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NAME/
ALIAS
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OCCUPATION
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NATIONALITY
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BACKGROUND/
INFORMATION
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STORY (m)=mentioned
only, Bk=TW Book
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Mad Elid
|
Barfly
/ pickpocket / whore |
Ilsigi |
Patron
of Mama Becho's,
she tries to pry drinks from others or coins from the
unwary. Persistent and smelly. |
Downwind
[Bk4] |
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Maeder
|
Brewer |
Unknown |
Makes the beer
called "Maeder's Red Gold". His beer is of better
quality than Goatfoot's,
says Ahdio of
Sly's Place. |
The Veiled Lady
(m) [Bk7] |
|
Magyar
|
Chariot
driver |
Unknown |
Driver
of a chariot team of whites at Lowan
Vigeles' estate. Dragged beneath his wreaked chariot
during a race. |
A
Sticky Business [Bk11]
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Maldu
|
Unknown |
Ilsigi |
Drinker at Sly's
Place. Likes to tell his mates that "Me'n Hanse're
old buddies." |
Rebel’s Aren’t
Born in Palaces [Bk6]
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Malm
|
Mercenary |
Unknown |
One of
Walegrin's lieutenant's. Had a shepherd's
eye for ominous movements and would give warning with
a hawk's cry.
Was killed when Walegrin
came to Sanctuary to make Enlibar Steel by a wound in
the neck. Two years later during the False Plague Riots,
his name was used to cover for for bringing
Kama's "body" into the mercenary's
barracks.
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The Fruit of Enlibar [Bk2]
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Steel [Bk4]
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| The
Small Powers that Endure (m) [Bk8]
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Mama Becho
|
Tavern
owner / drug seller |
Ilsigi |
Owner of a disreputable Downwind tavern.
A woman-mountain with incongruously long curved nails
ridged like horn, a halo of grizzled hair and black,
almond-shaped eyes.
She's a shrewd business woman with an
pack of boys and girls who work for her in the inn.
Downwind's answer to One-Thumb.
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Downwind [Bk4]
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Necromant (m) [Bk5]
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What Women Do Best (m) [Bk6]
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Armies of the Night (m) [Bk7]
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Lovers Who Slay Together [Bk9]
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| Cade
(m) [Bk10] |
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Mange
|
Assassin
/ bounty hunter |
Unknown |
Hired
by The Toad
to kidnap Mariat's
children with his two companions, Speido
and Wik. (They failed.)
Has a scalp disease, hence the unkind nickname. |
Our
Vintage Years [Bk12]
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Marc
|
Weaponsmith
|
Ilsigi |
Owns Marc's Weapons Shop near the Maze.
A large-headed, raw-boned man, sporting a beard which
evened a rough complexion. Most of Marc's work comes
through the Stepsons.
He has a blond and nubile wife who sits
at the counter. The weapons in his shop are often shoddy
though.
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High Moon [Bk5]
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What Women Do Best [Bk6]
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Wake of the Riddler (m) [Bk10]
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| A
Sticky Business (m) [Bk11]
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Mariat
|
Winemaker |
Rankan |
A
tall, stately woman in her mid-fifties. Mariat and her
3 grandchildren fled Ranke when most of her family was
murderer by Theron's
forces. She brought with her grape vines to reestablish
the famous Aquinta winery and vineyards in an estate outside
of Sanctuary. She has the support of Molin
Torchholder and the minstrel,
Sinn. |
Our
Vintage Years [Bk12]
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Marilla
|
Homunculus /
Noblewoman |
Supposed to
be Ilsigi |
Created by the
priests of Ils to
provoke the Rankan gods, she was made in the image of
a young noblewoman to trick the Rankan priests into interring
her into the foundation of a new temple, thus causing
a disruptive weakness. Illyra
helped disrupt the plot by having her body swapped with
that of a hanged criminal. |
The Face of Chaos
[Bk1] |
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Marissa/
Doran
|
Ex-slavegirl
/ servant |
Rankan |
Trusted friend of Sarah
(Cade's sister).
She now lives as a lady, but was once the slavegirl,
Doran.
Her freedom was bought by Cade.
She now uses the name Marissa. Though an anemic creature
as a slave, she was able to speak court Rankese, and
read and write. She has scars covering her back and
thighs.
She lives next door to Sarah
with Targ, her
mercenary bodyguard.
|
Cade
[Bk10] |
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Markmor
|
Magician |
Ilsigi |
A powerful, ambitious, youthful wizard
who killed his adversary Mizraith
and now works with Mizaith's
son, Marype.
Markmor was killed but brought back
by Marype.
