Alan of Pirates Swoop | Aliannes sixteen-year-old twin brother, a third-year page |
Alanna of Pirates Swoop and Olau | the Kings Champion, lady knight |
Alianne of Pirates Swoop | daughter of Alanna the Lioness and George, baron of Pirates Swoop |
Arak | herding dog |
Athan Fajering | disgraced luarin nobleman |
Bonedancer | living Archaeopteryx (dinosaur bird) skeleton |
Bronau Jimajen | non-royal luarin prince of the Copper Isles |
Buri (Buriram) | former commander of the Queens Riders |
Chenaol | free raka servant and head cook for the Balitangs |
Cinnamon | Alys chestnut mare |
Coram Smythesson | baron of Tortall |
Daine (Veralidaine) | half-goddess, called the Wildmage for her skills with animals, Alys adoptive aunt |
Darkmoon | Alannas horse |
Dilsubai Haiming | last raka queen of the Copper Isles |
Dovasary (Dove) | Mequens half-raka daughter from first marriage |
Dunevon | King Orons youngest child, son of third marriage, heir to Hazarin |
Ekit | Visdas brother, Tanair herdboy, raka |
Eleni of Olau | Alys grandmother |
Elsren | Mequens second full-luarin child with Winnamine |
Falthin | part-raka bowyer at Tanair |
Fesgao | raka man-at-arms who protects Sarai and Dove |
Gary (Gareth the Younger) | heir to fief Naxen, King Jonathans principal advisor |
George of Pirates Swoop | Alannas husband and Alys father, baron and second-in-command of his realms spies |
Grace | herding dog |
Graveyard Hag | trickster and primary goddess of Carthak, Kyprioths kinswoman |
Gurhart | part-raka merchant, caravan leader |
Hanoren | son of King Orons second marriage |
Hasui | part-raka kitchen slave and royal spy |
Hazarin | King Orons half brother |
Ianjai | wealthy raka merchant family |
Imajane | King Orons half sister |
Imiary VI | second-to-last raka queen |
Imrah of Legann | lord, knight-master to Prince Roald |
Jafana | former luarin nursemaid to Petranne and Elsren |
Jonathan of Cont | king of Tortall |
Junai Dodeka | raka daughter of Ulasim, Alys guard |
Kaddar Iliniat | emperor of Carthak |
Keladry of Mindelan | called Kel, lady knight |
Kyprioth | trickster god |
Landfall | Tortallan spy in Scanra |
Lokeij | raka hostler for the Balitangs |
Ludas Jimajen | second-in-command of the luarin invasion of the Copper Isles |
Maggur Rathhausak | Scanran king and warlord |
Maude Tanner | housekeeper and healer at Pirates Swoop |
Mequen | exiled luarin duke, head of the Balitang family |
Musenda Ogunsanwo (Sarge) | training master of the Queens Riders |
Myles of Olau, baron | Alys grandfather, head of royal intelligence service (spies) |
Nawat Crow | a crow who turned himself into a man |
Numair Salmaln | powerful mage, Daines husband |
Nuritin | Duke Mequens luarin aunt |
Ochobu Dodeka | raka mage and mother of Ulasim |
Onua Chamtong | horsemistress to the Queens Riders |
Oron Rittevon | mentally-ill king of the Copper Isles |
Pembery | part-raka, slave of the Balitang family |
Petranne | Mequens first child with Winnamine |
Pilia | Pohon resident, watches Ochobus house |
Raoul of Goldenlake and Malories Peak | lord, Knight Commander of the Kings Own, Tortallan hero, known as the Giant Killer |
Rihani | raka healer |
Rispah | baroness of Trebond |
Rittevon of Lenman | leader of luarin invasion |
Rubinyan Jimajen | luarin husband of Princess Imajane, Bronaus older brother |
Saraiyu (Sarai) | Mequens oldest daughter, half-raka, from his first marriage |
Sarra | Daines mother, now the minor goddess The Green Lady |
Sarugani of Temaida | Mequens first wife, raka, mother of Dove and Sarai, died in a tragic riding accident |
Thayet of Cont | Queen of Tortall, co-ruler with her husband, King Jonathan |
Thom of Pirates Swoop | Alys eighteen-year-old brother, a student mage |
Tulpa | millers daughter at Tanair |
Tyananne |