Appendix A
Character Glossary
(in order of appearance)
Elba - Major Characters
Tomasino 'Toma' Marisco - A young man from LeBlanc wanted for killing Zadok soldiers.
Duran - A smuggler who agrees to help Toma.
Marius - A wanderer with a hidden agenda.
Elba - Minor Characters
Agostino 'Dino' Almirante - Toma's best friend.
Captain Antonio 'Tonino' Palazzo - Commander of the St. Denis Militia and a friend of Toma's father.
Sergeant Beneditto 'Benny' Gambino - The town prefect of the the LeBlanc Militia and a friend of Toma's father.
Mr. Oscarius - An innkeeper and one of the members of the LeBlanc town assembly.
Lucia Arias - Toma's mother, a seamstress.
Dante Arias - Toma's uncle, missing and presumed dead.
Andreas Marisco - Toma's father, missing and presumed dead.
Mr. Fusco - A neighbor of Toma's.
Granny Clemenza - A neighbor of Toma's.
Mr. Salvatore - A stonemason and neighbor of Toma's.
Dr. Vittorio - The town doctor in LeBlanc.
Zadok - Major Characters
Lieutenant Colonel Cray - Squadron leader of the 3/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
Captain Grisha Gernot - Flight leader in the 3/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
Colonel Adon Ellner - Commander of the 2nd Royal Air Dragoons Regiment.
Elon ben Zerah - Aluf of Shemesh and Lord Regent of Zadok.
Elam ben Yunus - Brother of the Aluf of Zered and tutor to the Melek.
Hadad II - Melek of Zadok.
Zadok - Minor Characters
Major Wyckoff - Commander of the 4/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
Lieutenant Metzer - A Dragon Rider in the 3/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
Captain Helstrom - Flight leader in the 3/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
Captain Wiburn - Flight leader in the 3/2 Royal Air Dragoons.
General Hastati - Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Army of Zadok.
Kurus ben Kurus - Captain of the Palace Guard of Ur-Zadok.
Harad ben Balam - Former Aluf of Husham; executed at the order of Lord Elon.
Milco ben Esarhaddon - Former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and cousin of the Aluf of Akbor; executed at the order of Lord Elon.
Ashur ben Kenan - Former Lord Constable of Shammah, brother of the Aluf of Shammah; executed at the order of Lord Elon.
Greland - Major Characters
Corporal Major Elon Schwartz - A squad leader in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Ranger First Class Margaret 'Molly' Wood - A scout in the 2/2 Light Foot.
Greland - Minor Characters
Corporal Withers - A rifleman in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Sergeant Major Connor - Battalion sergeant major of the 1/2 Light Foot.
Sergeant Howell - Platoon sergeant and disciplinary officer in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Sergeant Grenway - Platoon sergeant in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Major Wickham - Battalion commander of the 1/2 Light Foot.
Corporal Ralston - A rifleman in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Corporal Burwick - A rifleman in the 1/2 Light Foot.
Albert Whatley - A Grelish gentleman from Bunbury.
Emma Whatley - The wife of Albert Whatley.
Alois Brimley - A travelling merchant.
Robert 'Robin' Whatley - The son of Albert and Emma Whatley.
Captain General Claude Bellocq - The first Lord Steward of Greland after the abdication of King Henry IV.
Ilyria - Major Characters
Viscontessa Aloisa Degel, a.k.a. Moonlight Crescenza - An Ilyrian noblewoman who doubles as a highway robber.
Ilyria - Minor Characters
Sottotenente Fenucci - A platoon leader in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Claudio Fastucci - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Maggiore Baldino - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale D'Agoni - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Palladino - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Bartome - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Giuletti - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Harry Trimble - A Grelish-Ilyrian volunteer in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Bernucci - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Rossano - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Caporale Fazzio - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
Fante Carlino - A soldier in the 8th Ilyrian Auxiliary Corps.
The Professor - The interrogation specialist at Campo di Malo.
