GREEN, one of the habitable planets of the SHORT SUN.

Patera Gulo, the Coadjutor of VIRON.

GYRFALCON, a magnate of NEW VIRON.

Judge HAMER, one of the five judges who rule DORP.

Hammerstone, a soldier of VIRON, OLIVINE'S father.

Hare, a criminal, originally of VIRON.

Hari Mau, the new Rajan of GAON.

He-Pen-Sheep, a hunter.

HIDE, one of HORN and NETTLE'S twin sons.

Hierax, in the WHORL, the god of death.

Honeysuckle, a servant in the palace of VIRON'S calde.

HOOF, one of HORN and NETTLE'S three sons, HIDE'S twin.

HORN, the chief author of The Book of the Long Sun.

HOUND, a shopkeeper of Endroad.

Incanto, the name by which the narrator was known in Blanko.

Inclito, the Duko of Blanko.

Patera Incus, the Prolocutor of VIRON.

JAHLEE, an inhuma freed by the narrator.

JUGANU, an inhumu freed by the narrator.

Krait, an inhumu adopted by HORN.

IKypris, the minor goddess who invited SILK to unite himself to PAS.

Private Leeuw, a legerman of DORP.

LIZARD, an island north of NEW VIRON.

LONG SUN WHORL, the interior of the WHORL.

Maytera MARBLE, an elderly chem.

Marrow, a magnate of NEW VIRON.

Merryn, a witch.

Maytera MINT, a leader of the rebellion that overthrew VIRON'S governing council.

Molpe, in the WHORL, the goddess of the winds.

Mora, the daughter of the Duke of Blanko.

Mota, one of Hari Mau's followers.

The Mother, a Vanished Goddess.

Mucor, a woman possessing paranormal powers, Maytera MARBLE'S granddaughter.

Musk, a Vironese criminal, now dead.

Nabeanntan, a mountain town of the LONG SUN WHORL.

NAT, a magnate of DORP.

The NEIGHBORS, the earlier inhabitants of BLUE, also called the Vanished People.