IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

• Bagger -Tal’s new ‘friend’

• Bail – soldier, Eskareth

• Balagir – an ashen, and our tale’s unlikely hero

• Bassy – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Belitha – shipwrecked girl, met on Coal Isle

• Beringal – Dunn’s aged advisor, Ozgar

• Bethanial – child, met near Gretchen

• Biel – thief, former member of Pilga’s caravan

• Biller – pirate, met at Peaceriver

• Bohal – landlord of the Harequin’s Cap, Kirfory

• Bok – fisherman, Spald

• Botswa – an ashen of legend

• Bry – an ashen, met at Warinkel

• Carn Arken – nobleman, Valelands

• Camen – barmaid, Grimwater

• Ceniza – name given to the kraelyn

• Dane – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Delian – unspecified, giver of Raf Hader’s oath

• Denan – child, met near Gretchen

• Denge – an ashen, met at Ozgar

• Dex – Silonese guard, Grimwater

• Diabel – unspecified, apparently he had a dagger

• Drak – an ashen, rescued from Peaceriver

• Elohim – Dunn Gorokhan’s eldest son, Eskareth

• Ethe – prostitute, Kirfory

• Erd – an ashen and a breaker, met at Mudfoot

• Era – name given to the kalaqai

• Erod – an ashen, sometime member of the Good Company

• Fannon – new Dunn of Ozgar

• Faverg – powerful mind-altering being

• Fegg – a ‘gnilo ashen, met at Iylleth

• Fenri – Dunn Gorokhan’s youngest son, Eskareth

• Fer -Tal’s new ‘friend’

• Fiki – stablehand, Eskareth

• Finster – an ashen, met at Warinkel

• Freya – an ashen met at Wormford, sometime member of the Good Company

• Fry – an ashen, sometime member of the Good Company, met in Bluster Chasm

• Gaffin – soldier, Eskareth

• Galadel – siren, met on Loral

• Galvia – an old gazer and revered deity of the largatyn

• Garill – an ashen, saved in Kirfory

• Garwright – Pilga’s mysterious muscle

• Gazer, The – a mysterious ancient woman, trapped in Iceval

• Ghan -Tal’s new ‘friend’

• Ginike – an ashen, met at Warinkel

• Goffle – an ashen, rescued from Peaceriver

• Gokin – Wormford’s smith, and Roule’s cousin

• Gorey – affectionate name for Pilga’s kargore

• Gorj – an ashen, leader of the Bad Company

• Gorn – horlock, met at Eskareth

• Gorokhan – Dunn of Eskareth

• Graff – landlord of the Broken spoke, Mudfoot

• Greman – an ashen, met at Galnmere

• Gristle – a mysterious farmer, met on the road to Wormford

• Gwindle – an ashen, a keeper of the kalaqai, met at Wormford

• Guill – an ashen, former member of the Good Company

• Halga – Hilga’s other head

• Haringa – siren, met on Loral

• Hect – a barbarian ashen, met at Ozgar

• Heff – stablemaster, Eskareth

• Hegg – an ashen, member of the Bad Company

• Heggerty – shipwrecked crone, met on Coal Isle

• Hendy – cartographer, Grimwater

• Hersten – a lost explorer

• Hilga – Halga’s other head

• Hogot – horlock, previous granfeder, brother to Hompa

• Hompa – an outcast horlock 

• Hoki – smith, Kirfory

• Hork – soldier, Eskareth

• Huir Greenfingers – disgraced (and murderous) gardener, Ozgar

• Igmar – an ashen, met at Wormford, leader of the Good Company

• Ihnoban – first of the hiilg wand-wielders

• Iker – an ashen, member of the Bad Company

• Imram – an ashen, met on Silione

• Inverna – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Irve – a dockworker, Cogtown

• Ivorn – an ashen hero, met at Trummond Dorr

• Jakan – name given to the piper

• Jaks – an ashen, member of the Bad Company

• Jared – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Jerikin – a lych, met in Bone Forest

• Jerowa – gillard spokesman, met on Shale

• Jip – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Kali – a boss

• Kaliga – name given to the piper’s master

• Kamfa – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Kejal – soldier, Eskareth

• Kiela – an ashen, met in Kirfory

• Kolak – a jaegir ashen, met on Silione

• Kravor – a boss

• Lorella Grave – a witch, Gretchen

• Lud – a ‘gnilo ashen, met at Ozgar

• Lyger – a jaegir ashen, met at Ozgar

• Magledorf – a boss

• Mailen – Finster’s alleged lover, Lake Estwil

• Malech – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Marg – an askaba, formerly the leader

• Maude – Gaffin’s wife, Hork’s sister, Eskareth

• Meeker – a sailor, rescued from Peaceriver 

• Morogan (Raf) – an idris ashen hero, met at Trummond Dorr

• Murdak – pirate, captain of the Spite Spear

• Nifla – a jaegir ashen, met at Mudfoot

• Nim – fisherman, Spald

• North – name given to the celedor

• Ogo – a boss

• Ol’ Hob – bitter ‘gnilo, met on Shale

• Ortho – former Dunn of Ozgar

• Pegs – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Pilga – showman and proprietor of Pilga’s Peculiarities

• Piper, The – a mysterious entity to which the ashen are bound

• Planter – a cursed man, Bone Forest

• Pog – a ‘gnilo ashen, met at Wormford

• Quevil – a jaegir ashen hero, met at Trummond Dorr

• Raf Fade – an idris ashen, met at Ozgar

• Raf Hader – an idris ashen, met at Wormford, sometime member of the Good Company

• Raf Isil – an idris ashen, met at Iylleth

• Raf Kajor – an idris ashen, met on the Spite Spear, Grimwater

• Raf Nauger – an idris ashen, met at Iylleth

• Ralph – thief, Ozgar

• Ratkins – Gristle’s trusted rat-catcher

• Raurin – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Res – pirate, Spite Spear crew

• Ria – Dunnine, future heir of Ozgar

• Riorn – smith, Grimwater

• Roje – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Rothma – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Roule – Mudfoot’s smith

• Rych – an ashen, met at Galnmere, sometime member of the Good Company

• Salion – last documented wand-wielder

• Sassarek – an askaba, Sisken’s brother

• Saz – an ashen, met at Iylleth

• Sisken – an askaba, currently the leader

• Shep – shepherd, Silione

• Syn – first askaba

• Tal – an ashen, met on the Spite Spear, Grimwater

• Thell Barrowhawk – lord of Silione

• Thella Barrowhawk – lady of Silione

• Toral – an ashen, met in Iceval

• Trell – medic, Eskareth

• Tye – an ashen hero, met at Trummond Dorr

• Unvil – a jaegir ashen, met at Iylleth

• Varg – an ashen, sometime member of the Good Company

• Varm – tailor, Grimwater

• Waran – pirate, met at Peaceriver

• Yakku – spirit of Shale

• Yellow-Beard – drunkard, Ozgar

• Yorvic – captain of the guard, Eskareth

• Ygril – a gillard ashen, met at Iylleth

• Yrma – settler, met at Peaceriver

• Zanlore – an ancient largatyn warlock

• Zyrath – a largatyn, lord of Iceval