Appendix A
Character Glossary
(In order of appearance)
Byrandia - Major Characters
Charles VI - King of Byrandia
Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel Sir Rutger 'Root' Maartens - Public affairs officer in the Ministry of War and special aide-de-camp to the King
Sergeant Jeanlucas Kranowitz - Root's orderly
Lieutenant Yvette Juliard - An intelligence officer from Second Bureau
Princess Anne - First Princess of Byrandia
Sir Willem van der Borg - Princess Anne's bodyguard
Sir Armand de Haviland - Diplomatic officer heading the joint mission to secure support for the Saintcharles Accords; brother of Army Chief of Staff General Olivier de Haviland
Byrandia - Minor Characters
Lieutenant Claude Henric - A signals intelligence analyst at Melodin Naval Air Station
Lieutenant Batrand 'Bat' Caillou - A signals intelligence analyst at Melodin Naval Air Station
Ensign 2nd Class Leon Revaille - A signals intelligence analyst at Melodin Naval Air Station
Corvette Captain Marc Marechal - Signals intelligence section leader at Melodin Naval Air Station
General of the Brigade Philip Boyer - Director of the Second Bureau
Francis duSaint - Secretary of State for the Interior
General of the Army Olivier de Haviland - Army Chief of Staff
Bartlebert de Lumet - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Maurice de Laurent - Secretary of State for War
Winton de Witt - Secretary of State for the Navy and the Colonies
General of the Air Force Georges Balliard - Air Force Chief of Staff
Patricia 'Trish' Maartens - Root's wife
Sara Maartens - Root and Trish's older daughter
Anne Maartens - Root and Trish's younger daughter
Squire Stepano Rossi - Personal assistant to Lord Bartlebert
Marshal of Byrandia Clodomer Daein - Marshal of Byrandia
Admiral of Byrandia Flaubert de Molier - Admiral of Byrandia
Elisavet 'Lise' Duveau - Princess Anne's lady-in-waiting
Catalina de Cobray - King Charles' mistress
Sir Kelvin Merrow - Commons Member of Parliament for Villiers Province and regional director for the Conservative Party in Eastern Byrandia
Robert de Vane - Marquess of Lusaigne and Lord Chancellor
Peer von Schweinfurt - Count of Hallebarre and representative of Byrandia in the Grand League of Powers
Medical Officer Stefan Badreau - Ship's doctor of the Junker Jorg
Medical Officer Filip Melanc - Ship's doctor of the Junker Jorg during the Benefide Expedition
Scarlet Fiebre - Prostitute from Bernecita who volunteered as a nurse during the Benefide Expedition
Ella Fiebre - Prostitute from Bernecita who volunteered as a nurse during the Benefide Expedition
Sub-Lieutenant Anne Detrois - Royal Army officer assigned to the military liaison of the diplomatic mission
Sergeant Wulff Eisenborg - Soldier assigned to the military liaison of the diplomatic mission
Corporal Lise Pardot - Sub-Lieutenant Detrois' orderly
Saintclair - Former Queen of Byrandia and elder sister of King Charles
Corvette Captain John Saxon - A disguised Prince Jeancharles (currently King Charles VI) who infiltrated the Benefide Expedition as the XO of the Junker Jorg
Lieutenant Luc-Patric Grenelle - Communications Officer of the Junker Jorg
Alexandre Mercurius Saintjean - The Byrandian ambassador to Slanoa
Frigate Captain Denis Carloman - Captain of the Junker Jorg
Lieutenant Hendric Dubois - Platoon leader of Fourth Platoon, Third Company, 2/3 Marine Fusiliers
Trenton Pollux - Sir Armand's secretary
Saintclair - Former Queen of Byrandia; compelled to abdicate the throne by Prince Jeancharles (now King Charles VI)
Malvolio Rouche - Former Grand Dux and Commandant General of the Blackamoors; tried and executed for abuses of power during the reign of Queen Saintclair
Admiral Jeanclaude Beauvais - Navy Chief of Staff
Sir Pierre Vodin - Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Corporal Euphemius Merlo - A member of the Byrandian military liaison
