by Tom Toner
Lacaille, king
Eranthis
Melius, of the Seventh Province, Pentas’s sister
Fiernel
Lacaille, Knight of the Stars
Euryboas
Vulgar, maker of Andolp’s sauces, often known as the Lunatic
Filago
Melius, Firstling general
Furto
Vulgar, crewman of the Wilemo Maril
Garew
Demian magician, traveller in the Westerly Provinces
Gargant
The Empress of the Gargantine Sovereignty, a mile long from nose to tail. Alien
Ghalangle
Jalan Melius, bounty hunter
Ghaldezuel
Lacaille, Knight of the Stars
Gramps
Leader of the Bie
Guirm
Vulgar, crewman of the Wilemo Maril
Harald Hundred
Amaranthine, banned from the Firmament
Holtby
Amaranthine, junior honorific in the Devout
Huerepo Morimiel Vuisse
Vulgar soldier
Hugo Hassan Maneker
Amaranthine
Ignioz
Lacaille, ancient hero of the Prism Campaigns (deceased)
Impatiens
Melius, one of Lycaste’s old friends in the Tenth Province (deceased)
Ingo
Pifoon, division general to Luminary Berzelius
Iro
Amaranthine, sister of Sotiris (deceased)
Jacob the Bold
Amaranthine, Emperor of Decadence and creator of Perception (deceased)
Jaczlam
Lacaille, guest at the Fortress of the Small Hours
James Fitzroy Sabran
Amaranthine, penultimate Emperor (deceased)
Jatropha
Naturally immortal Amaranthine, born in 300 BC
Jhozua
Lacaille, Knight of the Stars
Jospor
Vulgar, second in command aboard the Wilemo Maril
Jumjagh
Cethegrande, father of Scallywag (deceased)
Kippo
Vulgar, mayor Berphio’s brother-in-law
Kippus
Vulgar, one of the four kings of Filgurbirund
Lazan
Lacaille, chamberlain
Levisticum
Melius, Westerling king
Liatris of Albina
Melius, Westerling socialite and authoress
Luminary Berzelius
Pifoon, general and ex-butler, taker of the Vaulted Land of Cancri
Lycaste
Melius, shy landowner from the Tenth Province, Old World
Lyonothamnus II
Melius, Firstling king, deposed
Mawlbert of Cancri
Pifoon, general, one of the first to rise up against the Amaranthine masters of Vaulted Cancri (deceased)
Mumpher
Wulm, Cunctus’s chief lieutenant
Nathaniel of the Eye
Amaranthine, keeper of the Cancrous Optic
Nazithra
Threen, witch and Spirit Oracle, friend of Cunctus
Nerephanie
Cethegrande, mother of Scallywag
Nerida
Perennial Amaranthine, Satrap of Alpho; member of the Devout
Old Mutte
Vulgar, innkeeper of the Fort of the Small Hours
Osserine Sussh
Osseresis, bat-like wanderer of the Hedron Stars
Palustris
Jalan Melius, giant naval commander
Paryam
Vulgar, one of the four kings of Filgurbirund
Pentas
Melius, of the Seventh Province, Eranthis’s sister and Arabis’s mother
Perception
Machine soul of an Amaranthine-built AI
Poltor
Vulgar, cousin of Huerepo and crewman of the Epsilon India
Primaleon
Zelioceti, banker and Oracle
Sabran
Amaranthine Emperor (deceased)
Salpiglossis
Gheal, Grand Vizier of Levisticum’s Westerling court
Samuel Downfield
Amaranthine, member of the Devout
Sarsappus
Emperor of the Murmurian Domain. Alien
Satrap Ilieva
Amaranthine, Satrap of Cancri (deceased)
Scallywag/Scaleag
Cethegrande of Drolgins, part-wolf, part-whale, friend of Cunctus and the Drolgins Spirits
Scarred Pitur
Lacaille, Knight of the Stars
Seerapt-Zaor
Epir machine Spirit, one of many trapped upon the moon of Drolgins for seventy-nine million years
Slupe
Vulgar, crewman of the Wilemo Maril
Sotiris Gianakos
Amaranthine, 118th Emperor of the Firmament
Steward Lofer
Vulgar, son of King Wilemo, steward of Hauberth Under Shiel
The Astrologer
Machine Spirit, Aaron’s brother and favourite of the Sarsappus. Clairvoyant-in-residence to the Murmurian Domain for the last sixty-eight million years
The Formidable Marjumo
Cethegrande, grandfather of Scallywag
Tragopogon
Melius, cousin of Xanthostemon and Callistemon
Trang Hui Neng
Amaranthine, member of the Devout
Tzolz
Bult, mercenary and cannibal
Veril
Vulgar, crewman of the Wilemo Maril
Vibor
Lacaille, old friend of Ghaldezuel’s
Virens
