Gelada, a convict murdered by Auk long ago.

GREEN, the worse of the habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Gyrfalcon, a New Vironese merchant.

Corporal Hammerstone, a soldier in the army of VIRON.

HAN, a populous town south of GAON.

HARIMAU, the citizen who brought the RAJAN to GAON.

He-bring-skin, a citizen of PAJAROCU.

He-bold-fire, the captain of PAJAROCU’s lander.

He-pen-sheep, a hunter.

He-sing-spell, one of He-hold-fire’s subordinates.

He-take-bow, one of He-hold-fire’s subordinates.

Hephaestus, a minor god of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Hide, one of HORN’S twin sons.

Hierax, a major god of the LONG SUN WHORL, the god of death.

Hoof, one of HORN’s twin sons.

Hoop, one of the RAJAN’s scribes.

Aunt Hop, one of NETTLE’s sisters.

HORN, a New Vironese paper-maker, the protagonist.

Hyacinth, SILK’s beautiful wife.

Jahlee, an inhuma rescued by the RAJAN and EVENSONG.

Kilhari, a hunter of GAON.

KRAIT, the inhumu adopted by HORN.

Kypris, the goddess of love in the LONG SUN WHORL.

Lake Limna, a large lake south of VIRON.

Lal, a small boy of GAON, Mehman’s grandson.

LIZARD, an island north of NEW VIRON, the site of HORN’s mill.

LONG SUN WHORL, the interior of the WHORL.

Mahawat, the RAJAN’s elephant driver.

Main, the eastern continent.

Mamelta, the sleeper rescued by SILK, now dead.

MAN OF HAN, the ruler of HAN.

Maytera MARBLE, the former sibyl who accompanied the colonists to BLUE and resumed her vocation there, a chem.