He then took over his young apprentice's body, trapping
Marype's soul
in an vole. Both died during a "visit" by
Hanse and Notable
the Cat.
|
Blood Brothers (m) [Bk1]
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The Fruit of Enlibar (m) [Bk2]
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A Man and his God (m) [Bk3]
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Homecoming (m) [Bk10]
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A Sticky Business [Bk11]
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| Night
Work [Bk12] |
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Marype
|
Magician |
Ilsigi |
Markmor's
silver-haired, arrogant yet blundering apprentice. He
was the youngest and most ambitious son of the dead
mage Mizraith,
and brother to Stefab
and Nestaph.
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Blood Brothers [Bk1]
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A Man and his God (m) [Bk3]
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Homecoming (m) [Bk10]
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A Sticky Business [Bk11]
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| Night
Work [Bk12] |
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Masha zil-Ineel
|
Midwife
/ dentist / barber |
Ilsigi |
Midwife whose involvement with the destruction
of the Purple Mage
enabled her to move from the Maze to respectability
uptown. A short, wiry woman, a good midwife who resents
having to pay half her fee to a doctor who sits outside
the room and gives advice. She also makes false teeth
and jewelry. She is now separated from her drunken husband,
Eevroen.
|
Spiders of the Purple Mage [Bk2]
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Sanctuary Nocturne [Bk9]
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| Seeing
is Believing (But Love is Blind) (m) [Bk10]
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Mebbat
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Old
blind man. Said there were lost souls out on patrol in
Sanctuary. |
Armies
of the Night (m) [Bk7]
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Mehta
|
Teenager |
Rankan |
Friend of Tamzen
and from one of the 6 richest families in Sanctuary, he
was killed by Roxane. |
High Moon [Bk5]
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Melant
|
Mercenary |
Rankan(?) |
Member
of the 3rd Commando. |
Armies
of the Night (m) [Bk7]
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Melarshain
|
Banker |
Ilsigi |
Banker known
by Strick as
The Gold One. Of an ancient Ilsigi family. |
Spellmaster (m)
[Bk9] |
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Melilot
|
Master
Script |
Unknown |
Owner of a scriptorium where letters
can be written or translated. A fat, greasy eunuch specializing
in forgery, blackmail and translations. Thanks to previous
services rendered the Governor, he is also scribe by
appointment to the Governor of Sanctuary. Has a beardless
face and roly-poly fat.
|
Sentences of Death [Bk1]
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Keeping Promises [Bk7]
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| A
Mercy worse than none [Bk10]
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Menostric the Misadept
|
Magician |
Ilsigi(?) |
The
cheapest mage in town. A bit of a clumsy drunk. |
Rebel’s Aren’t Born in Palaces (m) [Bk6]
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| Night
Work [Bk12] |
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Mernorad
|
Doctor |
Rankan |
A doctor who attended the pregnancy
of Samlane,
wife of Regli.
|
Goddess [Bk2]
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Merricat
|
Apprentice Mage |
Rankan(?) |
A girl apprenticed
at the Mageguild because of her shadowy, powerful aunt
up north. Shawme's
only uptown friend. She has an unrequited love for the
Stepson/mage Randal.
A shortish, roundish girl with a plump face and button
eyes and all the softness of good breeding. |
Red Light, Love
Light [Bk11] |
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Mignureal/
Mignue
|
Young seeress
|
S'danzo |
S'danzo seer Moonflower's
eldest daughter, who loved Hanse
and went north with him, but now dwells in Firaqa. She
has the "true sight". Mignue's story continues
in the novels (Shadowspawn)
and (Shadows of Sorcery).
|
Shadow’s Pawn [Bk2]
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The Vivisectionist [Bk3]
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Godson [Bk4]
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Rebel’s Aren’t Born in Palaces [Bk6]
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| Gyskouras
(m) [Bk6] |
| Spellmaster
(m) [Bk9] |
|
Homecoming (m) [Bk10]
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| Night
Work (m) [Bk12] |
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Mikali
|
Fop |
Rankan(?) |
Brightly bedecked
teenage who main vocation seemed to be spending his father's
wealth on fine clothing. Enthusiastic patron of Hakiem's
stories. |
Introduction [Bk5]
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Mikkun
|
Meat
Merchant |
Ilsigi |
A successful meat merchant with a wide
clientele. Supplies meat to Myrtis
and other house Madams.
|
Myrtis
[Bk1] |
|
Miles
|
Servant |
Unknown |
Works for Lady
Sashana and offered to deal with Vomistritus
after he had raped Miles' mistress. |
The Incompetent Audience [Bk12]
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Minsy Zithyk
|
Barfly |
Ilsigi |
Partner
of Sjekso Kinzan.
She was with Hanse
the night her longtime lover was "killed" by
Ischade. |
Ischade [Bk3]
|
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Mizraith
|
Magician |
Ilsigi |
Marype's
father, slain by Markmor
in a power-struggle shortly after the Prince
arrived in Sanctuary. He had 3 sons, one of which turned
traitor and sided with Markmor.
