Patera Quetzal, the inhumu who became Prolocutor of VIRON, long dead.

RAJAN, the title of the ruler of Gaon, used here as a proper name.

Red Sun Whorl, the distant planet on which Rigoglio was born.

Patera Remora, the head of the Vironese Faith on BLUE.

Duko Rigoglio, the ruler of SOLDO.

Rimando, one of the messengers chosen by INCLITO.

Private Rimo, a trooper in the horde of BLANKO.

Salica, INCLITO'S elderly mother.

Sborso, a hired hand on INCLITO'S farm.

Schiamazza, an elderly servant in Salica's girlhood home.

Scleroderma, one of the colonists from VIRON, now dead.

Scylla, a goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL, the patroness of VIRON and a frequent visitor to INCANTO'S dreams (also a sea-monster of the Red Sun Whorl).

SEAWRACK, the one-armed woman HORN left behind in Pajarocu.

Captain Sfido, an officer of SOLDO.

Shauk, a three-year-old boy, SINEW'S son.

SHORT SUN, the star whose rising begins each new day on BLUE and GREEN; the WHORL is in orbit around it.

Patera SILK, the calde of Viron at the time the colonists left for BLUE, also called Calde SILK.

SINEW, the oldest of HORN'S sons, who followed him to Pajarocu.

Generalissimo Siyuf, the commander of the horde of Trivigaunte.

SOLDO, the largest of the towns established by colonists from Grandecitta.

Solenno, one of Salica's unlucky husbands.

Spider, a spycatcher of VIRON.

Sun Street Quarter, the district served by SILK'S manteion.

Colonel Terzo, an officer of SOLDO.

Thelxiepeia, a goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL.