*ELAINE MACINNIS, LADY — first wife of Jared Earl of Kierney, and mother of Kevin McLain; died in childbirth.
ESMÉ HARRIS, BISHOP — Bishop of Coroth, and member of Corwyn’s council of regents.
ESTÈPHE DE COURCY, SIR — a young cousin of Michon de Courcy.
EWAN DE TRAHERNE, SIR — Earl of Rhendall, a new-made knight.
EWAN MACEWAN, DUKE — Duke of Claibourne.
FAXON HOWARD, BISHOP — an itinerant bishop, kin to Vera Howard McLain.
*FESTIL, KING — first of the Interregnum kings of Gwynedd, a younger son of the King of Torenth.
*FESTIL AUGUSTUS, PRINCE — son of Festil, later Festil II.
FISKEN CROMARTY, BISHOP — itinerant bishop elected Bishop of Marbury in 1096, in succession to Paul Tollendal.
GABRIEL, ARCHANGEL — guardian of the element of water.
GEILL MORGAN, LADY — middle daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan, married to Sir Walter, a young knight of Kierney.
GEOFFREY DE MAIN, SIR — a new-made knight, non-identical twin to Thomas.
GRAHAM MACEWAN, LORD — six-year-old heir of Ewan Duke of Claibourne.
HAMILTON, LORD — seneschal of Coroth Castle.
HARKNESS, LORD — visiting lord put to sleep by Jamyl Arilan.
HOGAN FURSTÁN, PRINCE — Festillic Pretender to the throne of Gwynedd, posthumous son of Prince Marcus, nephew of Princess Camille/Sister Serafina, and Jonelle Heiress of Gwernach, by which right he was sometimes known in later life as Hogan Gwernach.
HORT OF ORSAL — ruler of the Principality of Tralia, premier of the Forcinn Buffer States.
ILLANN, KING — King of Howicce and, after the death of his mother, Queen Gwenaël, King of Llannedd; brother of Queen Richeldis and uncle of Brion and Nigel.
*IMRE FURSTÁN OF FESTIL — last Interregnum King of Gwynedd.
IRIS CERYS, SISTER — a professed nun at Arc-en-Ciel, formerly Cerys Devane, former roommate to Alyce de Corwyn.
IRIS JESSILDE, SISTER — second daughter of Jessamy MacAthan, a professed nun at Arc-en-Ciel.
IRIS JUDIANA, MOTHER — Superior at Arc-en-Ciel; daughter of a Bremagni duke, educated at Rhanamé.
IRIS ROSE, SISTER — a professed nun at Arc-en-Ciel.
ISAIYA, MASTER — a Master of the Deryni Inner Order at the University of Rhanamé.
JAMES OF TENDAL, SIR — hereditary Chancellor of Corwyn.
JAMYL ARILAN, MASTER — nephew of Sir Seisyll Arilan, Deryni; a squire to King Donal and Prince Brion.
JÁNOS SOKRAT, COUNT — a Torenthi courtier.
JARED MCLAIN, EARL OF KIERNEY — only son and heir of Andrew Duke of Cassan; husband of Vera, father of Kevin and Duncan.
*JASHER HALDANE, KING — younger brother of King Nygel and elder of King Cluim, who helped repel the armored infantry of Duchad Mor in 985.
JASKA COLLINS, SIR — a new-made knight of Gwynedd, known for his horsemanship.
JATHAN, PRINCE — youngest son of King Donal and Queen Richeldis.
*JERNIAN, DUKE — fifth Duke of Corwyn, a comrade of Kings Nygel, Jasher, and Cluim; father of Stíofan Anthony.
*JESSAMY FERCH LEWYS MACATHAN, LADY — deceased daughter of Lewys ap Norfal and wife of Sir Sief MacAthan, all of them Deryni; mother of the murdered Krispin MacAthan by Donal Haldane.
JIRI REDFEARN, SIR — an aide to King Donal.
JORIS TALBOT, SIR — eldest son of Sir Lucien Talbot, royal governor of Meara at Ratharkin.
JOVETT CHANDOS, SIR — childhood friend of Alyce de Corwyn, secretly Deryni; close friend of Sir Sé Trelawney; marries Lady Zoë Morgan.
JUDIANA, MOTHER — see Iris Judiana, Mother.
JULIAN TALBOT, SIR — second son of Sir Lucien Talbot, royal governor of Meara at Ratharkin.
KAILAN PETER CHANDOS, MASTER — infant son of Zoë Morgan and Sir Jovett Chandos.
KÁROLY FURSTÁN, PRINCE — third son of King Nimur of Torenth; later, Crown Prince.
KENNETH KAI MORGAN, SIR — an aide to King Donal; husband of Lady Alyce de Corwyn, father of Alaric and Bronwyn, plus Zoë and two more daughters by a first marriage; created Earl of Lendour for life, in right of his wife.
*KERYELL OF LENDOUR, EARL — Deryni Earl of Lendour and husband of Stevana de Corwyn, Heiress of Corwyn; father of Alyce and Vera.
KEVIN DOUGLAS MCLAIN, MASTER — son of Jared Earl of Kierney by his first wife, Elaine MacInnis; Master of Kierney.
KHOREN VASTOUNI, PRINCE — brother of the Prince of Andelon, member of the Camberian Council.
*KITRON — an ancient Deryni mage-scholar.
*KRISPIN SIEF MACATHAN — murdered son of Jessamy MacAthan by King Donal, secretly sired to be a Deryni protector for the royal princes.
LAURENZ UDAUT, SIR — father of Sir Trevor and special counsel to the Duchy of Corwyn.
LEONARD — a guard in the service of King Donal, who accompanied him to Morganhall.
LEOPOLD, MASTER — steward of Morganhall.