| Adahisdi Gádodi Hagata | Kills with a Glance, Shela’s father, war lord of the powerful Long Manes tribe |
| Admiral Geledar Taboorin | In charge of the Trenboni Royal Fleet, commands the Tech Ship flag ship, “My Lady’s Lovely Way”. One of the few survivors of the Battle of the Deceptions on the Trenboni side |
| Aileen | The daughter of a brewer in Myr, and the mother of Eric |
| Akasema Duu | Bara Hindi ambassador. His name means, “He says nothing” |
| Alekanna | Queen of Eldador.she stood barely five feet tall, thin and graceful with brown hair past her shoulders and green eyes that sought the soul. Her lips, when she relaxed, formed a perfect bow, and her face, while more angular than my slave girl’s, lent to the overall appearance of an intelligent woman, as well-armed with her wit as her husband was with a sword |
| Angry Lion | A tall, thin Andaran in his late thirties with a bare chest and hair down past his arm pits, chieftain of the Hunter tribe of Andaran |
| Aniquen Demoran | An Uman-Chi Caster, a favorite of the King's, who fought with Randy in Outpost IX and lived. |
| Ann | An Uman woman and priestess of War dressed in sacramental chain mail armor with a golden sword over her shoulder. Almost ninety, she kept her hair long and shot with gray. She is heavy-set with steely brown eyes |
| As Adanvdo | Tough Spirit, Hungry’s wife. A sorceress whom Shela fears |
| Avek Noir | An Uman-Chi caster whose family was disgraced by Lupus' conquest of the Outpost IX. He later worked for Lupus as a Wolf Soldier, before returning to Trenbon and becoming heir apparent. |
| Averree Stowe | youngest of Glennen's daughters |
| Bara Hindi | Tiger clan of Toor, Eusi Mfupa (Black Bones) is their warlord. |
| Bawser | A shipper from the city of Myr, in Volkhydro - a heavy set man |
| Black Hawk | A sturdy looking man with hair shot with grey, wearing a leather breast guard, his arms poking out muscular from its sides. He is chieftain of the Bear tribe |
| Byark Olgarson | Leader of the City With No Name. A heavy-set, bushy Volkhydran with a gravelly voice. |
| Ceberro | Duke of Eldador - His hair had gone gray and hung from his tonsured scalp to his armpits. He had one eyebrow, still black, across both green eyes. He had a hawk-like nose and his mouth formed a thin, pink line |
| Chesswaya | Daughter of the Andaran woman, Little Bird, of the Drifter tribe |
| Daharef | The general who replaced Sammin. Of the race of men, he has a curled, grey moustache and large ears and a bald head |
| Datreve | The leader of the Shem Hannen |
| Def Namek | A seasoned warrior who loved to spar, with Lupus or with anyone. He dressed in soft clothes, had long red hair tied in a ponytail and drooping moustaches, of the race of Men |
| Dellick Jarves | A younger Man, in his 20's, with brown hair and eyes, a court baron who would later be elevated. He tended to dress like the Emperor, but with shorter hair. |
| Dev Nevala | An Uman Wolf Soldier. As a Sentalan, she had stabbed her lover for cheating on her. Now she is a quicker sword than Randy, and one of his favorite commanders. |
| Devarre | Second among the Shem Hannen |
| Dragor Volkha | Karl Henekhson's cousin and the Duke of Hydro - second to the King in the hierarchy of Volkhydro. He was named after his grandfather |
| Drelg | A Volkhydran man for hire from the city of Senta |
| Drenten | An older Wolf Soldier who likes to drink and gamble. Assigned for a year to the First Millenia |
| Duke Groff | He stands tall and thin, with straight gray hair down past his shoulders |
| Elle | One of the owners of the Eagle, in Myr |
| Eusi Mfupa | Warlord of the Tiger clan of Toor. His name means Black Bones |
| Evleck Rohr | Duke of Hydrus, a former court baron, and not one of the best and brightest. He's advised by General Daharef and relies heavily on him |
| Evokain | A leader among the Aschire |
| Gáhnage Tawodi | Black Hawk, chieftain of the Bear clan |