Melius, Lycaste’s father
Vyazemsky
Amaranthine, member of the Devout
Wilemo II
Vulgar, one of the four kings of Filgurbirund
Wilemo Maril
Vulgar, Privateer captain
Wylde
Amaranthine, one of the first to take the Immortal Communion
Xanthostemon
Melius, brother of Callistemon
Zedory
Jalan Melius, bounty hunter
SPECIES/BREEDS
Amaranthine
Immortal humans, many thousands of years old
Awger
Melius/animal crossbreed reviled in the Provinces
Bie
Remnants of the Epir, evolved beyond all recognition
Bult
Cannibalistic Prism breed feared throughout the Investiture
Crone
Bird native to the Westerly woods, Old World
Cursed People
Speaking animals, often of lowly status and— unlike the Melius—often subject to disease
Demian Man
Cursed Person of a higher social standing, usually of independent means
Epir
Ancient Dinosaur inhabitants of the Old World
Epir Spirits
Indelible machine souls left over from the age of the Epir, bound to the iron cores of unhollowed planets and moons
Filth
One of the five original breeds of Prism, active during the Age of Decadence, frequently at war with the Amaranthine
Firstlings
Melius people of the First Province
Flotsam
The curious range of creatures that make up the great swarms that migrate across the faces of the Snowflakes. Alien/ machine
Gheal
Breed of Prism native to the Old World
Glauk
Branch-thin primate predator, native to the forests of the Oyal-Threheng, Old World
Honoured Prism
Wealthy Prism who live on the surfaces of Vaulted Lands
Jalan
Giant breeds of Melius, from the Eastern Counties of the Oyal-Threheng
Jurlumticular Throng
Large Prism breed responsible for the Volirian Conflict, considered by most to be extinct
Laca
ille
Impoverished Prism breed at war with the Vulgar
Lingatra
Excommunicated breed of Prism living on the planets and moons around the Indak Star, perpetually at war with itself
Lummey
Phantom of the Provincial Woods, Old World
Melius
Giant person of the Old World
Mempeople
Ancient Murmurian word for the mammalian remnants of the Osseresis
Monkbat
Old World bat
Murmuris
The mysterious ruling species of the Murmurian Domain. Responsible for the Sterilization of the Mighty Shadow during Epir times. Alien
Ordure
One of the five original breeds of Prism, active during the Age of Decadence, frequently at war with the Amaranthine
Osseresis
Mammalian inhabitants of the Snowflakes
Oxel
Tiny Prism breed
Perennials
Amaranthine of advanced age
Pifoon
Wealthy Prism breed favoured by the Amaranthine
Pre-Perennial
Junior Amaranthine
Prism
Cluster of hominid breeds descended from Homo sapiens
Quetterel
Secretive, antisocial Prism breed
Ringum
Prism cross-breed
Sapiens
The last kingdoms of humanity, long gone by the Age of Decadence
Secondling
Melius people of the Second Province
Skinch
Bird native to the Westerly woods, Old World
Skyling
Melius name for the Prism
Sluppock
Biting mollusc native to Drolgins and its neighbouring moon, Nirlume
Tenthling
Melius people of the Tenth Province
Threen
Nocturnal Prism breed
Tup Tup
Bird native to the Westerly woods, Old World
Vulgar
Prism breed at war with the Lacaille
Whippertail
Bird native to the Westerly woods, Old World
Wulm
Long-eared, stocky Prism breed
Zelioceti
Secretive Prism breed
PLACES
Alchazar Mount, the
Castle in the Westerly Province of Pan,Old World
Amaranthine Utopia
Gardens on the Old World dedicated to the preservation of the Insane
AntiZelio-Coriopil
Water moon of Zeliolopos, Prism Investiture
AntiZelio-Formis
Largest moon of Zeliomoltus, Prism Investiture
AntiZelio-Glumatis
Volcanic moon of Zeliolopos, Prism Investiture
AntiZelio-Slaathis
Wooded moon of Zeliolopos, Prism Investiture
Aquarii
Satrapy nearest to Virginis, Amaranthine Firmament
Atlas Sea
The great ocean beyond the Westerly Province of Pan, Old World
Baln
Lacaille city, Harp-Zalnir, Prism Investiture
Blessing
