Scylla, a major goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL, the patroness of VIRON.

SEAWRACK, a one-armed maiden.

Shadelow, HORN’S name for the western continent.

She-pick-berry, He-pen-sheep’s wife.

SHORT SUN, the star orbited by the WHORL.

Patera SILK, the caldé of Viron at the time the colonists boarded their landers, also called Caldé SILK.

SINEW, HORN and NETTLE’s eldest son.

Sister, a small girl living with her brother in a forest northwest of GAON.

Generalissimo Siyuf, the commander of the Rani’s horde.

Skany, an inland town some distance from GAON.

Somvar, an advocate.

Captain Strik, a master mariner of Dorp.

Sun Street, a wide diagonal avenue in VIRON.

Tail, the southern end of LIZARD Island.

Tamarind, a fishmonger’s widow.

Tartaros, a major god of the LONG SUN WHORL, the god of darkness and commerce, and the patron of thieves.

Thelxiepeia, a major goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL, the goddess of learning, trickery, and magic.

Three Rivers, an inland town near NEW VIRON.

Tor, a rocky peak on LIZARD Island.

Trivigaunte, a desert city well south of VIRON.

Toter, Strik’s son.

Tuz, one of the travelers assembled in PAJAROCU.

Urbasecundus, a foreign town not far from NEW VIRON.

Vanished Gods, the gods of the NEIGHBORS.

Vanished People, the NEIGHBORS.

VIRON, the city of the LONG SUN WHORL in which SILK, HORN, NETTLE, and many others were born, also called Old Viron.

Vulpes, an advocate of the LONG SUN WHORL.