Post by sleepingdragon on Mar 24, 2013 12:27:47 GMT
Italics indicates a dead character.
The Player Characters
Beomund - A blacksmith, rescued from slavery on Tisseney. Now a mage of the Conclave.
Edmund - Messenger and traveller, of the Bards College.
Hogar - A burly, broken-nosed warrior, member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood.
Leofric - A scribe of Erse descent, taken in by the Church and now a member of the Conclave of mages.
In Phalen
Adelia - An acrobatic woman, guest at Ingwulf's banquet, an associate of Kenric. Captured by the party.
Ailwin - A burly warrior, murdered at Ingwulf's banquet. Truly named Cenfrith, expelled from the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood for his role in the Arindon massacre.
Alfar - Former companion of Cena of the Candering clan, a miner.
Annis - Of clan Marning, Aethelu's youngest daughter, Edmund's lover. Now working with the Soiled Sister.
Arianhod - A woodswoman of several axes. Formerly in the party, now with the Soiled Sisters.
Atol of Parwick - Captain of the guard for Synne and Dunstan. Synne's lover.
Beornoth - A ship's captain.
Brandt - A former member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood and supporter of Captain Drefen. Captured by the party.
Brunwith - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, a scout.
Burghelm - One of the Undercity Watch.
Cenfrith - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, a warrior.
Cynwise - Leader of the survivors of the eastern massacres, originally of the village of Cyningham. Slain seeking revenge on the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood.
Dartheow - A corrupt Undercity Watchman, bribed by Kenric. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Deoneath - A Captain of the Undercity Watch of Phalen.
Dunnere - Seneschal to Sinley of the Immering clan.
Dunstan (1) - Ealdorman Durwyn's nervous nephew, of clan Olthoring, Synne's husband.
Edusa - Wife of Thurstan of the Meylings, a Virian convert.
Eorcenbald - A scholar and friend of Ingwulf.
Esmon - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney, maimed by Aescwine.
Estra - Archer and Soiled Sister.
Falcenhelm - A brewer and fence. Formerly a companion of Cena of the Candering clan.
Feran - An associate of Kenric, a sociopathic ranger. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Freod - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney. Disfigured by the traitor Byrtwald.
Frigyth - A former slave woman of Podolplatz, rescued by the party and the Soiled Sisters.
Frithstan - The Vice-Priest of Palania, ambassador of King Elfwine. A bastard cousin to Duke Hrothgar.
Gaerwulf - A mage and survivor of the eastern massacres.
Gethwine - A Handmaiden of the Soiled Sisters.
Gleawfrith - A nobleman, Lord of the Walthing clan. Slain at Bexcheap in Leof's attack on Oswingas.
Godfrith - Formerly companion of Cena of the Candering clan. Member of the Adalphing clan, cousin of Ingwulf.
Goldwyne - Farm labourer and thief, hired by the party after trying to steal from Leofric.
Gudram - Personal secretary of Vice-Priest Frithstan, a mousy man.
Haemsil - Keeper of the records at the Phalen chapterhouse of the Bloodied Eye.
Heorstan - A Captain of the Undercity Watch, originally a noble of House Hathring in Haragmyne. Gave away the party's mission to Manehtar's Library to a group of assassins.
Hynsige - The Councillor for the Forlorn Coast.
Iefa - A mage and associate of Kenric. Captured by the party.
Ingilam - High ranking priest, a big man with large hands.
Ingwulf - Nobleman of the Adalphing clan, friend to Sinley.
Jambert - Former member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood, committed suicide in guilt for participating in the Arindon massacre.
Kenric - The mysterious messenger, actually an assassin. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Leof - Son of Ealdorman Felgild of Rulburna. Killed his father to avenge the man he loved. Captured by the party and sent on an unknown mission by the Council in exchange for a pardon.
Leofred - A bard, lutist, and singer.
Ludolf - A merchant, seduced by Adelia into giving shelter to Kenric and his companions. Killed by Odalric.
Maccus - A Coelneyman in exile, rescued by the party. Formerly slave, counsellor, and lover of the King of Tarmer.
Medwin - Leader of the Burning Brand in Phalen.
Odalric - A red-haired assassin from the east, a survivor of the Arindon massacre.
Odelyn - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition, a former professional thief. Rescued by the party from the vampire Lucan.
Ostryth - An Elder of the Changers.
Renwald - Synne's brother, killed by orcs.
Rahere - A mage of the Undercity Watch.
Rendel - A bard, cousin of a Councillor for Ceorlburh.
Rypen - One of the five Councillors of Phalen.
Saethryth - A bard and orator.
Sabert - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, scholar and translator.
Sara - A young woman currently involved with Edmund.
Scrella - Fryderi sorceress, survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney. Deeply disturbed after long torment in Coelney.
Sidwell - A Soiled Sister with a poor temper, Annis' teacher.
Sigrun - Leofric's teacher of the Conclave, a sharp-tongued woman in her sixties.
Sinley - A nobleman of the clan Immering. Implicated in several suspicious deaths, recently murdered. Expelled from the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood for his role in the Arindon massacre.
Stearc - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, died of illness two years ago.
Stigand - A young warrior and friend of Ingwulf.
Stilwell - A monk and aide to the Vice-Priest.
Synne - Renweard's daughter, supposedly abducted, now returned by the party and wed to Dunstan of the Olthorings.
Thurstan - Lord of the Meyling clan, a Virian convert.
Tilman - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, some kind of thief or thug.
Wuldric - Youngest son of the Obolthing clan.
Wyneue - A sensuous woman.
On the Forlorn Coast
Angenmaer - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, a one-handed leather worker.
Attor - Lord of the Tannling clan, formerly Balnoth's captor.
Coenred - Leader of the kidnappers who abducted Ealdorman Balnoth.
Cynegels- Balnoth's rival, a noble in the village of Garstoc. Slain by Balnoth after his plot to frame him for murder.
Ecgwynn - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, Wihtlac's wife.
Eldrid - Svari's husband, murdered by Scand, who was impersonating Balnoth.
Elfdane - Lord of the Denning clan. A friend of Cynegels.
Ethelbald Harring - The party's original employer, a minor lord, killed in the shipwreck.
Fraomar - Balnoth's serving man.
Fyren - The previous Ealdorman of Garstoc, an ally of Balnoth's.
Hlothere - One of Coenred's cohorts.
Osbeorn - A Thegn in service to Cynegels of Garstoc, slain by Arianhod.
Scand - An assassin and renegade who had been associated with the Soiled Sisters.
Tesu - A shepherdess and spy for Cynegels, now disappeared.
Tohrdun - Balnoth's reeve.
Wihtlac - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, Ecgwynn's husband.
The South Coast and the Kalmar Isles
Bakik - An orc captain under the necromancer Ragnhild. Slain assaulting Sokholm Keep.
Daelric - One of Ragnhild's lieutenants, seemingly now amongst the Whirlers.
Delwyn - A Thegn of Tarnemuthe, slain by the orc Bakik.
Ealyth - An escaped 'greenwife' of Sokholm.
Eoforhild - The Bard of Balymere.
Eormengard - Mage of the Ring of Secrets.
Flathriss - A goblin captain under the necromancer Ragnhild. Killed by Deoneath and the Undercity Watch.
Gelundi - A wereweolf on Sokholm, killed by Ser Kennald.
Herebald - Commander of the Bluebrycg troops on Sokholm.
Kennald - A knight in the Order of the Silvered Blade.
Malind - A young Thegn in Wunfjorthr.
Plafraith - A wight, commander of Suthyll.
Ramund - The Marvel of Balymere, a Lattish eunuch.
Ragnhild - A Fryderi necromancer and lady of the pirates of Sokholm. Slain by Leofric.
Sarina - Wife of the Ealdorman of Wunfjorthr.
Scirman - A Thegn of Tarnemuthe.
Skendni - A priestess of the Whirlers.
Skeryne - Ealdorman of Wunfjorthr.
Untrim - Councillor of the Southwestern Coast. Slain in battle on Sokholm.
Near Cuto's Well
Brictmund - A huntsman and servant of Lord Renweard.
Ceorlben - A merchant whose brother has gone missing.
Eadwyn - An artist in the village of Estemere.
Edlynne - A contact of Cynegels.
Elswyth - Head of the servant women at Lord Renweard's estate.
Hereward - Winner of the 226 Middlemere Brawl.
Matlara - Wife of the scholar Dunstan, died in childbirth.
Morcar (1) - A cousin of Ealdorman Pecthelm, suggested as a husband for Synne.
Osfrid - A warrior with the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood. Slain by Drefen's men rescuing the daughter of the Ealdorman of Lyngfold.
Oswy - The Ealdorman of Middlemere.
Otha - A leader of the Order of the Burning Brand.
Pecthelm - The Ealdorman of Wannford.
Renweard - Lord of the Werling clan, with an estate by the Darkholt.
Sulis - Betrothed of the late Renwald, Synne's brother. Of clan Tolthering of Middlemere.
Tole - A sneaky serving woman, formerly in the party.
Vilia - Dunstan and Matlara's daughter.
In Oswingas, formerly called the Plague Fields
Aenhar - A Virian knight, placed under a spell to prevent the cleansing of the Fields but freed by the party.
Baethild - A Changer woman abducted by Grandmaster Dryn. Rescued by the party.
Clarembald - Father of Ealdorman Horsa, slain in battle while still young.
Coenburg - Recent arrival in Oswingas, a woman of doubtful sanity. Twice widowed and mother to seven dead children, called the Dark Widow.
Dunstan (2) - A scholar who went missing in the Plague Fields. Died and became a zombie, destroyed by the party.
Eanwin - A Changer woman abducted by Grandmaster Dryn. Rescued by the party.
Edusa - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), a healer.
Erlene - A Changer woman, distant descendant of the Prophet's cousin Wulfhelm. A ranger for the new settlement at Bexcheap.
Eorcengot - Ealdorman Horsa's sister, died in infancy.
Fulbert - Uncle of Horsa and his predecessor as Ealdorman of Wapanstede. Creator of the treaty with Middlemere and Bluebrycg.
Garmund - A Malabite paladin, who had sought the aid of the scholar Dunstan. Died and became a wight, burned by the party.
Gufram - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), a scholar.
Halig - A wight on a farm in Bexcheap, destroyed by the party.
Horsa - Noble of the Onlanthing clan and Ealdorman of Wapanstede, responsible for the curse of the Plague Fields. Destroyed by the party.
Hybald - Ealdorman Horsa's brother, died in infancy.
Raedfrid - Wandering mage of the Ring of Battle.
Raethwyn - Mother of Ealdorman Horsa, a woman of the Hamring clan.
Saegif - Erlene's cousin, abducted by Grandmaster Dryn and rescued by the party.
Saxleue - Ealdorman Horsa's aunt, died in childbirth.
Ulger - Boastful lord, killed in Leof's attack on Oswingas.
Vuerona - A Changer Elder assisting with the cleansing.
