In order of appearance
| Federigo Saluzzo (the employer) | |
| Federigo is a magister of the Tirynian Circle who lives at Kaxos in Peronnia. He dispatched the adventurers on their journey to empower his Thousand League Boots. He is unmarried. Appeared: Peronnia (session 1), Analika (session 37) |
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| Espin of Cyster (Federigo's apprentice) | |
| Espin is one of Federigo's apprentices. He is originally from Birland, and currently lives at Kaxos in Peronnia. He is unmarried. Appeared: Peronnia (session 1), Analika (sessions 36 and 37) |
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| Imilia Fuscone (Federigo's apprentice) | |
| Imilia is one of Federigo's apprentices. She is the niece of the Duke of Fossalta, ruler of one of the many city-states of Peronnia, and currently lives at Kaxos in Peronnia. She is unmarried. Appeared: Peronnia (session 1), Ranimia (sessions 25 and 26), Analika (session 37) |
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| Farrukh Saidi (Federigo's apprentice) | |
| Farrukh is one of Federigo's apprentices. He is a kattar from Sailendra in Batubatan, and currently lives at Kaxos in Peronnia. He is unmarried. Appeared: Peronnia (session 1), Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16), Analika (sessions 36 and 37) |
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| Sir Phocas of Elea (Zeno's uncle) | |
| Phocas is Zeno's uncle and a senior member of the Company of Elea. He secured Federigo's contract to provide the banking services for his adventurers. He is married. Appeared: Peronnia (session 1), Ranimia (sessions 25 and 26), Analika (session 37) |
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| Lord Wesley Orlamond (Hermione's former employer) | |
| Wesley is the fourth child of the Baroness of Orlamond in Kevland. He has been studying the Kingstones of the pagan nations south and west of the Nenian Mountains for several years. Wesley first met Hermione in Duneld Across the Water while trying to study the Dunnstone in 1395 AUC, and subsequently travelled with her for four years through Old Duneld, Menarland, and the Petkenaks. He is unmarried. Appeared: Kevland (sessions 3 and 4), Vestad (sessions 17 to 19) |
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| Armand of Fere (Wesley's bodyguard) | |
| Armand is Wesley's manservant and bodyguard. He replaced Hermione as Wesleys' bodyguard after she left for Peronnia at Wesley's mother's insistence. He is married. Appeared: Kevland (sessions 3 and 4), Vestad (sessions 17 to 19), Analika (session 37) |
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| Gitano Mirandola (the public servant) | |
| Gitano is a public servant in Navyn who is employed by Senator
Federigo Tieopolo. He helps "smooth the way" for Federigo Saluzzo's interests
in that city. He is married. Appeared: Navyn (session 5) |
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| Roberta Mazzarro (the former nun) | |
| Roberta is a former nun who was seduced and abandoned by Jack, but who still loves him and hopes to elope with him. She is the younger sister of Giovanna and Piero Mazzarro. Appeared: Navyn (session 5), Ranimia (sessions 25 and 26), Selentium (sessions 27 and 28), Western Emphidor (sessions 29 to 31), Eastern Emphidor (sessions 31, 32 and 34), Analika (sessions 35 to 37) |
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| Dormita (the warlock's patron) | |
| Dormita is a powerful arcane being who was the patron of the fallen priest Father Lucas Casagrande and the candlemaker Edarad Prinn. Appeared: Navyn (session 5), Vestad (session 18) |
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| Yara (the elven housekeeper) | |
| Yara is Professor Marcus Redgrave's housekeeper and adventuring companion. She tutors in the Faculty of Rhetoric at the University of Merin. Yara is unmarried. Appeared: Teran (session 6), Selentium (session 27) |
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| Gwendolyn (the servant) | |
| Gwendolyn is Lady Mara Garan's servant and Yara's friend. She is unmarried. Appeared: Teran (session 6) |
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| Duke Roland of Dunharrow (the handsome masked man) | |
| Roland attended the Countess of Argenon's masked ball incognito, where Theresa killed the assassin who shot him in the back. He is the lord of the village of Deepwood, where his family friend Esther Vidad lives in semi-retirement. Roland is the second cousin of Queen Almida of Kevland, and is considered a potential nominee for the crown if she dies without an heir. He is unmarried. Appeared: Teran (session 6), Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16) |
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| Theresa Mantienne (the beautiful masked woman) | |
| Theresa is the god-daughter of the Count and Countess of Argenon. Zeno duelled Lord Clarion in defence of her honour. She is unmarried. Appeared: Teran (session 6) |
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| Lord Clarion (a bounder and a cad) | |
| Lord Clarion is a renowned duelist and a disreputable gentleman who is trying to force Theresa Mantienne to marry him by threatening to foreclose on her father's farm. Zeno duelled Lord Clarion in defence of her honour. He is unmarried. Appeared: Teran (session 6) |
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| Saint Merel of Leukel (the holy woman) | |
| Saint Merel is the bishop-emeritus of the Cathedral of Leukel. She has waited since she was a youth for Zeno, the first paladin of the Order of Saint Cornelius to visit the Cathedral in fifty years, in order to give him spiritual advice and a phylactery containing her hair as a relic. Saint Merel is widowed. Appeared: Wesland (session 7) |