He was one of the most powerful mages in Sanctuary.
He was an old man who rarely ventured from his warded
home.
|
Blood Brothers [Bk1]
|
| A
Mercy worse than none (m) [Bk10]
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Molin
Torchholder/ The Torch
|
Archpriest
|
Half Nisibisi/
Rankan |
Archpriest of Sanctuary's wargod (whichever
deity that is at the moment). Chief liaison between
the Rankans and the Beysib occupation; he is pursuing
a policy of accommodation. Architect for rebuilt walls
of Sanctuary. Supreme bureaucratic administrator.
Torchholder was the high priest and
temple architect of Savankala
who was sent to sanctuary with the prince's
retinue to build 'suitable' temples to the Rankan gods.
He originally intended the new temples
to surpass the Ilsig temples but due to various events
he decreased his ambitions. He is extremely powerful,
rich and dedicated to the glory of his pantheon.
Molin is the perfect square-jawed, long
nosed Rankan bureaucrat/ priest, but usually hides the
fact his mother was a Nisi Witch. (He was the produce
of the annual Dance of Azyuna
Festival.)
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The Face of Chaos [Bk1]
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The Gate of Flying Knives (m) [Bk1]
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The Dream of the Sorceress [Bk2]
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The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn [Bk3]
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Then Azyuna Danced [Bk3]
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Exercise in Pain (m) [Bk4]
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Steel [Bk4]
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Wizard Weather [Bk4]
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| Necromant
(m) [Bk5] |
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The Corners of Memory (m) [Bk5]
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Epilog [Bk5]
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Daughter of the Sun [Bk6]
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The Hand That Feeds You (m) [Bk6]
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Witching Hour [Bk6]
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Gyskouras [Bk6]
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Hell to Pay [Bk7]
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The God-Chosen [Bk7]
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| Keeping
Promises [Bk7] |
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Down by the Riverside (m) [Bk7]
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| The
Color of Magic (m) [Bk7]
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Dagger in the Mind (m) [Bk8]
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Children of All Ages [Bk8]
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Death in the Meadow [Bk8]
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The Small Powers that Endure [Bk8]
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Pillar of Fire [Bk8]
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Lady of Fire [Bk9]
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Sanctuary is for Lovers [Bk9]
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In the Still of the Night [Bk9]
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| The
Tie That Binds [Bk9]
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Sanctuary Nocturne (m) [Bk9]
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Spellmaster (m) [Bk9]
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Cade (m) [Bk10]
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Wake of the Riddler (m) [Bk10]
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Seeing is Believing (But Love is Blind)
(m) [Bk10]
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The Power of Kings [Bk10]
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The Promise of Heaven [Bk10]
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The Incompetent Audience [Bk12]
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Our Vintage Years [Bk12]
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Quicksilver Dreams [Bk12]
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The Fire in a God’s Eye [Bk12]
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| Web
Weavers [Bk12] |
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Monkel Setmur
|
Fisherman |
Beysib
|
Young chief of clan Setmur, an extended
kinship of fishermen and sailors.
|
Introduction [Bk6]
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A Fish With Feathers Is Out of His Depth
[Bk6]
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|
Introduction [Bk7]
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Armies of the Night (m) [Bk7]
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| A
Sticky Business (m) [Bk12]
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Moonflower
|
Seeress |
S'danzo |
S'danzo seeress of remarkable obesity
who was slain by Beysib guards who mistakenly attacked
her husband. Teacher of Illyra
and friend of Hanse.
The only full S'danzo who befriended
Illyra. She
is a competent fortuneteller, though not as accurate
as Illyra, and could not predict the near future. She
supported her husband Teretaff
and several children with her fortunetelling.
Unlike
Illyra, Moonflower had the full bulk of a
proper S'danzo crone. Hanse
(Shadowspawn) often consulted her.
|
The Face of Chaos (m) [Bk1]
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Shadowspawn [Bk1]
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Shadow’s Pawn [Bk2]
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The Vivisectionist [Bk3]
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Steel [Bk4]
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Godson [Bk4]
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Rebel’s Aren’t Born in Palaces [Bk6]
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Gyskouras (m) [Bk6]
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The Veiled Lady (m)
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Seeing is Believing (But Love is Blind)
(m) [Bk10]
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Homecoming (m) [Bk10]
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| Night
Work (m) [Bk12] |
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Mor-Am
|
Ex-Hawkmask
/ sellsword |
Ilsigi |
Former Hawkmask cut adrift by Jubal's
downfall. Now a sellsword and servant of Ischade
whom she saved from death and whose pain she holds at
bay in exchange for other services. Twin brother of
Moria.
