FRANCIS DELANEY — a Mearan rebel.
GEILL MORGAN — middle daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan.
GERALD — a squire in the service of King Donal.
*GRANIA DE CORWYN, LADY — mother of Stevana and grandmother of Alyce, Marie, Ahern, and Vera.
GWENAËL, QUEEN — Queen of Llannedd and mother of Queen Richeldis.
HAMBERT HAMILTON, SIR — seneschal of Coroth.
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.