Thedwyn - Ealdorman Horsa's lover at the time of the fall of Wapanstede, a jeweller.
Wulfestan - Cousin of Wulfnoth, sent to the King Aethelwulf of the Lost-Lands as an emissary of the southern Changers.
Wulfnoth - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), possessed of prodigious magical skill.
In Norsalt
Astyrian - A Thegn in service to Balnoth, imprisoned by Lord Attor, now freed.
Balnoth - Former Ealdorman of Stowecott and priest of Bealdoric, twice rescued by the party.
Botild - One of Eada's close confidants, with quick fingers.
Botolph - A merchant, ally of Eada the Red.
Brunloc - A thug and friend of Coelhere.
Bryni - A corrupt member of the town watch in Bluebrycg.
Cena - Oswine's nephew, murdered on an expedition by Kenric and his company.
Cerine - A whore, beaten to death by Lindhard for failing to please him.
Coelhere - Singer, blackmailer and drug dealer, slain by the party.
Denegyth - Botolph's wife, ally of Eada and the real brains behind Botolph's enterprises.
Deor - Brother of the owner of the Old Oak in Cranleaht. Formerly a spy for the bandits, exiled to Bluebrycg and using the alias of Wulfric.
Eada the Red - An elusive thief.
Erminus - Mage of the Ring of Secrets, acquaintance of the now Ealdorman Heorot.
Ethelric - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg.
Everild - Seward's widow.
Galmaric - Wifrun the Widow's husband, a famous Thegn.
Ganburh - A watchman that was looking for the party, likely a pseudonym.
Grandison - A thief who formerly worked with Eada.
Grimbold - A docker and criminal, now said to be allied with Eada.
Golderon - One of Eada's close confidants, the face of her operation.
Havarr - Balnoth's sworn Thegn.
Heorot - Ealdorman of Bluebrycg, noted opponent of the Church.
Hunstan - The manager of a general store.
Idmaer - A petty criminal and informant.
Left-Hand Leofrun - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg
Lindhard - A violent criminal.
Ordlaf - A wandering peddler.
Oswine - Nobleman of the Candering clan of Saltanstede.
Regnhere Rolming - A nobleman that is angry with Deor.
Seward - Former friend of the scholar Dunstan, now deceased.
Stanflede - One of Eada's close confidants, the brains of her operation. In disguise as a clerk called Mildrith.
Svari - Eldrid's widow, formerly of Stowecott. Balnoth's long-time paramour.
Swafred - A merchant with storehouses near the docks on the West Bank of Bluebrycg.
Torold - A thief and compatriot of Eada, formerly her lover.
Ulfas Altaring - One of the two principal crime bosses in Bluebrycg.
Wifrun, the Widow - One of the two principal crime bosses in Bluebrycg.
Weohstan - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg.
Wigred - Coelhere's co-conspirator, slain by the party.
Wudera - A priestess of Dunewyrd, often away from Aldastoc.
In Suthesalt
Achawyn - A druid of the Conclave, a woman with shapeshifting abilities.
Alward - A wizard of the Conclave, of the Ring of Secrets.
Bayen - Mildryth's father, murdered on an expedition by Kenric and his company.
Benoic - Of clan Nandering. Brother in arms to Renwald Werling, now a Thegn of Tarnemuthe.
Cyniburg - A wizard of the Conclave, Master of the Ring of Secrets.
Leofoth - A druid of the Conclave and shapeshifter.
Mildryth - A lady of the Larring clan of Tarnemuthe.
Othili - Benoic's wife, a scholar the party converted to the Virian Way.
Sabert - A wizard of the Conclave, of the Ring of Battle.
Sidelu - A druid of the Conclave and shapeshifter.
Weidrek - Wizard of the Conclave, Master of the Ring of Substances.
In the Occupied Lands of Estensalt
Aallotar - Goblin woman and slaver, thought to be an agent of the Liche.
Ansa - Fargruuz's goblin wife.
Aukusti - Goblin chancellor of Podolplatz, assassinated by Sidwell and the party.
Bezgaaz - A vassal king to Renzaak.
Burhhelm - A Changer agent of King Aehtelwulf.
Fargruuz - Frigyth's orcish son, left mute by an arrow wound.
Leevi - A slaver with a leninent temperament. Formerly Frigyth's master.
Renzaak - King of the Breakteeth clan of orcs. Killed by the Soiled Sisters in the attack on Podolplatz.
Sakari - A slaver, recently perished in a fire thought to have been set by his slaves.
The Chief - A powerful human warlord.
The Liche - A powerful sorcerer, master of the Witchfort.
Tulgaak - Orcish king of the Redfist tribe.
Urgruuz - Son of King Renzaak, nominal master of Podolplatz.
Walpeek - An orcish shaman who wants to align with the Chief. Tricked by the party into assisting the attack on Podolplatz, slain by the Soiled Sisters.
Wulfrun - King Aethelwulf's cousin, sent to recover Mage-Breaker.
In Gundergrad
Alfwen - Sister of Oeric of Ashincotte, a spy for the knights and a fisherwoman.
Althun - A Conclave mage in Dunnaue.
Balther - A scholar in Axethal, one of the Folwing clan.
Bercthun - The Ealdorman of Gunderbrycg.
Bricheve - A Tainte One, executed by Beomund.
Calemund - The new chief of the Ashincotte bandits.
Calunoth - A Thegn serving Lord Orvyn.
Colman - Chief of the Ashincotte bandits, killed by the party.
Cynidr - Warrior of the Maething clan of Bradstanhope, brother of Lord Swefred.
Dryn - A Grandmaster of the Tainted Ones, abductor of Saegif and other Changer women. Slain in battle by Beomund.
Ekkard - Colman's right-hand man and torturer, captured by the party and executed.
Elwin - Knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by the party.
Ernulf - A villager in Swinhurst, rescued from a frozen lake by the party.
Estrith - A well-loved healer and midwife in Oberath.
Estrith (2) - Knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by the party.
Freol - A healer in Ashincotte.
Frigyth - Widow of a Tainted One, released by the party.
Gladwin - The Ealdorman of Chepworth, a young warrior.
Gosfrid - A Thegn in Gastonstadt.
Guthred - A Tainted One, executed by Hogar.
Hincmar - Ealdorman of Gastonstadt.
Jaruman - An armsman of the Maething clan.
Lambin - Peddler and gambler in the region around Ashincotte.
Lanzo - Lord of the Odiling clan in Oberath.
Madulf - A former mercenary and companion of Balnoth, now living in Aciness.
Maethegar - A captain of the Ashincotte bandits.
Niall - A Tainted One from the city of Cirenz in Tonelda, freed by the party and sent to Phalen.
Oeric - Man of Ashincotte, Virian convert and formerly knight of the Tainted Ones. Released by the party.
Ostryth - Alfwen's daughter.
Orvyn - A devious, scholarly man in Chepworth. Lord of the Presling clan.
Romund - A smith in Ashincotte.
Roswith - A woman of the Tainted Ones, freed by the party and sent to Phalen.
Saegifu - Ernulf's wife in Swinhurst.
Selred - A servant of Madulf's.
Swefred - Lord of the Maething clan.
Tilmund - A Changer, leader of the first rescue mission. Killed by the Tainted Ones.
Torgia - Widow of a Tainted One, released by the party.
Tubert - Lord of the Holming clan, Ealdorman of Swinhurst.
Unferth - Bandit captain in Ranmouth.
Urien - Thegn in service to the Maething clan.
Uxfrea - A Tainted One, executed by the party.
Walden - Corrupt bailiff in Ashincotte.
Wihtric - A knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by Erlene.
Wilfram - Alfwen's son. Originally Willard.
In the Great Forest
In the Darkholt
Conhere - Mastermind of Synne's abduction.
Darwin - Father of Ealdorman Durwyn.
Durwyn - Formerly Ealdorman of Cranleaht, Lord of the Yenling clan. Slain by elves.
Durwyn the Younger - The new Lord of the Yenling clan.
Edoma - A bard, originally of Norbrycg, with an interest in ancient history.
Ecgwulf - A patron at the Root and Branch.
Freomund - Gudram's brother, a huge logger.
Gudram - Freomund's brother, a man with an alluring wife.
Rafena - A sensuous merchant.
Skjor - A patron of Cuto's Shelf.
Thanraed - A townsman of Cranleaht, recently picked and lost a fight with Skjor.
Wankild - The pregnant wife of Durwyn the Younger.
In Ethelhelm's Gap
Drythelm of Withenwyld - A knight, slain by a cyclops.
Godwin - A supposed missionary met in Wihthrycg.
Waldric - Ealdorman of Wihthrycg, owner of a magic sword.
In Peadaland
Aethelu - Dunstan's aunt, widow of the Lords of the Herewing and Marnings clans of Wihthrycg.
Ailwin - Leof's lover. Tortured and mutilated by Ealdorman Felgild, slain by Leof as an act of mercy.
Andwaru - A cousin of Eldrid of Stowecott, murdered by Scand who was impersonating Balnoth.
Baegloc - Steapa's cousin, a farmer in Cadonstoc.
Daedharh - Newly elected Ealdorman of Rulburna following the death of his close friend Felgild. Lord of the Kemping clan.
Deogol - the Wizard of Stencumb, an enchanter of the Conclave.
Eahfrid - son of the Ealdorman of Astlaw, member of the Ealthing clan.
Felgild - Ealdorman of Rulburna, slain in battle by Leof, his son and archenemy.
Garrick - Dunstan's cousin, now Lord of the Olthoring clan and suitor to Somerild.
Guthlaf - Eldrid's cousin and Andwaru's brother, a man-at-arms of Rulburna.
Helmheard - A bastard son of clan Baspering, a warrior working for the Conclave.
Morcar (2) - Dunstan's abusive father, poisoned by his son.
Oslafa - Baegloc's wife.
Rathsige - A man-at-arms of Rulburna.
Scenwulf - A Lord in Stencumb, likely to be the next Ealdorman.
Skelyn - A Thegn of Rulburna Weapontake.
Somerild - Sister of Lord Scenwulf, the most beautiful woman in Stencumb.
Steapa - Synne's kidnapper and lover
Sverri - A Thegn in service to Ealdorman Theodoric.
Theodoric - Ealdorman of Swithdun, known to have a rivalry with the Ealdormen of Middlemere and Tarnemuthe.
Thunor of Langness - A bard, one of the suitors for Somerild's hand.
Waltheow - Deogol's hideous mercenary guard.
Wenyld - Andwaru's widow.
In Mollenmere
Baylor - A leader of the Stendling clan.
Beathric - Brother of Baylor of the Stendling clan, killed by Eadig.
Bulawine - A Krygarlander refugee.
Caronar - Leader of the Krygarlander refugees near Hathenwell.
Eadig - The son of the Ealdorman of Hathenwell, a sorcerer. Slain by a Virian knight.
Mother Tender - One of the Vile Children, an ancient sorceress.