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| The Skull of Master Eddas (the undead sorcerer's skull) | |
| Master Eddas was a sorcerer who died over 30 years ago. His knowledge lives on in his blackened skull, which is marked with a cloven hoof print on its forehead. Master Eddas can fly and talk, and is very knowledgeable about arcane matters, but refuses to teach anyone magic unless they swear to serve him as his apprentice. Master Eddas travelled with Theresa for a time, and now travels with Wesley Orlamond. Appeared: Eastern Elmet (sessions 10 to 12), Western Elmet (session 13), Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16), Vestad (sessions 17 to 19) |
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| Brother Bretwald (the monk) | |
| Bretwald is a monk from the Monastery of Amalfi in southern Kevland. Guided by a holy vision, he travelled to eastern Elmet to recover a holy chalice from the ruins of Lathiule Monastery. Bretwald is unmarried. Appeared: Elmet (sessions 11 and 12), Western Elmet (session 13), Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16) |
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| Sir Jonyn (the questing knight) | |
| Jonyn is a Knight-Errant of the Order of the Rose, and travels with his intelligent greataxe, Sir Harold. He was among the first to respond to the Goblin raids on western Elmet, and helped drive the Goblin raiders back to the Glaive. Jonyn is unmarried. Appeared: Western Elmet (session 13) |
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| Esther Vidad (the painter) | |
| Esther is widely acknowledged to be the greatest living painter in Selentia. She lives in semi-retirement in the village of Deepwood, where she is supported by the Duke of Dunharrow, who is like a grandson to her as she was his father's godmother. Esther is widowed. Appeared: Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16) |
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| Lady Bramonde Barleigh (the duke's bodyguard) | |
| Bramonde is a vassal of the Duke of Dunharrow, and accompanies him for nine months of the year. Bramonde is unmarried. Appeared: Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16) |
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| Pauline Harth (the maid) | |
| Pauline was Esther's maid at the village of Deepwood. She was Theresa's maid while the adventurers were visiting Deepwood, and was taken into the Duke of Dunharrow's service at the end of their visit. Pauline is unmarried. Appeared: Western Teran (sessions 14 to 16) |
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| Sir Ainsley Ristol (Hermione's cousin) | |
| Ainsley is Hermione's cousin, and the daughter of the Baron of Ristol. She sought out Hermione to confirm for her father that the ransom note from Hermione's father was genuine. Ainsley is unmarried. Appeared: Vestad (sessions 17 and 18) |
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| Philomena (Theresa's mother) | |
| Philomena is a famous lyrist and singer who travels throughout Selentia, and is Theresa's mother. Theresa warned the others that she is a slaver who sells people to the Elves, as Philomena promised her first-born child to an Elf in exchange for her enchanted lyre and singing voice. Philomena is unmarried. Appeared: Northern Vestad (session 20), Ranimia (session 26), Selentium (session 27), Eastern Emphidor (sessions 31, 32 and 34) |
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| Ector (Philomena's bodyguard) | |
| Ector is Philomena's bodyguard. Ector is unmarried. Appeared: Northern Vestad (session 20), Ranimia (session 26), Selentium (session 27), Eastern Emphidor (sessions 31, 32 and 34) |
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| Preben of Oseberg (the pilgrim) | |
| Preben is from the village of Oseberg in northeastern Vestad. He went on a pilgrimage to Selentium in 1399 AUC, where the pontiff blessed his handkerchief, and intends to go on another pilgrimage to Selentium in 1400 AUC to celebrate the Jubilee. Preben is widowed. Appeared: Northern Vestad (sessions 21, 22 and 24) |
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| Bogdana (Preben's daughter) | |
| Bogdana is Preben's daughter. She went with him on a pilgrimage to Selentium in 1399 AUC. Bogdana is unmarried. Appeared: Northern Vestad (sessions 21, 22 and 24) |
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| Tyglarior (the Witch-King's lieutenant) | |
| Tyglarior is an elf-like goblin who has served the Witch-King for centuries. He was killed alongside the Witch-King at the Battle of Mantil in 891 AUC, and had recently returned to life through the Cycle of Arda. Tyglarior was tasked by the Witch-King with supervising the goblin raids on the Dorr Pass, with the goal of stopping pilgrims travelling north to Selentium to celebrate the Jubilee. The adventurers killed Tyglarior and buried him in an ancient dwarven crypt under a mound of rubble. Appeared: Northern Vestad (sessions 23 and 24) |
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| Manuel (the acrobat) | |
| Manuel is an acrobrat in Alabanda. He has worked in the past with Jack as entertainers, including the ill-fated engagement party for Theophana Bardanes in 1398 AUC. Manuel is unmarried. Appeared: Ranimia (sessions 25 and 26) |
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| Brother Stavros (the Prilisteenean monk) | |
| Stavros is a monk from the pagan Monastery of Priene. He followed in Amaryllos' footsteps and left the Monastery to learn more of the outside world, in accordance with the fundamentalist approach to the Prilisteenean philosophy. Stavros is unmarried. Appeared: Ranimia (sessions 25 and 26) |
