A Dragon's Ascension - Ed Greenwood [148]
IRONSTONE, BLASKAR: a stern, scowling Tersept of Aglirta who looks every inch the grim armaragor he once was.
ISRINDAR, KULDIN: senior of the two Sart bridge guards; a good-natured, experienced armsman.
JARAMBUR, MOROLD: a fat, successful importer of wines in Sirlptar, who supplies many of the better taverns and clubs with bulk vintages.
JORANTHAR, HALDUTH: armsman in the service of Bloodblade; a giant of a man, slow tempered and amiable, but ruthless when ordered to slay. An expert spearman, and possessed of prodigious strength and courage.
KAVALANTER, BULDRIM: trusted, able swordcaptain in the service of Bloodblade, possessed of dark hair, the remains of good looks, and a ruthless streak.
Keeper of the Holy Place, the: a senior Serpent-priest, head of the nine holy guardians of the Place of the Serpent (a mountain dell where the Serpent lies buried and magically bound).
KIRLSTAR, AMADUS: bearded, flame-haired, aggressive, and quicktempered silk merchant of Sirlptar, superstitious and grasping; known professionally as "Kirlstar of the Splendid Silks."
Koglaur, the: the "Faceless" or "Faceless Ones," legendary lurking humanlike shapeshifting beings who watch over Aglirta and meddle in its affairs for mysterious reasons of their own.
LOUSHOOND, RILDRA: Baroness of Loushoond; a lush, passionate woman who loves entertaining, large and dangling earrings, collecting statuary, and what Craer Delnbone describes as "yipping, perfumed, and beribboned lapdogs." Craer dismisses Rildra (and her procurer-chasing antics) as "silly."
LOUSHOOND, YINTER: recently installed Baron of Loushoond; an ambitious, energetic, clever, well-spoken, and utterly treacherous man.
LUROAN, GURULD: a loudmouthed, boisterous farmer who dwells in the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, and habitually drinks at the Glory of Aglirta tavern. One of several brothers known locally for their coarse ways, feuds, and large, healthy herds of livestock.
MELEIRA: elder daughter of Orathlee of the Wise, and herself gifted; dark-haired, serious, and wise beyond her ten-and-six years.
Melted, the: men burned by a special firespell of the mage Corloun; their flesh droops and disfigures, they become conduits of his magic (he can cast spells from afar, through their touch, or cause them to explode in flames).
MRTVIN: a young, sharp-tongued, habitually male Koglaur.
MULGOR, ESTLEVAN: an amiable and ambitious shepherd of uplands Blackgult.
MULKYN, GADASTER: first and most infamous Spellmaster of Silvertree; an aging, ruthless evil archwizard who was tutor to Ingryl Ambelter and whom Ingryl slew by a succession of life- and magic-stealing spells that forced Gadaster into a strange unlife. The "Old Beast of Silvertree" retains his sentience, but largely serves as a captive means of healing for Ambelter.
NESKER, LORNELTH: young armsman sworn to the service of Bloodblade, but possessed of little experience.
NUINAR, LAMEIRA: sharp-tongued, opinionated Maid of Chambers (servant) in the Delcamper castle of Varandaur.
OBALAR, MALAVER: wealthy owner of a fleet of large, swift merchant "wavesword" ships that carry spices and silks from far ports to Asmarand. He dwells in Teln, which is also the home port of his fleet. All Obalar boats have white hulls and maroon-and-gold sails.
OBLARMA: a senior Koglaur, habitually female, who often spies in Sirlptar with the Koglaur Indie, but also takes the shape of the dead bard Taercever Redcloak.
OLAURIM: King of Aglirta so long ago that the realm then had neither barons nor baronies.
ORATHLEE: a beautiful young woman of the Wise (those folk who can foresee in dreams or by divers means, or have other inner magical gifts that they can call on without casting spells-but are branded by priests of the Three, and outcast, as "spirit-touched") who guides merchants of Sirlptar in their investments-for fees. Orathlee bears disfiguring brands on both her breasts, was once a slave in Sarinda, and is a widow and the mother of daughters Meleira and Talace.
ORELE, NATHA: oldest Lady of Chambers in the Delcamper