by Tad Williams
Blackglass—a Funderling family
Boulder—a Funderling
Brambinag Stoneboots—a mythical ogre
Bratchard, Lord—a nobleman
Brenhall, Lord—a nobleman
Brigid—a serving-woman at the Quiller’s Mint
Briony Eddon—a Princess of Southmarch
Brother Okros—physician-priest from Eastmarch Academy
Caddick—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard, known as “Longlegs”
Calkin—a Skimmer
Caradon Tolly—Gailon’s younger brother
Caylor—a legendary knight and prince
Chaven—physician and astrologer to the Eddon family
Chert (Blue Quartz)—a Funderling, Opal’s husband
Cheshret—Qinnitan’s father, a minor priest of Nushash
Child of the Emerald Fire—a Qar tribe
Chryssa—Chief Acolyte of the Hive Temple in Xis
Cinnabar—a Funderling magister
Clemon—famous Syannese historian, also called “Clemon of Anverrin”
Cloudwalker—another name for Perin, the sky god
Collum—Willow’s younger brother
Collum Dyer—one of Vansen’s soldiers
Comfrey M’Neel—a noblewoman
Conary—proprietor of the Quiller’s Mint
Conoric, Sivonnic, and Iellic tribes—“primitive” tribes who lived on Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand
Cusy—chief of the Favored (eunuchs) of the Royal Seclusion in Xis
Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother
Dannet Beck—Raemon Beck’s cousin
Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol
Dab Dawley—a Southmarch guard
Dawtrey—a legendary knight, sometimes called “Elf-spelled”
Derla—wife of Raemon Beck
Dimakos Heavyhand—one of the last chieftains of the Gray Companies
Donal Murroy—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard
Droy Nikomede—a.k.a. “Droy of Eastlake,” a Southmarch noble
Durstin Crowel—Baron of Graylock
Dunyaza—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive
Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits
Eats-the-Moon—a Qar of the Changing tribe
Eilis—Merolanna’s maid
Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly
Ena—a young Skimmer girl, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan
Erilo—god of the harvest
Erivor—god of waters
Euan Dogsend—Chaven’s friend, “the most learned man in Blueshore”
Evander—Syannese count, envoy to Southmarch
Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend
Evon Kinnay—friend of Gailon Tolly, son of Baron of Longhowe
Ewan—Finnith’s son
Falk—a Southmarch guard
Fergil—son of Finneth and Onsin
Ferras Vansen—Captain of the royal guard
Finton—Raemon Beck’s younger son
Finn Teodoros—a writer
Finneth—a woman of Candlerstown
Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers,” small people who specialize in stonecraft
Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin
Gar Doiney—a scout
Gil—a potboy at the Quiller’s Mint
Gallibert Perkin—Count of Craneshill, Lord Chancellor of Southmarch
Gowan M’Ardall—an earl, his fiefdom is in Helmingsea
Grandfather Sulfur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers
Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in the wake of the Great Death
Great Mother—goddess worshipped in Tuan
Greenjay—a Qar of the Trickster tribe
Gregor of Syan—a famous bard
Grenna—a lady’s maid
Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar
Gwatkin—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard
Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’s captain, a.k.a. “Gyrir the Storm Lantern”
Gypsum—a Funderling family
Habbili—a god, the crippled son of Nushash
Haketani—people of the Haketan tribe in Xand
Hammerfoot—a Qar, of Firstdeep
Hand of the Sky—a Rooftopper deity Hanede—Shaso’s daughter
Harry—Chaven’s manservant
Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor
Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller
Havemore—Brone’s factor
Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers
Heryn Millward—a Southmarch royal guard
Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin
Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero
Hisolda—Anissa’s midwife
Hornblende—Funderling, Stonecutters Guild foreman
Hull-Scrapes-the-Sand—Skimmer extended family
Iaris—an oracle of Kernios, a semi-saint
Idrin—young son of Gowan of Helmingsea
Ivar Brenhill—a knight and nobleman of Silverside
Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin”
Jem Tallow—a Southmarch guard officer
Karal—King of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor
Kaspar Dyelos—Chaven’s mentor, a.k.a. “Warlock of Krace”
Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings
Kendrick Eddon—Prince Regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin
Kernios—earth god
Kert hillmen—a wild tribe that lives northwest of Kertewall
King Nikolos—Syan monarch who moved the Trigonarchy out of Hierosol
Krisanthe—Queen Meriel’s mother, the twins’ grand-mother
Kupilas—god of healing
Lander III—son of Karal, King of Syan, a.k.a. “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane”
Lapis—Chert’s mother
Laylin—uncle of Tyne Aldritch
Laybrick—a Southmarch guard
Leotrodos—Perikalese scientist friend of Chaven
Lepthis—an Autarch of Xis
Lew—a Southmarch guard
Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms
Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of Gray Companies
Little Carbon—a Funderling craftsman
Little Raemon—Raemon Beck’s oldest son
Lord of the Peak—a Rooftopper deity
Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young
Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol
Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon”
Madi Surazem—goddess of childbirth
Matthias Tinwright—a poet, a.k.a. “Matty”
Mayne Calough—a nobleman and knight
Meriel—Olin’s first wife, daughter of a powerful Brennish duke
Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon
Mesiya—moon goddess
Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order
Mica—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew
Mickeal Southstead—a Southmarch guard
Mistress Jennikin—Chaven’s housekeeper
Moina Hartsbrook—a young Helmingsea noblewoman, one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting
Mokori—one of the autarch’s stranglers
Morning-in-Eye—a Qar of the Changing People
Muchmore—a Southmarch scout
Nevin Hewney—a playwright
Nodule—Chert’s brother, a.k.a. “Magister Blue Quartz”
Nose, Grand and Worthy—a Rooftopper dignitary
Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs
Nynor—Steffans Nynor, Count of Redtree, Lord Castellan of Southmarch Castle
Old High Feldspar—a wise elder of the Funderlings, now deceas
ed
Old Pyrite—a Funderling acquaintance of Chert and Opal
Olin—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms
Onsin—a Candlerstown blacksmith, called “Oak-arms”
Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife
Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash
Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping”
Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father
Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings”
Pinimmon Vash—Paramount Minister of Xis
Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”
Pumice—a Funderling guildsman
Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for the Great Death
Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family
Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion
Quicksilver—important Funderling family
Quiet People—a name for the Qar
Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis
Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family
Rafe—Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan
Raven, Prince of Birds—character from legend
Robben Hulligan—a musician, friend of Puzzle
Rocksalt—a Funderling peddler
Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle
Rorick—Earl of Daler’s Troth, an Eddon cousin of Brennish ancestry, related to Meriel
Rose Trelling—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone
Rugan—the High Priestess of the Hive
Rule—Avin Brone’s informant
Rusha—a hairdresser in the Royal Seclusion
Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, known as “Weeping Queen”
Sandstone—a Funderling family
Sawney Wander-Eye—a Skimmer
Schist—a Funderling family, one of them is chorister of Funderling Town
Sedimentary—a Funderling clan made up of several families
Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis
Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms
Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight
Sni’sni’snik-soonah—Rooftopper name for “Rooftoppers”
Sisel—Hierarch of Southmarch, chief religious figure in March Kingdoms
Siveda—goddess of night
Sivney Fiddicks—a nobleman and knight
Skimmers—a people who make their livings on and around water
Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe
Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals
Surigali—Xixian goddess
Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Trigon gods
Talc—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew
Tanyssa—a gardener and errand-runner in the Royal Seclusion
Three Highest—reference to the gods of the Trigon
Timoid, Father—Eddon family mantis (priest)
Toby—Chaven’s assistant
Tricksters—a tribe of the Qar
Trigon—priesthoods of Perin, Erivor, and Kernios acting in concert
Trigonarch—Head of Trigon, chief religious figure in Eion
Tully Joiner—a man of Candlerstown
Turley Longfingers—a Skimmer fisherman, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan
Twelve Families—governing body of old Hierosol
Twilight People—another name for the Qar
Tyne Aldritch—Earl of Blueshore, an ally of Southmarch
Uncle Flint—Chert’s uncle
Upsteeplebat, Queen—monarch of the Rooftoppers
Ustin—King Olin’s father
Utta—a.k.a. “Sister Utta,” a priestess of Zoria and Briony’s tutor
Whispering Mothers—Qar, known as “They who nurse the Great Egg”
Widow Rocksalt—a Funderling
Willow—a young woman
Yasammez—Qar noblewoman, sometimes known as “Lady Porcupine,” or “Scourge of the Shivering Plain”
Yellow Knight—nemesis of Silas of Perikal
Ynnir the Blind King—lord of the Qar, “Ynnir din’at sen-Qin, Lord of Winds and Thought,” a.k.a. “Son of the First Stone”
Young Pyrite—a Funderling
Zoria—goddess of wisdom
Zmeos—a god, Perin’s nemesis
Zosim—son of Erilo, god of playwrights and drunkards
