by David Weber
AHBAHT, ZHEFRY—Earl Gray Harbor’s personal secretary. He fulfills many of the functions of an undersecretary of state for foreign affairs.
AHDYMSYN, BISHOP EXECUTOR ZHERALD—Erek Dynnys’ bishop executor.
AHRDYN—Archbishop Maikel’s cat-lizard.
AHRMAHK, CAYLEB ZHAN HAARAHLD BRYAHN—King of Charis.
AHRMAHK, CROWN PRINCE ZHAN—younger brother of King Cayleb.
AHRMAHK, KAHLVYN CAYLEB—younger brother of Duke Tirian, King Cayleb’s first cousin once removed.
AHRMAHK, KING CAYLEB II—King of Charis (see Cayleb Zhan Haarahld Bryahn Ahrmahk).
AHRMAHK, PRINCESS ZHANAYT—King Cayleb’s younger sister.
AHRMAHK, QUEEN ZHANAYT—King Haarahld’s deceased wife; mother of Cayleb, Zhanayt, and Zhan.
AHRMAHK, RAYJHIS—Duke of Tirian, Constable of Hairatha, King Cayleb’s first cousin once removed.
AHRMAHK, ZHENYFYR—Dowager Duchess of Tirian, mother of Rayjhis and Kahlvyn Cayleb Ahrmahk, daughter of Rayjhis Yowance, Earl Gray Harbor.
AHRTHYR, SIR ALYK, Earl of Windshare—the commander of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s cavalry.
AHSTYN, LIEUTENANT FRANZ, Charisian Royal Guard—the second-in-command of King Cayleb II’s personal bodyguard.
AHZGOOD, PHYLYP, Earl of Coris—Prince Hektor’s spymaster.
APLYN-AHRMAHK, MIDSHIPMAN HEKTOR, Royal Charisian Navy—a midshipman assigned to HMS Destiny, 54. An adoptive member of the House of Ahrmahk as the Duke of Darcos.
ATHRAWES, CAPTAIN MERLIN, Charisian Royal Guard—King Cayleb II’s personal armsman; the cybernetic avatar of Commander Nimue Alban.
BAHNYR, HEKTOR, Earl of Mancora—one of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior officers; commander of the right wing at Haryl’s Crossing.
BAHRMYN, ARCHBISHOP BORYS—Archbishop of Corisande.
BAHRNS, KING RAHNYLD IV—King of Dohlar.
BANAHR, PRIOR FATHER AHZWALD—head of the priory of Saint Hamlyn, city of Sarayn, Kingdom of Charis.
BAYTZ, HANBYL, Duke of Solomon—Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s uncle and the commander of the Emeraldian Army.
BAYTZ, NAHRMAHN HANBYL GRAIM—see Prince Nahrmahn Baytz.
BAYTZ, PRINCE NAHRMAHN GAREYT—second child and elder son of Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald.
BAYTZ, PRINCE NAHRMAHN II—ruler of the Princedom of Emerald.
BAYTZ, PRINCE TRAHVYS—Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s third child and second son.
BAYTZ, PRINCESS FELAYZ—Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s youngest child and second daughter.
BAYTZ, PRINCESS MAHRYA—Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s oldest child.
BAYTZ, PRINCESS OHLYVYA—wife of Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald.
BREYGART, COLONEL SIR HAUWERD, royal charisian marines—the rightful heir to the Earldom of Hanth.
BRYNDYN, MAJOR DAHRYN—the senior artillery officer attached to Brigadier Clareyk’s column at Haryl’s Priory.
BYRKYT, FATHER ZHON—an over-priest of the Church of God Awaiting; abbot of the Monastery of Saint Zherneau.
CAHKRAYN, SAMYL, Duke of Fern—first councilor of Dohlar.
CAHNYR, ARCHBISHOP ZHASYN—Archbishop of Glacierheart; a member of the reformists.
CHALMYRZ, FATHER KARLOS—Archbishop Borys’ personal aide.
CHARLZ, MASTER YEREK, Royal Charisian Navy—Gunner, HMS Wave, 14.
CHERMYN, GENERAL HAUWYL, RCM—the senior officer of the Charisian Marine Corps. He will be the SO for the Marines in the invasion of Corisande.
CHERYNG, LIEUTENANT TAIWYL—a junior officer on Sir Vyk Lakyr’s staff; he is in charge of Lakyr’s clerks and message traffic.
CLAREYK, BRIGADIER KYNT, RCM—CO, Third Brigade, Royal Charisian Marines. One of the senior Marine officers assigned to the invasion of Corisande. He is also the originator of the training syllabus for the RCMC.