Sihtric - A sorcerer and compatriot of Eadig, slain by Arianhod.
In Coelney
Aelred: King of the Never-Children, slain in battle at the Great Heartfire.
Aescwine: Formerly the favoured son of the King of Peldene, vanished several years ago. Killed by the party in battle at the Great Heartfire of Coelney.
Arild: Recently deceased aunt of King Arlyss of Ashingdon.
Arlyss: King of Ashingdon.
Brimlad: A queen of the Never-Children, slain in battle at the Great Heartfire.
Byrtwald: A member of the Burning Brand expedition. Betrayed the group to join the Tisseney pirates, slain by Hogar.
Byrnstan: A Masked One in Ashingdon, cousin of King Arlyss.
Cuthwine: King of Tarmer, Maccus' master.
Cynethrith: Cousin of King Arlyss of Ashingdon, slain by goblins.
Cynric: The new King of Bartholme.
Derehild: One of Lucan's advisers.
Eahfrid: Former lord in the Lost-Lands and confidante of Drefen. Usurper Ealdorman of Huncestre, fled by ship to Coelney after Huncestre's defeat at the battle of Brindlepool.
Engeleis: Maccus' wife, died of illness.
Elstan: King Arlyss' son, died in infancy.
Erdi: Lucan's bodyguard.
Felgild: Cousin of King Vifil of Sharney. Slain in the battle on Tisseney.
Forthred: Minor nobleman in Ashingdon, executed for banditry.
Germund: A nobleman on Sharney.
Guthafyr: Called 'the Heartless', an exiled Prince of Divine Blood and convert to the Virian Way.
Hadring: A Masked One, close confidante to Aescwine. Killed by Leofric.
Halfdan: A Masked One, executed by Guthafyr.
Harduph: A Masked One in Ashingdon, died of sickness.
Heahgyth: One of King Torphin's wives, recently deceased.
Hrothinga: A concubine of King Arlyss, died in childbirth.
Hunlaf: A Masked One who ambushed the party, a functionary in King Vifil's court. Executed by Guthafyr.
Ingwald: The recently deceased King of Bartholme.
Leofric: A Never-Child with an unnerving name, slain by the party.
Lucan: An adventurer and vampire, recently arrived in Sharney and allied to King Vifil. Turned in the Lost-Lands by Snarri.
Merefin (1): A high ranking Masked One in Cloppney, of the Crowns faction. Recently disappeared, reappeared on Tisseney.
Osburga: A queen of the Never-Children, killed by Maccus.
Oeric: A Masked One in Ashingdon, recently deceased.
Nerian: Prince of Ashingdon.
Randwulf: A member of the Bard's College, adviser to the Burning Brand expedition. Enslaved by Aescwine, later slain in the uprising.
Ranulf: Lucan's closest adviser.
Tidfrith: A Masked One, the real power in Cloppney.
Torphin: King of Cloppney and Cumbraley.
Vifil: King of Sharney.
Vira: Supposedly daughter of Prince Nerian of Ashingdon, actually Byrnstan's child.
Waldere: Lord Wardlaw of Fossenden's missing son.
Wardlaw: Lord of Fossenden.
Wighard: The new King of Tarmer, who overthrew King Cuthwine.
Wilfrith: One of Lucan's advisers, a bard.
Wini: An innkeeper on Tisseney.
Wusfrea: Lord of Tisseney, confidant of Aescwine. Slain by Beomund.
In Krygarland
Hengest - A knight, slayer of Eadig of Hathenwell and reported mage.
In the Camber Hills
Azraghal - Dragonspawn High Priest of Galazra in the Cambers. Destroyed by the power of the Camber Wyrd to allow Eanfleda to become a dragonspawn.
Balethiva - A sorceress and Dragon Cultist.
Eanfleda - A powerful enchantress, head of the Dragon Cult outside of the Lost Lands. Instigator of the disastrous war between Bluebrycg and Middlemere. Slain by Leofric at the Wyrd of the Cambers after transforming into a dragonspawn.
Sanaroc - Bard, mystic and pedophile, Leof's teacher in the mystic arts. Killed by Hogar.
In Upriver
Aescwig - A knight of the Reliquary Order, in Prestenbroc.
Bryning - A Rector of Prestenbroc.
Cattergund - A priest in Prestenbroc, a Palanian convert.
Claennis - A scholar and refugee from the village of Reptun.
Farmon - A scholar in Waldtun.
Lambin (2) - A mage of the Ring of Secrets.
Godewine - A Gaston in the settlement of Prestenbroc.
Gurthen - A scholar and monk in Prestenbroc.
Oslac - A soldier in Prestenbroc.
Rumwald - A priest based in Prestenbroc.
Snelund - A Fryderi ranger from Reptun.
Uthred - A knight of the Order of the Silvered Blade, in Prestenbroc.
Wulfcytel - A senior knight of the Order of the Silvered Blade, in Prestenbroc.
In Tohringland
Belegar - A half-Fryderi scout in service to the Ealdorman of Weltry.
Turoc - The Ealdorman of Weltry, a devout Virian.
In the Long Shore
Acwulf - Chief of Drefen's Bloodguard. Killed at the battle of Brindlepool.
Adalric - Former Lord of the Anthling clan, Lady Lefsuet's deceased husband.
Aengif - Ealdorman Bertulf's niece through his sister, a young woman of the Hadring clan.
Alfar - Lord of the Ristling clan, the none-too-impressive husband of Lady Hendina.
Alred (the Elder) - The Ealdorman of Lyngfold, with a reputation for treachery.
Alred (the Younger) - Ealdorman Alred's nine year old son.
Anwith - Lord of the Tulling clan.
Athelmod - Lord of the Daning clan of Telsey, executed by Eahfrid for assisting goblin pirates.
Baerbald - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing Ealdorman Alred's daughter.
Bedwig - Lord of the Pothring clan, noted for his feud with Ealdorman Bertulf.
Beornoth - Captain of Ealdorman Bertulf's guard, of the Burring clan.
Bertulf - Lord of the Tanring clan, Ealdorman of Tanring.
Burchwenn - Ealdorman Alred's twelve year old daughter.
Burgwine - Ealdorman of Huncestre, Lord of the Pirling clan. Killed in a coup by Eahfrid and Drefen.
Cynreow - Ealdorman Osgar's third and favoured son.
Drefen - A brutal, ruthless captain of exceptional skill, expelled from the Bloodied Eyes for ordering the massacres at Arindon and Cyningham. Leader of the usurper Eahfrid's armies. Killed at the battle of Brindlepool by Hogar.
Domneva - Lady of the Elwing clan, wife of Lord Elhere.
Eadwald - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing Ealdorman Alred's daughter.
Ealhelm - A messenger, hired by Daghard to bring the party a message.
Elhere - The glory-hungry Lord of the Elwing clan.
Estmar - A defector from Drefen's army.
Ethbin - Ealdorman of Tolwick. Seeming ally of the Bloodied Eyes, but betrayed them to side with Drefen at Wainleigh.
Eumere - Corrupt servant of the Hemming clan.
[/i]Frealaf[/i] - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing the daughter of Ealdorman Alred.
Fulbert - One of Drefen's personal guard, slain by Leofric at the battle at Wainleigh.
Gladwin - Captain of the Shining Star.
Haegyth - Virian innkeeper of the Arching Boughs, in Ecclingham north of Huncestre.
Harhold - A taciturn Bloodied Eye with a nasty scar.
Hendina - Lady of the Ristling clan.
Hunburg - Close friend of Burchwenn, a young woman from the Hemming clan.
Lefsuet - Lady of the Anthling clan.
Leofring - Warrior of Wannford, second in command of the Bloodied Eyes in the Long Shore.
Leuthere - Adventurer and Ealdorman of Esterpool on Aelswyth Head. Victorious captain of Brindlepool and now the most influential lord on the Long Shore.
Merefin - Drefen's most loyal lieutenant. Killed by Hogar at the battle of Brindlepool.
Morwena - Wife of the Lord of the Mosring clan, a woman of infamous appetites.
Orped - A Conclave mage of the Ring of Secrets, travelling with the Bloodied Eyes.
Osgar - Ealdorman of Malhurst Rape, Lord of the Malanting clan.
Osgood - Ealdorman Osgar's younger brother.
Oswold - Lord of the Genthing clan in Malhurst, ally of the Bloodied Eyes.
Ragnir - A singer from Ralinset in Fryddenland.
Ricsige - A traitorous lieutenant of Drefen's. Forcibly blood-bonded to Drefen and slain by Beomund at the battle of Leofric.
Saegar - Sour-tempered man of the Pothring clan.
Sigerich - Member of Drefen's personal guard, left behind in Lyngfold.
Thedria - A woman of the Elwing clan. Aengif's cousin, originally of the Hadrings.
Trumwin - Survivor of Cyningham and friend of Wynflead, a commander in Ealdorman Leuthere's armies. Killed at Wainleigh.
Vadir - Commander of the Bloodied Eyes expedition. A veteran warrior from Upriver and formerly commander of the Bloodied Eyes in Krygarland. Slain by the Bloodguard at the battle of Brindlepool.
Yonwin - Ealdorman of Aellington. Slain at the battle of Brindlepool.
Wynflead - Ealdorman Leuthere's wife, a survivor of Cyningham.
In The Lands of the Lost
Aethelwulf - The new King of the Lost-Lands. Virian adventurer and leader of the relief mission sent by the Ealdorman of Weltry. Secretly a Changer.
Aylil - A young widow in Olningas.
Berthun - Leader of the Virian mission in Olningas.
Conchobhar - A knight of the Tainted Order, formerly of Mordha in Tonelda. Killed in battle by Beomund.
Cwichelm - Former Ealdorman of Olningas and Lord of the Callering clan. Murdered by the Dragon Cult.
Daghard - A Virian from Welstoc in Tohringland, sent as part of the relief mission. Captured, slain, and reanimated by the vampire Siglin, destroyed by the party. An agent of the Tainted Ones.
Ecgfrith - Aethelwulf's cousin, a Changer and captive of the Tainted Ones. Rescued by the party and returned to Aethelwulf.
Eosterwine - A Tainted One and friend of Daghard's, from Welstoc in Tohringland. Slain by the party.
Freathul - A Tainted One, formerly a priest of the Dragon Cult. Slain by the party.
Gulbrand - A Fryderi Tainted One, husband of Signe. Slain by the party.
Hathcyn - A Virian convert, masquerading as a beggar in Gerhurst.
Heregyth - A Tainted One, a woman of the Alsheran noble family of Hamunscir. Killed in battle by Hogar.
Mildoina - Contact of Daghard's, rescued from the vampire Siglin by the party.
Ordgar - Ealdorman of Gerhurst, Lord of the Telthing clan.
Rypere - A scout in Aethelwulf's army, a Changer.
Sawin - Younger brother of Ordgar.
Siglin - The vampire master of Keldenby, formerly a Bloodied Eye and a partisan of Drefen's.
