Iannis ar’Sannin: Chief Mage of Canalo. He resides in the capital city of Solantha, from which he runs Canalo as well as the Mages Guild with the help of his Deputy and Secretaries. Originally a native of Manuc, a country located across the Eastern Sea.

Isana ar’Rhea: daughter of the High Mage of Castalis.

Janta Urama: mage and scholar, head librarian in the Solantha Mages Guild.

Jeremidah: one of the three founding mages of the Northia Federation (“The Founding Trio”) together with Faonus and Micara.

Lakin, Boon: a jaguar shifter from Parabas, appointed as Solantha’s new Shiftertown Inspector following Roanas’s death. Sunaya and he are friends and occasional allies. It was a case he investigated and discussed with Sunaya that led to the eventual exposure of the Shifter Royale.

Lanyr Goldrin: supposedly a tiger shifter engaged as guard in Solantha Palace; pseudonym of Rylan Baine.

Leniang Port: a lawless port city on the south coast of Garai.

Logar ar’Dronach: Chief Mage of Osero.

Loranian: the difficult, secret language of magic that all mages are required to master.

Loris ar’Mengis: one of Minister Graning’s aides at the Capitol building in Dara.

Mages Guild: the governmental organization that rules the mages in Canalo, and supervises the other races. The headquarters are in Solantha Palace. They are subordinate to the Chief Mage. (Each of the states in the Federation has a Mages Guild.)

Magi-tech: devices that are powered by both magic and technology.

Main Crew: the largest group of Enforcers in the Guild. They are generally favored over the other crews and get the most lucrative dockets.

Manuc: an island country off the west coast of the Central Continent.

Magorah: the god of the shifters, associated with the moon.

Melcott, Annia: a human enforcer. She is a close friend of Sunaya, and Noria’s older sister.

Melcott, Noria: Annia Melcott’s younger sister. A gifted inventor, who used to work part-time in the shop Over the Hedge, belonging to Comenius Genhard, and has a mage boyfriend, Elnos. She passionately believes in equality between all races and supports the Resistance, which she eventually joined.

Mexia: one of the fifty states making up the Northia Federation.

Micara: one of the mages who made up the Founding Trio of the Federation, together with Faonus and Jeremidah.

Millawette River: river in Parabas, the capital of Osero.

Mills, Thorgana: human socialite, married to Curian Vanderheim, and former owner of a news media conglomerate as well as numerous other companies. After being exposed as the Benefactor by Sunaya, she was imprisoned. Her companies were seized and auctioned off.

Minister: the mage who presides the Convention of Chief Mages, and coordinates the affairs of the Northia Federation between sessions, particularly foreign relations. The office is currently held by Zavian Graning.

Mitas, Dr. Elan: a general practitioner of medicine in Dara, member of the Resistance.

Miyanta: daughter and disciple of the First Mage Resinah, from whom the ar’Rhea family traces its descent.