Maresciallo Annibali - Shift supervisor at the Campo di Malo donjon.
Caporale Maggiore Carmenetti - A guard at Campo di Malo.
Battino - A prisoner in the Campo di Malo donjon.
Colonnello Moscato - Commandant of Campo di Malo.
Aurelio - Second-in-command of Crescenza's gang.
Marco - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Giulio - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Octavio - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Claudio - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Tiberio - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Nero - One of Crescenza's bandits.
Santino - Crescenza's butler.
Carlo - Crescenza's head chef.
Carla di Ribisi - Crescenza's mother-in-law.
Giulietta di Ribisi - Crescenza's niece.
Carlina di Trosti - Giulietta's companion.
Carlo di Ribisi - Crescenza's brother-in-law.
Aurean Empire - Major Characters
Aurelius Aurelianus - Second Prince of the Aurean Empire.
Aurean Empire - Minor Characters
Lieutenant Colonel Gaius Blossius - Commander of the Third Troop of Horse Guards, Third Life Guards Regiment.
Sergeant Major General Visellius - Commander of the Third Life Guards Regiment.
Corporal Major Carolo - Training Corporal Major for the Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Fourth Life Guards Regiment.
Lieutenant Horatius - Platoon leader of Third Platoon, Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Fourth Life Guards Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Mercutius - Commander of the Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Fourth Life Guards Regiment.
Corporal Sabato - Training Corporal of Third Platoon, Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Fourth Life Guards Regiment.
Ostivar - Major Characters
Bulah Gehu Bulah, a.k.a. Bloody Bulah - Queen of Ostivar.
Ostivar - Minor Characters
Yunus Melik Rehab - A murderer sentenced to fight in the arena.
Abiga Dabit Milka, a.k.a. Abiga the Tamer - A professional fighter in the Havilah arena.
'Hatchet Man' - A professional fighter in the Havilah arena.
Eliga Shallum Miryam, a.k.a. Eliga the Fisher - A young professional fighter in the Havilah arena teamed with his younger sister.
Elshabet Shallum Miryam, a.k.a. Elshabet the Dancer - A young professional fighter in the Havilah arena teamed with her older brother.
Elah Elsha Bulah - The second son of Queen Bulah.
Ekad Shallum Perez Deborah - An Ostivari rifleman.
Rebabah Yohan Yakob Rakel - An adjutant of Queen Bulah.
Adom - Major Characters
Shaya Merkanian, a.k.a. The She-Bear - An Adomite woman imprisoned for killing Zadok soldiers.
Adom - Minor Characters
Stepan Arkadian - Leader of a cell of anti-Zadok resistance fighters in Adom.
Redgrave - Major Characters
Princess Julia Drusilla, a.k.a. Dru - Second Princess of Redgrave, sent on a secret mission to forge an alliance with the Aurean Empire.
Princess Julia Lucretia, a.k.a. Lulu - First Princess of Redgrave, a hostage of Zadok.
Redgrave - Minor Characters
Prince Julius Secundus - Second Prince and heir apparent of Redgrave, a hostage of Zadok.
Prince Julius Primus - First Prince and heir to Redgrave before his murder by Zadok.
New Earth Empire - Major Characters
Admiral Tzipporah 'Tzipi' Globus - Commander of the 292nd Expeditionary Fleet and planetary governor of Merkab.
Vizeadmiral Ashraf Javad - Admiral Globus' replacement as Commander of the 292nd Expeditionary Fleet.
Leutnant zur Raum Hazil Radam - An Imperial Navy officer working undercover among the local populace of Merkab.
New Earth Empire - Minor Characters
Generalmajor Tolliver Abersmyth - Imperial liaison to Zadok.
Brigadegeneral Prateesh Raghavan - Imperial liaison to the Aurean Empire.
Vizeadmiral Harun El-Masri - The commander of the 292nd Expeditionary Fleet before Admiral Globus.