Laetrimae - Mantis-kinden ghost from the Shadow Box

Xaraea - Moth-kinden intelligencer in Tharn

Tegrec - Wasp-kinden major and magician, governor of occupied Tharn

Raeka - Wasp-kinden, Tegrec’s body-slave

Kymene - Mynan Soldier Beetle-kinden, leader of the Mynan resistance

Chyses - Mynan Soldier Beetle-kinden, Kymene’s lieutenant

Hokiak - Scorpion-kinden black-marketeer in Myna

Gryllis - Spider-kinden, Hokiak’s business partner

Alvdan II - Emperor of the Wasps

Seda - his sister

Maxin - Wasp-kinden general, Rekef

Reiner - Wasp-kinden general, Rekef

Brugan - Wasp-kinden general, Rekef

Malkan - Wasp-kinden general, Seventh Army

Latvoc - Wasp-kinden colonel, Rekef, Reiner’s aide

Gan - Wasp-kinden colonel, governor of Szar

Ulther - Wasp-kinden colonel, former governor of Myna, deceased

Axrad - Wasp-kinden lieutenant and aviator

Uctebri the Sarcad - Mosquito-kinden slave and magician

Gjegevey - Woodlouse-kinden slave and advisor

Dariandrephos (‘Drephos’) - halfbreed auxillian-colonel and master artificer

Totho - halfbreed artificer in Drephos’ cadre

Kaszaat - Bee-kinden artificer, in Drephos’ cadre

Big Greyv - Mole Cricket-kinden artificer, in Drephos’ cadre

Places

Capitas - the capital of the Empire