| Garret | Also called 'Fat Garret.' One of the owners of the Eagle, in Myr. He is a former warrior who's missing an arm and all of his teeth |
| Gartheld Daggonin | An up-and-comer in the Eldadorian Regulars. He is dressed in Eldadorian greens with steel sleeves and leggings, a sword over his back. His white hair circled the bald spot on the top of his head, his full moustaches drooped two inches past the corners of his mouth. He has full lips and a ruddy nose, and brown eyes |
| Geeguh Digatish | Andaron War Chief in charge of Chatoos |
| General Grak of Andurin | Of the race of Men, an Eldadorian son of the Duke Groff, gone to the Regulars for a military career. Like his father, he stood tall and thin, with straight hair down past his shoulders, brown showing a little gray. Like Daggonin, he dressed in Eldadorian greens with steel sleeves and leggings, and a thin sword on his hip. |
| General Tagamack | Commander of the city of Wisex, a Volkhydran with short brown hair and eyes, clean shaven, in his late forties. He likes to wear loud colors under his Wolf Soldier |
| Gharf Bendenson | King of Volkhydro, a fat, hairy man who rides a giant draft. |
| Glennen Stowe | The King of Eldador, his best years were behind him, his jowl starting to sag and his long, black hair shot with gray. He had ready eyes, brown and firm, with his eyebrows a single line across them. His had a hawk-like nose and his hands gripped the arms of his granite throne. A six-foot-long sword had been mounted horizontally on the wall behind him as if to remind everyone here of how he had won his nation |
| Grellia | Dwarven female engineer with red hair, fine fingers and long eyebrows who helped build Wisex |
| Groff | Duke of Andurin in Eldador. He is a spare man with a hook nose and a widow's peak, very stiff and formal. He is cautious in everything he does but, once he commits, he remains committed. |
| Guerrien | fourth among the Shem Hannen |
| Haldarch | Third among the Shem Hannen |
| Hectar | Duke of Eldador |
| Hectaro | Hectar's son, heir to the Ducal seat of Eldador the Port. |
| Heverk | The owner of the horse track in Steel City. |
| Hrrech | Dwarven Master at arms |
| Hvarl | Dwarven King |
| Iron Jack | A blacksmith in Myr |
| J'ktak | Randy's Dwarven name. It means 'the good man.' |
| Jaheff of Andurin | The nephew of Duke Groff's brother, a common merchant. He was elevated to Court Baron when Glennen 'became drunk and generous.' He is a dark-haired, thin Man with no skill for military or for being a merchant. |
| Jaspar | Eldadorian Man and captain of The Bitch of Eldador. He’s a Wolf Soldier who grew up in Kor, built like a brick who died his hair green to mock the Uman-Chi, whom he hates. Brown eyes, blunt nose and oddly long incisors. |
| Jeng-Jeng River | The river running West from the Black Lake into COnflu |
| Jerarl | An Uman mercenary captain whose green hair has started to turn grey |
| Jing-Wei | Confluni princess. Name means ‘Little Bird.’ |
| Karel of Stone | A Scitai thief and warrior. He wears bearskin armor which was fashioned for him by D'gattis, and a rapier over his shoulder. Blue eyed and 3', 1" tall, he is considered abnormally tall among the Scitai. He is from the Silent Isle and has successfully robbed the treasury of Outpost IX more than once. |
| Kark Frinfeld | A horse trader out of Myr |
| Kirren | A female, Uman Bounty Hunter whom Tartan Stowe met in 'Not your Father's Eldadorian Empire' |
| Klem | Earl of Thera - a pudgy, balding Man with a nasal voice and the look of a bunny, without the long ears. |
| Korrock of the One Mountain | Scitai leader in Conflu. |
| Krell of the Aschire | Nina of the Aschire's father, leader of his tribe |
| Kuruul | A Dwarven Master Craftsman |
| Lanette | Volkhydran wife of Nantar, a buxom woman with blonde hair. Mother of his two daughters, Nanette and Thorna |
