The Pillars of Sand
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Nehrun
Avān. Pah-Näsarat, once Ariskander’s rahn-elect but now incarcerated at the Shrine of the Vanities.
Roshana
Avān. Federationist. Rahn-Näsarat of Näsarat Prefecture, and Prefect of Narsis.
Tajaddin
Avān. Pah-Näsarat and Ariskander’s third child.
Anani
Deceased. Tau-se. Lion Guard. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Baniq
Deceased. Human. Gnostic Assassin. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Bensaharēn
Avān. Poet Master of the Näsé-sûk, the Phoenix School, in Narsis. Poet Master of the Great House of Näsarat. Also the Sayf-Näsarin, distant cousins to the Great House of Näsarat. Called the Waterdancer. Bears the amenesqa, Rain.
Danyūn
Human. Member of the Ishahayans, and Master of Spies for the Great House of Näsarat.
Furu
Deceased. Tau-se. Lion Guard. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Fyra
Deceased. Human. Gnostic Assassin. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Kofo
Deceased. Tau-se Lion Guard. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Maselane
Human. Sayf of the Family Ashour and Master of Arms for the Great House of Näsarat. Also Knight-General of the Näsarat Phoenix Armies.
Mauntro
Tau-se. Knight-Colonel of the Lion Guard.
Nsay
Deceased. Tau-se Lion Guard. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Samu
Deceased. Tau-se Lion Guard. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Zoer
Deceased. Avān. Gnostic Assassin. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Great House of Erebus
Basyrandin
Deceased. Avān. Imperialist. Corajidin’s late father and four-time Asrahn of Shrīan.
Belamandris
Avān. Imperialist. Pah-Erebus, called the Widowmaker, and leader of the Anlūki. Corajidin’s second son. Born to Corajidin’s second wife, Farha of the Dahrain. Warrior-poet of the Erebon-sûk. Bears the amenesqa, Tragedy.
Corajidin
Avān. Imperialist. Rahn-Erebus of Erebus Prefecture and Prefect of Erebesq.
Dhoury
Avān. No affiliations. Distant cousin of Mariam and Belamandris, living on Tamerlan.
Kasraman
Avān. Imperialist. Pah-Erebus and Corajidin’s rahn-elect. Trained as an Angothic Witch by Wolfram. Son of Corajidin’s first wife, Laleh of the Ars-Izrel.
Khurshad
Avān. Imperialist. Widow of the late Basyrandin, Corajidin’s mother, and the Dowager-Asrahn. Khurshad is currently the Sayf-Tamerlan.
Mariam
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Erebus, called the Queen of Swords. Former member of the Feyassin. Born to Corajidin’s second wife, Farha of the Dahrain.
Mēdēya
Avān. Imperialist. Corajidin’s fourth wife, and the host for Yashamin’s spirit. A woman of unknown ancestry, and formerly a resident of Avānweh.
Nima
Avān. Imperialist. Corajidin’s nephew and warrior of the Anlūki.
Qarnassus
Deceased. Avān. Imperialist. Corajidin’s grandfather and five-time Asrahn of Shrīan.
Yashamin
Deceased. Avān. Corajidin’s third wife and former nemhoureh of the House of Pearl.
Armal
Deceased. Avān. Imperialist. Thufan’s son.
Brede
Deceased. Human. Formerly a Sēq Librarian captured and turned by the Angothic Witches. Wolfram’s former apprentice.
Elonie
Human. Witch in service to the Great House of Erebus, released from the Mahsojhin.
Farouk
Deceased. Avān. Imperialist. Corajidin’s nephew and adjutant. Killed by Thufan.
Feyd
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Leader of the Jiharim. Corajidin’s Master of Arms.
Ikedion
Human. Atrean-born witch in service to the Great House of Erebus, released from the Mahsojhin.
Jhem
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Delfineh and Corajidin’s Master of Assassins. Known as the Blacknake.
