ABILAN one of the soldanates of Uraba.
ADREA wife of Criston Vora, captured by Urecari raiders; now named Istar.
ADREALA first daughter of Adrea by Omra.
AIDEN one of the two brothers who sailed from Terravitae to discover the world. The descendants of his crew populated Tierra.
AIDEN'S COMPASS ancient relic whose needle will point back toward Terravitae.
AIDEN'S LIGHTHOUSE a tall lighthouse on the western side of Ishalem.
AIDENIST follower of the Book of Aiden.
AINI First Wife of Soldan Xivir from Missinia.
AL-ORIZIN Uraban exploration ship.
ALAMONT one of the five reaches of Tierra, rich agricultural land led by Destrar Shenro.
ALDO NA-CURIC, SEN Saedran chartsman aboard the Dyscovera.
ALISI sister of Unwar, kidnapped by Tierran traders.
AMMUR SONNEN blacksmith who runs the largest smithy in Calay, father of Vicka.
ANCHOR constellation in the Tierran sky.
ANDOUK soldan of Yuarej, father of Cliaparia.
ANJINE daughter of King Korastine.
ARDAN subcomdar of the Tierran navy.
ARIKARA capital city of Missinia.
ARKSHIP ancient vessel wrecked in Ishalem, believed to be the original vessel belonging either to Aiden or Urec.
ASADDAN Nunghal refugee who crossed the Great Desert to Missinia.
ASHA second wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, murdered by Prester Hannes.
ATTAR soldan of Outer Wahilir, brother of Soldan Huttan, poisoned by Prester Hannes.
BAINE former prester-marshall of the Aidenist church, martyred with his followers in the ruins of Ishalem.
BELOS, SEN revered Saedran elder.
BIENTO NA-CURIC Saedran painter, Aldo's father.
BOOK OF AIDEN Aidenist holy book.
BORA'S BASTION capital city of Alamont Reach.
BOURAS legendary father of all sea serpents, supposedly girdles the world.
BROECK destrar of Iboria Reach, father of Ilrida, grandfather of Tomas.
BURIAN NA-COWAY Saedran model-maker.
BURILO son of Soldan Xivir from Missinia, Omra's cousin.
BURNET master carpenter in Soeland Reach.
CALAVIK capital city of Iboria Reach.
CALAY capital city of Tierra.
CAPTAIN'S COMPASS a compass that always points home.
CHARTSMAN a Saedran navigator possessing perfect memory.
CHERR, SEN revered Saedran elder.
CIARLO brother of Adrea, lame in one leg, prester of the town of Windcatch.
CINDON Criston Vora's small boat, named after his father, sold before his voyage on the Luminara.
CINDON VORA father of Criston, a fisherman lost at sea.
CITHARA daughter of Cliaparia and Omra, now raised by Istar.
CLIAPARIA Omra's second wife, killed by Istar.
COMDAR leader of Tierran army and navy.
CORAG one of the five reaches of Tierra, a mountainous region led by Destrar Siescu.
CRISTON (2) infant son of Omra and Istar, murdered by Cliaparia.
CRISTON VORA captain of the Dyscovera, survivor of the Luminara expedition. Criston is married to Adrea (Istar), who was lost in a Urecari raid.
CUAR Uraban unit of currency.
DAVIC apprentice and helper to Prester Ciarlo.
DAWSON ORIN young recruit in Tierran army.
DELNAS, COMDAR leader of the Tierran military, both land and sea forces.
DESERT HARBOR new settlement on the edge of the Great Desert, from which sand coracles launch.
DESTRAR the leader of one of the five Tierran reaches.
DILORA, PRESTER young prester in Calay.
DOLICAR, YAL confidence man who moves back and forth from Uraba to Tierra.
DYSCOVERA Tierran ship built to explore the seas and find Terravitae, captained by Criston Vora.
EDICT LINE the boundary agreed to by the leaders of Tierra and Uraba, dividing the world in half.
ENIFIR Anjine's handmaiden, wife of Guard-Marshall Vorannen.
ENOCH DEY crewman aboard the Dyscovera.
EREO BORNAN father of Mateo, a captain in the royal guard who died saving the king.
ERIETTA one of the five reaches of Tierra, mainly rangeland, led by Destrar Unsul.
ERIMA ur-sikara from Lahjar, successor to Lukai.
EYE OF UREC symbol painted on the sails of Uraban ships.
FAAN protocol minister of Uraba.
FARPORT capital city of Soeland Reach.
FASHIA the wife of Urec.
FASHIA'S FOUNTAIN important shrine to Urecari faith.
FENNAN prester in the village of Windcatch, killed in Urecari raid.
FILLOK brother of the soldan of Outer Wahilir, killed in an ill-advised raid against a Tierran trading ship.
FIRUN old Aidenist slave at Gremurr mines, household servant to Tukar.
FURIC, SEN revered Saedran elder.
FYIRI prominent sikara in the church of Urec.
GAHARI Uraban merchant family.
GART young son of Destrar Unsul.
GOLDEN FERN fern with mythic properties, supposedly planted by Urec before he became the Traveler. Anyone who finds the fern is destined for greatness.