CLYNTAHN, VICAR ZHASPAHR—Grand Inquisitor of the Church of God Awaiting; one of the so-called Group of Four.
COHLMYN, SIR LEWK, Royal Charisian Navy—Earl Sharpfield, Queen Sharleyan’s senior naval commander. Also the equivalent of her Navy Minister.
DAHRYUS, MASTER EDVARHD—an alias of Bishop Mylz Halcom.
DAIKYN, GAHLVYN—King Cayleb’s valet.
DAIVYS, MYTRAHN—a Charisian Temple Loyalist.
DARCOS, DUKE OF—see Midshipman Hektor Aplyn-Ahrmahk.
DARYS, CAPTAIN TYMYTHY, Royal Charisian Navy (“Tym”)—CO, HMS Destroyer, 54. Flag captain to Admiral Staynair.
DAYKYN, CROWN PRINCE HEKTOR—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s second oldest child and heir apparent.
DAYKYN, PRINCE DAIVYN—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s youngest child.
DAYKYN, PRINCE HEKTOR—Prince of Corisande.
DAYKYN, PRINCESS IRYS—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s oldest child.
DAYKYN, PRINCESS RAICHYNDA—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s deceased wife; born in the Earldom of Domair, Kingdom of Hoth.
DEKYN, SERGEANT ALLAYN—one of Kairmyn’s noncoms, Delferahkan Army.
DOYAL, SIR CHARLZ—Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior artillery commander.
DRAGONER, SIR RAYJHIS—Charisian ambassador to the Siddarmark Republic.
DRAGONMASTER, BRIGADE SERGEANT MAJOR MAHKYNTY (“Mahk”), RCM—Brigadier Clareyk’s senior noncom.
DUCHAIRN, VICAR RHOBAIR—Treasurer General of the Church of God Awaiting; one of the so-called Group of Four.
DYNNYS, ADORAI—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ wife. Her alias after her husband’s arrest is Ailysa.
DYNNYS, ARCHBISHOP ERAYK—former Archbishop of Charis.
DYNNYS, STYVYN—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ younger son, age eleven.
DYNNYS, TYMYTHY ERAYK—Archbishop Erayk Dynnys’ older son, age fourteen.
EDWYRDS, KEVYN—XO, privateer galleon Kraken.
ERAYKSYN, LIEUTENANT STYVYN, Royal Charisian Navy—Admiral Staynair’s flag lieutenant.
ERAYKSYN, WYLLYM—a Charisian textiles manufacturer.
FAHRMYN, FATHER TAIRYN—the priest assigned to Saint Chihiro’s Church, a village church near the Convent of Saint Agtha.
FAIRCASTER, SERGEANT PAYTER, Charisian Royal Guard—one of King Cayleb II’s armsmen. A transfer from Crown Prince Cayleb’s Marine detachment.
FHAIRLY, MAJOR AHDYM—the senior battery commander on East Island, Ferayd Sound, Kingdom of Delferahk.
FHALKHAN, LIEUTENANT AHRNAHLD, Royal Charisian Marines—commanding officer, Crown Prince Zhan’s bodyguard.
FORYST, VICAR ERAYK—a member of the reformists.
FRAIDMYN, SERGEANT VYK, Charisian Royal Guard—one of King Cayleb II’s armsmen.
FYSHYR, HAIRYS—CO, privateer galleon Kraken.
GAHRMYN, LIEUTENANT RAHNYLD—XO, galley Arrowhead, Delferahkan Navy.
GAHRVAI, SIR KORYN—Earl Anvil Rock’s eldest son and CO of Prince Hektor’s field army.
GAHRVAI, SIR RYSEL, EARL OF ANVIL ROCK—Prince Hektor’s senior army commander and distant cousin.
GAIRAHT, CAPTAIN WYLLYS, Chisholmian Royal Guard—CO of Queen Sharleyan’s Royal Guard detachment in Charis.
GALVAHN, MAJOR SIR NAITHYN—the Earl of Windshare’s senior staff officer.
GARDYNYR, ADMIRAL LYWYS, EARL OF THIRSK—King Rahnyld IV’s best admiral, currently in disgrace.
GRAISYN, BISHOP EXECUTOR WYLLYS—Archbishop Lyam Tyrn’s bishop executor.
GRAIVYR, FATHER STYVYN—Bishop Ernyst’s intendant. A man after Clyntahn’s own heart.
GRAND VICAR EREK XVII—secular and temporal head of the Church of God Awaiting.