Kimiya
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Youngest daughter of Jhem, and Wolfram’s apprentice.
Nadir
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Son and eldest child of Jhem. Before his Exile, Nadir was Mari’s lover, and a former student of the Näsé-sûk.
Nix
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Malahdi and son of Rayz, the Ironweb.
Ravenet
Deceased. Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Oldest daughter of Jhem. Killed by Mariam.
Sanojé
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Pah-Chepherundi. A Tanisian witch.
Tahj-Shaheh
Exile. Avān. Imperialist. Marble Sea corsair and daughter of Hatoub, the late Sayf-Näs-Sayyin. Corajidin’s Sky Master and Master of the Fleet.
Thufan
Deceased. Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Charamin and Corajidin’s Kherife-General and Spymaster. Prefect of Jafke. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Wolfram
Human. Angothic Witch and Corajidin’s Lore Master, and rajir. Originally took service with Corajidin’s grandfather, Rahn-Erebus fa Qarnassus. Corajidin’s close friend and adviser. Kasraman’s teacher in the arcane.
Yotep
Avān. Warrior of the Anlūki.
Great House of Selassin
Afareen
Deceased. Avān. Rahn-Selassin and wife of Vashne. Murdered by Thufan and Armal.
Daniush
Deceased. Avān. Pah-Selassin and Vashne’s rahn-elect. Murdered by Corajidin.
Hamejin
Deceased. Avān. Pah-Selassin and Vashne’s second son. Murdered by Erebus soldiers.
Martūm
Avān. The Selassin rahn-elect, and Vashne’s cousin.
Vahineh
Avān. Rahn-Selassin and Vashne’s only daughter. Third child of Vashne and Afareen.
Vashne
Deceased. Avān. Rahn-Selassin and Asrahn of Shrīan. Prefect of Qeme. Murdered by Corajidin.
Chelapa
Deceased. Avān. Knight-Colonel of the Feyassin. Killed by Erebus soldiers.
Sadra
Deceased. Human. Vahineh’s weapon-master. Killed by Thufan and Armal.
Great House of Sûn
Navid
Deceased. Avān. Pah-Sûn and Nazarafine’s nephew. Warrior-poet of the Saidani-sûk, the Four Blades School. Navid was the commander of Nazarafine’s Sûnguard.
Nazarafine
Avān. Federationist. Rahn-Sûn of the Sûn Isles and Speaker for the People. Prefect of Qom Riyadh.
Osman
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Sûn, rahn-elect of the Sûn Isles, and eldest brother of Navid, and Riam. Warrior-poet of the Saidani-sûk, the Four Blades School, and graduate of the Zienni Scholars.
Riam
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Sûn and younger brother of the late Navid. Warrior-poet of the Saidani-sûk, the Four Blades School. New commander of Nazarafine’s Sûnguard.
Jarrah
Avān. Poet Master of the Saidani-sûk, the “Four Blades School,” in Saidani. Poet Master of the Great House of Sûn.
Mehran
Avān. Formerly a Knight-Lieutenant of the Feyassin.
Qamran
Avān. Formerly a Knight-Major of the Feyassin.
Tarshin
Avān. Poet Master of the Vayen-sûk.
Great House of Kadarin
Anankil
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Kadarin and Narseh’s heir. Knight-General of the Yourdin, the elite Kadarin heavy infantry.
Narseh
Avān. Imperialist. Rahn-Kadarin and Knight-Marshall of Shrīan. Prefect of Kadariat.
Nirén
Avān. Poet Master of the Habron-sûk, the Heron School, in Avānweh. Poet Master of the Great House of Kadarin.
Great House of Bey
Harish
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Bey and Siamak’s eld
est son. Karia of Ifqe, Master of Arms to the Great House of Bey, and leader of the Marmûn, the elite warriors of the Rōmarq and Bey Prefecture.
Siamak
Avān. Federationist. Rahn-Bey of Bey Prefecture and Prefect of Beyjan and Amnon.