Signe - A Fryderi Tainted One, wife of Gulbrand. Killed in battle by Leofric.
Snarri - Vampiric sire of Lucan, Siglin, and Wengewe, for a time master of Ramburh. Destroyed by the Dragon Cult.
Wengewe - Formerly a priestess of the Dragon Cult, turned into a vampire by Snarri while on a mission to murder him. Destroyed by the Dragon Cult.
From Suthfryd
Kasyra - Emissary of King Sweryn.
Sweryn Dragonslayer - King of South Fryddenland (or Ealdorman of Krogsager).
Tolosar - A eunuch, attendant to Lady Kasyra.
In Gastony
Aisha - Beomund's wife.
Edgar II - King Elfwine's father, slain during the Lordstrife.
Elfwine III - Current King of Gastony, recently come of age.
Haloth - Duke Hrothgar's brother and steward. Recently hired assassins to murder the party.
Hrothgar - Duke of Haragmyne. Formerly Regent of Gastony in King Elfwine's minority, now in revolt against the King.
Sybella - Daughter of Duke Hrothgar. King Elfwine's spurned betrothed.
Wulfgard - A siegemaster of Haragmyne, Beomund's friend and teacher.
From Distant Lands
Áno - Goblin king of Uustraama.
Jovvá - Former goblin king of Uustraama, slain by Aethelwulf in an ambush.
Lávrrhoaš - Goblin pirate captain, slain by Leofric.
Sákhár - Goblin shaman of Uustraama.
Historical Persons
Historical Persons of Palania
Aegelric - Favoured son of Ceafor the Tall, died young in a plague.
Alkmund - A leader of the Changers.
Anderhelm - Younger brother of the first Valing High King. Father of Anderwald the Dark.
Anderwald the Dark - The second Valing High King of Palania.
Aramine - An Alanian General, who won a victory at Stanburn.
Baldwine - Youngest brother of the first Valing High King.
Berenwald - One of the quarrelling sons of Ceafor the Tall.
Britheva - Lone daughter of Thunor the Traitor to survive through infancy. Died mysteriously, possibly poisoned by Anderwald the Dark.
Cantwine - Historian and loremaster of old.
Ceafor - Greatest king of Caldstenland, called Ceafor the Tall.
Clarembald - One of the quarrelling sons of Ceafor the Tall.
Cuthburga the Seer - A founding member of the Ring of Secrets. Author of the Weaves of Dunewyrd.
Cuthfryn - Prince of Tarithdun, brother to King Lanmar.
Cuto the Swift - Archer and hero, for whom Cuto's Well is named. Shot out one of Caragaur's eyes.
Cynemar - The first Valing High King of Palania.
Cynemar (the Younger) - Second son of the first Valing High King, and father of the last Valing High King, Cynewulf.
Cynefrith - Son of the last Valing High King, Cynewulf. Thought dead in the sack of Phalen, but survived and enslaved by the orcs. Suffered torture when his true identity was betrayed by Horik of the Colding clan.
Cynewulf - Last High King of the Valing clan, slain in the sack of Phalen.
Eansige - Father of Ceafor the Tall, possibly slain by poison.
Elfhelm - An ancient settler in the region around Lake Spear. One of the Changers.
Esegar - A woodsman in Gundergrad who found the Sword Darkling Gleam. Later became a Thegn, apparently slain near Gastonstadt.
Ethelhelm - Penultimate High King of the Valing clan, said to have been poisoned by his successor Cynewulf.
Ewias - Thegn and bodyguard of Thunor the Traitor.
Godri - Youngest son of Wulfhelm of the Changers, ancestor of Erlene, Saegif and Wulfnoth.
Godrun - A leader of the Changers.
Gosfrid - King of the lands on the Rede and Ceafor rivers in ancient Caldstenland. Overthrown and slain by Ceafor the Tall.
Grundni - Fryderi sorcerer, servant of Ealdorman Horsa of Wapanstede.
Juthwara - Last descendant of King Ulfberht the Strong.
Hathcyn - Lord of the Dalthing clan, ally of Thunor the Traitor.
Heferth - Ancient King of Wapanstede, a man of the Marring clan. Famed as a scholar and founder of Wapanstede's Library.
Heregrim - Son of the old Ealdorman Herewulf of Middlemere, died in the Plague Fields attempting to expiate his father's sins.
Herewulf - Ealdorman of Middlemere at the time of the war between Middlemere and Bluebrycg.
Hethor - Bodyguard of the Thegn Esegar.
Horik - Grandson of Odoacer of Waldtun.
Horik (2) - Traitorous lord of the Colding clan, betrayer of Cynefrith Valing.
Hludowig - Founder of the Alaning clan, the warrior who led the reconquest of Chepworth.
Kruhn - Ancient Alanian General in service to a pretender Emperor, whose company included Rhythwold of Redeburna.
Lanfranc - An ancient King on Bartholme, builder of Tarithdun.
Lanmar - An ancient King of Bartholme.
Manehtar - The greatest and wisest wizard at the time of Caragaur's attack, formerly of the Conclave. Slew, and was slain by, the dragon.
Mildona - Nechten the Never-Child's hundredth wife.
Morcar - Famed Ealdorman of Waldtun.
Nechten the Never-Child - High King of Coelney and founder of the cult of Divine Blood.
Odoacer - Founder of Waldtun, claimed to be the son of the pagan god Teorhelm.
Oelfwine - Noble of clan Gallathing, Ealdorman of Middlemre at the time of the treaty with Wapanstede.
Orlege - Ealdorman of Bluebrycg at the time of the war between Bluebrycg and Middlemere.
Osfurth of Orsginas - Ancient Gaston king in Palania, made a pact with the Prophet to raise Diera and Wulfhelm.
Osmod the Blind - Ancient mage, author of Reliquary of Lost Peoples.
Oswy - Son of Wulfhelm of the Changers, lover of Thunor the Traitor.
Ryrthwold of Redeburna - A sorcerer from long ago, who cleansed the corrupted runestone of Stanstede.
Peada - High King of the Gastons in Palania at the time of the revolt against the Alanian Empire.
Sigeric - Noble of clan Dalthing, Ealdorman of Bluebrycg at the time of the treaty with Wapanstede.
Theomar the Peaceable - Third of the Valing High Kings, generally regarded as the greatest of the Valings.
Thunor the Traitor - Brother of the first Valing High King, Cynemar. Turned against his clan and reviled by history. Wielder of the blade Darkling Gleam.
Ulfberht the Strong - Ancient clan king in the Gundergrad region, one of the leaders of the Gaston revolt against the Alanian Empire.
Wolstan the Elder - A hero of Wapanstede, Thegn of the Balthing clan and companion of Cuto the Swift. Killed by the dragon Caragaur while rescuing civilians in the sack of Phalen.
Wolstan the Younger - A hero of Wapanstede, son of Wolstan the Elder. Personal bodyguard of the Ealdorman of Wapanstede, who saved his master's life three times from the dragonspawn. Slain protecting the Ealdorman in battle against Bluebrycg.
Widukind - A soldier in the army of Prince Cynemar, in the time of the Gundergrad revolt.
Wulfhelm - A kinsman of the Prophet, one of the Changers. Led his children south after the fall of their compound in the Great Forest.
Historical Persons of Maseda
Canulf Red-Hand - Founder of the current ruling dynasty of Gastony, slayer of the Dark Lord Garawn.
Egred - Famed knight and monster slayer.
Eidelleg - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Elfric - Cousin to the Prophet, father of Wulfhelm and Diera.
Rhuddlum - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Pwyll - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Willard - Brother of the Faithful, assassinated the Emperor Ceneric and his children.
Saints and Heroes of the Virian Way
Diera - Kinswoman of the Prophet and founder of the Changers. Slain in her sleep by Saint Thenghelm.
Harulf - A great sage of the Changers, founder of their magical traditions.
Saint Ceneric - The last Virian Emperor of the Prophet's blood, assassinated by the Faithful. Saint of Wisdom.
Saint Clovis - Last ruler of a united Virian Empire, reconquered the Swennings and Erse of Maseda. Saint of Courage.
Saint Elfhelm - The most blessed Virian saint, cousin of the Prophet and first Virian convert. Saint of Fidelity.
Saint Ethelmar - Second Virian missionary to Palania, shortly after Caragaur's invasion.
Saint Hengist - First Judge of the Virian Church, given command of the holy city Meringas by the Prophet. Saint of Piety.
Saint Osmer - Brother and steward of the Duke of Istenland at the time of Clovis II. Saint of Patience.
Saint Oswy - A saint and missionary amongst the heathen Swennings, contemporary of the Prophet.
Saint Thenghelm - First Virian missionary to Palania. Originally of Swenning birth, under the name Ruaidri. Died sealing the Wyrd of the Changers.
Saint Winifrith - Third Virian missionary to Palania, at the time of the Dark Lord Garawn.
Wulfric of Barthenfold - The Prophet of the Virian Way.
Deities of Gaston Heathendom
Bealdoric - God of adventure and daring.
Brunarath - God of earth and stone.
Cenwulf - God of skill and craft.
Dunewyrd - God of lore and secrets.
Fregarbeorht - Sentinel of the gods.
Herumor - Battle captain of the gods.
Osildara - Osoltan's grim sister, keeper of the souls of the dead.
Osoltan - King of the gods. In Virian tradition, a demon slain by the Prophet on Mount Maragar.
Wystafrea - The weaver of fate.
Monsters and Villains
Ancalagon - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Who Rends With Tooth and Claw. Slain in single combat by the Prophet at the walls of Malagen.
Arkaveshirazidor - A powerful demon with a portfolio associated with torture and cruelty.
Caragaur - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Flames Bring Death. Despoiler of Palania, slew, and was slain by, the mage Manehtar at the sack of Phalen.
Culramaur - One of the Dragon Gods, the Dragon Who Delves and Hoards.
Daedeloth - One of the Dragon Gods, the Dragon Who Soars in Terrible Majesty.
Galazra - One of the Dragon-Gods and founder of the Dragon Cult of the Lost Lands. The Dragon Whose Cunning Masters All.
Gaulamarth - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Scales are Adamant.
Garawn - The Dark Lord, a vampire who invaded Gastony approximately seventy years ago.
Tashqarrazeddar - A powerful demon, tricked and bound to guard Manehtar's Library.
Terithrax - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Craft is Boundless.
Other Historical Persons
Alrin of Balagost - Ancient Fryderi mage, author of Thaumaturgical Treatises.
Gerulf - Ancient Alanian Emperor.
Ingolfr of Cannock - Advisor to Mattias the Mage, murdered after his master's death. Author of Wells of Power.
Mattias the Mage - The Alanian Emperor responsible for lifting the laws against the practise of magic.
Podol the Powerful - Alanian general, founder of Podolplatz.
The Player Characters
Beomund - A blacksmith, rescued from slavery on Tisseney. Now a mage of the Conclave.
Edmund - Messenger and traveller, of the Bards College.