Lapin - A Second Bureau agent operating in South Malvina
Belette - A Second Bureau agent operating in South Malvina
Jeanine Traux - A secretary assigned to Sir Armand's diplomatic team
Morelle - A Second Bureau agent operating in South Malvina
Pietru - One of the men on Belette's team
Cale Russo - A dog handler from Berenice who was killed during the Benefide Expedition
Lieutenant Alan Duchard - First Lieutenant of the Fearless
Chaco - One of the men on Lapin's team
Marlene Beauvoir - A rising star in the Byrandian film industry
Palatinia - Major Characters
Seleuceus - King of Palatinia
Palatinia - Minor Characters
Paolo di Rossiano - Representative of Palatinia in the Grand League of Powers
Paulus - The tenth King of Palatinia
Corvinus - The sixteenth King of Palatinia
Julius III - The seventeenth King of Palatinia; notorious for his bloody purges of the royal family
Colonnello Claudio Berenetti - An intelligence officer in the Royal Army's Military Information Service
Generale di Brigata Salih Kush - Cousin to the Amir of Ajjamal and chief of staff of the Royal Army's Division Ajjamal
Maggiore Andrea Cardoza - Executive Officer of the First Company of the Guard of Honor of the King
Tenente Dario Mattei - A platoon leader in the First Company of the Guard of Honor of the King
Sergente Costanzo Rossini - A Guardsman in the First Company of the Guard of Honor of the King
Caporale Stefano Marzetti - A Guardsman in the First Company of the Guard of Honor of the King
Grand'Ammiraglio Antonio Paolini - Chief of Staff of the Navy; later President of the Palatinian Provisional Authority
Laruna - Minor Characters
Marco Severo - Prince of Rovena, elected High Prince of Laruna
Slanoa - Minor Characters
Misko Ludovec - Representative of Slanoa in the Grand League of Powers
Andrej Kopec - An interpreter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Iosif Polinsky - A prominent deputy in the National Assembly from the Workers' Party
Wladislas Dzupec - Premier of Slanoa
Gheorge Mihaiescu - Minister of Military Affairs
Pukovnik Mustafa Kamel - Nephew of the Amir of Kameliyya
Abu Nasir Yusuf Kamel - Amir of Kameliyya
Vlatoska - Minor Characters
Major General of Aviation Pavel Radomirovich Vasilyev - Vlatoskan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Colonel General Maxim Ilyich Bladikov - Chairman of the Executive Directorate of Vlatoska and Chief of the General Staff
Vice Admiral Lavrentiy Ustinovich Chernekov - Vice-Chairman of the Executive Directorate of Vlatoska and Commander of the Navy
Lieutenant General of Aviation Vladislas Malkovich Makarov - Vice-Chairman of the Executive Directorate of Vlatoska and Commander of the Air Force
Gandoh - Minor Characters
Okiyebisu Hiromasa - Count of House Okiyebisu and representative of Gandoh in the Grand League of Powers
Yonezawa Masahiro - Viscount of House Yonezawa and deputy foreign minister
Yanagigawa Seizoh - A retainer of Prince Sadanaru
Utusnomiya Sadanaru - Prince of one of the cadet branches of the Imperial Family
Ukon - An officer in the Soh-hei Corps of warrior-monks
North Malvina - Minor Characters
Carmelo Flores - Representative of North Malvina in the Grand League of Powers
Oskarius Bustamante - President of North Malvina
South Malvina - Minor Characters
Anastasio de Paulo-Olande - Representative of South Malvina in the Grand League of Powers and current President of the Assembly
Francisco Javier Hidalgo - A minister without portfolio in the cabinet of South Malvina
Santina MartÃn - President of South Malvina; widow of the previous president Guttiero MartÃn
Margarita - A member of the concierge staff at the Davidi Presidential Retreat
Coronel Santiago Firentes - An officer in the Republican Guard
Carmelita Weisskirch - Companion of Trinidad Vertudo
Felis Vertudo - One of the landed gentry in Wellsley