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| Hubert, Joan and Eleanor (the cursed pilgrims) | |
| Hubert and Joan are from Ongus in Birland. They were on a pilgrimage to Selentium with their newborn daughter Eleanor to seek the Pontiff's blessing, which removed the family curse that would otherwise have killed Eleanor the day before her first birthday. Hubert and Joan are married to each other. Appeared: Ranimia (session 26), Selentium (sessions 27 and 28) |
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| Enide (the cursed woman) | |
| Enide was the victim of a curse that gave her the gift of prophecy but only allowed her to speak in Qemor, an extinct ancient language. Enide's guardian, Sir Heret, brought her to Selentium, where the Pontiff freed her from her curse. Enide is unmarried. Appeared: Selentium (sessions 27 and 28) |
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| Sir Heret (Enide's guardian) | |
| Sir Heret is a knight from Ourem on the Azure Coast. He rescued Enide from her captors and undertook the quest to free her from her curse. Sir Heret is married. Appeared: Selentium (sessions 27 and 28) |
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| Brother Vavouli (the former Prilisteenean monk) | |
| Vavouli is a former monk from the pagan Monastery of Priene. He followed in Amaryllos' footsteps and left the Monastery to learn more of the outside world, in accordance with the fundamentalist approach to the Prilisteenean philosophy, and subsequently converted to the True Faith. Vavouli is unmarried. Appeared: Selentium (sessions 27 and 28) |
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| Ganymede Lycaones (the bodyguard) | |
| Ganymede is one of Professor Marcus Redgrave's adventuring companions. He escorted Yara on her travels through the streets of Selentium. Ganymede is unmarried. Appeared: Selentium (session 27) |
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| Taliriana (the gun-loving elf) | |
| Taliriana is one of Professor Marcus Redgrave's adventuring companions. She is fascinated by guns and cannons. Taliriana is unmarried. Appeared: Selentium (session 27) |
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| Garambar the Boar-King (Overseer of the Forest) | |
| Garambar is the lord of the beast-folk of the Fenring Forest in northern Birland. He placed a curse on Hubert's great-grandfather for his role in the death of his brother Helvannion. |
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| Aliki (the doorman) | |
Aliki is the doorman of the Monastery of Priene. He adopted Amaryllos as his son when the villagers of Portara left the infant kattar outside the door of the monastery. Aliki is unmarried. |
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| Sir Makarios Doukas (the questing knight) | |
Sir Makarios is a knight from Emphidor who seeks to do great deeds and build his reputation for heroism. He held the village of Urla in fief from his lord, Baron Gerbasios Vouvalopoulos, until his lord was killed in battle by the forces of Baron Alexios Dekanos. Sir Makarios chose to go on Crusade rather than swear fealty to his new lord. He is unmarried. |
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| Selentos Gabras (the squire) | |
Selentos is Sir Makarios' squire, and accompanies him on his adventures. He is unmarried. |
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| Arion (the groom) | |
Arion is Sir Makarios' groom, and accompanies him on his adventures. He was previously in service to the same elf lord as his friend Theresa. Arion is unmarried. |
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| Baron Alexios Dekanos (Theresa's father) | |
Alexios is a baron in eastern Emphidor. He is Theresa's father. Alexios is married. |
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| Sir Anna Dekanos (Theresa's half-sister) | |
Anna is Baron Alexios' oldest living legitimate child, though she is younger than her half-sister Theresa. Her father granted her a fief that included the Vouvalopoulos family castle and the village of Urla after she and Theresa took up Adralestor's challenge. Anna is unmarried. |
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| Adralestor (King of the Aurochs) | |
Adralestor is an elf lord who gave the Vouvalopoulos family permission to build their castle on his land after the founder "dared much to give me rare entertainment". He agreed to let the Dekanos family take over the castle, so long as either Theresa or Anna received the castle in fief from their father. |
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| Quintus Rufius Clodianus (the centurion) | |
Quintus is a Selentine centurion who was trapped in Adralestor's hall for centuries, as he was compelled to stay until he had finished roasting an ox that was enchanted never to cook. He is unmarried. |
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| Fiametta (the red-haired maiden) | |
Fiametta is the daughter of an Emphidian knight who moved to Birland and married an heiress. She was sent to Emphidor to be fostered in the household of Sir Marsilio Cefara as his mother's companion, and was for some reason handed over to Adralestor late at night, then imprisoned in an oubliette. She is unmarried. |
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| Asu (the genie) | |
| Asu is a genie in the service of the sorcerer Malik el-Djinn. Malik's master, the ex-sultan Salim, wished for Asu to bring him the Thousand League Boots before they were delivered to Federigo. Appeared: Analika (session 37) |
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