Hogar - A burly, broken-nosed warrior, member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood.
Leofric - A scribe of Erse descent, taken in by the Church and now a member of the Conclave of mages.
In Phalen
Adelia - An acrobatic woman, guest at Ingwulf's banquet, an associate of Kenric. Captured by the party.
Ailwin - A burly warrior, murdered at Ingwulf's banquet. Truly named Cenfrith, expelled from the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood for his role in the Arindon massacre.
Alfar - Former companion of Cena of the Candering clan, a miner.
Annis - Of clan Marning, Aethelu's youngest daughter, Edmund's lover. Now working with the Soiled Sister.
Arianhod - A woodswoman of several axes. Formerly in the party, now with the Soiled Sisters.
Atol of Parwick - Captain of the guard for Synne and Dunstan. Synne's lover.
Beornoth - A ship's captain.
Brandt - A former member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood and supporter of Captain Drefen. Captured by the party.
Brunwith - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, a scout.
Burghelm - One of the Undercity Watch.
Cenfrith - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, a warrior.
Cynwise - Leader of the survivors of the eastern massacres, originally of the village of Cyningham. Slain seeking revenge on the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood.
Dartheow - A corrupt Undercity Watchman, bribed by Kenric. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Deoneath - A Captain of the Undercity Watch of Phalen.
Dunnere - Seneschal to Sinley of the Immering clan.
Dunstan (1) - Ealdorman Durwyn's nervous nephew, of clan Olthoring, Synne's husband.
Edusa - Wife of Thurstan of the Meylings, a Virian convert.
Eorcenbald - A scholar and friend of Ingwulf.
Esmon - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney, maimed by Aescwine.
Estra - Archer and Soiled Sister.
Falcenhelm - A brewer and fence. Formerly a companion of Cena of the Candering clan.
Feran - An associate of Kenric, a sociopathic ranger. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Freod - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney. Disfigured by the traitor Byrtwald.
Frigyth - A former slave woman of Podolplatz, rescued by the party and the Soiled Sisters.
Frithstan - The Vice-Priest of Palania, ambassador of King Elfwine. A bastard cousin to Duke Hrothgar.
Gaerwulf - A mage and survivor of the eastern massacres.
Gethwine - A Handmaiden of the Soiled Sisters.
Gleawfrith - A nobleman, Lord of the Walthing clan. Slain at Bexcheap in Leof's attack on Oswingas.
Godfrith - Formerly companion of Cena of the Candering clan. Member of the Adalphing clan, cousin of Ingwulf.
Goldwyne - Farm labourer and thief, hired by the party after trying to steal from Leofric.
Gudram - Personal secretary of Vice-Priest Frithstan, a mousy man.
Haemsil - Keeper of the records at the Phalen chapterhouse of the Bloodied Eye.
Heorstan - A Captain of the Undercity Watch, originally a noble of House Hathring in Haragmyne. Gave away the party's mission to Manehtar's Library to a group of assassins.
Hynsige - The Councillor for the Forlorn Coast.
Iefa - A mage and associate of Kenric. Captured by the party.
Ingilam - High ranking priest, a big man with large hands.
Ingwulf - Nobleman of the Adalphing clan, friend to Sinley.
Jambert - Former member of the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood, committed suicide in guilt for participating in the Arindon massacre.
Kenric - The mysterious messenger, actually an assassin. Captured by the party in the Undercity.
Leof - Son of Ealdorman Felgild of Rulburna. Killed his father to avenge the man he loved. Captured by the party and sent on an unknown mission by the Council in exchange for a pardon.
Leofred - A bard, lutist, and singer.
Ludolf - A merchant, seduced by Adelia into giving shelter to Kenric and his companions. Killed by Odalric.
Maccus - A Coelneyman in exile, rescued by the party. Formerly slave, counsellor, and lover of the King of Tarmer.
Medwin - Leader of the Burning Brand in Phalen.
Odalric - A red-haired assassin from the east, a survivor of the Arindon massacre.
Odelyn - Survivor of the Burning Brand expedition, a former professional thief. Rescued by the party from the vampire Lucan.
Ostryth - An Elder of the Changers.
Renwald - Synne's brother, killed by orcs.
Rahere - A mage of the Undercity Watch.
Rendel - A bard, cousin of a Councillor for Ceorlburh.
Rypen - One of the five Councillors of Phalen.
Saethryth - A bard and orator.
Sabert - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, scholar and translator.
Sara - A young woman currently involved with Edmund.
Scrella - Fryderi sorceress, survivor of the Burning Brand expedition to Coelney. Deeply disturbed after long torment in Coelney.
Sidwell - A Soiled Sister with a poor temper, Annis' teacher.
Sigrun - Leofric's teacher of the Conclave, a sharp-tongued woman in her sixties.
Sinley - A nobleman of the clan Immering. Implicated in several suspicious deaths, recently murdered. Expelled from the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood for his role in the Arindon massacre.
Stearc - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, died of illness two years ago.
Stigand - A young warrior and friend of Ingwulf.
Stilwell - A monk and aide to the Vice-Priest.
Synne - Renweard's daughter, supposedly abducted, now returned by the party and wed to Dunstan of the Olthorings.
Thurstan - Lord of the Meyling clan, a Virian convert.
Tilman - Former companion of Bayen of the Larring clan, some kind of thief or thug.
Wuldric - Youngest son of the Obolthing clan.
Wyneue - A sensuous woman.
On the Forlorn Coast
Angenmaer - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, a one-handed leather worker.
Attor - Lord of the Tannling clan, formerly Balnoth's captor.
Coenred - Leader of the kidnappers who abducted Ealdorman Balnoth.
Cynegels- Balnoth's rival, a noble in the village of Garstoc. Slain by Balnoth after his plot to frame him for murder.
Ecgwynn - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, Wihtlac's wife.
Eldrid - Svari's husband, murdered by Scand, who was impersonating Balnoth.
Elfdane - Lord of the Denning clan. A friend of Cynegels.
Ethelbald Harring - The party's original employer, a minor lord, killed in the shipwreck.
Fraomar - Balnoth's serving man.
Fyren - The previous Ealdorman of Garstoc, an ally of Balnoth's.
Hlothere - One of Coenred's cohorts.
Osbeorn - A Thegn in service to Cynegels of Garstoc, slain by Arianhod.
Scand - An assassin and renegade who had been associated with the Soiled Sisters.
Tesu - A shepherdess and spy for Cynegels, now disappeared.
Tohrdun - Balnoth's reeve.
Wihtlac - One of the witnesses of Eldrid and Andwaru's murders, Ecgwynn's husband.
The South Coast and the Kalmar Isles
Bakik - An orc captain under the necromancer Ragnhild. Slain assaulting Sokholm Keep.
Daelric - One of Ragnhild's lieutenants, seemingly now amongst the Whirlers.
Delwyn - A Thegn of Tarnemuthe, slain by the orc Bakik.
Ealyth - An escaped 'greenwife' of Sokholm.
Eoforhild - The Bard of Balymere.
Eormengard - Mage of the Ring of Secrets.
Flathriss - A goblin captain under the necromancer Ragnhild. Killed by Deoneath and the Undercity Watch.
Gelundi - A wereweolf on Sokholm, killed by Ser Kennald.
Herebald - Commander of the Bluebrycg troops on Sokholm.
Kennald - A knight in the Order of the Silvered Blade.
Malind - A young Thegn in Wunfjorthr.
Plafraith - A wight, commander of Suthyll.
Ramund - The Marvel of Balymere, a Lattish eunuch.
Ragnhild - A Fryderi necromancer and lady of the pirates of Sokholm. Slain by Leofric.
Sarina - Wife of the Ealdorman of Wunfjorthr.
Scirman - A Thegn of Tarnemuthe.
Skendni - A priestess of the Whirlers.
Skeryne - Ealdorman of Wunfjorthr.
Untrim - Councillor of the Southwestern Coast. Slain in battle on Sokholm.
Near Cuto's Well
Brictmund - A huntsman and servant of Lord Renweard.
Ceorlben - A merchant whose brother has gone missing.
Eadwyn - An artist in the village of Estemere.
Edlynne - A contact of Cynegels.
Elswyth - Head of the servant women at Lord Renweard's estate.
Hereward - Winner of the 226 Middlemere Brawl.
Matlara - Wife of the scholar Dunstan, died in childbirth.
Morcar (1) - A cousin of Ealdorman Pecthelm, suggested as a husband for Synne.
Osfrid - A warrior with the Bloodied Eye Brotherhood. Slain by Drefen's men rescuing the daughter of the Ealdorman of Lyngfold.
Oswy - The Ealdorman of Middlemere.
Otha - A leader of the Order of the Burning Brand.
Pecthelm - The Ealdorman of Wannford.
Renweard - Lord of the Werling clan, with an estate by the Darkholt.
Sulis - Betrothed of the late Renwald, Synne's brother. Of clan Tolthering of Middlemere.
Tole - A sneaky serving woman, formerly in the party.
Vilia - Dunstan and Matlara's daughter.
In Oswingas, formerly called the Plague Fields
Aenhar - A Virian knight, placed under a spell to prevent the cleansing of the Fields but freed by the party.
Baethild - A Changer woman abducted by Grandmaster Dryn. Rescued by the party.
Clarembald - Father of Ealdorman Horsa, slain in battle while still young.
Coenburg - Recent arrival in Oswingas, a woman of doubtful sanity. Twice widowed and mother to seven dead children, called the Dark Widow.
Dunstan (2) - A scholar who went missing in the Plague Fields. Died and became a zombie, destroyed by the party.
Eanwin - A Changer woman abducted by Grandmaster Dryn. Rescued by the party.
Edusa - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), a healer.
Erlene - A Changer woman, distant descendant of the Prophet's cousin Wulfhelm. A ranger for the new settlement at Bexcheap.
Eorcengot - Ealdorman Horsa's sister, died in infancy.
Fulbert - Uncle of Horsa and his predecessor as Ealdorman of Wapanstede. Creator of the treaty with Middlemere and Bluebrycg.
Garmund - A Malabite paladin, who had sought the aid of the scholar Dunstan. Died and became a wight, burned by the party.
Gufram - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), a scholar.
Halig - A wight on a farm in Bexcheap, destroyed by the party.
Horsa - Noble of the Onlanthing clan and Ealdorman of Wapanstede, responsible for the curse of the Plague Fields. Destroyed by the party.
Hybald - Ealdorman Horsa's brother, died in infancy.
Raedfrid - Wandering mage of the Ring of Battle.
Raethwyn - Mother of Ealdorman Horsa, a woman of the Hamring clan.
Saegif - Erlene's cousin, abducted by Grandmaster Dryn and rescued by the party.
Saxleue - Ealdorman Horsa's aunt, died in childbirth.
Ulger - Boastful lord, killed in Leof's attack on Oswingas.
Vuerona - A Changer Elder assisting with the cleansing.