Umna
Avān. Federationist. Pah-Bey, Siamak’s eldest daughter, and rahn-elect.
Vasanya
Avān. Federationist. Rahn-Bey and wife of Siamak. Formerly of Tanis.
Indera
Avān. Federationist. Poet Master of the Marmûn-sûk, and Poet Master to the Great House of Bey.
(Former) Great House of Din-ma (The Seethe Din-ma troupe)
Anj-el-din
Seethe. Pah-Näsarat. Far-ad-din’s daughter and Indris’s once missing wife, now returned.
Far-ad-din
Exiled. Seethe. Rahn-Din-ma, deposed at the Battle of Amber Lake. Former Prefect of Amnon.
Ran-jar-din
Deceased. Seethe. Pah-Din-ma. Far-ad-din’s rahn-elect. Killed by Belamandris at the Battle of Amber Lake.
The Hundred Families
Ajomandyan
Avān. Federationist. Sayf-Näsaré and Prefect of Avānweh. Also referred to as the Sky Lord.
Bijan
Avān. Federationist. One of Vashne’s and Ariskander’s allies.
Cesare
Avān. Federationist. Sayf-Ashion and the Speaker for the People.
Chanq
Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Joroccan and heavily involved in organized crime. One of Corajidin’s supporters.
Dowager-Asrahn
Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Khurshad of the Savajiin, Corajidin’s mother, wife of the late Basyrandin, and governor of Tamerlan. Also referred to as the Shark of Tamerlan.
Eladdin
Avān. Imperialist. Son of the Dowager-Asrahn and a warrior-poet of the Erebon-sûk. Called the Sidewinder.
Hadi
Avān. Imperialist. One of Corajidin’s supporters.
Iraj
Deceased. Human. Federationist. One of Vashne’s and Ariskander’s allies, found murdered in Avānweh during the political purges.
Karim
Avān. A merchant sayf with strong ties to the Malefacti, the various groups of organized criminals in Shrīan and abroad.
Kiraj
Human. Neutral, though generally allied with the Federationists. Sayf-Masadhe and Prefect of Masadhe. Arbiter Marshall of Shrīan. One of Vashne’s and Ariskander’s allies.
Maroc
Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Jayan and Prefect of Zam’Haja. Younger brother of Delfyne, the Poet Master of the Grieve.
Neva
Avān. Federationist. Ajomandyan’s granddaughter and heir. Commands the Sky Knights of Avānweh, and performs in the Näsaré Flying Cirq.
Rayz
Deceased? Exile. Imperialist. Former Sayf-Malahdi, and former Master of Assassins for the Great House of Erebus.
Teymoud
Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Saidani and Magnate of the Mercantile Guildsman. Formerly one of Corajidin’s supporters.
Yago
Avān. Federationist. Ajomandyan’s grandson. A senior officer of the Sky Knights of Avānweh, and performs in the Näsaré Flying Cirq.
Zendi
Avān. Imperialist. Sayf-Bajadeh. Runs bordellos in competition to the House of Pearl. One of Corajidin’s supporters.
Ziaire
Avān. Federationist. Sayf-Manshira and Prime of Amajoram in Avānweh. One of the most celebrated nemhoureh of the House of Pearl. Head of the newly formed Peace Faction within the Teshri.
The Sēq
Ahwe
Avān. Sēq Magnate. One of the greatest of the Sēq, and one of Sedefke’s first apprentices. Helped found the scholastic orders
Aumh
Y’arrow-te-yi. Sēq Master and member of the Suret.
Cennoväl
Avān. Sēq Master, also known as the Dragonlord, and the only scholar aside from Indris and Anj-el-din to have traveled to the Spines and returned.
Femensetri
Avān. Sēq Master and Scholar-Marshall of Shrīan. Formerly Indris’s teacher. Also known as the Stormbringer. Member of the Suret and one of those who helped found the scholastic orders.
He-Who-Watches
Avān. Sēq Master and member of the Suret. An orjini tribesman.
