SOBBON, PRINCE — sovereign Prince of Tralia, also known as the Hort of Orsal.
*SOFFRID — an ancient Deryni sage.
SOFIANA VASTOUNI, PRINCESS — elder daughter of Prince Mikhail of Andelon and Princess Ysabeau; niece of Prince Khoren.
*STEVANA DE CORWYN, LADY — deceased heiress of Corwyn, granddaughter of Stíofan Duke of Corwyn; second wife of Keryell Earl of Lendour, mother of Alyce, Vera, Ahern, and Marie.
*STÍOFAN ANTHONY, DUKE — Duke of Corwyn, and Alyce’s grandfather.
SWITHUN, FATHER — chaplain at Morganhall.
SYLVAN — a squire at Castle Coroth.
*TAYCE FURSTÁNA, 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, SIR — a senior Kierney knight, captain of the guard escort that accompanied Countess Vera McLain to Zoë Morgan’s wedding in Cynfyn.
THOMAS DE MAIN, SIR — a new-made knight, non-identical twin to Geoffrey, noted for his swordsmanship.
TIARNÁN MACRAE, SIR — a senior aide to King Donal.
TIVADAN, FATHER — Chancellor of the Exchequer of Corwyn.
TORVAL, PRINCE — second son of the King of Torenth.
TREVOR UDAUT, SIR — a young knight of Corwyn, son of Sir Laurenz Udaut; assigned to Sir Kenneth Morgan’s service.
ULF CAREY, SIR — a new-made knight of Gwynedd, known for his keen horsemanship.
URIEL, ARCHANGEL — guardian of the element of earth.
VERA LAURELA (DE CORWYN) HOWARD MCLAIN, COUNTESS — younger twin sister of Alyce, but raised by and believed to be the daughter of Lord Orban Howard and Lady Laurela; wife of Jared Earl of Kierney and mother of Duncan.
VIVIENNE DE JORDANET, LADY — member of the Camberian Council.
WALTER, SIR — a knight of Kierney, husband of Geill Morgan.
WENCIT, PRINCE — fourth son of King Nimur of Torenth.
WILLIAM MACCARTNEY, ARCHBISHOP — Archbishop of Rhemuth.
XANDER OF TORRYLIN, SIR — a young knight of Lendour.
XENIA, PRINCESS — first daughter and third child of Donal King of Gwynedd and Richeldis.
YVES DE TREMELAN, SIR — a young knight of Lendour.
ZACHRIS POMEROY — Deryni foster brother of Hogan Furstán, and also a student of Mother Serafina, holding lands adjacent to those of Rhydon’s father.
ZAIZIE — family pet-name of Alazais Morgan, Kenneth’s youngest daughter by his first marriage.
*ZEFIRYN — an ancient Deryni sage of Caeriesse.
ZOË BRONWYN MORGAN, LADY — eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan, a former student at Arc-en-Ciel; heart-sister (and stepdaughter!) to Alyce de Corwyn.
* denotes a character is already deceased when first mentioned.
AIRNIS — small earldom in southwestern Corwyn.
ANDELON — sovereign principality adjacent to the Forcinn Buffer States.
ARC-EN-CIEL, CONVENT OF NOTRE DAME DE L’ — convent school of Our Lady of the Rainbow, where Alyce and Zoë studied.
ARRANAL VALLEY — part of a strategic pass between Torenth and the Earldom of Marley.
ARX FIDEI SEMINARY — one of the principal seminaries in Gwynedd, north of Rhemuth.
BELDOUR — capital city of Torenth.
BREMAGNE — kingdom across the Southern Sea from Gwynedd, whose king has marriageable daughters.
CAERIESSE — legendary land that sank beneath the sea.
CARDOSA — strategic city on the Gwynedd-Torenth border in the Rheljan Mountains; location of St. Mary’s Cathedral.
CARTHMOOR — former subsidiary princedom in the former Principality of Mooryn, the holding of Prince Richard Duke of Carthmoor.
CASSAN — duchy in northwest Gwynedd.
CASTLE CYNFYN — seat of the Earl of Lendour, in the town of Cynfyn.
CASTLE RUNDEL — an hour’s ride from Culdi.
CLAIBOURNE — northernmost and most senior duchy in Gwynedd, principal part of the ancient principality of Kheldour.
COAMER MOUNTAINS — mountain range marking part of the southernmost border between Gwynedd and Torenth.
COROTH — capital of the Duchy of Corwyn; location of Cathedral of St. Matthew.
CORWYN — ancient duchy in southeast Gwynedd, part of the ancient Principality of Mooryn; seat of the Deryni dukes of Corwyn.
CULDI — earldom and town in the Purple March formerly held by Camber MacRorie; currently a holding of Jared Earl of Kierney.
CYNFYN — capital of the earldom of Lendour.
DELLARD’S LANDING — ford on the Duncapall River, north of Coroth.