RICHENDA, Lady—Countess of Marley and wife to Bran Coris, mother of Brendan.

*ROLF MacPherson—a Deryni lord of the tenth century who rebelled against the authority of the Camberian Council.

RONAL, Prince—youngest son of Duke Lionel, age three.

RORY, Prince—middle son of Prince Nigel, age eleven.

ROYSTON Richardson—a peasant boy, age ten; associated with healing of Malcolm Donalson.

SELDEN—one of Cardiel’s soldiers who assisted in the capture of Morgan and Duncan at Dhassa.

SIWARD, Bishop—one of the twelve itinerant bishops of Gwynedd with no fixed see; sided with Bishops Cardiel and Arilan in the Interdict schism.

SMALF—a miller questioned by Morgan and Duncan on the Dhassa road.

STEPHEN de Longueville—a soldier of Bran Coris ordered to test Cordan’s sleeping potion.

THIERRY, Master—a clerk to Lord Martin of Greystoke; detained and interrogated by Morgan and Duncan on the Dhassa road.

THOMAS Cardiel, Bishop—Bishop of Dhassa, age forty-one; leader of the Interdict schism with Arilan.

THORNE Hagen—a member of the Camberian Council; full Deryni.

TIERCEL de Claron—youngest member of the Camberian Council; full Deryni.

TOLLIVER, Bishop Ralf—Bishop of Coroth and Morgan’s prelate, age fifty.

*TORIN, Saint—one of the patron saints of Dhassa, associated with forests.

TORVAL of Netterhaven, Baron—a messenger sent by Wencit to Kelson’s camp as hostage; killed by Warin and Duncan.

VIVIENNE, Lady—a member of the Camberian Council; full Deryni.

VOLMER, Lord—an agent of Wencit.

WARIN de Grey—a self-appointed messiah who believes himself designated to destroy Deryni.

WENCIT of Torenth, King—sorcerer king of Torenth, at war with Gwynedd.

WOLFRAM de Blanet, Bishop—senior of the twelve itinerant bishops of Gwynedd; sided with Bishops Cardiel and Arilan in the Interdict schism.

INDEX OF PLACE NAMES

ARJENOL—duchy in eastern Torenth, held by Duke Lionel, a kinsman of Wencit.

ARRANAL Canyon—northern passage through the mountains separating Torenth from Marley, which Duke Ewan’s army is assigned to hold.

BELDOUR—capital city of the Kingdom of Torenth.

BETHENAR—honor of one of the ancient families of the Eleven Kingdoms.

CARBURY—seat of the Bishop of Carbury, Creoda.

CARDOSA—disputed border city in the mountains between Torenth and Eastmarch.

CARTHMOOR—duchy of Gwynedd bordering Corwyn and the Royal Honor of Haldane, held by Prince Nigel.

CASSAN—duchy in the northwest of Gwynedd bordering the earldom of Kierney and the Meara Protectorate, held by Duke Jared McLain.

CLAIBOURNE—duchy far to the north of Gwynedd, held by Duke Ewan MacEwan.

COAMER Range—mountains on the southern border of Llyndruth Meadows, separating the Cardosa Defile from the Dhassa area.

COROTH—ducal capital of Corwyn.

COR Ramet—field where Kelson and the rebel bishops agreed to rendezvous.

CORWYN—duchy of Gwynedd held by Duke Alaric Morgan, inherited from his Deryni mother, Lady Alyce de Morgan.

CULDI—city associated with Saint Camber; burial place of Lady Alyce de Corwyn de Morgan; also the burial place of her daughter Bronwyn and Kevin McLain, who was Bronwyn’s betrothed.

DHASSA—free holy city, seat of the Bishop of Dhassa, Thomas Cardiel, and meeting place of the Gwynedd Curia; known for its woodcraft and the shrines of its patron saints, Torin and Ethelburga, which guard it south and north.