GOLDEN FERN First Uraban ironclad warship, armored at Gremurr mines.
GREAT DESERT arid wasteland in the south of Uraba.
GREMURR secret Uraban mines on the northern coast of the Middlesea, in Tierran territory.
GRIGOVAR member of the Al-Orizin's crew, former reef diver from Lahjar.
HAKRI First Wife of Soldan Vishkar from Outer Wahilir.
HANNES prester who caused great damage to Uraba, was a slave at Gremurr mines, and escaped over the mountains to Tierra.
HIST subcomdar of the Tierran army.
HUREF soldan of Abilan.
HUTTAN soldan of Inner Wahilir, husband of Kuari.
IAROS nephew of Destrar Broeck, heir apparent of Iboria.
IBORIA one of the five reaches of Tierra, the region to the far north, led by Destrar Broeck.
ILNA NA-CURIC younger sister of Aldo.
ILRIDA daughter of Destrar Broeck, second wife of King Korastine, and mother of Prince Tomas; she died of tetanus.
IMIR former soldan-shah of the Urabans, father of Omra and Tukar, now retired.
INNER WAHILIR one of the soldanates of Uraba.
IREC Soldan-Shah Omra's second son, by his second wife Naori.
ISHALEM holy city considered the center of both the Aidenist and Urecari religions, burned in a great fire and now reclaimed by Uraba.
ISTALA second daughter of Adrea by Omra.
ISTAR (1) young wife of Zarif Omra, died in childbirth.
ISTAR (2) First Wife of Soldan-Shah Omra, mother of Saan, Adreala, and Istala; formerly Adrea, wife of Criston Vora.
IYOMELKA mysterious old crone living on an isolated island, mother of Ystya.
JAVIAN cabin boy aboard the Dyscovera.
JENIROD eldest son of Destrar Unsul of Erietta.
JERARD old prester aboard the Luminara, killed by a sea serpent.
JIKARIS khan of the Nunghal-Ari.
JILLAC military captain from Alamont, in charge of the prison camps.
JORON third son of Ondun, who remained behind in Terravitae when Aiden and Urec sailed away.
KEL rank of captain in the soldan-shah's palace guards.
KHALIG Uraban merchant, chosen by Kel Unwar as a messenger to Calay.
KHENARA port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba.
KILLIN NA-FAS Saedran apothecary.
KIRACLE Korastine's father, previous king of Tierra, killed by a lightning strike while out riding.
KIRK Aidenist church.
KJELNAR Iborian shipwright, builder of Dyscovera and her first mate.
KORASTINE the king of Tierra, father of Anjine and Tomas.
KUARI First Wife of Soldan Huttan from Inner Wahilir.
KURDA Soeland general in Tierran army.
LAHJAR port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba, the farthest settlement south.
LANDING DAY Aidenist festival commemorating the landing of Aiden's Arkship.
LANNI wife of Sen Aldo na-Curic, daughter of Sen Leo.
LEO NA-HADRA, SEN old Saedran scholar, adviser of King Korastine, teacher of Aldo na-Curic.
LEVIATHAN terrible sea monster that destroyed the Luminara.
LITHIO First Wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, mother of Omra, now estranged.
LUAREN sikara at Fashia's Fountain.
LUKAI former ur-sikara of the Urecari church, died after her involvement was exposed in a plot to poison Omra.
LUMINARA magnificent exploration vessel dispatched from Tierra to discover the world, destroyed by the Leviathan.
MATEO BORNAN childhood friend of Anjine, former ward of King Korastine raised in the castle after his father Ereo was killed in the line of duty. Now subcomdar in the Tierran army, liaison to the throne.
MIA sailor aboard the Dyscovera.
MIDDLESEA vast sea to the east of Ishalem.
MIOR sailor aboard the Dyscovera.
MISSINIA one of the soldanates of Uraba.
NAORI third wife of Soldan-Shah Omra.
NORGO new leader of desert bandits harassing Desert Harbor.
NUNGHALS race inhabiting the Uraban continent tothe south of the Great Desert. They are composed of two branches, the nomadic Nunghal-Ari and the seafaring Nunghal-Su.
NUNGHAL-ARI nomadic branch of the Nunghals.
NUNGHAL-SU seafaring branch of the Nunghals.
OBERTAS marshall of the royal guard in Calay.
OCEANSEA vast sea to the west of Ishalem.
OENAR former soldan-shah of Uraba, great-grandfather of Imir, the subject of a large bronze statue that was melted down to make weapons.
OLABAR capital city of Uraba.
OLBA turbanlike head covering, usually white, worn by Urecari men.
OMIRR Soldan-Shah Omra's eldest son, by his second wife Naori; the zarif of Uraba.
ONDUN the creator of the world, father of three sons—Aiden, Urec, and Joron.
ONDUN'S LIGHTNING ship on which Aldo served as chartsman.
OUROUSSA port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba.
OUTER WAHILIR one of the soldanates of Uraba.
PELITON capital city of Erietta Reach.
PILGRIM'S PATH processional path up the hill to the Arkship in Ishalem.