PLACES
Akaris—an island between Xand and Eion
Badger’s Boots—a Southmarch inn
Basilisk Gate—main gate of Southmarch Castle
Beetle Way—street in Funderling Town
Bird Snare Market—a marketplace in Xis
Brenland—small country south of the March Kingdoms
Brenn’s Bay—named after a legendary hero
Candlerstown—Daler’s Troth town
Cascade Stair—in the Funderling Depths
Cat’s Eye Street—a street in Xis
Chapel of Erivor—Eddon family chapel
Chamber of Cloud-Crystal—in the Funderling Depths
Cloud-Spirit Tower—a tower in Qul-na-Qar
Coldgray Moor—legendary battleground, from a Qar word, “Qul Girah”
Creedy’s Inn—tavern in Greater Stell
Dale House—Daler’s Troth town, seat of Earl Rorick
Deep Library—a place in Qul-na-Qar
Eastmarch Academy—university, originally in old Eastmarch, relocated to Southmarch at the time of the last war with the Qar
Eastside Gate—one of the gates of Candlerstown
Eion—the northern continent
Emberstone Reach—in the Funderling Depths
Fael—a nation in the heartland of Eion
Faneshill—a large town south of the Settland Road
Farmers’ Hall—an ornamental hall in the Throne Hall
Feather Cape Row—a street in Xis
Firstdeeps—a place in Qar lands
Fitter’s Row—a street in Southmarch
Free Kingdoms—the kingdoms of Eion which have not fallen under the Autarch’s rule
Funderling Town—underground city of Funderlings, in Southmarch
Garden of Queen Sodan—a garden in the Royal Seclusion of Xis
Great Gable—Rooftopper sacred spot
Greater Stell—Dalter’s Troth town
Gypsum Way—a street in Funderling Town
Hangskin Row—a street near the Old Tannery Dock
Hawkshill—Daler’s Troth town
Hidden Hall—part of the Rooftopper kingdom
Hive—a temple in Xis, home of the sacred bees of Nushash
Hierosol—once the reigning empire of the world, now much reduced; its symbol is the golden snail shell
Holy Wainscoting—Rooftopper sacred spot
Jellon—kingdom, once part of Syannic Empire
J’ezh’kral Pit—a place out of Funderling myth
Krace—a collection of city-states, once part of Hierosoline Empire
Kertewall—one of the March Kingdoms
Landsend—part of Southmarch, Brone’s fief; colors red and gold
Lily Gate—gate leading out of the Seclusion into the city of Xis
Little Stell—Daler’s Troth town
Lower Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town
Marash—a Xandian province where peppers are grown
March Kingdoms—originally Northmarch, Southmarch, Eastmarch, and Westmarch, but after the war with the Qar constituted by Southmarch and the Nine Nations (which include Summerfield and Blueshore)
Market Road—one of Southmarch’s main roads
Market Square—main public space in Southmarch
Marrinswalk—one of the March Kingdoms
Marsh Road—main road in Candlerstown
Maze—in the Funderling Depths
Moonstone Hall—in the Funderling Depths
Mount (the), a.k.a. Midlan’s Mount—rock in Br
enn’s Bay upon which Southmarch is built
Mount Xandos—mythical giant mountain that stood where Xand now lies
Northmarch Road—the old road between Southmarch and the north
Oak Chamber—a council chamber
Observatory House—Chaven’s residence
Old Tannery Dock—Skimmer name for dock near the Tower of Autumn
Olway Coomb—a battle-site in Marrinswalk
Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town
Oscastle—a city in Marrinswalk
Quarry Square—a meeting place in Funderling Town
Qirush-a-Ghat—cavern towns of the Qar; name means “Firstdeeps”
Qul-na-Qar—ancient home of the Qar or Twilight People
Raven’s Gate—entrance to Southmarch Castle’s inner keep
Redtree—an Eddon holding
Reheq-s’lai—Wanderwind Mountains
Rose Garden—at the center of the Lesser Hall, sometimes called “Traitor’s Garden”
Sailmaker’s Row—a street near the docks in Great Xis
Salt Pool—underground sea pool in Funderling Town
Sania—a country in Xand
Scented Garden—a garden in the Seclusion of Xis
Seclusion—home of the wives of the autarch
Sessio—an island kingdom in the south of Eion
Settland—small, mountainous country southwest of the March Kingdoms; ally of Southmarch
Shadowline—line of demarcation between lands of Qar and human lands
Shehen—“Weeping,” Qar name for Yasammez’s house
Shivering Plain—site of a great Qar battle
Siege of Always-Winter—a mythical castle
Silent Hill—place behind the Shadowline
Silk Door—a place beneath Funderling Town
Skimmer’s Lagoon—body of water inside Southmarch walls, connected to Brenn’s Bay
Silverside Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield
Southmarch—seat of the March Kings, sometimes called “Shadowmarch”
Square of Three Gods—town square in mainland Southmarch
Stonecutter’s Door—an exit from Funderling Town
Squeakstep Alley—a street in Southmarch
Summerfield Court—ducal seat of Gailon and the Tolly family
Sunken Garden—a Southmarch castle garden, Erilo’s shrine is there
Sun’s Progress Square—a plaza in Great Xis
Suttler’s Wall—a Southmarch town near the Blueshore border
Syan—once-dominant empire, still a powerful kingdom in center of Eion
Tessis—capitol city of Syan
Three Gods—a triangular plaza in Southmarch; a populous district around that plaza
Three Brothers Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield