Red-Hat
– the Dogman’s Second, who wears a red hood.
Hardbread
– a Named Man of long experience, leading a dozen for the Dogman.
Redcrow
– one of Hardbread’s Carls.
THE NORTH
In and Around Skarling’s Chair
Black Dow
– the Protector of the North, or stealer of it, depending on who you ask.
Splitfoot
– his Second, meaning chief bodyguard and arse-licker.
Ishri
– his advisor, a sorceress from the desert South, and sworn enemy of Bayaz.
Caul Shivers
– a scarred Named Man with a metal eye, who some call Black Dow’s dog.
Curnden Craw
– a Named Man thought of as a straight edge, once Second to Rudd Threetrees, then close to Bethod, now leading a dozen for Black Dow.
Wonderful
– his long-suffering Second.
Whirrun of Bligh
– a famous hero from the utmost North, who wields the Father of Swords. Also called Cracknut, on account of his nut being cracked.
Jolly Yon Cumber, Brack-i-Dayn, Scorry Tiptoe, Agrick, Athroc
and
Drofd
– other members of Craw’s dozen.
Scale’s Men
Scale
– Bethod’s eldest son, now the least powerful of Dow’s five War Chiefs, strong as a bull, brave as a bull, and with a bull’s brain too.
Pale-as-Snow
– once one of Bethod’s War Chiefs, now Scale’s Second.
White-Eye Hansul
– a Named Man with a blind eye, once Bethod’s herald.
‘Prince’ Calder
– Bethod’s younger son, an infamous coward and schemer, temporarily exiled for suggesting peace.