PILGRIMS' ROAD main north–south road through Tierra to Ishalem.
POL young son of Destrar Unsul.
PRESTER an Aidenist priest.
PRESTER-MARSHALL leader of the Aidenist church.
QUANAS captain of the Sacred Scroll.
RAATHGIR Iborian ice dragon, whose horn is said to be a talisman to ward off sea serpents.
RAGA VAR mountain scout in Corag.
RAVEN small patrol ship on which Mateo served as first mate.
RA'VIR Tierran child raised by Urecari to become a spy and a saboteur, named after an opportunistic bird that lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
REEFSPUR Tierran coastal fishing village.
RENNY young son of Destrar Unsul.
RICKAR FENN young recruit in Tierran army.
ROVIK kel of the soldan-shah's palace guards.
RUAD Nunghal-Su shipkhan, once an outcast, now captain of his own ship again.
RUDIO old, conservative prester-marshall, successor to Baine.
SAAN son of Criston and Adrea, raised by Soldan-Shah Omra.
SACRED SCROLL Tierran trading ship where Alisi was held captive.
SAEDRANS “Ondun's Stepchildren,” independent people not descended from either Aiden or Urec. Saedrans serve as chartsmen, engineers, doctors, apothecaries, and in other scientific professions.
SAMFAIR finance minister of Uraba.
SAND DERVISHES desert demons who lure travelers into the sand.
SAPIER grandson of Aiden, founder of Aidenist church. In a legend, he caught a sea serpent with a fishhook and rode it to safe waters.
SAZAR leader of a clan of rivermen; he calls himself the “river destrar.”
SEN term of respect and accomplishment for Saedrans.
SENA first wife of King Korastine, mother of Anjine; died from pneumonia.
SHARIQUE wife of Yuarej soldan Andouk, mother of Cliaparia.
SHAY, CAPTAIN ANDON captain of the Luminara.
SHENRO destrar of Alamont Reach.
SHERUFA NA-OA, SEN Saedran scholar in Olabar.
SHIELTAR former soldan-shah, grandfather of Omra, who was injured by an arrow when he led an abortive raid into Tierra.
SHIPKHAN captain's title among the Nunghals.
SIESCU destrar of Corag Reach.
SIKARA priestess in the Urecari church.
SILAM HENNER crewman aboard the Dyscovera.
SIOARA a port on the Middlesea, capital of Inner Wahilir.
SOELAND one of the five reaches of Tierra, a group of islands led by Destrar Tavishel.
SOLDAN leader of one of the regions of Uraba.
SOLDAN-SHAH the soldan of soldans, leader of all Uraba.
SONHIR leader of the undersea people of the sunken Saedran continent.
STONEHOLM capital city of Corag Reach.
TAVISHEL destrar of Soeland Reach.
TEACHER mysterious hooded figure in charge of Omra's ra'vir program.
TELHA VORA mother of Criston, killed in Urecari raid on Windcatch.
TENÉR port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba.
TERRAVITAE the original land where Ondun created his people, from which Aiden and Urec departed on their voyage.
TESHA First Wife of Soldan Huref from Abilan.
TIERRA the northern continent, composed of five reaches; its population follows the Aidenist religion.
TIRA young woman in Calay, trained as a ra'vir.
TOLLI name used by Anjine as her alternate childhood identity.
TRAVELER wandering old man who leaves tales of his travels, rumored to be either Aiden or Urec.
TYCHO kitten given to Anjine by Mateo; also name used by Mateo as his alternate childhood identity.
UALFOR emissary from Soldan Huttan of Inner Wahilir.
UISHEL young woman from Soeland, Mateo's first love.
UNSUL destrar of Erietta Reach.
UNTRA former soldan-shah, grandfather of Imir.
UNWAR kel in the Uraban military, provisional governor of Ishalem, builder of the great wall.
URABA the southern continent, composed of five soldanates; its population follows the Urecari religion.
UREC one of the two brothers who sailed from Terravitae to discover the world. The descendants of his crew populated Uraba.
UREC'S LIGHTHOUSE a tall lighthouse on the eastern side of Ishalem.
UREC'S LOG Urecari holy book.
URECARI follower of Urec's Log.
UR-SIKARA lead sikara of the Urecari church.
USTHRA trade minister of Uraba.
VANOV, GENERAL military leader from Alamont.
VICKA SONNEN daughter of Calay blacksmith Ammur Sonnen.
VILLIKI third wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, mother of Tukar, disgraced and exiled for her part in the plot to poison Omra.
VORANNEN marshall of the Calay city guard, married to Enifir.
WEN NA-CURIC younger brother of Aldo.
WINDCATCH small Tierran fishing village on the Oceansea coast.
XARIES a Uraban board game similar to chess.
XIVIR soldan of Missinia, father of Burilo.
YSTYA beautiful young woman living on an isolated island, daughter of Iyomelka.
YUAREJ one of the soldanates of Uraba.
YURA NA-CURIC Aldo's mother.
ZADAR workmaster in the Gremurr mines.
ZARIF Uraban title of prince.