Characters marked with an asterisk were real historical figures. The rest might have been.

Aetius* – Gaius Flavius Aetius, born 398 in the frontier town of Silestria, in modern-day Bulgaria. The son of Gaudentius, Master-General of Cavalry, and himself later Master-General of the Roman Army in the West

Aladar – Hun warrior, son of Chanat, one of Attila’s eight generals

Amalasuntha* – only daughter of King Theodoric of the Visigoths

Andronicus – captain of the Imperial Guard, Constantinople

Arapovian – Count Grigorius Khachadour Arapovian, an Armenian nobleman

Ariobarzanes – Lord of Azimuntium

Athenais* – married to the eastern Emperor Theodosius II, and re-named Eudoxia

Attila* – born 398, King of the Huns

Bela – Hun general

Cadoc – a Briton, son of Lucius

Candac – Hun general

Chanat – Hun general, father of Aladar

Checa* – first wife of Attila

Chrysaphius* – a Byzantine courtier

Csaba – Hun general

Dengizek* – eldest son of Attila

Ellak* – son of Attila

Enkhtuya – a Hun witch

Galla Placidia* – born 388, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great, sister of Emperor Honorius, mother of Emperor Valentinian III

Gamaliel – an aged, well-travelled medical man

Genseric* – King of the Vandals

Geukchu – Hun general

Honoria* – daughter of Galla Placidia, sister of Valentinian

Idilico – a Burgundian girl

Jormunreik – Visigothic wolf-lord

Juchi – Hun general

Knuckles – baptised Anastasius, a Rhineland legionary

Leo* – Bishop of Rome

Little Bird – a Hun shaman

Lucius – also Ciddwmtarth, a British leader of his people