House Anasыrimbor:
Kellhus -the Aspect-Emperor.
Maithanet -Shriah of the Thousand Temples, half-brother to Kellhus.
Esmenet -Empress of the Three Seas.
Mimara -Esmenet's estranged daughter from her days as a prostitute.
Moлnghus -son of Kellhus and his first wife, Serwл, eldest of the Prince-Imperials.
Kayыtas -eldest son of Kellhus and Esmenet, General of the Kidruhil.
Theliopa -eldest daughter of Kellhus and Esmenet.
Serwa -second daughter of Kellhus and Esmenet, Grandmistress of the Swayal Sisterhood.
Inrilatas -second son of Kellhus and Esmenet, insane and imprisoned on the Andiamine Heights.
Kelmomas -third son of Kellhus and Esmenet, twin of Samarmas.
Samarmas -fourth son of Kellhus and Esmenet, the idiot twin of Kelmomas.
The Cult of Yatwer:
The traditional Cult of the slave and menial castes, taking as its primary scriptures The Chronicle of the Tusk, the Higarata, and the Sinyatwa. Yatwer is the Goddess of the earth and fertility.
Psatma Nannaferi -Mother-Supreme of the Cult, a position long outlawed by the Thousand Temples.
Hanamem Sharacinth -Matriarch of the Cult.
Sharhild -High-Priestess of the Cult.
Vethenestra -Chalfantic Oracle.
Eleva -High-Priestess of the Cult.
Maharta -High-Priestess of the Cult.
Phoracia -High-Priestess of the Cult.
Aethiola -High-Priestess of the Cult.
The Imperial Precincts:
Biaxi Sankas -Patridomos of House Biaxi and an important member of the New Congregate.
Imhailas -Exalt-Captain of the Eцthic Guard.
Ngarau -eunuch Grand Seneschal from the days of the Ikurei Dynasty.
Phinersa -Holy Master of Spies.
Porsi -caste-slave nursemaid to Kelmomas and Samarmas.
Thopsis -eunuch Master of Imperial Protocol.
Vem-Mithriti -Grandmaster of the Imperial Saik and Vizier-in-Proxy.
Werjau -Prime-Nascenti and Judge-Absolute of the Ministrate.
The Great Ordeal:
Varalt Sorweel -only son of Harweel.
Varalt Harweel -King of Sakarpus.
Captain Harnilias -commanding officer of the Scions.
Zsoronga ut Nganka'kull -Successor-Prince of Zeьm and hostage of the Aspect-Emperor.
Obetegwa -Senior Obligate of Zsoronga.
Porsparian -Shigeki slave given to Sorweel.
Thanteus Eskeles -Mandate Schoolman and tutor to Varalt Sorweel.
Nersei Proyas -King of Conriya and Exalt-General of the Great Ordeal.
Coithus Saubon -King of Caraskand and Exalt-General of the Great Ordeal.
The Scalpoi:
Drusus Achamian -former Mandate Schoolman, lover of the Empress, teacher of the Aspect-Emperor, now the only Wizard in the Three Seas.
Idrusus Geraus -Achamian's Galeoth slave.
Lord Kosoter -Captain of the Skin Eaters, Ainoni caste-noble, Veteran of the First Holy War.
Incariol -mysterious Nonman Erratic.
Sarl -Sergeant of the Skin Eaters, longtime companion of Lord Kosoter.
Kiampas -Sergeant of the Skin Eaters, former Nansur officer.
Galian -Skin Eater, former Nansur Columnary.
Pokwas (Pox) -Skin Eater, disgraced Zeьmi Sword-Dancer.
Oxwora (Ox) -Skin Eater, Thunyeri son of Yalgrota.
Somandutta (Soma) -Skin Eater, Nilnameshi caste-noble adventurer.
Moraubon -Skin Eater, former Shrial Priest.
Sutadra (Soot) -Skin Eater, rumoured to be a Fanim heretic.
Xonghis -Skin Eater, former Imperial Tracker.
Ancient Kыniыri:
Anasыrimbor Celmomas II (2089-2146) -High-King of Kыniьri and tragic principal of the First Apocalypse.
Anasыrimbor Nau-Cayыti (2119-2140)-youngest son of Celmomas and tragic hero of the First Apocalypse.
Seswatha (2089-2168) -Grandmaster of the Sohonc, lifelong friend of Celmomas, founder of the Mandate, and determined foe of the No-God.
The Dыnyain:
A monastic sect whose members have repudiated history and animal appetite in the hope of finding absolute enlightenment through the control of all desire and circumstance. For two thousand years they have hidden in the ancient fortress of Ishuдl, breeding their members for motor reflexes and intellectual acuity.
The Consult:
The cabal of magi and generals that survived the death of the No-God in 2155 and has laboured ever since to bring about his return in the so-called Second Apocalypse.
The Thousand Temples:
The institution that provides the ecclesiastical framework of Zaudunyani Inrithism.
The Ministrate:
The institution that oversees the judges, the New Imperium's religious secret police.
The Schools:
The collective name given to the various academies of sorcerers. The first Schools, both in the Ancient North and the Three Seas, arose as a response to the Tusk's condemnation of sorcery. The so-called Major Schools are: the Swayal Compact, the Scarlet Spires, the Mysunsai, the Imperial Saik, the Vokalati, and the Mandate (see below).
The Mandate:
Gnostic School founded by Seswatha in 2156 to continue the war against the Consult and to protect the Three Seas from the return of the No-God, Mog-Pharau. Incorporated into the New Imperium in 4112. All Mandate Schoolmen relive Seswatha's experience of the First Apocalypse in their dreams.