Kemenchromis
Avān. Sēq Master Magnate and Arch-Scholar. Twin brother of Femensetri. Lore Master and rajir to the Empress-in-Shadows. Prime of the Suret. Helped found the scholastic orders
Madiset
Avān. Sēq instructor and one of Indris’s teachers at Amarqa-in-the-Snows.
Ojin-mar
Human. Sēq Inquisitor and member of the Suret.
Sedefke
Avān. Founder of the Sēq Order of Scholars, who discovered the process of soul binding with the consciousness of Īa, otherwise known as Awakening.
Taqrit
Avān. Sēq Inquisitor and one of the Eight. Childhood friend of Indris and Anj-el-din.
Yattoweh
Avān. Once, Sedefke’s first and greatest disciple. Helped found the various scholastic orders.
Zadjinn
Avān. Sēq Master and member of the Great House of Erebus. Member of the Suret.
Others
Baquio
Human. Ygranian Master Artificer and dean of the College of Artificers.
Carmenya
Avān. Ygranian-born captain of the Immortal Companions.
Danger-Is-Calling
Warden of Isenandar.
Delfyne
Avān. Poet Master of the Grieve, also known as the Erebon-sûk, or the Stallion School, in Zam’Haja. Elder sister of Maroc.
Kembe
Tau-se. High Patriarch of the Tau-se tribes and Protector of Taumarqan.
Kyril
Human. Darmatian-born captain of the Immortal Companions. Married to Morne Hawkwood.
Leonetto
Human. Imrean-born captain of the Immortal Companions.
Morne Hawkwood
Human. General of the Immortal Companions nahdi company, and long time friend and comrade of Indris. Married to Kyril.
Navaar
Avān/Human. High Palatine of Oragon.
Prahna
Avān. Tanisian Master Alchemist of the Alchemist’s Society.
Qesha-rē
Avān. Pashrean born scholar and surgeon of the Nilvedic Order.
Tamiwa
Human. Jiomise-born captain of the Immortal Companions.
The Emissary
Previously known as Anj-el-din, daughter of Far-ad-din, and Indris’s missing wife. Now and agent of the Drear, in league with Corajidin.
The Herald
Adviser to the Suret, in Amarqa-in-the-Snows.
Tyen-to-wo
The Laughing Wind spirit of the Seethe.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Ahm
Also referred to as disentropy, it is the energy created by all living things. Its most powerful source is the qua, the theorized center of all creation.
Ahmsah
The collection of disentropic effects taught to scholars. It includes the various arcane formulae, as well as the perceptions used by scholars to see entropic and disentropic effects.
Ahmtesh
The fluid space of the ahm, which connects all things together. This is where the disembodied kaj dwell, as well as a space being accessible to pséjhah, or psé-masters, where mental communication is possible over vast distances.
Ahoujai
Medallions, amulets, or jewelry made from salt-forged steel and the sand from burned-out arcane mandalas. Used as protection from the effects of the ahmsah.
Aipsé
The no-mind taught to warrior-poets.
Aj
Small-scale war, conflict, or feud.
Ajam
Large-scale conflict.
Ajamensût
War of the Long-Knife.
Amenankher
The Long Sha
dow, a pejorative name given to Amer-Mahjin by the people of Avānweh after the Scholar Wars.
Amenesqa
High Avān word meaning “long wave.” From amen (long) and esqa (wave). The traditional weapon of the Avān during the Petal Empire and the Awakened Empire. It is a long recurved sword shaped like an elongated, flattened “s” from the pommel to the tip of the blade. The weapon has a long hilt and can be used either one handed or two handed.
Amer-Mahjin
The Deep (of the) Enlightened, the Deep (of the) Magi, or the Deep (of the) Wise; the Sēq cavern fortress built into World Blood Mountain.
Arbiter
A legal advocate and practitioner of the law. Generally works in conjunction with kherife, as the enforcers of the law.