Motoac River: a river in the Federation capital Dara.

Nayra: one of the fifty states of the Northian Federation.

Narina Sernan: a pseudonym used by Sunaya in Dara.

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

Nika: a small town in Osero.

Noria: see under Melcott, Noria.

Northia Federation: a federation consisting of fifty states that covers the entire northern half and middle of the Western Continent. Canalo is part of this federation.

Omonas ar’Candar: mage, senior member of the Canalo Council. Not a fan of Sunaya.

Lord Ortho: Chief Mage of Suluris, a state in the southeast of the Federation.

Osero: one of the fifty states of the Northia Federation, located north of Canalo on the continent’s west coast.

Over the Hedge: a shop at Witches’ End selling magical charms and herbal remedies, belonging to Comenius Genhard.

Pandanum: a base metal used, inter alia, for less valuable coins.

Parabas: a city north of Solantha, capital of the state of Osero.

Pamina: receptionist at the Capitol in Dara.

Pernia: a country on the Central Continent, from which Sunaya’s friend Comenius Genhard hails.

Polar ar’Tollis: former Chief Mage of Nebara, who vanished after being condemned to death by the Convention.

Prison Isle: an island in the middle of Solantha Bay that serves as a prison for Canalo’s worst criminals.

Privacy Guard: a company that used to lease uniformed guards to governments and other institutions all over the Federation.

Ragga, Elnos: Noria Melcott’s boyfriend. He is a student at Solantha academy and one of the few mages who believes in equality amongst the races. He and Noria worked together to develop new magi-tech devices.

Ragir, Lady Aria: wife to the High Mage of Castalis and First Lady of that country (since her marriage styled Lady Aria Ragir ar’Rhea).

Recca: the world of humans, mages, and shifters.

Residah: the mages’ book of scripture that holds Resinah’s teachings.

Resinah: the first mage, whose teachings are of paramount spiritual importance for the mages. Her statue can be found in the mage temples, which are off-limits to non-mages and magically hidden from outsiders.

Resistance: a movement of revolutionaries planning to overthrow the mages and take control of the Northia Federation, financially backed by the Benefactor. Over time, they became bolder and more aggressive, using terrorist attacks with civilian casualties, as well as assassination. They even tried to take over Solantha, when the government was in disarray after they had engineered the Chief Mage’s disappearance. Sunaya’s discovery that the Benefactor and the human leaders of the Resistance were planning to turn on the shifters once the mages were defeated dealt a blow to the unity of the movement, but its human component is far from completely defeated, and is working on “secret weapons.”

ar’Rhea: family name of a noble Castalian family of mages, who trace their descent to the first mage Resinah through her daughter Miyanta.