GYRARD, CAPTAIN ANDRAI, Royal Charisian Navy—CO, HMS Empress of Charis.
HAHLMYN, FATHER MAHRAK—an upper-priest of the Church of God Awaiting; Bishop Executor Thomys’ personal aide.
HAHLMYN, SAIRAH—Queen Sharleyan’s personal maid.
HAHLYND, ADMIRAL PAWAL—CO, anti-piracy patrols, Hankey Sound. (A friend of Admiral Thirsk.)
HAHSKYN, LIEUTENANT AHNDRAI, Charisian Imperial Guard—a Charisian officer assigned to Empress Sharleyan’s guard detachment. Captain Gairaht’s second-in-command.
HAIMYN, BRIGADIER MAHRYS, RCM—CO, Fifth Brigade, Royal Charisian Marines.
HALCOM, BISHOP MYLZ—Bishop of Margaret Bay.
HARMYN, MAJOR BAHRKLY, Emerald Army—an Emeraldian army officer assigned to North Bay.
HARYS, CAPTAIN ZHOEL—CO, Corisandian galley Lance.
HOLDYN, VICAR LYWYS—a member of the reformists.
HOWSMYN, EHDWYRD—a wealthy foundry owner and shipbuilder in Tellesberg.
HOWSMYN, ZHAIN—Ehdwyrd Howsmyn’s wife.
HWYSTYN, SIR VYRNYN—a member of the Charisian Parliament elected from Tellesberg.
HYLLAIR, SIR FARAHK, Baron of Dairwyn—the Baron of Dairwyn.
HYNDRYK, COMMODORE SIR AHLFRYD, Royal Charisian Navy—Baron Seamount, Charisian Navy’s senior gunnery expert.
HYNDYRS, DUNKYN—purser, privateer galleon Raptor.
HYRST, ADMIRAL ZHOZEF, Royal Chisholmian Navy—the third ranking officer of the RCN. SO in Command, Port Royal.
HYSIN, VICAR CHIYAN—a member of the reformists (from Harchong).
HYWSTYN, LORD AVRAHM—a cousin of Greyghor Stohnar, and a mid-ranking official assigned to the Siddarmarkian foreign ministry.
HYWYT, COMMANDER PAITRYK, Royal Charisian Navy—CO HMS Wave, 14 (schooner). Later promoted to captain as CO, HMS Dancer, 56.
ILLIAN, CAPTAIN AHNTAHN—one of Sir Phylyp Myllyr’s company commanders.
JYNKYN, COLONEL HAUWYRD, Royal Charisian Marines—Admiral Staynair’s senior Marine commander.
JYNKYNS, BISHOP ERNYST—Bishop of Ferayd. He is not an extremist and does not favor excessive use of force.
KAHNKLYN, AIDRYN—Tairys Kahnklyn’s older daughter.
KAHNKLYN, AIZAK—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s son-in-law.
KAHNKLYN, ERAYK—Tairys Kahnklyn’s oldest son.
KAHNKLYN, EYDYTH—Tairys Kahnklyn’s younger daughter.
KAHNKLYN, HAARAHLD—Tairys Kahnklyn’s middle son.
KAHNKLYN, TAIRYS—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s married daughter.
KAHNKLYN, ZHOEL—Tairys Kahnklyn’s youngest son.
KAIREE, TRAIVYR—a wealthy merchant and landowner in the Earldom of Styvyn.
KAIRMYN, CAPTAIN TOMHYS—one of Sir Vyk Lakyr’s officers, Delferahkan Army.
KEELHAUL—Earl Lock Island’s rottweiler.
KESTAIR, MADAME AHRDYN—Archbishop Maikel’s married daughter.
KESTAIR, SIR LAIRYNC—Archbishop Maikel’s son-in-law.
KHAILEE, MASTER ROLF—a pseudonym used by Lord Avrahm Hywstyn.
KNOWLES, EVELYN—an Eve who escaped the destruction of the Alexandria Enclave and fled to Tellesberg.
KNOWLES, JEREMIAH—an Adam who escaped the destruction of the Alexandria Enclave and fled to Tellesberg, where he became the patron and founder of the Brethren of Saint Zherneau.
LADY MAIRAH LYWKYS—Queen Sharleyan’s chief lady-in-waiting. She is Baron Green Mountain’s cousin.
LAHFTYN, MAJOR BRYAHN—Brigadier Clareyk’s chief of staff.
LAHRAK, NAILYS—a senior leader of the Temple Loyalists in Charis.
LAHSAHL, LIEUTENANT SHAIRMYN, Royal Charisian Navy—XO, HMS Destroyer, 54.
