Robert Lynn Asprin

The Dead of Winter


Dramatis Personae

The Townspeople:

Ahdiovizun; Ahdiomer Viz; Ahdio Proprietor of Sly's Place, a legendary dive within the Maze.

Lalo the Limner

Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand.

Gilla His indomitable wife.

Alfi Their youngest son.

Latilla Their daughter.

Vanda Their daughter.

Wedemir Their son and eldest child.

Dubro Bazaar blacksmith and husband to Illyra.

Illyra Half-blood S'danzo seeress with True Sight.

Arton Their son, marked by the gods and magic as part of an emerging divinity known as the Storm Children.

Hakiem Storyteller and confidant extraordinaire.

Harran Overworked surgeon for the false Stepsons and one-time priest of the nearly forgotten goddess, Siveni.

Jubal Prematurely aged former gladiator. Once he openly ran Sanctuary's most visible criminal organization, the Hawkmasks. Now he works behind the scenes.

Kurd Vivisectionist slain by Tempus upon whom he had performed some of his viler experiments.

Lastel; One Thumb Proprietor of the Vulgar Unicorn. Betrayed by local magicians, he spent a small eternity in death's embrace. Freed when Cime wreaked havoc on the local Mageguild, he is a shadow of his former self.

Moruth King of the Downwind beggars. Myrtis-Madam of the Aphrodisia House.

Tamzen Young woman, daughter of a tavernkeeper, who loved Niko and was killed by Roxane.

Zip Bitter young terrorist. Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Sanctuary (PFLS).


The Magicians:

Askelon The Entelechy of Dreams, a magician so powerful that the gods have set him apart from men to rule in Meridian, the source of dreams.

Datan Supreme of the Nisibisi wizards; slain by the Stepsons and Randal. His



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