny living in exile in the court of King Ottokar of Lothria
Shahazz'in - A Teuthidian sorcerer allied with Hecate acting as governor-general of Bergeny
Sigislinde - The daughter of Lord Sigismond
Sigismond - The Burgrave of Hirschsee, a vassal of the Prince of Milon
Tancred Half-Elven - Court Sorcerer of King Amalric; one of the Five Champions
Torvald Siggison - A former apprentice of Udo the Far-seer in the service of Sir Manfried
Tristram - A priest in the Order of St. Judas the Penitent
Udo the Far-seer - Court Diviner and advisor to King Amalric; one of the Five Champions
Ulwyn - The half-Orc witch advisor to Chiliarchy Gunrok
Waldemar - Landgrave of Rugel; one of King Amalric's closest advisors
Wenceslaus - Crown Prince of Lothria
Wilbrandt - The assumed name Prince Wilfried takes under the guise of a Bergenian merchant
Wilfried - Crown Prince of Gotland
Williswinda - Kolman's housekeeper
Ysolde - Tristram's sister and travelling companion