LAIMHYN, FATHER CLYFYRD—King Cayleb’s confessor and personal secretary, assigned to him by Archbishop Maikel.
LAKYR, SIR VYK—SO, Ferayd garrison, Kingdom of Delferahk. About the equivalent of a brigadier general.
LATHYK, LIEUTENANT RHOBAIR—XO, HMS Destiny, 54.
LAYN, MAJOR ZHIM, RCM—Brigadier Kynt’s subordinate for original syllabus development. Now the senior training officer, Helen Island Marine Base.
LEKTOR, ADMIRAL SIR TARYL, Earl of Tartarian—Prince Hektor’s senior surviving naval commander.
LOCK ISLAND, HIGH ADMIRAL BRYAHN, Royal Charisian Navy—Earl of Lock Island, CO, Royal Charisian Navy, a cousin of King Cayleb.
MAHKELYN, LIEUTENANT RHOBAIR, Royal Charisian Navy—fourth lieutenant, HMS Destiny, 54.
MAHKLYN, DR. RAHZHYR—head of the Royal Charisian College.
MAHKLYN, TOHMYS—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s unmarried son.
MAHKLYN, YSBET—Rahzhyr Mahklyn’s deceased wife.
MAHKNEEL, CAPTAIN HAUWYRD—CO, galley Arrowhead, Delferahkan Navy.
MAHLYK, STYWYRT—Captain Yairley’s personal coxswain.
MAHNTAYL, TAHDAYO—usurper Earl of Hanth.
MAHNTYN, CORPORAL AILAS—a scout-sniper assigned to Sergeant Edvarhd Wystahn’s platoon.
MAHRYS, ZHERYLD—Sir Rayjhis Dragoner’s secretary.
MAIGEE, CAPTAIN GRAYGAIR—CO, Royal Dohlaran Navy galleon Guardian.
MAIGWAIR, VICAR ALLAYN—Captain General of the Church of God Awaiting; one of the so-called Group of Four.
MAIYR, CAPTAIN ZHAKSYN—one of Colonel Sir Wahlys Zhorj’s troop commanders in Tahdayo Mahntayl’s service.
MAKAIVYR, BRIGADIER ZHOSH, RCM—CO, First Brigade, Royal Charisian Marines.
MANTHYR, COMMODORE GWYLYM, Royal Charisian Navy—was flag captain to Crown Prince Cayleb in the Armageddon Reef campaign.
MYCHAIL, ALYX—Raiyan Mychail’s oldest grandson.
MYCHAIL, MYLDRYD—one of Rhaiyan Mychail’s married granddaughters-in-law.
MYCHAIL, RHAIYAN—a business partner of Ehdwyrd Howsmyn and the Kingdom of Charis’ primary textile producer.
MYCHAIL, STYVYN—Myldryd Mychail’s youngest son.
MYLLYR, SIR PHYLYP—one of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s regimental commanders.
NETHAUL, HAIRYM—XO, privateer schooner Blade.
NYLZ, ADMIRAL KOHDY, Royal Charisian Navy—one of King Cayleb’s newly promoted fleet commanders.
OHLSYN, TRAHVYS—Earl of Pine Hollow, Prince Nahrmahn’s of Emerald’s first councilor and cousin.
OLYVYR, SIR DUSTYN—chief constructor of the Royal Charisian Navy.
PAHLZAR, COLONEL AHKYLLYS—Sir Charlz Doyal’s replacement as Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior artillery commander.
PAWALSYN, AHLVYNO—Baron Ironhill, Keeper of the Purse (treasurer) of the Kingdom of Charis, a member of King Cayleb’s council.
PHONDA, MADAME AHNZHELYK—proprietor of one of the City of Zion’s most discreet brothels.
QUEEN YSBELL—an earlier reigning Queen of Chisholm who was deposed (and murdered) in favor of a male ruler.
RAHLSTAHN, ADMIRAL GHARTH, Emerald Navy—Earl of Mahndyr, CO, Emerald Navy.
RAICE, BYNZHAMYN—Baron Wave Thunder, member of the Council of King Cayleb, Cayleb’s spymaster.
RAIMYND, SIR LYNDAHR—Prince Hektor of Corisande’s treasurer.
RAIYZ, FATHER CARLSYN—Queen Sharleyan’s confessor.
RAIZYNGYR, COLONEL ARTTU—CO, ⅔rd Marines (Second Battalion, Third Brigade), Charisian Marines.
RAYNAIR, CAPTAIN EKOHLS—CO, privateer schooner Blade.