|
The Price of Doing Business [Bk1]
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| Downwind
[Bk4] |
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Necromant [Bk5]
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The Art of Alliance (m) [Bk5]
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Witching Hour [Bk6]
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Hell to Pay [Bk7]
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Armies of the Night (m) [Bk7]
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Down by the Riverside [Bk7]
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Dagger in the Mind [Bk8]
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Children of All Ages [Bk8]
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Wake of the Riddler [Bk10]
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| The
Best of Friends (m) [Bk11]
|
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Moria
|
Ex-Hawkmask
/ Would-be noblewoman |
Ilsigi |
Former Hawkmask cut adrift by Jubal's
downfall. Now the somewhat alcoholic chateline of Ischade's
uptown establishment, the Peres house. Haught,
stealing Ischade's
magic, has transformed her from an Ilsigi street-wench
into an aristocrat. Sister to Mor-am.
|
The Price of Doing Business [Bk1]
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To Guard the Guardians [Bk2]
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Downwind [Bk4]
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Necromant [Bk5]
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The Art of Alliance (m) [Bk5]
|
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Witching Hour [Bk6]
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Hell to Pay (m) [Bk7]
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Armies of the Night [Bk7]
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| Power
Play [Bk8] |
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Dagger in the Mind [Bk8]
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Children of All Ages (m) [Bk8]
|
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Death in the Meadow [Bk8]
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The Small Powers that Endure [Bk8]
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Pillar of Fire [Bk8]
|
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In the Still of the Night [Bk9]
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No Glad in Gladiator (m) [Bk9]
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| The
Best of Friends [Bk11]
|
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Moruth
|
Beggar
King |
Ilsigi |
King of the Downwind beggars, he wields
considerable power and as an army of spies. Had a real
grudge against Hawkmask who used to kill his people
as an example. Half-brother of Tygoth.
|
Downwind [Bk4]
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Necromant [Bk5]
|
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Witching Hour (m) [Bk6]
|
|
Armies of the Night [Bk7]
|
| Dagger
in the Mind (m) [Bk8]
|
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The Small Powers that Endure (m) [Bk9]
|
|
Lovers Who Slay Together (m) [Bk9]
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In the Still of the Night (m) [Bk9]
|
|
The Best of Friends
(m) [Bk11]
|
| The
Incompetent Audience (m) [Bk12]
|
|
Mradhon
Vis
|
Mercenary
/ spy |
Nisibisi |
Nisibisi mercenary, adventurer and sometime
spy from Westwall. He has betrayed almost everyone and
had been betrayed in return, but he is a consummate
survivor.
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Ischade [Bk3]
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Downwind [Bk4]
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High Moon [Bk5]
|
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Necromant [Bk5]
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Witching Hour [Bk6]
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Hell to Pay [Bk7]
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Armies of the Night [Bk7]
|
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Power Play (m) [Bk8]
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Dagger in the Mind [Bk8]
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| Wake
of the Riddler [Bk10]
|
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Mriga
|
Knife
grinder / Goddess |
Ilsigi |
Once
a mindless and crippled clubfooted beggar-woman with a
fetish for knives, she has become part of a fourfold divinity
with Siveni Gray-Eyes,
the physician Harran
and a small terrier bitch called Tyr. |
The Hand That Feeds You [Bk6]
|
|
Armies of the Night [Bk7]
|
|
Down by the Riverside [Bk7]
|
| The
Tie That Binds [Bk9]
|
|
Mungo
|
Street
urchin |
Ilsigi |
A leader of a gang of street children
who lured Jubal
into a ambush to revenge a murdered street urchin. He
was killed in the battle.
|
The
Price of Doing Business [Bk1] |
|
Muznut
|
Glassblower
|
Beysib |
A bald, little
Beysib who makes fire-bottles for the PFLS. |
Sanctuary Nocturne
[Bk9] |
|
Myrtis
|
House
Madam |
Unknown |
Powerful and ageless madam of the Aphrodesia
House, the classiest bordello in Sanctuary. She is as
old as Lythande
and is kept young through the mage's arts. She is very
protective of her girls, particularly the young ones
who are not yet working the rooms.
Myrtis no longer sleeps with her customers,
except perhaps Zalbar
the Hell Hound. She is also mistress of the tunnels
which run beneath the wall of Sanctuary.
|
Myrtis [Bk1]
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The Secret of the Blue Star [Bk1]
|
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The Dream of the Sorceress (m) [Bk2]
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A Man and his God (m) [Bk3]
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Steel (m) [Bk4]
|
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The Corners of Memory [Bk5]
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Gyskouras [Bk6]
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When the Spirit Moves You (m) [Bk7]
|
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Lady of Fire [Bk9]
|
| Wake
of the Riddler (m) [Bk10]
|
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The Power of Kings [Bk11]
|
|
Red Light, Love Light (m) [Bk11]
|
|
The Incompetent Audience [Bk12]
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| Quicksilver
Dreams [Bk12] |