Trinidad Vertudo - Daughter of Don Felis
'Maestro' Eustacio Da Souza - The cover identity of the Byrandian agent Belette; a hair stylist catering to the upper classes
Prudencia Millares - The daughter of the deputy rail commissioner in Wellsley
Pascal Pascali - South Malvinan ambassador to Byrandia
Capitán Joan-Paolo Guinsales - Commander of Border Company Three, Border Battalion II, 18th Border Regiment
Teniente Dominico Eduardes - Platoon leader of Second Platoon, 3-II/18th Border Regiment
Teniente Saulo Marones - Executive officer of Border Company Three, Border Battalion II, 18th Border Regiment
Voluntario de Primero Armando Armendáriz - Rifleman in Second Platoon, 3-II/18th Border Regiment
Cabo Primero Mauricio Correa - Capitán Guinsales' secretary
Teniente Coronel Joan-Marco Estrella - Commander of Border Battalion II, 18th Border Regiment
Capitán Ibramo Algoel - Commander of Border Company One, Border Battalion II, 18th Border Regiment
Tunggwo - Minor Characters
Chow Fan - A farmer from the outskirts of Tin Village in Chongtung
Chow Yun - Chow Fan's infant son
Han Chingchuan - Chow Fan's wife
Chow Chingching - Chow Fan's eldest daughter
The Corporal - Chow Fan's platoon leader
The Lieutenant - Chow Fan's company commander
The Sergeant - The second-in-command of Chow Fan's company
Kwok Sen - Chow Fan's team leader
Marsouk - Minor Characters
Amid Farook Abdurrahman - The assumed identity of Mustafa Kamel in his mission to Harsouk
Jameel Hamesh - A Marsouki rifleman in the Byrandian Foreign Legion who served as Root's spotter
Barsouk - Minor Characters
Abdel Latif el-Gamal - Representative of Barsouk in the Grand League of Powers
Ebonia - Minor Characters
Isoro Thani - Representative of Xanadu in the Grand League of Powers
Kasshu - Minor Characters
Irfan Murad - Son of the Nawab of Kasshu and the representative of Kasshu in the Grand League of Powers
Murad Mirza - Nawab of Kasshu
Anwar Ali Khan - An officer in the Kasshian Army
New Earth Empire - Major Characters
Vizeadmiral Menahem Globus - Commander of the 483rd Expeditionary Fleet
Generalmajor Abul Adeen - Chief of Staff of the 483rd Expeditionary Fleet's Political Officer Corps complement acting as the Empire's envoy to Byrandia and officer-in-charge of the Empire's diplomatic mission to Miravel
Oberfähnrich Azuki Anju - A Gandohese scout who participated in the Benefide Expedition; believed to have been killed in action, she was recovered by the Empire and now serves them as a special operative
Kapitän zur Raum Tsai Nali - The liaison leading the Imperial delegation in the joint mission to secure support for the Saintcharles Accords
New Earth Empire - Minor Characters
Oberstleutnant Dawud Haider - Expedition leader of the planetary survey of Miravel
Unterleutnant zur Raum Borislav Kovachev - A member of the Imperial delegation to Byrandia
Brigadegeneral Jean Robechaux Hickham - Political officer acting as the Empire's envoy to Palatinia
Oberstleutnant Franz Kleinmann - General Hickham's aide-de-camp
Kapitän zur Raum Liong Kong - Captain of the Serpens Ignitus
Kommodore Khang Jinming - Director of Intelligence and Information Operations of the 483rd Expeditionary Fleet
Obermaat Samuel Liebowitz - Admiral Globus' secretary
Kommodore Ibrahim 'Bram' Mashal - Director of Aerospace and Maritime Operations of the 483rd Expeditionary Fleet
Oberst Gratiano Manetti - Political officer acting as the Empire's envoy to Laruna
Brigadegeneral Nursultan Akimov - Political officer acting as the Empire's envoy to Slanoa
Leutnant Lee Wenpo - A member of the Imperial delegation to Byrandia
Oberst Narizio Clemenza - Political officer acting as the Empire's envoy to North Malvina
Oberst Uzair Latif - Political officer acting as the Empire's envoy to South Malvina
Oberst Silvio Ocampo - General Adeen's aide-de-camp
Obergefreiter Nayra Samani - Captain Tsai's orderly