A Dragon's Ascension - Ed Greenwood [147]
DOROS, JANTHLIN: Aged, well-loved Master of Chambers (manservant) of Varandaur, family castle of the Delcamper family nigh Ragalar. Thoughtful, kindly, attentive to detail without being fussy, and a pillar of courtly dignity.
DUTHJACK, SENDRITH "BLOODBLADE": capable, charismatic mercenary warrior who served the Baron Blackgult in the disastrous attack on the Isles of Ieirembor, and later became the leader of an outlaw fighting band ("Bloodblade's Band"), whom he led in a foray to slay the Risen King and put himself on the throne. That attempt failed and the Band was slaughtered in the doing, but Sendrith retains his ambitions to rule Aglirta-and some call him "the Hope of Aglirta."
ELVRTTH, BRIONA: a timid, curly-haired young lass of Searith in upland Ornentar, much given to rindolberry-picking.
ELVRTTH, NARNETH: a practical, swift-witted young half-shift shepherd of Searith in upland Ornentar; older brother to Briona.
ELVURND, SUSKAR: a large, capable brigand working the coast road of Asmarand, nigh Shaunsel Rise (a farm-cloaked ridge between Elmerna and Teln).
Eroeha: see Serpent, The
ESMERSUR, ADBERT: old retired warrior, now a painter and woodcarver, who dwells in the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, and spends much of every day (and most of his coins) drinking at the Glory of Aglirta tavern. Known to one and all as "Old Adbert," he lost most of his left leg in battle years ago, and is a sour but fair observer of events in the Vale.
Faceless, the/Faceless Ones, the: see Koglaur.
FALLENBRIDGE, TOARSIM: an ambitious but not law-breaking Tersept of Aglirta-a tall, pockmarked man unsure of his future or his own confidence.
FAUROLK, TARSAM: a successful but pessimistic sheep farmer who dwells in the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, and habitually drinks at the Glory of Aglirta tavern. Well liked and usually gentle and kindly.
GARZHAR, LORN: better known as "Old Garzhar," this aging, grizzled, limping, and much-wounded armaragor grew old in the service of Blackgult. When Baron Blackgult was made regent, he named Garzhar his Ranking Sword (commander, whenever the regent was absent) of the Palace Guard of Flowfoam-because of Old Garzhar's diligence, loyalty, and levelheadedness.
GESTEL, ANSYARDE: phlegmatic armaragor in the service of Bloodblade, a former barge helmsman who serves so again when his swordcaptain, Buldrim Kavalanter, seizes a Cardassan barge.
GLAROND, NESMOR: recently installed Baron of Glarond; a onetime courtier and successful investor who-like so many others-has ambitions that include the Throne of Aglirta.
Golden Griffon, the: see Blackgult, Ezendor
GREATSARN, SULDUN: grim, attentive veteran armaragor of Cardassa, serving as swordcaptain to Baron Maevur Cardassa.
HAELTREE, NTTHAS: recently ascended Tersept of Haeltree, this capable former armsman joins the conspiracy headed by Maevur Cardassa fully intending to betray it to the regent.
HALVAN, HAELLAH: burly, jovial, and very capable mercenary war captain, leader of the Sirl Swords' hireswords. Halvan's band was hired by Regent Blackgult to be the backbone of the Royal Host of Aglirta (the regent's army).
HULDAERUS, ARKLE: "the Master of Bats," sometime Lord Wizard of Ornentar, an ambitious, cruel, grasping mage known for using bat-related magic, commanding bats, and taking bat-shape; the minstrel Vilcabras once said at a moot that "Aglirta's worst nightmare would be
Huldaerus and Silvertree, working together-a terror for Silverflow Vale one year, and all Darsar the next," and Huldaerus soon killed him for that utterance.
INDLE: a senior Koglaur, habitually male, who usually works in Sirlptar with the Koglaur Oblarma, but takes the shape of the Serpent-worshipping steward Qurtil in the Delcamper castle of Varandaur to practice a certain deception on Flaeros Delcamper. He has also taken many other shapes, and is skilled at casting