IERY — Marie's roommate at Arc-en-Ciel.

ILLANN, KING — King of Howicce and, after the death of Queen Gwenaël, King of Llannedd; brother of Queen Richeldis.

IOLO MELANDRY, SIR — royal governor of Ratharkin, hanged by rebels.

IRIS ALTHEA, SISTER — mistress of scriptorium at Arc-en-Ciel.

IRIS ANTHONY, SISTER — professed nun at Arc-en-Ciel.

IRIS JESSILDE, SISTER — second daughter of Jessamy MacAthan, a novice at Arc-en-Ciel.

IRIS JUDIANA, MOTHER — Superior at Arc-en-Ciel; daughter of a Bremagni duke, educated at Rhaname.

IRIS MART, SISTER — a professed nun at Arc-en-Ciel.

IRIS ROSE, SISTER — a novice at Arc-en-Ciel.

ISAN FITZMARTIN — a page in the household of King Donal, son of Lady Megory Fitzmartin.

IVONE — a squire to King Donal in 1086.

JARED MCLAIN, EARL OF KIERNEY — only son of Andrew Duke of Cassan.

*JEPPE LASCELLES — one of the Gwynedd generals at Killingford.

JESIANA MACATHAN — a daughter of Jessamy and Sief MacAthan.

JESSAMY FERCH LEWYS MACATHAN — daughter of Lewys ap Norfal and Lady Ilde; wife of Sief MacAthan. Mother of four living daughters and Krispin MacAthan.

JESSILDE MACATHAN — see Iris Jessilde, sister.

JIRI REDFEARN, SIR — an aide to King Donal.

JODOTHA — a legendary Deryni of the seventh century.

*JOLYON OF MEARA, PRINCE — last sovereign Prince of Meara, husband of Urracca, father of Roisian and Annalind.

JOSQUIN GRAMERCY — a scout in the service of King Donal.

JOVETT CHANDOS, SIR — former squire in the service of Keryell Earl of Lendour, childhood friend of Alyce and Marie de Corwyn, secretly Deryni; knighted with Sé Trelawney at Twelfth Night court, 1082.

JUDHAEL, PRINCE — soi-distant Prince of Meara, first cousin to King Donal, son of Annalind, Princess of Meara.

KENNETH KAI MORGAN, SIR — an aide to King Donal; father of Zoë and two more daughters.

KEVIN DOUGLAS MCLAIN — infant son of Jared Earl of Kierney and Elaine MacInnis.

KHOREN VASTOUNI, PRINCE — member of the Camberian Council.

KRISPIN SIEF MACATHAN — son of Jessamy by King Donal, secretly sired to be a Deryni protector for the royal princes.

LAURELA HOWARD — «mother» of Vera (de Corwyn) Howard.

LEWYS AP NORFAL — infamous Deryni who defied the Camberian Council; father of Jessamy and Morian.

LUCIEN TALBOT, BARON — a baron of the Purple March, permanent royal governor of Ratharkin replacing the murdered Iolo Melandry.

MALGAR DE FIRENZA, FATHER — new chaplain and music master at Arc-en-Ciel after Septimus de Nore.

MARIE STEPHANIA DE CORWYN — younger daughter of Keryell Earl of Lendour and Stevana de Corwyn; twin to Ahern de Corwyn.

MEGORY FITZMARTIN — a principal lady-in-waiting to Queen Richeldis.

MICHAEL OF KHELDOUR, ARCHBISHOP — Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd.

MICHAEL MACDONALD, SIR — husband of Princess Onora of Meara.

MICHENDRA VASTOUNI, PRINCESS — younger daughter of Prince Mikhail of Andelon.

MICHON DE COURCY, LORD — member of the Camberian Council.

MIKHAIL VASTOUNI, PRINCE — sovereign Prince of Andelon and nephew of Prince Khoren.

MIRANDA, LADY — a lady-in-waiting to Queen Richeldis.

MORIAN DU JOUX (AP LEWYS), SIR — brother of Jessamy, and Deryni.

MUNGO, FATHER — a chaplain in the royal household.

MURIELLA, LADY — a lady-in-waiting to Queen Richeldis.

NED — a gardener at Rhemuth Castle.

NIDIAN AP PEDR — a citizen of Ratharkin.

NIGEL CLUIM GWYDION RHYS HALDANE, PRINCE — son of King Donal and Queen Richeldis.

NIMUR FURSTÁN — King of Torenth.

*NORFAL — a Deryni master.

OÍSIN ADAIR — a horse breeder, member of the Camberian Council.

OLIVER DE NORE, BISHOP — itinerant bishop in Carthane, elder brother of Septimus.

ONORA, PRINCESS — daughter of Judhael of Meara, granddaughter of Annalind of Meara.

ORBAN HOWARD, SIR — «father» of Vera (de Corwyn) Howard.

ORIN — great Deryni adept and mystic of the seventh century.

PASCHAL DIDIER, FATHER — Deryni priest from Bremagne, chaplain to Keryell Earl of Lendour and tutor to Alyce and Ahern (and Vera Howard). Trained at Nur Sayyid and the R'Kassan seminary at Rhaname.

PATRICK CORRIGAN, BISHOP — newly consecrated itinerant bishop.

RANNULF, SIR — along on the hunt at Martinmas.

RICHARD BEARAND RHUPERT CINHIL HALDANE, PRINCE — unmarried half-brother of King Donal, Duke of Carthmoor.

RICHELDIS, QUEEN — second wife of King Donal and mother of his children, a princess of Howicce and Llannedd.

ROBARD KINCAID, SIR — a Mearan rebel.

RODDER GILLESPIE, FATHER — a priest of the Diocese of Nyford.

*ROISIAN, QUEEN — heiress of Meara, eldest daughter of Jolyon of Meara and Urracca; twin of Annalind; wife of Malcolm Haldane and Queen of Gwynedd.

RORIK HOWELL, SIR — new Earl of Eastmarch, son of the late Corban Howell.

ROSMERTA, LADY — third wife of Keryell Earl of Lendour.

RUSLAN, BROTHER — a monk serving at the chapel royal of Rhemuth Castle.

SEFFIRA MACATHAN, LADY — a daughter of Jessamy and Sief MacAthan.

SEISYLL ARILAN, LORD — member of King Donal's council of state and also the Camberian Council.

SEPTIMUS DE NORE, FATHER — brother of Bishop Oliver de Nore, briefly a chaplain at Arc-en-Ciel.

SÉ TRELAWNEY, SIR — former squire in the service of Keryell Earl of Lendour, childhood friend of Alyce, Marie, and Ahern, secretly Deryni; knighted at Twelfth Night Court 1082.

SIEF MACATHAN, JUNIOR — firstborn son of Jessamy and Sief, dead at one week of age.

SIEF MACATHAN, LORD — member of King Donal's council of state and also the Camberian Council.

SiEFFANY MACATHAN DE COURCY — eldest daughter of Jessamy and Sief MacAthan, wife of Aurelien de Courcy.

SILE, QUEEN — second wife to King Malcolm Haldane, mother of Richard.

SlLKE ANNE ELIZABETH ROISIAN HALDANE, PRINCESS — second daughter of Donal King of Gwynedd and Queen Richeldis.

SOBBON VON HORTHY, PRINCE — sovereign Prince of Thalia and Hort of Orsal.

SOFIANA VASTOUNI, PRINCESS — elder daughter of Prince Mikhail of Andelon and Princess Ysabeau.

STASHA, PRINCESS — wife of Prince Khoren Vastouni of Andelon.

*STEVANA DE CORWYN, LADY — deceased heiress of Corwyn, granddaughter of Stiofan Duke of Corwyn; second wife of Keryell Earl of Lendour, mother of Alyce, Vera, Ahern, and Marie.

*STIOFAN DE CORWYN, DUKE — great grandfather of Alyce de Corwyn.

*TAYCE FURSTANA, LADY — first cousin of Festil I King of Gwynedd, wife of Lord Richard du Joux; their son was Dominic du Joux, first Duke of Corwyn.

THOMAS CARDIEL — younger brother of Alinor.

TIARNÁN MACRAE, SIR — an aide to King Donal.

TIPHANE, LADY — a lady-in-waiting to Queen Richeldis.

TREVOR UDAUT — a squire in 1090, just raised from page at that Twelfth Night.

URIEN, KING — Haldane monarch who died at Killingford.

*URRACCA, PRINCESS — consort of the last sovereign Prince of Meara, mother of twin sisters Roisian and Annalind and also of Magrette.

URSIC, DUKE — Duke of Claibourne.

VERA LAURELA (DE CORWYN) HOWARD — younger twin sister of Alyce, but raised by and believed to be the daughter of Lord Orban Howard and Lady Laurela.

VIVIENNE DE JORDANET, LADY — member of the Camberian Council.

WILCE MELANDRY, SIR — nephew of Iolo, sheriff of Ratharkin.

WILLIAM MACCARTNEY, ARCHBISHOP — Archbishop of Rhemuth.

XENIA NUALA JARONI SWYNBETH, PRINCESS — first daughter and third child of Donal King of Gwynedd and Richeldis.

*YSABEAU, PRINCESS — late wife of Prince Mikhail of Andelon, mother of Sofiana and Michendra.

ZOË BRONWYN MORGAN — a student at Arc-en-Ciel, eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan.

* denotes a character is already deceased when first mentioned.