BAILIFF: Officer who is employed to make arrests and administer punishments
BALDWIN: Lord whose landholdings include Hintindar
BALLENTYNE: \bal-in-tine\ Ruling family of the earldom of Chadwick
BANNER: Crew member of the Emerald Storm
BA RAN ARCHIPELAGO: Island of the goblins
BA RAN GHAZEL: Goblins of the sea
BARKERS: Refugee family living in Brisbane Alley of Aquesta; father Brice, mother Lynnette, sons Finis, Hingus, and Wery
BARTHOLOMEW: Carriage maker of Tarin Vale, father of Amilia
BARTHOLOMEW: Priest in Ratibor
BASIL: Officers’ cook on the Emerald Storm
BASTION: Servant in the imperial palace
BATTLE OF MEDFORD: Skirmish that occurred during Princess Arista’s witch trial
BATTLE OF RATIBOR: Skirmish between Nationalists and Imperialists
BELINDA PICKERING: Extremely attractive wife of Count Pickering, mother of Lenare, Mauvin, Fanen, and Denek
BELSTRADS: \bell-straads\ Noble family from Chadwick, including Sir Breckton and Wesley
BENTLY: Sergeant in the Nationalist army
BERNARD: Lord Chamberlain of the imperial palace
BERNICE: Former handmaid of Princess Arista, killed in Dahlgren
BERNIE DEFOE: Topsail crew member of the Emerald Storm, former member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild
BERNUM HEIGHTS: Wealthiest residential district in Colnora
BERNUM RIVER: Waterway that bisects the city of Colnora
BERYL: Senior midshipman on the Emerald Storm
BETHAMY: King reputed to have had his horse buried with him
BIDDINGS: Chancellor of the imperial palace
BISHOP: Lieutenant aboard the Emerald Storm
BLACK DIAMOND, THE: International thieves’ guild centered in Colnora
BLACKWATER: Last name of Hadrian and his father, Danbury
BLINDEN: Quartermaster’s mate on the Emerald Storm
BLYTHIN CASTLE: Castle in Alburn
BOATSWAIN: Petty officer who controls the work of other seamen on a ship
BOCANT: Family who built a lucrative industry from pork, second wealthiest merchants in Colnora
BOTHWICKS: Family of peasant farmers from Dahlgren
BRAGA, PERCY: See Percy Braga
BRECKTON: Sir Breckton Belstrad, son of Lord Belstrad, brother of Wesley, commander of the Northern Imperial Army, knight of Chadwick, considered by many to be the best knight of Avryn
BRIGHT STAR, THE: Ship sunk by Dacca
BRISTOL BENNET: Boatswain on the Emerald Storm
BRODRIC ESSENDON: Founder of the Essendon dynasty
BUCKET MEN: Term for assassin used by the Black Diamond thieves’ guild
BULARD, ANTUN: See Antun Bulard
BURANDU: \bur-and-dew\ Lord of the Tenkin village of Oudorro
BYRNIE: Long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail worn as defensive armor
CALIAN: \cal-lay-in\ Pertaining to the nation of Calis
CALIANS: Residents of the nation of Calis, darker in skin tone, with almond-shaped eyes
CALIDE PORTMORE: Folk song often sung while drinking
CALIS: \cal-lay\ Southern-and easternmost of the four nations of Apeladorn, considered exotic; in constant conflict with the Ba Ran Ghazel
CAPSTAN: Spoked wheel on a ship that turns to raise the anchor
CARAT: Young member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild
CASWELL: Family of peasant farmers from Dahlgren
CENZARS: \sen-zhar\ Wizards of the Old Novronian Empire
CHAMBERLAIN: Someone who manages the household of a king or nobleman
COLNORA: \call-nor-ah\ Largest and wealthiest city of Avryn, merchant-based, grew from a rest stop at a central crossroads from various major trade routes
CONSTANCE, LADY: Noblewoman, fifth imperial secretary to Empress Modina
CORA: Dairymaid at the imperial palace
CORNELIUS DELUR: Rich businessman, rumored to finance Nationalists and involved in black market, father of Cosmos
COSMOS SEBASTIAN DELUR: Son of Cornelius, also known as the Jewel, head of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild
COXSWAIN: Helmsman of a racing ship
CRANSTON: Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy
CRIMSON HAND: Thieves’ guild operating out of Melengar
CROWN CONSPIRACY, THE: Play reputed to be based on the murder of King Amrath, follows the exploits of two thieves and the Prince of Melengar
CROWN TOWER: Home of the Patriarch, center of the Nyphron Church
CUTTER: Moniker used by Merrick Marius when a member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild
DACCA: Fierce seafaring people who live on the island of Dacca, south of Delgos
DAGASTAN: Major and easternmost trade port of Calis
DAHLGREN: \dall-grin\ Remote village on the bank of the Nidwalden River, destroyed by Gilarabrywn
DANBURY BLACKWATER: Father of Hadrian
DANTHEN: Woodsman from Dahlgren
DAREF, LORD: Noble of Warric, associate of Albert Winslow
DARIUS SERET: Founder of the Seret Knights
DAVENS: Squire who Arista had a youthful crush on
DAVIS: Crew member of the Emerald Storm
DEACON TOMAS: Priest of Dahlgren, witnessed destruction of Gilarabrywn, proclaimed Thrace Wood as the Heir of Novron
DEFOE, BERNIE: See Bernie Defoe
DEGAN GAUNT: Leader of the Nationalists, sister of Miranda
DELANCY, GWEN: See Gwen DeLancy