Thedwyn - Ealdorman Horsa's lover at the time of the fall of Wapanstede, a jeweller.
Wulfestan - Cousin of Wulfnoth, sent to the King Aethelwulf of the Lost-Lands as an emissary of the southern Changers.
Wulfnoth - An Elder of the Changers of Bexcheap (formerly Duntham), possessed of prodigious magical skill.
In Norsalt
Astyrian - A Thegn in service to Balnoth, imprisoned by Lord Attor, now freed.
Balnoth - Former Ealdorman of Stowecott and priest of Bealdoric, twice rescued by the party.
Botild - One of Eada's close confidants, with quick fingers.
Botolph - A merchant, ally of Eada the Red.
Brunloc - A thug and friend of Coelhere.
Bryni - A corrupt member of the town watch in Bluebrycg.
Cena - Oswine's nephew, murdered on an expedition by Kenric and his company.
Cerine - A whore, beaten to death by Lindhard for failing to please him.
Coelhere - Singer, blackmailer and drug dealer, slain by the party.
Denegyth - Botolph's wife, ally of Eada and the real brains behind Botolph's enterprises.
Deor - Brother of the owner of the Old Oak in Cranleaht. Formerly a spy for the bandits, exiled to Bluebrycg and using the alias of Wulfric.
Eada the Red - An elusive thief.
Erminus - Mage of the Ring of Secrets, acquaintance of the now Ealdorman Heorot.
Ethelric - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg.
Everild - Seward's widow.
Galmaric - Wifrun the Widow's husband, a famous Thegn.
Ganburh - A watchman that was looking for the party, likely a pseudonym.
Grandison - A thief who formerly worked with Eada.
Grimbold - A docker and criminal, now said to be allied with Eada.
Golderon - One of Eada's close confidants, the face of her operation.
Havarr - Balnoth's sworn Thegn.
Heorot - Ealdorman of Bluebrycg, noted opponent of the Church.
Hunstan - The manager of a general store.
Idmaer - A petty criminal and informant.
Left-Hand Leofrun - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg
Lindhard - A violent criminal.
Ordlaf - A wandering peddler.
Oswine - Nobleman of the Candering clan of Saltanstede.
Regnhere Rolming - A nobleman that is angry with Deor.
Seward - Former friend of the scholar Dunstan, now deceased.
Stanflede - One of Eada's close confidants, the brains of her operation. In disguise as a clerk called Mildrith.
Svari - Eldrid's widow, formerly of Stowecott. Balnoth's long-time paramour.
Swafred - A merchant with storehouses near the docks on the West Bank of Bluebrycg.
Torold - A thief and compatriot of Eada, formerly her lover.
Ulfas Altaring - One of the two principal crime bosses in Bluebrycg.
Wifrun, the Widow - One of the two principal crime bosses in Bluebrycg.
Weohstan - A former crime boss in Bluebrycg.
Wigred - Coelhere's co-conspirator, slain by the party.
Wudera - A priestess of Dunewyrd, often away from Aldastoc.
In Suthesalt
Achawyn - A druid of the Conclave, a woman with shapeshifting abilities.
Alward - A wizard of the Conclave, of the Ring of Secrets.
Bayen - Mildryth's father, murdered on an expedition by Kenric and his company.
Benoic - Of clan Nandering. Brother in arms to Renwald Werling, now a Thegn of Tarnemuthe.
Cyniburg - A wizard of the Conclave, Master of the Ring of Secrets.
Leofoth - A druid of the Conclave and shapeshifter.
Mildryth - A lady of the Larring clan of Tarnemuthe.
Othili - Benoic's wife, a scholar the party converted to the Virian Way.
Sabert - A wizard of the Conclave, of the Ring of Battle.
Sidelu - A druid of the Conclave and shapeshifter.
Weidrek - Wizard of the Conclave, Master of the Ring of Substances.
In the Occupied Lands of Estensalt
Aallotar - Goblin woman and slaver, thought to be an agent of the Liche.
Ansa - Fargruuz's goblin wife.
Aukusti - Goblin chancellor of Podolplatz, assassinated by Sidwell and the party.
Bezgaaz - A vassal king to Renzaak.
Burhhelm - A Changer agent of King Aehtelwulf.
Fargruuz - Frigyth's orcish son, left mute by an arrow wound.
Leevi - A slaver with a leninent temperament. Formerly Frigyth's master.
Renzaak - King of the Breakteeth clan of orcs. Killed by the Soiled Sisters in the attack on Podolplatz.
Sakari - A slaver, recently perished in a fire thought to have been set by his slaves.
The Chief - A powerful human warlord.
The Liche - A powerful sorcerer, master of the Witchfort.
Tulgaak - Orcish king of the Redfist tribe.
Urgruuz - Son of King Renzaak, nominal master of Podolplatz.
Walpeek - An orcish shaman who wants to align with the Chief. Tricked by the party into assisting the attack on Podolplatz, slain by the Soiled Sisters.
Wulfrun - King Aethelwulf's cousin, sent to recover Mage-Breaker.
In Gundergrad
Alfwen - Sister of Oeric of Ashincotte, a spy for the knights and a fisherwoman.
Althun - A Conclave mage in Dunnaue.
Balther - A scholar in Axethal, one of the Folwing clan.
Bercthun - The Ealdorman of Gunderbrycg.
Bricheve - A Tainte One, executed by Beomund.
Calemund - The new chief of the Ashincotte bandits.
Calunoth - A Thegn serving Lord Orvyn.
Colman - Chief of the Ashincotte bandits, killed by the party.
Cynidr - Warrior of the Maething clan of Bradstanhope, brother of Lord Swefred.
Dryn - A Grandmaster of the Tainted Ones, abductor of Saegif and other Changer women. Slain in battle by Beomund.
Ekkard - Colman's right-hand man and torturer, captured by the party and executed.
Elwin - Knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by the party.
Ernulf - A villager in Swinhurst, rescued from a frozen lake by the party.
Estrith - A well-loved healer and midwife in Oberath.
Estrith (2) - Knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by the party.
Freol - A healer in Ashincotte.
Frigyth - Widow of a Tainted One, released by the party.
Gladwin - The Ealdorman of Chepworth, a young warrior.
Gosfrid - A Thegn in Gastonstadt.
Guthred - A Tainted One, executed by Hogar.
Hincmar - Ealdorman of Gastonstadt.
Jaruman - An armsman of the Maething clan.
Lambin - Peddler and gambler in the region around Ashincotte.
Lanzo - Lord of the Odiling clan in Oberath.
Madulf - A former mercenary and companion of Balnoth, now living in Aciness.
Maethegar - A captain of the Ashincotte bandits.
Niall - A Tainted One from the city of Cirenz in Tonelda, freed by the party and sent to Phalen.
Oeric - Man of Ashincotte, Virian convert and formerly knight of the Tainted Ones. Released by the party.
Ostryth - Alfwen's daughter.
Orvyn - A devious, scholarly man in Chepworth. Lord of the Presling clan.
Romund - A smith in Ashincotte.
Roswith - A woman of the Tainted Ones, freed by the party and sent to Phalen.
Saegifu - Ernulf's wife in Swinhurst.
Selred - A servant of Madulf's.
Swefred - Lord of the Maething clan.
Tilmund - A Changer, leader of the first rescue mission. Killed by the Tainted Ones.
Torgia - Widow of a Tainted One, released by the party.
Tubert - Lord of the Holming clan, Ealdorman of Swinhurst.
Unferth - Bandit captain in Ranmouth.
Urien - Thegn in service to the Maething clan.
Uxfrea - A Tainted One, executed by the party.
Walden - Corrupt bailiff in Ashincotte.
Wihtric - A knight of the Tainted Ones, executed by Erlene.
Wilfram - Alfwen's son. Originally Willard.
In the Great Forest
In the Darkholt
Conhere - Mastermind of Synne's abduction.
Darwin - Father of Ealdorman Durwyn.
Durwyn - Formerly Ealdorman of Cranleaht, Lord of the Yenling clan. Slain by elves.
Durwyn the Younger - The new Lord of the Yenling clan.
Edoma - A bard, originally of Norbrycg, with an interest in ancient history.
Ecgwulf - A patron at the Root and Branch.
Freomund - Gudram's brother, a huge logger.
Gudram - Freomund's brother, a man with an alluring wife.
Rafena - A sensuous merchant.
Skjor - A patron of Cuto's Shelf.
Thanraed - A townsman of Cranleaht, recently picked and lost a fight with Skjor.
Wankild - The pregnant wife of Durwyn the Younger.
In Ethelhelm's Gap
Drythelm of Withenwyld - A knight, slain by a cyclops.
Godwin - A supposed missionary met in Wihthrycg.
Waldric - Ealdorman of Wihthrycg, owner of a magic sword.
In Peadaland
Aethelu - Dunstan's aunt, widow of the Lords of the Herewing and Marnings clans of Wihthrycg.
Ailwin - Leof's lover. Tortured and mutilated by Ealdorman Felgild, slain by Leof as an act of mercy.
Andwaru - A cousin of Eldrid of Stowecott, murdered by Scand who was impersonating Balnoth.
Baegloc - Steapa's cousin, a farmer in Cadonstoc.
Daedharh - Newly elected Ealdorman of Rulburna following the death of his close friend Felgild. Lord of the Kemping clan.
Deogol - the Wizard of Stencumb, an enchanter of the Conclave.
Eahfrid - son of the Ealdorman of Astlaw, member of the Ealthing clan.
Felgild - Ealdorman of Rulburna, slain in battle by Leof, his son and archenemy.
Garrick - Dunstan's cousin, now Lord of the Olthoring clan and suitor to Somerild.
Guthlaf - Eldrid's cousin and Andwaru's brother, a man-at-arms of Rulburna.
Helmheard - A bastard son of clan Baspering, a warrior working for the Conclave.
Morcar (2) - Dunstan's abusive father, poisoned by his son.
Oslafa - Baegloc's wife.
Rathsige - A man-at-arms of Rulburna.
Scenwulf - A Lord in Stencumb, likely to be the next Ealdorman.
Skelyn - A Thegn of Rulburna Weapontake.
Somerild - Sister of Lord Scenwulf, the most beautiful woman in Stencumb.
Steapa - Synne's kidnapper and lover
Sverri - A Thegn in service to Ealdorman Theodoric.
Theodoric - Ealdorman of Swithdun, known to have a rivalry with the Ealdormen of Middlemere and Tarnemuthe.
Thunor of Langness - A bard, one of the suitors for Somerild's hand.
Waltheow - Deogol's hideous mercenary guard.
Wenyld - Andwaru's widow.
In Mollenmere
Baylor - A leader of the Stendling clan.
Beathric - Brother of Baylor of the Stendling clan, killed by Eadig.
Bulawine - A Krygarlander refugee.
Caronar - Leader of the Krygarlander refugees near Hathenwell.
Eadig - The son of the Ealdorman of Hathenwell, a sorcerer. Slain by a Virian knight.
