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 italics.

AANVAGEN, the protagonist's hospitable jailer in DORP.

Colonel Abanja, a Trivigaunti officer.

Antler, a son of SMOOTHBONE by his second wife.

Auk, the thief who once coached SILK in burglary.

Sergeant Azijin, a legerman of DORP.

BABBIE, a tame hus belonging to Mucor.

Bala, Sinew's wife, on GREEN.

BEROEP, a householder of DORP, AANVAGEN'S husband.

Calde BISON, Maytera MINT'S husband, presently calde of VIRON.

Blanko, an inland town.

Blood, a crime lord killed by SILK, Mucor's adoptive father.

BLUE, one of two habitable planets circling the SHORT SUN.

Blazingstar, a magnate of NEW VIRON.

Calf, one of HORN'S brothers, a shopkeeper of NEW VIRON.

CAPSICUM, Marrow's mistress and executor.

Chenille, the woman who accompanied Auk to GREEN.

Cijfer, Captain WIJZER'S wife.

Cilinia, Typhon's eldest daughter.

Cowslip, one of HORN'S sisters.

Cricket, a boy, Cowslip's son.

DAISY, a fisherman's daughter taught by NETTLE.

DORP, a coastal town north of NEW VIRON.

Echidna, a goddess in the WHORL and the patroness of GAON.

Eco, a former mercenary, Mora's husband.

Endroad, a village subject to VIRON.

Eschar, a magnate of NEW VIRON.

Flannan, one of PIG'S friends, a Flier.

GAON, a town of BLUE governed for a time by the narrator.

Gib, one of the colonists who accompanied Auk and Chenille.