Krelis – warrior, son of Lamar of Ripa and brother of Ektor and Veradis.

Lamar – Baron of Ripa, father of Krelis, Ektor and Veradis.

Marcellin – Baron of Ultas.

Nathair – King of Tenebral, son of Aquilus and Fidele. In league with Queen Rhin of Cambren. Believes that he is the Bright Star, the one prophesied to be the chosen champion of Elyon. Recently completed his quest to claim the starstone cauldron, one of the Seven Treasures of ancient myth.

Pax – son of Atilius. A young warrior captured during the uprising in Tenebral. Made a slave and set to work on a Vin Thalun galley, alongside his father.

Peritus – once battlechief of Tenebral. Now leader of the resistance against Lykos and his Vin Thalun.

Valent – a warrior of Ripa.

Veradis – first-sword and friend to King Nathair. Son of Lamar of Ripa and brother of Ektor and Krelis. He commands a warband of Tenebral, instrumental in the defeats of Owain of Narvon and Eremon of Domhain.

THE THREE ISLANDS

Alazon – chief shipwright of the Vin Thalun.

Demos – Vin Thalun ship-lord. Friend of Lykos.

Jayr – Vin Thalun healer.

Kolai – shieldman of Lykos.

Lykos – Lord of the Vin Thalun, the pirate nation that inhabits the Three Islands of Panos, Pelset and Nerin. Sworn to Asroth, ally and co-conspirator of Calidus. Appointed regent of Tenebral by Nathair. Has used sorcery to control and marry Fidele, mother of Nathair.

Nella – one-time lover of Lykos. Mother of his child.

Senios - Vin Thalun pirate. Captive of Maquin and Fidele for a time.

THE GIANT CLANS

The Benothi

Balur One-Eye – Benothi giant. Joined forces with Corban and his company during the Battle of Murias. He took the starstone axe from Alcyon.

Eisa – Benothi giantess, companion of Uthas.

Ethlinn – Benothi giantess, daughter of Balur One-Eye, also called the Dreamer.

Laith – female giantling, one of the survivors of the Battle of Murias who joins Corban and his companions.

Nemain – Queen of the Benothi giants. Betrayed and slain by Uthas.

Salach – Benothi giant, shieldman of Uthas.

Uthas – giant of the Benothi clan, secret ally and conspirator with Queen Rhin of Cambren. Slayer of Queen Nemain and now self-proclaimed Lord of the Benothi. Dreams of reuniting the giant clans and being their lord.

The Jotun

Ildaer – warlord of the Jotun.

Ilska – giantess. Battle-maiden and bear-rider.

The Kurgan

Alcyon – servant and guardian of Calidus.

Raina – giantess. Mother of Tain.

Tain – giantling. Son of Raina.

THE BEN-ELIM

Meical – high captain of the Ben-Elim. Chosen as the one to leave the Otherworld, to be clothed in flesh and sent to the Banished Lands to prepare for the coming war.

THE KADOSHIM

Asroth – Demon-Lord of the Fallen.

Belial – a captain of Asroth, one of the Kadoshim spirits that travels through the cauldron and possesses the body of Sumur, lord of the Jehar warriors.

Bune – a Kadoshim spirit that possesses the body of a Jehar warrior during the Battle of Murias.