Character List
Inside the Pale
Élin Patraena, Regent
Jaxon Tangshi, her Senior Forecaster
Hekili, Master of the Immortal Wereguard
Tad, a young serviceman
Jeris, Tad’s senior and first partner
Hallen, Laylene, Milo: other service personnel
Adaeze Patraena, a young paramount
The Canini
Tinashe, a canine matriarch
Orfeo, Tinashe’s friend, an aged and wise canine
Mashtuk, descendant of Tinashe and scout for her pack
Zélie, descendant of Orfeo, later Mashtuk’s mate
Callan, a canine pack leader
Aegle, a young canine of Callan’s pack
Waleen, a canine pack leader
The Tribes
Kilimajara, Huntmistress of the Storm tribe
Feather, her grandson, hunter and scout for the Storm
Afon of the Rainbow, Hadar of the River, Tehuano of the Terran, Tierre of the Green: other hunt masters of Broad Plain
Marin, a senior elder of the Storm
The Settlement
Valkirra Adelriksdottir, the Chief
Talis Jarisson, her spouse
Charm, Jasper and Cushla, their children
Dane Friirsson and his wife Raysa, tailors of the middle town
Jana and Brettin, their twin daughters
Freya Janasdottir, the child of Jana and the tribesman Feather
Maya, Lady of the Temple
Iver, Olinna, Anielka: district representatives on the Settlement’s council
Equii: horse-like animals who have renounced their power of speech
Rat-terriers: small dogs who live with the settlers
The Wild Creatures
Wild Men: some humans walk Broad Plain in small family groups or in lawless groups. They do not abide by tribal rules and live in a reduced state.
Outclans: some smaller groups are loosely allied with the major tribes but prefer to live in smaller, family-based groups. The Outclans tend to reject some of the tribes’ strict rules about the use of the land and resources.
Ferals: these are manufactured creatures that exist solely as killing and feeding machines, with no capacity for rational thinking. They come in a variety of body shapes, sizes, and weaponry and are remnants of the armies that plundered society during the Conflagration.
Vulpini: fox-like creatures that hunt the Broad Plain, posing a danger to all live beings.
Ursini: large, white-furred predators who mostly live south of Broad Plain, beyond the Broken Ranges.
Mammonites: enormous flying creatures that once dominated the plain; the mammonites are now rarely seen.
Other animals: longneck deer, patchwork hares, ovines, mastodons, mammonites, wood-adders, strikebeasts, lizards, skinks, blue tongue lizards, crocodylli, pantheras.