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List of Characters
Aglaranna: Elf Queen in Elvandar, later wife of Lord Tomas.
Alma-Lodaka: Valhur, Dragon Lord, Emerald Lady of Serpents. Creator of the Pantathians and the Saaur.
Amos: Trask, former pirate, “Captain Trenchard,” later companion of Prince Arutha, later companion of Prince Nicholas and Calis in Novindus.
Anita: Princess of the Kingdom, daughter of Prince Erland of Krondor, later wife of Prince Arutha.
Arutha conDoin: Prince of the Kingdom, second son of Lord Borric of Crydee and brother to King Lyam, later Prince of Krondor.
Arutha Jamison: son of James (I) and Gamina, Lord Vencar, Baron of the King’s Court, father of James (II) and Dashel Jamison.
Ashen-Shugar: Valheru (Dragon Lord, Ancient One), Ruler of the Eagles Reaches.
Baru: “Serpentslayer,” Hadati hillman, companion to Prince Arutha in Armengar.
Borric conDoin (I): Duke of Crydee, father to Lyam (I), Arutha, and Carline.
Borric conDoin (II): Prince of the Kingdom, son of Arutha, brother to Erland (II), later King of the Isles.
Brendan conDoin: son of Henry (II), brother to Henry (III) and Martin (II).
Caleb: youngest son of Miranda and Pug, brother to Magnus, half-brother to William and Gamina. Husband of Marie, foster father to Tad, Zane, and Jommy.
Calin: elf heir to the throne of Elvandar, half-brother to Calis, son of Queen Aglaranna and King Aidan.
Calis: son of Aglaranna and Tomas, half-brother to Calin, later “The Eagle of Krondor,” special agent of the Prince of Krondor, Duke of the Court.
Carline: Princess of Crydee, daughter of Lord Borric, sister of Lyam and Arutha, later wife to Laurie.
Dashel Jamison: “Dash,” younger son of Arutha (II), grandson of James (I), brother to James (II), later Duke of Rillanon and grandfather to James.
Dolgan: Dwarf Chieftain at Village Caldara, later King of the Dwarves in the West, holder of the Hammer of Tholin.
Draken-Korin: Valheru (Dragon Lord, Ancient One), Lord of the Tigers.
Edward: cousin to Ryan and Gregory, later Prince of Krondor.
Emerald Queen: see entry for “Jorna.”
Eiek: von Darkmoor, apprentice blacksmith, boyhood friend of Rupert, later member of Calis’s “Desperate Men,” later Sergeant, then Captain of the Crimson Eagles, later Knight-Marshal of the Kingdom.
Erland (I): Prince of Krondor, uncle to King Rodrick, father of Princess Anita, cousin to Lord Borric and family.
Erland (II): Royal Prince, son of Arutha and Anita, younger twin to Borric (II), later Prince of Rillanon.
Gamina: adopted daughter of Pug and sister of William, wife of James (I), mother of Arutha (II).
Gardan: Sergeant at Crydee, later Knight-Marshal at Krondor.
Gregory: son of Patrick, younger brother to Ryan, later king after his brother, cousin to Richard and Edward.
Guy: du Bas-Tyra, Duke of Bas-Tyra, later Duke of Rillanon.
Henry (I): “Harry,” son of the Earl of Ludlum, companion of Prince Nicholas, later Governor of the Sunset Isles.
Henry (II): “Harry,” Duke of Crydee, father to Henry (III), Martin (II), and Brendan.
Henry (III): “Hal,” Duke of Crydee, later King Henry V of the Isles, husband of Stephané of Roldem.
James: Jimmy the Hand, later Duke of Rillanon, then Krondor, father to Arutha (II), grandfather to James (II) and Dasher.
James (II): Jamison, son of Arutha (II), brother to Dasher, grandson of James (I), later Duke of Rillanon, grandfather to James (III).
James (III): Jamison, “Jim Dasher,” spy for the crown, grandson of James (II).
Jorna: “Lady Clovis,” later Emerald Queen, wife of Macros and mother of Miranda, later wife of Nakor.
Kaspar: Duke of Olasko, later exiled in Novin-dus, later servant of the Conclave of Shadows and defender of Kelewan against the Dasati.
Katala: Thuril slave girl in Kelewan, later wife to Pug and mother to William.
Kulgan: magician at Crydee Keep, Pug’s first teacher, companion to Meecham.
Laurie: troubadour, later slave with Pug on Kelewan, later Duke of Salador and husband of Princess Carline.
Leso: Varen, also known as Sidi, mad magician, servant of the God of Evil, pawn of the Dread, confidant of Kaspar of Olasko.
Locklear: squire of Prince Arutha’s court, later baronet and court baron, friend of James (I).
Lyam (I): son of Lord Borric, brother to Prince Arutha, later King of the Kingdom of the Isles.
Lyam (II): son of Prince Arutha, brother to Prince Borric (II), Princess Elaina, and Prince Nicholas.
Macros: the Black Sorcerer, father of Miranda, grandfather of Magnus and Caleb.
Magnus: son of Pug and Miranda, grandson of Macros the Black.
Marcus: son of Martin (I), Duke of Crydee, cousin to Prince Patrick.
Martin (I): illegitimate son of Borric (I), half-brother to Lyam (I) and Arutha (I).
Martin (II): son of Henry (II), brother of Henry (III) and Brendan.
Meecham: “Franklin,” freeborn land owner, hunter, companion to Kulgan.
Miranda: magician, daughter of Macros and Jorma, later second wife of Pug, mother of Magnus and Caleb.
Murad: Moredhel chieftain of Clan Raven, servant of the false Murmandamus.
Murmandamus: false prophet of the Moredhel, disguised Pantathian Serpent Priest.
Nakor: Isalani gambler from Kesh, companion to Princes Borric and Erland, later to Nicholas, then Pug, Magnus, and Macros. Second husband of Jorma. Sometimes known as “the Blue Rider.”
Nicholas: youngest son of Arutha (I), brother to Borric (I), Erland (I), and Elena, later Admiral of the King’s Bitter Sea Fleet.
Oracle of Aal: ancient seer of the oldest known race in the universe. Saved from a dying planet by Pug, her mind inhabits the body of the ancient dragon Ryath; also known as the jeweled dragon, the Oracle at Sethanon, or simple the Oracle.
Owen: Greylock, Swordmaster of Darkmoor, later captain in the Prince of Krondor’s army.
Patrick: son of Erland (II), nephew to Borric (II), Nicholas, and Elena, father to Ryan and Gregory.
Pug: orphan boy from Crydee, also Milamber of the Assembly of Magicians on Kelewan, also Pug of Stardock, founder of the Conclave of Shadows, also the Black Sorcerer after Macros the Black.
Richard: cousin to King Patrick, caretaker of Prince of Krondor before Edward.
Robert: “Bobby” de Loungville, sergeant in Calis’s Crimson Eagles.
Roald: mercenary soldier, boyhood companion of Laurie, later companion of Arutha at Armengar.
Rodric IV: King of the Isles, cousin to Lord Borric and Princes Lyam and Arutha, nephew of Prince Erland.
Rupert “Roo” Avery: boyhood companion of Eric von Darkmoor, later member of Calis’s “Desperate Men,” later young merchant of Krondor.
Ryan: son of Patrick, brother to Gregory, later King of the Isles.
Stephané: Princess of Roldem, daughter of King Carole, later wife of Henry (III) and Queen of the Kingdom of the Isles.
Talon of the Silver Hawk: also known as Talwin Hawkins, trial boy from the mountains, father of Tyron Hawkins.
Tomas: kitchen boy from Crydee, later inheritor of the Dragon Lord’s armor from Ashen-Shugar, later Warleader of Elvandar and husband of Aglaranna, father of Calis.
Tyron Hawkins: son of Talwin Hawkins, companion of Duke Henry (III), secret apprentice for James (III).
Valko: Dasati Deathknight, later ruler of the entire Dasati Empire.
William: son of Pug, brother of Gamina, later Knight-Lieutenant in Krondor, later Knight-Marshal of Krondor.
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