Rhodea: smallest of the fifty states that make up the Northia Federation, on the east coast of the continent.

Rowanville: the only neighborhood of Solantha where all three races mix.

Sandia: a large country (and subcontinent) of the Central Continent, populated by many different peoples.

Sandin Federal Bank: a bank with branches in all fifty states of the Federation; its Canalo manager was Danrian Warin. It was shut down after Sunaya brought a scheme of “interest-free loans,” financed with illegally mined gold, to the Chief Mage’s notice.

Serapha charms: paired amulets that allow two people, usually a couple, to find each other via twinned stones imbued with a small part of their essence. Normally, only the wearer can take a serapha charm off.

Shifter: a human who can change into animal form and back by magic; they originally resulted from illegal experiments by mages on ordinary humans.

Shifter Courier: Solantha newspaper specifically geared towards the shifter population.

Shifter Royale: an illegal underground betting concourse where kidnapped and drugged shifters were forced to fight against each other, sometimes to the death. Discovered and exposed by Sunaya, with help from Boon Lakin and Annia Melcott, after her cousin Mika had been kidnapped by the organizers.

Shiftertown: the part of Solantha where the official shifter clans live.

Shiftertown Inspector: a shifter chosen by the Shiftertown Council to police shifter-related crime. The position is currently held by Boon Lakin, a jaguar shifter, appointed after the murder of his predecessor Roanas Tillmore.

Solantha: the capital of Canalo State, a port city on the west coast of the Northia continent, home of Sunaya Baine.

Solantha Palace: the seat of power in Canalo, where both the Chief Mage and the Mages Guild reside. It is located near the coast of Solantha Bay.

Taili the Wolf: in shifter legend, the very first shifter (a female).

Lady Talari ar’Dronach: mage, wife to the Chief Mage of Osero.

Mrs. Tandry: human, head chef in the kitchens of Solantha Palace.

Tanzarite: a rare semi-precious stone.

The Twilight: a bar in Rowanville where Sunaya used to bartend.

Thrase, Nelia: a young human, Sunaya’s social secretary.

Timbran’s Gourmet Food: a meat-canning company, with a factory north of Turain.

Tillmore, Roanas: the former Shiftertown Inspector and father figure/mentor to Sunaya. He was poisoned while digging into the silver murders, prompting Sunaya to take over the investigation.

Tua: a legendary and highly dangerous race of very long-lived beings with powerful magic, who sometimes cross from their own world into Recca, most frequently in Manuc.

Tular, Jolen: Director of the Osero Mages Guild.

Turain: a small town north of Solantha, where the Shifter Royale took place.

Ur-God: the name the humans call the Creator by.

Vanderheim, Curian: human millionaire and businessman, husband to Thorgana Mills.

Wacoma: an area in the Northwest of the Federation, part of Osero.

Willis: a human member of the Resistance, rank of Private.