Dramatis Personae

A spoiler-free listing of all the major characters

This list is slightly ahead of the chapters, and will continue to be updated as we go along, but I will always keep it free from all major (and most minor) spoilers

• Min San (called Min La) — Houseless beggar

• Sona Royal House

  • So Ga — the crown prince of Láokoth

  • Mŭ So — the king of Láokoth

  • Nă Mor Lăsoth — the deceased queen consort, wife of Mŭ So, mother of So Ga, older sister of Bo Han Lăsoth

  • Simna — So Ga’s deceased older sister, the former crown princess

  • Nŭ Vo — So Ga’s deceased younger brother

  • The Other Three Little Princes (technically not members of the Royal House, but treated as such)

    • Ăth Nan

    • Nolom

    • Ív Lin

• Hŏnol, The Palace House

  (The House of the Palace servants and maids and most Palace swords)

  • Solok — the aged Palace Housemaster

  • Éna Lí — the head of the king’s maids (also called Adníothan)

  • Sen Rin — the head of So Ga’s bodyswords

  • On Lŏn — So Ga’s bodysword

  • Hílo Hon — So Ga’s bodysword

  • Tá Sol — one of So Ga’s maids

  • Mŭ Ro — servant

• Lăsoth House

  (The oldest and most powerful of the Fourteen Ancient Houses)

  • Bo Han Lăsoth — the Housemaster of Lăsoth, younger brother of the deceased queen consort, Nă Mor

  • Sen Lan — Bo Han’s cousin, wife of Ŏvor, older sister of Sen Lí

  • Sen Lí — Bo Han’s cousin, younger brother of Sen Lan

  • Ŏvor — Sen Lan’s husband, son of Ŏv Onol

  • Ŏv Onol — deceased head of the Lăsoth estate at the Ŭthol Na border, father of Ŏvor

  • Tova — Bo Han’s personal bodysword

  • Inohin — Bo Han’s adviser, a member of his Inner Hall

• Houseless Mercenaries

  • Táno Gín — captain of the mercenaries

  • Ŏlo Hin — Táno Gín’s current second, not an official member of the company

  • Sono Gín — his usual second

  • Namo Non

  • Tínok — brother of Ado Tín

  • Ado Tín — brother of Tínok

  • Hon Voloth

  • Hŏ So — youngest of the company, the messenger

• Ŏklo House

  (One of the Fourteen Ancient Houses)

  • Nŏnol — Housemaster of all Ŏklo (lives in Sălov)

  • Nŏl — son of Nŏnol

  • Von Ol — “Housemaster” of eastern Ŏklo estates, brother of Nŏnol

  • Sivo Hin — a royal officer, father of Ona Lín, brother-in-law of Von Ol and Nŏnol

  • Ona Lín — niece of Von Ol and Nŏnol (her mother was their sister), cousin of Nŏl, wife of Rin Holok So Hoth

• Ăvan House

  • Lŭ Lin — the king’s Grand Steward

  • Sen Na — Lŭ Lin’s personal maid

  • Tŭ Gin — Ăvan housesword, nephew of Or Lun

  • Or Lun — Ăvan housesword, uncle of Tŭ Gin

• Sonen House

  • Balo Sonen — a low-ranking official in the service of the Prime Minister

  • Ban Lo Sonen — son of Balo, clerk to the Minister of Defense

  • Nă Nen — wife of Ban Lo

• Koda House

  • Gin Ja — Housemaster of Koda, widow of the former Housemaster, mother of Tá Nom, Tola, and Săn Lí

  • Tá Nom — eldest son of Gin Ja, heir of the Housemaster

  • Tola — second son of Gin Ja, younger brother of Tá Nom

  • Săn Lí — daughter of Gin Ja,

• So Hoth House

  • Sigin So Hoth — So Hoth Housemaster, Hino Son’s uncle

  • Hino Son So Hoth — nephew of the So Hoth Housemaster, cousin of Rin Holok So Hoth

  • Rin Holok So Hoth — son of the So Hoth Housemaster, cousin of Hino Son, husband of Ona Lín Ŏklo

• Orin Han House (in Gŏhíth)

  • Ulno Ban — Housemaster of Orin Han; as Orin Han is the princely House of Gŏhíth, Ulno Ban is also the prince of Gŏhíth

  • Doma Orin Han — the Housemaster’s chosen heir

• Various

  • Vono Sengí — husband of Ăna San

  • Ăna San Sengí — wife of Vono

  • Lin Jenin — merchant from On Dŭn

  • Ŏhen — templemaster in Rensoth

  • Ko Gŏth Enlen — Commander of Osa Gate, the king’s Iron Hand

  • Kío En Tolen — the Prime Minister, the king’s Oak Hand, father of In Na, sister-in-law of Lŭ Lin Ăvan (he was married to her sister)

  • In Na Tolen — Kío En’s daughter, niece of Lŭ Lin Ăvan

  • Tíovok — warrior

  • Somasoth — warrior, Tíovok’s nephew

  • Éotol — warrior, Tíovok’s nephew, Somasoth’s brother

  • Soháth — keeper of an estate in the north

• The Ădol
  (not necessarily relevant, but for those who are interested)

  • The Four High Ădol

    • Héothenin — lord of the Ădol

    • Íosolen — consort of Héothenin, sister of Ethádéoth

    • Ávolendin — brother of Héothenin

    • Ethádéoth — consort of Ávolendin

  • The Seven Lesser Ădol

    • Níoth — son of Héothenin and Íosolen

    • Soranen — daughter of Héothenin and Íosolen

    • Imnethrun — daughter of Héothenin and Íosolen

    • Énan — son of Héothenin and Íosolen

    • Éokov — son of Héothenin and Íosolen

    • Ávoth — son of Ávolendin and Ethádéoth, (guardian of the dead)

    • Ío — daughter Ávolendin and Ethádéoth

  • Volhathin (born Unolreth) — son of Soranen

    not technically Ădol

  • Enlo — an attendant of Imnethrun