The Townspeople

AHDIOVIZUN; AHDIOMER viz; AHDIO-Proprietor of Sly's Place, a legendary dive within the Maze.

THRODE-An employee at Sly's Place.

CLEYA; JODEERA-The woman Ahdio loves, and who works for him at Sly's Place. Since she is far too beautiful to travel safely through the Maze, Ahdio has arranged for her to be protected by a disguise of ugliness.

LALO THE LIMNER-Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand.

GILLA-His indomitable wife.

GANNER-Their middle son, slain during the False Plague Riots of the previous winter which signaled the end of severe civil unrest in Sanctuary.

VANDA-Their daughter, employed as nursemaid to the Beysib at the palace.

WEDEMIR-Their eldest child and son. A member of Walegrin's guard patrol.

LATILLA-Their youngest daughter.

ALFI-Their infant son.

HAKIEM-Storyteller and confidant extraordinaire.

HORT-Son of a fisherman and Hakiem's apprentice.

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

SALIMAN-His aide and only friend.

MORIA-Once one ofJubal's Hawkmasks, then a servant of Ischade. She was physically transformed into a Rankan noblewoman before the magic died, and the transformation endures. She is in hiding with Stilcho.

MYRTIS-Madam of the Aphrodisia House.

SNAPPER JO-A fiend who survived the destruction of magic in Sanctuary. Once employed as a bartender in the Vulgar Unicorn.

STILCHO-Once one oflschade's resurrected minions. He was "cured" of death when magic was purged from Sanctuary.

zip-Sitter young terrorist. Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Sanctuary (PELS). Now he and his remaining fighters have been designated as officials responsible for peace in the city.