Mother Tender - One of the Vile Children, an ancient sorceress.
Sihtric - A sorcerer and compatriot of Eadig, slain by Arianhod.
In Coelney
Aelred: King of the Never-Children, slain in battle at the Great Heartfire.
Aescwine: Formerly the favoured son of the King of Peldene, vanished several years ago. Killed by the party in battle at the Great Heartfire of Coelney.
Arild: Recently deceased aunt of King Arlyss of Ashingdon.
Arlyss: King of Ashingdon.
Brimlad: A queen of the Never-Children, slain in battle at the Great Heartfire.
Byrtwald: A member of the Burning Brand expedition. Betrayed the group to join the Tisseney pirates, slain by Hogar.
Byrnstan: A Masked One in Ashingdon, cousin of King Arlyss.
Cuthwine: King of Tarmer, Maccus' master.
Cynethrith: Cousin of King Arlyss of Ashingdon, slain by goblins.
Cynric: The new King of Bartholme.
Derehild: One of Lucan's advisers.
Eahfrid: Former lord in the Lost-Lands and confidante of Drefen. Usurper Ealdorman of Huncestre, fled by ship to Coelney after Huncestre's defeat at the battle of Brindlepool.
Engeleis: Maccus' wife, died of illness.
Elstan: King Arlyss' son, died in infancy.
Erdi: Lucan's bodyguard.
Felgild: Cousin of King Vifil of Sharney. Slain in the battle on Tisseney.
Forthred: Minor nobleman in Ashingdon, executed for banditry.
Germund: A nobleman on Sharney.
Guthafyr: Called 'the Heartless', an exiled Prince of Divine Blood and convert to the Virian Way.
Hadring: A Masked One, close confidante to Aescwine. Killed by Leofric.
Halfdan: A Masked One, executed by Guthafyr.
Harduph: A Masked One in Ashingdon, died of sickness.
Heahgyth: One of King Torphin's wives, recently deceased.
Hrothinga: A concubine of King Arlyss, died in childbirth.
Hunlaf: A Masked One who ambushed the party, a functionary in King Vifil's court. Executed by Guthafyr.
Ingwald: The recently deceased King of Bartholme.
Leofric: A Never-Child with an unnerving name, slain by the party.
Lucan: An adventurer and vampire, recently arrived in Sharney and allied to King Vifil. Turned in the Lost-Lands by Snarri.
Merefin (1): A high ranking Masked One in Cloppney, of the Crowns faction. Recently disappeared, reappeared on Tisseney.
Osburga: A queen of the Never-Children, killed by Maccus.
Oeric: A Masked One in Ashingdon, recently deceased.
Nerian: Prince of Ashingdon.
Randwulf: A member of the Bard's College, adviser to the Burning Brand expedition. Enslaved by Aescwine, later slain in the uprising.
Ranulf: Lucan's closest adviser.
Tidfrith: A Masked One, the real power in Cloppney.
Torphin: King of Cloppney and Cumbraley.
Vifil: King of Sharney.
Vira: Supposedly daughter of Prince Nerian of Ashingdon, actually Byrnstan's child.
Waldere: Lord Wardlaw of Fossenden's missing son.
Wardlaw: Lord of Fossenden.
Wighard: The new King of Tarmer, who overthrew King Cuthwine.
Wilfrith: One of Lucan's advisers, a bard.
Wini: An innkeeper on Tisseney.
Wusfrea: Lord of Tisseney, confidant of Aescwine. Slain by Beomund.
In Krygarland
Hengest - A knight, slayer of Eadig of Hathenwell and reported mage.
In the Camber Hills
Azraghal - Dragonspawn High Priest of Galazra in the Cambers. Destroyed by the power of the Camber Wyrd to allow Eanfleda to become a dragonspawn.
Balethiva - A sorceress and Dragon Cultist.
Eanfleda - A powerful enchantress, head of the Dragon Cult outside of the Lost Lands. Instigator of the disastrous war between Bluebrycg and Middlemere. Slain by Leofric at the Wyrd of the Cambers after transforming into a dragonspawn.
Sanaroc - Bard, mystic and pedophile, Leof's teacher in the mystic arts. Killed by Hogar.
In Upriver
Aescwig - A knight of the Reliquary Order, in Prestenbroc.
Bryning - A Rector of Prestenbroc.
Cattergund - A priest in Prestenbroc, a Palanian convert.
Claennis - A scholar and refugee from the village of Reptun.
Farmon - A scholar in Waldtun.
Lambin (2) - A mage of the Ring of Secrets.
Godewine - A Gaston in the settlement of Prestenbroc.
Gurthen - A scholar and monk in Prestenbroc.
Oslac - A soldier in Prestenbroc.
Rumwald - A priest based in Prestenbroc.
Snelund - A Fryderi ranger from Reptun.
Uthred - A knight of the Order of the Silvered Blade, in Prestenbroc.
Wulfcytel - A senior knight of the Order of the Silvered Blade, in Prestenbroc.
In Tohringland
Belegar - A half-Fryderi scout in service to the Ealdorman of Weltry.
Turoc - The Ealdorman of Weltry, a devout Virian.
In the Long Shore
Acwulf - Chief of Drefen's Bloodguard. Killed at the battle of Brindlepool.
Adalric - Former Lord of the Anthling clan, Lady Lefsuet's deceased husband.
Aengif - Ealdorman Bertulf's niece through his sister, a young woman of the Hadring clan.
Alfar - Lord of the Ristling clan, the none-too-impressive husband of Lady Hendina.
Alred (the Elder) - The Ealdorman of Lyngfold, with a reputation for treachery.
Alred (the Younger) - Ealdorman Alred's nine year old son.
Anwith - Lord of the Tulling clan.
Athelmod - Lord of the Daning clan of Telsey, executed by Eahfrid for assisting goblin pirates.
Baerbald - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing Ealdorman Alred's daughter.
Bedwig - Lord of the Pothring clan, noted for his feud with Ealdorman Bertulf.
Beornoth - Captain of Ealdorman Bertulf's guard, of the Burring clan.
Bertulf - Lord of the Tanring clan, Ealdorman of Tanring.
Burchwenn - Ealdorman Alred's twelve year old daughter.
Burgwine - Ealdorman of Huncestre, Lord of the Pirling clan. Killed in a coup by Eahfrid and Drefen.
Cynreow - Ealdorman Osgar's third and favoured son.
Drefen - A brutal, ruthless captain of exceptional skill, expelled from the Bloodied Eyes for ordering the massacres at Arindon and Cyningham. Leader of the usurper Eahfrid's armies. Killed at the battle of Brindlepool by Hogar.
Domneva - Lady of the Elwing clan, wife of Lord Elhere.
Eadwald - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing Ealdorman Alred's daughter.
Ealhelm - A messenger, hired by Daghard to bring the party a message.
Elhere - The glory-hungry Lord of the Elwing clan.
Estmar - A defector from Drefen's army.
Ethbin - Ealdorman of Tolwick. Seeming ally of the Bloodied Eyes, but betrayed them to side with Drefen at Wainleigh.
Eumere - Corrupt servant of the Hemming clan.
[/i]Frealaf[/i] - A Bloodied Eye, killed rescuing the daughter of Ealdorman Alred.
Fulbert - One of Drefen's personal guard, slain by Leofric at the battle at Wainleigh.
Gladwin - Captain of the Shining Star.
Haegyth - Virian innkeeper of the Arching Boughs, in Ecclingham north of Huncestre.
Harhold - A taciturn Bloodied Eye with a nasty scar.
Hendina - Lady of the Ristling clan.
Hunburg - Close friend of Burchwenn, a young woman from the Hemming clan.
Lefsuet - Lady of the Anthling clan.
Leofring - Warrior of Wannford, second in command of the Bloodied Eyes in the Long Shore.
Leuthere - Adventurer and Ealdorman of Esterpool on Aelswyth Head. Victorious captain of Brindlepool and now the most influential lord on the Long Shore.
Merefin - Drefen's most loyal lieutenant. Killed by Hogar at the battle of Brindlepool.
Morwena - Wife of the Lord of the Mosring clan, a woman of infamous appetites.
Orped - A Conclave mage of the Ring of Secrets, travelling with the Bloodied Eyes.
Osgar - Ealdorman of Malhurst Rape, Lord of the Malanting clan.
Osgood - Ealdorman Osgar's younger brother.
Oswold - Lord of the Genthing clan in Malhurst, ally of the Bloodied Eyes.
Ragnir - A singer from Ralinset in Fryddenland.
Ricsige - A traitorous lieutenant of Drefen's. Forcibly blood-bonded to Drefen and slain by Beomund at the battle of Leofric.
Saegar - Sour-tempered man of the Pothring clan.
Sigerich - Member of Drefen's personal guard, left behind in Lyngfold.
Thedria - A woman of the Elwing clan. Aengif's cousin, originally of the Hadrings.
Trumwin - Survivor of Cyningham and friend of Wynflead, a commander in Ealdorman Leuthere's armies. Killed at Wainleigh.
Vadir - Commander of the Bloodied Eyes expedition. A veteran warrior from Upriver and formerly commander of the Bloodied Eyes in Krygarland. Slain by the Bloodguard at the battle of Brindlepool.
Yonwin - Ealdorman of Aellington. Slain at the battle of Brindlepool.
Wynflead - Ealdorman Leuthere's wife, a survivor of Cyningham.
In The Lands of the Lost
Aethelwulf - The new King of the Lost-Lands. Virian adventurer and leader of the relief mission sent by the Ealdorman of Weltry. Secretly a Changer.
Aylil - A young widow in Olningas.
Berthun - Leader of the Virian mission in Olningas.
Conchobhar - A knight of the Tainted Order, formerly of Mordha in Tonelda. Killed in battle by Beomund.
Cwichelm - Former Ealdorman of Olningas and Lord of the Callering clan. Murdered by the Dragon Cult.
Daghard - A Virian from Welstoc in Tohringland, sent as part of the relief mission. Captured, slain, and reanimated by the vampire Siglin, destroyed by the party. An agent of the Tainted Ones.
Ecgfrith - Aethelwulf's cousin, a Changer and captive of the Tainted Ones. Rescued by the party and returned to Aethelwulf.
Eosterwine - A Tainted One and friend of Daghard's, from Welstoc in Tohringland. Slain by the party.
Freathul - A Tainted One, formerly a priest of the Dragon Cult. Slain by the party.
Gulbrand - A Fryderi Tainted One, husband of Signe. Slain by the party.
Hathcyn - A Virian convert, masquerading as a beggar in Gerhurst.
Heregyth - A Tainted One, a woman of the Alsheran noble family of Hamunscir. Killed in battle by Hogar.
Mildoina - Contact of Daghard's, rescued from the vampire Siglin by the party.
Ordgar - Ealdorman of Gerhurst, Lord of the Telthing clan.
Rypere - A scout in Aethelwulf's army, a Changer.
Sawin - Younger brother of Ordgar.
