The Cat’s Meow: a diner in Shiftertown, owned by the Tiger Clan.
Comenius Genhard: a hedgewitch from Pernia, owner of the shop Over the Hedge at Witches’ End.
Creator: the ultimate deity, worshipped by all three races under different names.
Danrian, Warin: regional manager of the Sandin Federal Bank for Canalo.
Dara: capital of the Northia Federation, located on the east coast of the Northia Continent.
Enforcer: a bounty hunter employed by the government to seek out and capture wanted criminals. They operate under strict rules and are paid bounties for each head. While the majority of them are human, there is a strong minority of shifters, and even the occasional mage.
Enforcers’ Guild: the administrative organization in charge of the Enforcers. Also, the building from which the various Enforcer crews work under their respective foremen.
Fenris: a clanless wolf shifter as well as good friend and confidant of Chief Mage Iannis ar’Sannin. No known last name.
Firegate Bridge: Solantha’s best-known structure, a large red bridge spanning the length of Solantha Bay. It is accessible via Firegate Road.
Captain Galling: the human captain of the Enforcer’s Guild in Solantha City, appointed by the former Chief Mage and Council.
Garai: the largest and most populated country on the Eastern Continent. Their people are known for their slanted eyes and ivory skin as well as their complicated, rune-like alphabet.
Garidano, Cirin: Finance Secretary of the State of Canalo.
Great Accord: a treaty struck by the ruling mages centuries ago which brought an end to a devastating war known as the Conflict. It is still the basis upon which mages rule their countries and territories. All new laws passed must be in accordance with the provisions of the Great Accord.
Herald, The: the main newspaper in Solantha City, geared towards the human majority population.
Iannis ar’Sannin: Chief Mage of Canalo. He resides in the capital city of Solantha, from which he runs Canalo as well as the Mages Guild with the help of his deputy. Originally a native of Manuc, a country located across the Eastern Sea.
Incidium: a powerful illegal drug that produces euphoria.
Kalois: a rare foreign plant which masks the smell of silver so well that shifters can be drugged or poisoned despite their sensitive noses.
Kan Zao: a mental and physical martial art tradition from Garai.
Lakin, Boon: a jaguar shifter from Parabas, recently appointed as Solantha’s new Shiftertown Inspector following Roanas’s death.
Loranian: the difficult, secret language of magic that all mages are required to master.
Mages Guild: the governmental organization that rules the mages in Canalo, and supervises the other races. The headquarters are in Solantha Palace. They are subordinate to the Chief Mage.
Main Crew: the largest group of Enforcers in the Guild. They are generally favored over the other crews and get the most lucrative dockets.
Manuc: an island country off the west coast of the Central Continent.
Magorah: the god of the shifters, associated with the moon.
Maxon, Brin: Enforcer on the Main Crew. He is partnered with Nila Romana.
Melcott, Annia: a human Enforcer. She is a close friend of Sunaya’s, and Noria’s older sister.
Melcott, Noria: Annia Melcott’s younger sister. A gifted inventor, she regularly tinkers with mechanical devices in between her college classes and her part-time job at Comenius’s shop.
Northia Federation: a federation consisting of fifty states that cover the entire northern half and middle of the Western Continent. Canalo is part of this federation.
Over the Hedge: a shop at Witches’ End selling magical charms and herbal remedies, belonging to Comenius Genhard.
Magi-tech: devices that are powered by both magic and technology.
Parabas: a city north of Solantha, outside the state of Canalo.
Pernia: a country on the Central Continent.
Prison Isle: an island in the middle of Solantha Bay that serves as a prison for Canalo’s criminals.
Privacy Guard: a company leasing uniformed guards to governments and other institutions all over the Federation.
Ragga, Elnos: Noria Melcott’s boyfriend. He is a student at Solantha academy and one of the few mages who believes in equality amongst the races. He and Noria can often be found working together, developing new magi-tech devices.
Resistance: a movement of revolutionaries and malcontents planning to overthrow the mages and take control of the Northia Federation.
Romana, Nila: a human Enforcer on the Main Crew and Brin Maxon’s partner. She’s known for relying on her looks first, her fighting skills second.
Rowanville: the only neighborhood of Solantha where all three races mix.
Sandin Federal Bank: a bank with branches in all fifty states of the Federation.
Shifter: a human who can change into animal form and back by magic; they originally resulted from illegal experiments by mages on ordinary humans.