SYNC, Commander of the 3rd.

RASHAN; THE EYE OF THE SAVANKALA, Priest and Judge of Sanvankala. Highestranking Rankan in Sanctuary prior to the arrival of the Prince, now allied withChenaya's disaffected Rankans at Land's End.

STEPSONS; SACRED BANDERS, Members of a mercenary unit founded by Abarsis whowilled their allegiance to Tempus Thales after his own death. CRITIAS; CRIT,Leftside leader paired with Straton. Second in command after Tempus.

RANDAL; WITCHY-EARS, The only mage ever trusted by Tempus or admitted into theSacred Band.

STRATON; STRAT; ACE, Rightside partner of Critias. Injured by the PFLS at thestart of the False Plague riots.

TASFALEN LANCOTHIS, Jaded nobleman, slain by Ischade's curse, then resurrectedby Haught. His body has become Roxane's prison.

TEMPOS THALES; THE RIDDLER, Nearly immortal mercenary, a partner of Vashankabefore that god's demise; commander of the Stepsons; cursed with a fatalinability to give or receive love.

WALEGRIN, Rankan army officer assigned to the Sanctuary garrison where hisfather had been slain by the S'danzo many years before.

The Gods

DYAREELA, A goddess whose worship in Sanctuary predates the Ilsigi presence andwhich has been outlawed many times since then.

HARRAN, Physician and priest to Siveni Gray-Eyes, now part of her four-folddivinity.

MRIGA, Mindless and crippled woman elevated to four-fold divinity with SiveniGray-Eyes.

SABELLIA, Mother goddess for the Rankan Empire.

SAVANKALA, Father god for the Rankan Empire.

SIVENI GRAY-EYES, Ilsigi goddess of wisdom, medicine and defense, nowtransformed into a four-fold diety.

SHIPRI, Mother goddess of the old Ilsigi kingdom.