Siglin - The vampire master of Keldenby, formerly a Bloodied Eye and a partisan of Drefen's.
Signe - A Fryderi Tainted One, wife of Gulbrand. Killed in battle by Leofric.
Snarri - Vampiric sire of Lucan, Siglin, and Wengewe, for a time master of Ramburh. Destroyed by the Dragon Cult.
Wengewe - Formerly a priestess of the Dragon Cult, turned into a vampire by Snarri while on a mission to murder him. Destroyed by the Dragon Cult.
From Suthfryd
Kasyra - Emissary of King Sweryn.
Sweryn Dragonslayer - King of South Fryddenland (or Ealdorman of Krogsager).
Tolosar - A eunuch, attendant to Lady Kasyra.
In Gastony
Aisha - Beomund's wife.
Edgar II - King Elfwine's father, slain during the Lordstrife.
Elfwine III - Current King of Gastony, recently come of age.
Haloth - Duke Hrothgar's brother and steward. Recently hired assassins to murder the party.
Hrothgar - Duke of Haragmyne. Formerly Regent of Gastony in King Elfwine's minority, now in revolt against the King.
Sybella - Daughter of Duke Hrothgar. King Elfwine's spurned betrothed.
Wulfgard - A siegemaster of Haragmyne, Beomund's friend and teacher.
From Distant Lands
Áno - Goblin king of Uustraama.
Jovvá - Former goblin king of Uustraama, slain by Aethelwulf in an ambush.
Lávrrhoaš - Goblin pirate captain, slain by Leofric.
Sákhár - Goblin shaman of Uustraama.
Historical Persons
Historical Persons of Palania
Aegelric - Favoured son of Ceafor the Tall, died young in a plague.
Alkmund - A leader of the Changers.
Anderhelm - Younger brother of the first Valing High King. Father of Anderwald the Dark.
Anderwald the Dark - The second Valing High King of Palania.
Aramine - An Alanian General, who won a victory at Stanburn.
Baldwine - Youngest brother of the first Valing High King.
Berenwald - One of the quarrelling sons of Ceafor the Tall.
Britheva - Lone daughter of Thunor the Traitor to survive through infancy. Died mysteriously, possibly poisoned by Anderwald the Dark.
Cantwine - Historian and loremaster of old.
Ceafor - Greatest king of Caldstenland, called Ceafor the Tall.
Clarembald - One of the quarrelling sons of Ceafor the Tall.
Cuthburga the Seer - A founding member of the Ring of Secrets. Author of the Weaves of Dunewyrd.
Cuthfryn - Prince of Tarithdun, brother to King Lanmar.
Cuto the Swift - Archer and hero, for whom Cuto's Well is named. Shot out one of Caragaur's eyes.
Cynemar - The first Valing High King of Palania.
Cynemar (the Younger) - Second son of the first Valing High King, and father of the last Valing High King, Cynewulf.
Cynefrith - Son of the last Valing High King, Cynewulf. Thought dead in the sack of Phalen, but survived and enslaved by the orcs. Suffered torture when his true identity was betrayed by Horik of the Colding clan.
Cynewulf - Last High King of the Valing clan, slain in the sack of Phalen.
Eansige - Father of Ceafor the Tall, possibly slain by poison.
Elfhelm - An ancient settler in the region around Lake Spear. One of the Changers.
Esegar - A woodsman in Gundergrad who found the Sword Darkling Gleam. Later became a Thegn, apparently slain near Gastonstadt.
Ethelhelm - Penultimate High King of the Valing clan, said to have been poisoned by his successor Cynewulf.
Ewias - Thegn and bodyguard of Thunor the Traitor.
Godri - Youngest son of Wulfhelm of the Changers, ancestor of Erlene, Saegif and Wulfnoth.
Godrun - A leader of the Changers.
Gosfrid - King of the lands on the Rede and Ceafor rivers in ancient Caldstenland. Overthrown and slain by Ceafor the Tall.
Grundni - Fryderi sorcerer, servant of Ealdorman Horsa of Wapanstede.
Juthwara - Last descendant of King Ulfberht the Strong.
Hathcyn - Lord of the Dalthing clan, ally of Thunor the Traitor.
Heferth - Ancient King of Wapanstede, a man of the Marring clan. Famed as a scholar and founder of Wapanstede's Library.
Heregrim - Son of the old Ealdorman Herewulf of Middlemere, died in the Plague Fields attempting to expiate his father's sins.
Herewulf - Ealdorman of Middlemere at the time of the war between Middlemere and Bluebrycg.
Hethor - Bodyguard of the Thegn Esegar.
Horik - Grandson of Odoacer of Waldtun.
Horik (2) - Traitorous lord of the Colding clan, betrayer of Cynefrith Valing.
Hludowig - Founder of the Alaning clan, the warrior who led the reconquest of Chepworth.
Kruhn - Ancient Alanian General in service to a pretender Emperor, whose company included Rhythwold of Redeburna.
Lanfranc - An ancient King on Bartholme, builder of Tarithdun.
Lanmar - An ancient King of Bartholme.
Manehtar - The greatest and wisest wizard at the time of Caragaur's attack, formerly of the Conclave. Slew, and was slain by, the dragon.
Mildona - Nechten the Never-Child's hundredth wife.
Morcar - Famed Ealdorman of Waldtun.
Nechten the Never-Child - High King of Coelney and founder of the cult of Divine Blood.
Odoacer - Founder of Waldtun, claimed to be the son of the pagan god Teorhelm.
Oelfwine - Noble of clan Gallathing, Ealdorman of Middlemre at the time of the treaty with Wapanstede.
Orlege - Ealdorman of Bluebrycg at the time of the war between Bluebrycg and Middlemere.
Osfurth of Orsginas - Ancient Gaston king in Palania, made a pact with the Prophet to raise Diera and Wulfhelm.
Osmod the Blind - Ancient mage, author of Reliquary of Lost Peoples.
Oswy - Son of Wulfhelm of the Changers, lover of Thunor the Traitor.
Ryrthwold of Redeburna - A sorcerer from long ago, who cleansed the corrupted runestone of Stanstede.
Peada - High King of the Gastons in Palania at the time of the revolt against the Alanian Empire.
Sigeric - Noble of clan Dalthing, Ealdorman of Bluebrycg at the time of the treaty with Wapanstede.
Theomar the Peaceable - Third of the Valing High Kings, generally regarded as the greatest of the Valings.
Thunor the Traitor - Brother of the first Valing High King, Cynemar. Turned against his clan and reviled by history. Wielder of the blade Darkling Gleam.
Ulfberht the Strong - Ancient clan king in the Gundergrad region, one of the leaders of the Gaston revolt against the Alanian Empire.
Wolstan the Elder - A hero of Wapanstede, Thegn of the Balthing clan and companion of Cuto the Swift. Killed by the dragon Caragaur while rescuing civilians in the sack of Phalen.
Wolstan the Younger - A hero of Wapanstede, son of Wolstan the Elder. Personal bodyguard of the Ealdorman of Wapanstede, who saved his master's life three times from the dragonspawn. Slain protecting the Ealdorman in battle against Bluebrycg.
Widukind - A soldier in the army of Prince Cynemar, in the time of the Gundergrad revolt.
Wulfhelm - A kinsman of the Prophet, one of the Changers. Led his children south after the fall of their compound in the Great Forest.
Historical Persons of Maseda
Canulf Red-Hand - Founder of the current ruling dynasty of Gastony, slayer of the Dark Lord Garawn.
Egred - Famed knight and monster slayer.
Eidelleg - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Elfric - Cousin to the Prophet, father of Wulfhelm and Diera.
Rhuddlum - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Pwyll - Ancient Swenning king, made a treaty with the Prophet.
Willard - Brother of the Faithful, assassinated the Emperor Ceneric and his children.
Saints and Heroes of the Virian Way
Diera - Kinswoman of the Prophet and founder of the Changers. Slain in her sleep by Saint Thenghelm.
Harulf - A great sage of the Changers, founder of their magical traditions.
Saint Ceneric - The last Virian Emperor of the Prophet's blood, assassinated by the Faithful. Saint of Wisdom.
Saint Clovis - Last ruler of a united Virian Empire, reconquered the Swennings and Erse of Maseda. Saint of Courage.
Saint Elfhelm - The most blessed Virian saint, cousin of the Prophet and first Virian convert. Saint of Fidelity.
Saint Ethelmar - Second Virian missionary to Palania, shortly after Caragaur's invasion.
Saint Hengist - First Judge of the Virian Church, given command of the holy city Meringas by the Prophet. Saint of Piety.
Saint Osmer - Brother and steward of the Duke of Istenland at the time of Clovis II. Saint of Patience.
Saint Oswy - A saint and missionary amongst the heathen Swennings, contemporary of the Prophet.
Saint Thenghelm - First Virian missionary to Palania. Originally of Swenning birth, under the name Ruaidri. Died sealing the Wyrd of the Changers.
Saint Winifrith - Third Virian missionary to Palania, at the time of the Dark Lord Garawn.
Wulfric of Barthenfold - The Prophet of the Virian Way.
Deities of Gaston Heathendom
Bealdoric - God of adventure and daring.
Brunarath - God of earth and stone.
Cenwulf - God of skill and craft.
Dunewyrd - God of lore and secrets.
Fregarbeorht - Sentinel of the gods.
Herumor - Battle captain of the gods.
Osildara - Osoltan's grim sister, keeper of the souls of the dead.
Osoltan - King of the gods. In Virian tradition, a demon slain by the Prophet on Mount Maragar.
Wystafrea - The weaver of fate.
Monsters and Villains
Ancalagon - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Who Rends With Tooth and Claw. Slain in single combat by the Prophet at the walls of Malagen.
Arkaveshirazidor - A powerful demon with a portfolio associated with torture and cruelty.
Caragaur - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Flames Bring Death. Despoiler of Palania, slew, and was slain by, the mage Manehtar at the sack of Phalen.
Culramaur - One of the Dragon Gods, the Dragon Who Delves and Hoards.
Daedeloth - One of the Dragon Gods, the Dragon Who Soars in Terrible Majesty.
Galazra - One of the Dragon-Gods and founder of the Dragon Cult of the Lost Lands. The Dragon Whose Cunning Masters All.
Gaulamarth - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Scales are Adamant.
Garawn - The Dark Lord, a vampire who invaded Gastony approximately seventy years ago.
Tashqarrazeddar - A powerful demon, tricked and bound to guard Manehtar's Library.
Terithrax - One of the Dragon-Gods, the Dragon Whose Craft is Boundless.
Other Historical Persons
Alrin of Balagost - Ancient Fryderi mage, author of Thaumaturgical Treatises.
Gerulf - Ancient Alanian Emperor.
Ingolfr of Cannock - Advisor to Mattias the Mage, murdered after his master's death. Author of Wells of Power.
Mattias the Mage - The Alanian Emperor responsible for lifting the laws against the practise of magic.
Podol the Powerful - Alanian general, founder of Podolplatz.