Tad Williams: Shadowrise

Conoric, Sivonnic, and Iellic tribes—“primitive” tribes who lived on Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand

Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother

Davos of Elgi, aka Davos the Mantis—a famous mercenary, leader of a Grey Company

Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol, late of Tuan

Dolomite—Highwarden of the Underbridge Kallikans

Donal Murroy—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard

Dumin Hauyuz—antipolemarch of the Autarch’s expedition force to Southmarch

Duny—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive

Durstin Crowel—baron of Graylock

Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits

Eilis—Merolanna’s maid

Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly

Ena—Skimmer, daughter of Turley Longfingers

Enander—King of Syan

Eneas—Prince of Syan, son of Enander

Erasmias Jino—Marquis of Athnia, important Syannese official

Erinna e’Herayas—a Tessian courtier

Erivor—god of waters, AKA “Efiyal”, “Egye-Var”

Ettin—a Qar giant

Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend

Favoros—a Syannese baron

Favoros, Baron—Lord of Ugenion

Feldspar—Dead Funderling Warder

Ferras Vansen—captain of the Southmarch royal guard

Finlae—Settlander priest, slave in Qu’arus’ house

Finn Teodoros—a writer

Finneth—Brennish oracle in Hewney’s tale

Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers”, small people who specialize in stonecraft

Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin

Golya—“eaters of man-flesh”

Grandfather Sulphur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers

Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in wake of the Great Death

Gregor of Syan—a famous bard

Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar

Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’ captain, AKA “Gyir the Storm Lantern”

Hammerfoot—a Deep Ettin, war leader of Firstdeeps

Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor

Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller

Hayyids—an ancient people of Xand

Helkis, Lord—Prince Eneas’ second-in-command

Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers

Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin

Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero

Hobkin—a bandit

Iaris—an oracle of Kernios, a semi-saint

Iola, Queen of Syan, Tolos, and Perikal—queen during the Syannese empire and the War of Three Favors

Iron Quartz—one of Chert’s earliest masters

Ivgenia e’Doursos—the young daughter of the Viscount of Teryon

Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin”

Jenkin Crowel—envoy from Southmarch to Tessis

Kallikans—Syannese name for Funderlings

Karal—king of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor

Kayyin—a Qar, Yasammez’ son, AKA “Gil the Potboy”

Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings

Kendrick Eddon—prince regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin

Kernios—earth god, AKA “Xergal”

Khors—moon god, husband of Zoria, brother of Zmeos, father of Kupilas

Kofas of Mindan—an Ulosian philosopher

Kreas, King—figure out of an old tale

Kupilas—god of healing, AKA “The Artificer,” “Habbili,” “Crooked,” “Kioy-a-pous ”

Lander III—son of Karal, king of Syan, aka “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane”

Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of the Gray Companies

Linas—a captain of Eneas’ Temple Dogs

Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms

Little Pewter—a monk

Lope the Red—bandit chieftain

Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young

Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol

Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon”

Lukos the Pot-maker—Theron’s father

Makers of Tears—Yasammez’s famous fighting legion

Malachite Copper—a Funderling leader

Malamenas Kimir—apothecary in Agamid

Marwin—another of Qu’arus’ slaves

Massilios Goldenhair—a legendary hero (mentioned by Barrick)

Matthias Tinwright—a poet, aka “Matty”

Melarkh—a semi-legendary king of Jurr

Meno Strivoli—Syannese master poet

Meriel—Olin’s first wife

Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon

Mesiya—moon goddess

Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order

Miller’s Daughter, The—a character in “a Country Priest’s Tale”

Moina—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting

Nevin Hewney—a playwright

Niccol Opanour—Gate Herald to Hesper of Jellon

Nikomakos, Lord—son of a Syannese earl

Numannyn—King of the Qar at the time of Shivering Plain, known as “the cautious”

Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs, AKA “Zmeos,” “Whitefire”

Olin Eddon—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms

Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife

Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash

Parak—former autarch of Xis, grandfather of Sulepis

Pariki—Xixian name for Qar

Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping”

Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father

Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings,” AKA “Argal”

Phayallos—a philosopher and alchemist

Phimon—Hierarch of Tessis

Pig Iron—a Funderling warder

Pinimmon Vash—paramount minister of Xis

Pouta—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros

Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”

Puntar—a reeve

Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for Great Death

Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family

Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion

Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis, escaped bride of Autarch Sulepis

Qu’arus—a Dreamless

Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family

Rafe—Skimmer, Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan

Rhantys of Kalebria—author of “Agony of Truth Forsworn”

Risto, Marquis of Omaranth—a Syannese nobleman and military commander

Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle

Rope-Men—A people living in Beggar lands behind the Shadowline

Rose—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone

Rule—Avin Brone’s informant

Saqri—queen of the Qar, AKA “The First Flower”

Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, AKA “Weeping Queen”

Sand Leekstone—Opal’s father

Sandstone—a Funderling family

Schist—dead Funderling

Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis

Sembla—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros

Seris—Duke of Gela’s daughter, a Tessian courtier

Shanni—a type of Xixian spirit that grants wishes

Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms

Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight

Silkins—shadowland creatures who “Speak not, nor go to market,” per Skurn

Skimmers—a people who make their living on and around water

Sledge Jasper—the wardthane of Funderling Town

Sleepers—renegade Dreamless, AKA “Dreamers”

Snout—a Qar guard

Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe

Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals

Summu—Yasammez’s mother, “bride” of Kupilas

Surigali—Xixian goddess, AKA “Zuriyal”

Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Trigon gods, AKA “Zhafaris”

Talia—a young maid of Briony’s in Tessis

Theron—leader of pilgrimages