| Lee Mordetur | Princess of Eldador, daughter of the Conqueror, sorceress, princess with brown eyes and long, brown hair. born on Life 25, in the 81st year of the Fovean High Council |
| Lelekt | Dwarven master armorer who lost a son at the Battle of the Two Mountains |
| Lieutenant Radmon Rukh | An Angadorian Knight Lieutenant |
| Little Bird | Drifter girl sent to Eldador the Port, mother of Chesswaya |
| Llorando River | The river that runs south from the Lake of Tears, between Sental and Volkhydro. On the East side, it sounds like a man crying. On the West side, a woman |
| Major Keffar | From Uman City – assistant to Vulpe |
| Major Lek | Uman in the Eldadorian Regulars. Thin, rides a palomino |
| Nasgiagev Dasqualodi Gatsinula | "She Runs Swiftly," Shela's Andaran name as a child, before she met Randy |
| Neveratta | Volkhydran noble lady sent to Eldador the Port. She has an ample bosom and brown, kinky hair |
| Nina of the Aschire | Daughter of Krell of the Aschire |
| O’spiree | fat Uman nearly 100 years old, who runs the Eldadorian Palace's kitchens and staff |
| Radmon Rukh | An Angadorian Knight Lieutenant of the race of Men. |
| Renin | Rennin is the Duke of Steel City, with the body of a Sumo wrestler, including a shaved head and one long braid of hair behind him. In his day he could have been a warrior to match Nantar, but that day had past. He still wears a steel breastplate, though the leather fasteners on the side were stretched and fat pushed out here and there. His finger often rolled and unrolled his mustache as he played with it unconsciously. |
| Rourke | A man in a tight-fitting leather jerkin who stood guard at the end of the bridge between Sental and Myr |
| Sanzidaar Darook | A Trenboni Uman-Chi ambassador |
| Shellene | Busty, red-haired sister of Ceberro’s girl friend. She's a plotter and a schemer, and she loves flowers in her thick hair |
| Sings Softly | Wet Belly girl who is sent to Eldador the Port. Mother of Waya Daganogeda. |
| Tabaar | Coin of the Eldadorian round. Copper tabaars are often called "pennies" |
| Tamoor | A Volkhydran from Myr whose family moved to Eldador, now in the Eldadorian Guard |
| Tareen | A Man of Myr, Aileen's brother and Terock's son. He is a tall, blonde, think brewer who carries a rapier and likes to wear a maroon cloak |
| Terok | A beer brewer in Myr - Aileen's father. He is a dour man who rarely smiles |
| Terran Stowe | youngest of Glennen's sons |
| Tezzen | The Count of Myr, and the owner of a warrior's training gym |
| The Bitch of Eldador | First a nickname for Shela by the Bounty Hunter's Guild, then the name of the flag ship of the Eldadorian fleet, a Sea Wolf armed with Eldadorian Fire. |
| The Dark Maiden | Vulpe's Sea Wolf |
| Thebinaar | An Uman, a statesman who had served under Klem as an administrator. His scalp showed through the top of his long white hair, which flowed to his shoulders, silky and fine. He wore brown robes, always immaculate, and sported a huge paunch |
| Therok of the Plains | Karel of Stone's father, a Scitai |
| Tom Kelgan | Bounty Hunter assigned to Glennen’s council, remained when Randy took over. Long red hair. |
| Uhanala Tladatis | Chieftain of the Hunters. His name means ‘angry lion’ |
| Uyosi Wagatsukanasdena | Chieftain of the Sure Foot clan. He is a bald, fat Andaran with six wives and a dozen daughters but no son. Name means ‘Hungry as a Bull’. |
| Varoth | A fighting Bounty Hunter, of Volkhydran descent with a 4 ft sword like a Claymore. He dresses out in heavy plate armor. |
| War’s Wages | A Fovean tradition - a captured warrior can request to be put to death immediately, rather than be taken captive and questioned or imprisoned |
| Waya Agiladia | Wolf Riders tribe of Wisex |
| Waya Daganogeda | Daughter of the Andaran woman, Sings Softly, of the Wet Belly tribe |
| Wisex | An island city in the middle of the Black Lake |
| Yonega Waya | Randy's Andaran name, given to him by Two Spears |
