Glossary
Characters
Aarth – Wasp merchant in the Principalities
Achaeos – Moth-kinden, Che’s lover, killed in a ritual
Alvdan II – former Emperor of the Wasps, Seda’s brother, killed by Uctebri’s magic
Alvric – first Emperor of the Wasps, Seda’s grandfather
Amnon – Beetle-kinden, former First Soldier of Khanaphes
Angved – Wasp engineer
Ang We (‘Angry’) – Grasshopper bandit chief
Avaris – Spider fraudster and bandit
Barad Ygor – Scorpion bandit
Brugan – Wasp general of the Rekef
Cheerwell Maker (‘Che’) – Beetle-kinden, Stenwold’s niece, now Inapt
Chevre Velienn – Dragonfly noblewoman
Dal Arche – Dragonfly bandit chief
Dariandrephos (‘Drephos’, ‘the Colonel-Auxillian’) – halfbreed Master Artificer, leader of the Iron Glove
Emon – Bee artificer with the Iron Glove
Ethmet – Beetle First Minister of Khanaphes
Feass – Grasshopper bandit
Felipe Shah – Dragonfly Prince-Major of the Principality of Roh
Felise Mienn – Dragonfly duellist, killed with Tisamon in Capitas
Gaved – Wasp mercenary, Sef’s lover
Gjegevey – Woodlouse-kinden, Imperial adviser and slave
Gramo Galltree – Beetle-kinden, self-styled Collegiate ambassador to the Commonweal
Gryllis – Spider-kinden, business partner of Hokiak
Halter – Wasp slaver in the Principalities
Hardy Fordwright – Beetle scholar and alchemist
Hokiak – Scorpion black-marketeer in Myna
Isendter ‘Whitehand’ – Mantis Weaponsmaster
Jons Allanbridge – Beetle aviator
Karrec – Wasp Consortium officer
Kymene – Soldier Beetle-kinden, Mynan stateswoman and former resistance leader
Lien – Wasp colonel of Engineers
Lioste Coren – Dragonfly-kinden, seneschal to Felipe Shah
Lisan Dea – Grasshopper-kinden, seneschal to Salme Elass
Lowre Cean – Dragonfly-kinden, Prince-Major and strategist
Lowre Darien – Lowre Cean’s son, died after the Twelve-year War
Ma Leyd – Mole Cricket, proprietor of the Hitch
Maure – halfbreed necromancer
Maxin – Wasp general of the Rekef, died alongside Alvdan II
Mordrec – Wasp bandit
Pirett – Dragonfly bandit chief
Praeda Rakespear – Beetle-kinden scholar
Salme Alain – Dragonfly Prince-Minor, son of Salme Elass
Salme Dien (‘Salma’) – Dragonfly Prince-Minor, died fighting the Wasps in the Lowlands
Salme Elass – Dragonfly-kinden, Princess-Minor of Elas Mar province
Scutts – Barad Ygor’s pet scorpion
Seda – Empress of the Wasps
Sef – Water Spider-kinden exile
Siriell – Dragonfly bandit chief
Skelling – Skater bargeman
Soul Je – Grasshopper bandit
Stenwold Maker – Beetle spymaster and statesman
Telse Orian – Dragonfly noble
Thalric – Wasp-kinden, former Rekef spymaster, Che’s lover
Tse Mae (‘Sammi’) – Grasshopper alchemist
Thanred – Wasp colonel and governor of Capitas
Tisamon – Mantis Weaponsmaster, died in Capitas
Torste Sain – Dragonfly general from the Principalities
Totho – halfbreed artificer, second in command of the Iron Glove
Tynisa – halfbreed Weaponsmaster, Tisamon’s daughter
Uctebri – Mosquito magician, killed by Tisamon in Capitas
Uie Se – Grasshopper seer in Myna
Varmen – Wasp former Sentinel, now mercenary
Varsec – Wasp aviator and engineer
Places
Aleth – large forest south of the Exalsee
Barrier Ridge – cliff boundary between the Lowlands and the Commonweal
Capitas – capital of the Wasp Empire
Collegium – Beetle-kinden city in the Lowlands, home of the Great College
Commonweal – the Dragonfly state north of the Lowlands, partly conquered by the Empire
Darakyon – formerly haunted forest in the north-east Lowlands
Elas Mar – province governed by Salme Elass
Exalsee – inland sea south of the Empire
Felyal – Mantis forest on the Lowlands coast
Helleron – Beetle-kinden city in the Lowlands noted for its industry
The Hitch – fugitive community at the foot of the Barrier Ridge
Jerez – Skater-kinden lake town in the Empire
Khanaphes – ancient Beetle-kinden city
Landstower – city in the Principalities (formerly Lans Stowe)
Leose – centre of Elas Mar province and castle of the Salme family
Lowlands – the city states south of the Commonweal and west of the Empire
Maynes – Ant-kinden city of the Three-city Alliance
Myna – Soldier Beetle city of the Three-city Alliance
The Nem – desert west of Khanaphes
Porta Rabi – Solarnese port
Princep Salma – New Lowlands city named after Salme Dien
The Principalities – that part of the Commonweal conquered by the Empire
Ren – Province governed by Felipe Shah
Rhael – untenanted province in Roh
Roh – Principality covered by Felipe Shah
Sara Tele – village in Elas Mar province
Shon Fhor – capital of the Commonweal
Siriell’s Town – bandit town in Rhael province
Solamen – fortress in the Principalities (formerly Shol Amen)
Solarno – a city of high artifice on the Exalsee
Suon Ren – town and castle of Felipe Shah
Szar – Bee city in the Three-city Alliance
Three-city Alliance – a state composed of Maynes, Myna and Szar, former Wasp subjects
Toek Station – Scorpion trading post north of Solarno
Tsolshevy – believed Woodlouse-kinden community, unknown location
Vesserett – Bee city within the Empire
Organizations and things
Consortium of the Honest – mercantile arm of the Imperial administration
Iron Glove – trading cartel of artificers led by Dariandrephos
Landsarmy – the army of refugees led by Salme Dien during the war
Loquae – a speaker for a Mantis-kinden community
The Many – Scorpion-kinden of the Nem desert
The Masters – the ancient, legendary rulers of Khanaphes
Mercers – Dragonfly-kinden knights errant
Monarch – the ruler of the Commonweal
Nailbow – a weapon that shoots bolts via a firepowder charge, powerful but inaccurate and of limited range.
Rekef – Imperial secret service and police, divided into Inlander and Outlander
Salmae – Dragonfly noble family led by Salme Elass
Scriptora – the Khanaphir seat of government
Shadow Box – artefact linked to the Darakyon, destroyed by Tisamon
Skryre – a magical leader of the Moth-kinden
Snapbow – a weapon devised by Totho that projects a bolt over a long range with great force and accuracy
Twelve-year War – the war between the Empire and the Commonweal
Way Brothers – a philosophical order providing hospitality to travellers
The Windlass – Jons Allanbridge’s new airship, replacing the Buoyant Maiden