Baine, Melantha: Sunaya’s cousin, and daughter to the Jaguar Clan’s Chieftain.

Baine, Mafiela: Chieftain of the Jaguar Clan and Sunaya’s aunt.

Baine, Mika: a young jaguar shifter, daughter of Melantha Baine.

Baine, Rylan: one of Chieftain Baine’s least favored children, and Sunaya’s cousin. An active member of the Resistance, with the rank of Captain, he was captured and imprisoned during the uprising in Solantha.

Ballos, Jonias: an elderly reclusive mage in Solantha.

Benefactor: the name the Resistance called their anonymous, principal source of financial support, before Sunaya unmasked the master criminal.

The Black Curtain: shop owned by Elania Tarrignal in Witches’ End, where under-the-table hexes can be discreetly obtained.

Black Lion Inn: an inn located in Nika, Osero.

Bosal ar’Nuris: mage, Secretary of Education and Culture of Canalo, member of the Canalo Delegation to the Convention.

Boran, Resa: mage, Financial Secretary of Osero.

Canalo: one of the fifty states making up the Northia Federation, located on the West Coast of the Northia Continent.

Canalo Council, usually just the Council: a governmental body composed of eight senior mages, supposed to advise the Chief Mage and substitute for him in case of sudden death or incapacity.

Capitol: building in the capital Dara, where the Convention of Chief Mages meets every other year to conduct government business.

Carsid: Legal Secretary of Osero.

Chen, Lalia: the current Director of the Canalo Mages Guild in Solantha. She serves as deputy to Iannis ar’Sannin, the Chief Mage.

Chartis, Argon: former Director of the Canalo Mages Guild, dismissed by the Chief Mage for insubordination and attempts to undermine the Chief Mage’s authority. He subsequently joined forces with the Benefactor to avenge his dismissal.

Chieftain: a title used to distinguish the head of a shifter clan.

Calmias, Father Monor: a charismatic preacher in Ur-God temples, with many followers all over Northia.

Castalis: a country and peninsula at the southwestern edge of the Central Continent, ruled by a High Mage.

Cedris ar’Tarea: Chief Mage of Rhodea, a small island state on the east coast of Northia.

Central Continent: the largest of the continents on Recca, spanning from Garai in the east to Castalis in the west.

Coazi: a group of related tribes controlling large parts of Mexia and adjoining states.

Chanie, Gena: journalist working for the celebrity magazine Now.

Coman ar’Daghir: Member of the delegation of Rhodea to the Convention, Legal Secretary of that state.

Comenius Genhard: a hedgewitch from Pernia, owner of the shop Over the Hedge at Witches’ End. Close friend of Sunaya Baine, employer of Noria Melcott, and lover of the witch Elania.

Creator: the ultimate deity, worshipped by all three races under different names.

Crystal Hotel: a hotel in Dara, favored by delegations attending the Convention.

Dira: mage, one of the secretaries at the Mages Guild.

Dara: capital of the Northia Federation, located on the east coast of the Northia Continent.

Darca: a human formerly employed as accountant by the Financial Secretary in Solantha.