RAYNO, ARCHBISHOP WYLLYM—Archbishop of Chiang-wu; adjutant of the Order of Schueler.
RAYNO, KING ZHAMES II—the King of Delferahk.
RAYNO, QUEEN CONSORT HAILYN—the wife of King James II of Delferahk; a cousin of Prince Hektor of Corisande.
ROCK POINT, BARON OF—see Admiral Sir Domynyk Staynair.
ROHZHYR, COLONEL BAHRTOL, RCM—a senior commissary officer.
RYCHTAIR, NYNIAN—Ahnzhelyk Phonda’s birth name.
SAHLMYN, SERGEANT MAJOR HAIN, RMMC—Colonel Zhanstyn’s battalion sergeant major.
SAHNDYRS, MAHRAK—Baron Green Mountain; Queen Sharleyan’s first councilor.
SARMAC, JENNIFER—an Eve who escaped the destruction of the Alexandria Enclave and fled to Tellesberg.
SARMAC, KAYLEB—an Adam who escaped the destruction of the Alexandria Enclave and fled to Tellesberg.
SAWAL, FATHER RAHSS—an under-priest of the Order of Chihiro, the skipper of one of the Temple’s courier boats.
SEACATCHER, SIR RAHNYLD—Baron Mandolin, a member of King Cayleb’s Council.
SEAFARMER, SIR RHYZHARD—Baron Wave Thunder’s senior investigator.
SEAHAMPER, SERGEANT EDWYRD, Chisholmian Royal Guard—a member of Queen Sharleyan’s normal guard detail; her personal armsman since age ten.
/> SELLYRS, PAITYR—Baron White Church, Keeper of the Seal of the Kingdom of Charis; a member of King Cayleb’s Council.
SHAIKYR, LARYS—CO, privateer galleon Raptor.
SHAIN, CAPTAIN PAYTER, Royal Charisian Navy—CO, HMS Dreadful, 48. Admiral Nylz’s flag captain.
SHANDYR, HAHL—Baron of Shandyr, Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald’s spymaster.
SHUMAY, FATHER AHLVYN—Bishop Mylz Halcom’s personal aide.
SHYLAIR, BISHOP EXECUTOR THOMYS—Archbishop Borys’ bishop executor.
STANTYN, ARCHBISHOP NYKLAS—Archbishop of Hankey in the Desnairian Empire. A member of the reformists.
STAYNAIR, ADMIRAL SIR DOMYNYK, Baron Rock Point, Royal Charisian Navy—younger brother of Bishop Maikel Staynair. CO, Eraystor blockade squadron.
STAYNAIR, ARCHBISHOP MAIKEL—senior Charisian-born prelate of the Church of God Awaiting in Charis; named prelate of all Charis by King Cayleb.
STAYNAIR, MADAME AHRDYN—Archbishop Maikel’s deceased wife.
STOHNAR, LORD PROTECTOR GREYGHOR—elected ruler of the Siddarmark Republic.
STYWYRT, SERGEANT ZOHZEF—another of Kairmyn’s noncoms, Delferahkan Army.
SUMYRS, SIR ZHER, Baron Barcor—one of Sir Koryn Gahrvai’s senior officers; commander of the left wing at Haryl’s Crossing.
SYMMYNS, TOHMYS, Grand Duke of Zebediah—the senior nobleman of Zebediah. Raised to that rank by Prince Hektor to ride herd on the island after its conquest.
SYMYN, LIEUTENANT HAHL, Royal Charisian Navy—XO, HMS Torrent, 42.
SYMYN, SERGEANT ZHORJ, Charisian Imperial Guard—a Charisian noncom assigned to Empress Sharleyan’s guard detachment.
SYNKLYR, LIEUTENANT AIRAH—XO, Royal Dohlaran Navy galleon Guardian.
TANYR, VICAR GAIRYT—a member of the reformists.
TAYSO, PRIVATE DAISHYN, Charisian Imperial Guard—a Charisian assigned to Empress Sharleyan’s guard detachment.
TAYT, KING SAILYS—deceased father of Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm.
TAYT, QUEEN MOTHER ALAHNAH—Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm’s mother.
TAYT, QUEEN SHARLEYAN—Queen of Chisholm.
THOMPKYN, HAUWERSTAT—Earl White Crag; Sharleyan’s lord justice.
TIANG, BISHOP EXECUTOR WU-SHAI—Archbishop Zherohm’s bishop executor.
TRYNAIR, VICAR ZAHMSYN—Chancellor of the Council of Vicars of the Church of God Awaiting, one of the so-called Group of Four.