Planet mostly inhabited by the Vulgar, Prism Investiture
Burrow-Lumm
Pifoon-owned parent planet of Port Halstrom and Pruth-Zalnir, Prism Investiture
Cancri
Sotiris’s home Satrapy, at the edge of the Amaranthine Firmament
Desiduum
Free moon of Gliese, Amaranthine Firmament
Dozo
Township of Harp-Zalnir, Prism Investiture
Draalie
Township of Upper Milkland, Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Drolgins
Filgurbirund’s largest moon, Prism Investiture
Epsilon Eridani
Vaulted Land, parent world of Port Maelstrom, Amaranthine Firmament
Epsilon India
Vaulted Land, Amaranthine Firmament
Eriemouth
Moon at the edge of the Prism Investiture
Etzel
Country on Harp-Zalnir, Prism Investiture
Ezrom
Easterly sea, Old World
Filgurbirund
Only planet belonging to the Vulgar, Prism Investiture
Firmament
The Amaranthine realm, 11 light-years wide, comprised of 23 Solar Satrapies
Firmament’s End
Realm at the edge of the Firmament, ringed by the Gulf of Cancri
First Province
Ruling Province, Old World
Fizesh
Lacaille prison, Dozo, Prism Investiture
Foundries of the Interior
Enormous Foundries on the inner surface of Gliese, Amaranthine Firmament
Gimble
Free moon of Port Elsbet, Amaranthine Firmament
Gliese
Vaulted Land, capital of the Firmament
Glost
Vulgar moon, Prism Investiture
Great Solob
Free moon of Gliese, Amaranthine Firmament
Greenmoon/Yanenko’s
The Old World’s single moon Land
Gulf of Cancri
Border between the Firmament and the Prism Investiture
Gulpmouth
Capital of Milkland, site of the Lagoon of Impio, Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Hag Bay
Township on the coast of the Lagoon of Impio, Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Harp-Zalnir
Lacaille moon, Prism Investiture
Hauberth Under Shiel
City on Filgurbirund, Prism Investiture
Humaling
Star in the outer reaches of the Prism Investiture
Virginis
Vaulted Land ruined by a large skycharge, Amaranthine Firmament
Indak-Australis
Star in the outer reaches of the Prism Investiture, seldom visited
Indris Sea
Easterly sea, Old World
Ingolland
Island in the Westerly Provinces, Old World
Inner Second
Affluent lands in the Second Province, Amaranthine Firmament
Investiture
Large volume of wild space beyond the Firmament, given to the Prism by the Amaranthine on the condition of loyalty
Jalandhar
County of the Oyal-Threheng, Old World
Janar-Savajh
County of the Oyal-Threheng, Old World
Kalinor
Star in the outer reaches of the Prism Investiture
Karakol
County of the Oyal-Threheng, Old World
Kapteyn’s Star
Star in the Prism Investiture, orbited by the Threen worlds of Port Cys and its moons, Obviado and Obscura
Kipris Isle
Island in the Nostrum Sea, Lycaste’s birthplace, Old World
Lorena, Fortress of the Small Hours
Inn at the bottom of the Lorena Well, Humaling, Prism Investiture
Messelemie
Moon at Firmament’s End
Mersin
Port in the Tenth Province, Old World
Milkland
Country of Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Moso
Equatorial capital of Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Napp
Capital city of Milkland, also known as the Eternal/Silent/Slow City, Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Never-Never
Realm at the end of the Prism Investiture
Nilmuth
Citadel in the country of Vrachtmunt, Drolgins, Prism Investiture
Nirlume
Vulgar moon orbiting Filgurbirund, Prism Investiture
Old Satrapy/Satrapy of Sol
Satrapy containing the Old World and its accompanying planets
Old World
Lycaste’s ancient home, chief planet in the Satrapy of Sol and sacred centre of the Firmament
Osserine Hedron Star
Out Whoop
The edge of known space, Prism Investiture
Pan
Land in the Westerly Provinces, Old World
Pandemonium
Planet of Indak-Australis, perpetually at war with its sisters, Prism Investiture
Pandemonium’s
Planet of Indak-Australis, perpetually at war with its Daughter sisters, Prism Investiture