Many of the persons and places mentioned in this book first appeared in The Book of the Long Sun, to which the reader is referred. In the following list, the most significant names are given in CAPITALS, less significant names in lower case.

Alubukham, a concubine.

Auk, a Vironese burglar.

BABBIE, a tame hus.

Bahar, one of the RAJAN’s ministers.

Barsat, a woodcutter.

Beled, a coastal town on Blue settled by people from Trivigaunte.

Blazingstar, a New Vironese merchant.

Blood, a crime lord, now dead.

BLUE, the better of the two habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Book of Silk, HORN and NETTLE’s great literary work, also called The Book of the Long Sun.

Brother, a small boy living with his sister in a forest northwest of GAON.

Bush, a tavern in PAJAROCU.

Chandi, a concubine.

Chenille, the woman who accompanied Auk to GREEN.

Choora, a long, straight, single-edged knife favored by the RAJAN.

Chota, a nickname given EVENSONG by her fellow concubines. Trooper Darjan, a Gaonese boy.

Dorp, a coastal town.

Echidna, a major goddess, the mother of the gods of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Eschar, a New Vironese merchant.

EVENSONG, the concubine given the RAJAN OF GAON by the MANOFHAN.

Gadwall, a New Vironese smith.

GAON, a troubled inland town on BLUE.

Geier, one of travelers assembled in PAJAROCU.