In the Ruins (80 page)

Louisa (daughter of Captain Ulric)

Gent:

Amalia (lady of Gent)

Autgar (an apprentice to Suzanne)

Ernust (a guard)

Fastrada (a serving woman at the mayor’s palace)

Frederun (a serving woman at the mayor’s palace)

Gisela (mistress of Steleshame, a nearby village)

Hano (a saddler)

Helen (a foundling)

Hildegard (count of Gent)

Hrodik (lord of Gent)

Humilicus (a prior)

Matthias (Anna’s brother)

Miriam (a child)

Raimar (Suzanne’s betrothed)

Suzanne (a weaver)

Uota (a servant)

Werner (mayor)

Lavas Holding:

Lavastine (count, turned to stone by an Eika spell)

Lavastina (his great-grandmother)

Charles Lavastine (son of Lavastina)

Charles the Younger (son of Charles Lavastine, father of Lavastine)

Geoffrey (Lavastine’s cousin, descendent of the younger brother of Lavastina)

m. to unnamed lady (deceased)

Lavrentia (the current count)

m. to Aldegund (second wife)

two sons

Cook (a servant)

Dhuoda (a chatelaine)

Fell (a sergeant)

Heric (a servant)

Lackling (a servant)

Raimond (a servant)

Robert (a servant)

Rodlin (stable-master)

Rose (deceased, a refugee)

Ulric (a carter)

Waldrada (a deacon)

Withi (a woman)

Meginher, Aldegund’s brother

North Mark:

Harl, count of the North Mark

married various women

his children:

Rosvita (a cleric)

Gero (heir and later count)

various children

Ivar

Dorit (a hired woman)

Fortensia (deacon in Heart’s Rest)

Lars (a hired man)

Liudolf (a marshal)

Birta (an innkeeper)

m. to Hansal

their children:

Thancmar

Inga

Hanna

Karl

Osna:

Bel (a householder)

m. to Ado (deceased)

their children:

Stancy

m. to Artald

various children

Julien

Blanche (illegitimate daughter)

m. to Julia

Conrad

Bruno

Agnes

m. to Guy

Henri (Bel’s brother)

Corinthia (a deacon)

Fotho (a woodsman)

Garia (a householder in Osna)

Giles Fisher (a boatbuilder)

Miria (a deacon)

The Bretwald:

Martin (a boy saved from Gent)

Flora (Martin’s wife)

Balt

Baltia

Bruno

Nan

Ulf

Uta

Others:

Dietrich (a lord)

Church-folk:

Biscop Alberada of Handelburg

Biscop Antonia of Mainz (later removed from office)

Biscop Suplicia of Gent

Biscop Thierra

Deacon Adalwif (in the marchlands)

Methodius (prior at Quedlinhame)

Mother Otta (abbess of Korvei)

Mother Rothgard (abbess of St. Valeria)

Mother Scholastica (abbess of Quedlinhame)

Willibrod (a cleric in the service of Antonia)

Zacharias (a frater)

Hersford Monastery:

Adso (a monk)

Bardo (abbot)

Beatrix (cousin to Ortulfus)

Egbert (a monk)

Felicitus (gatekeeper)

Fidelus (a monk)

Hosed (a farmer whose land is tithed to the monastery)

Iso (a lay brother)

Lallo (monk in charge of the lay brothers)

Mangod (a lay brother)

Ortulfus (abbot)

Ratbold (prior)

Queen’s Grave:

Ivar, son of Harl & Herlinde

Baldwin

Ermanrich

Hathumod

Sigfrid

Biscop Constance

her retinue:

Bona (a nun)

Eligia (a nun)

Frotharia (a nun, assistant to Nanthild)

Nanthild (the infirmarian)

Maynard (a villager)

The Marchlands

Austra and Olsatia

Judith

her children:

Hugh (illegitimate)

Gerberga (current margrave)

m. to Ekkehard of Wendar

Bertha

Theucinda

Adelinde (companion to Judith)

Eigio (servant to Hugh)

Hemma (a serving woman)

Vindicadus (a servant in the employ of Hugh)

March of the Villams

Helmut Villam

his children by various wives:

Waltharia, margrave

m. to Druthmar

several children

Berthold

Hedwig (a former Eagle)

Humbert (a steward)

Jonas (comrade to Berthold Villam)

Waldhar (a servant)

Westfall

Werinhar (margrave of Westfall, deceased)

Eastfall

currently without a margrave

The Lands Beyond

Salia:

Clothilde (a deacon, attendant to Tallia)

St. Radegundis (the last queen of Taillefer)

Tallia (a biscop, daughter of Taillefer)

Taillefer (the emperor)

Arethousa
:

Lady Eudokia

Lord Nikolas (nephew of Eudokia, putative emperor)

Basil (a chamberlain)

General Lord Alexandros

Sergeant Bysantius

Ungria
:

King Geza

Prince Bayan

Lady Ilona (a widow)

Aosta
:

Queen Adelheid

m. to unnamed lord (her first husband)(deceased)

m. to Henry of Wendar (her second husband)

their children

Mathilda

Berengaria

her servants and soldiers and allies
:

Lady Lavinia of Novomo

Captain Falco

Captain Rikard

Gerbert (a soldier)

Milo (a soldier)

the office of the skopos
:

Clementia

Abelia (a cleric)

Hatto (a presbyter)

Ismundus (a presbyter)

Petrus (a presbyter)

others
:

Arcod (a factor traveling with Brother Severus)

Ildoin (a monk traveling with Brother Severus)

John Ironhand (pretender to the Aostan throne)

St. Ekatarina’s Convent
:

Mother Aurica (abbess before Obligatia)(deceased)

Mother Obligatia

Carita

Diocletia

Hilaria

Lucida

Paloma (a lay sister)

Petra

Sindula

Teuda (a lay sister)

The Ashioi
:

Eldest Uncle (twin of Zuangua) (father of Kansi)

Green Skirt

Kansi-a-lari, aka Uapeani-kazonkansi-a-lari, The Impatient One (Sanglant’s mother)

Rain (a flintknapper)

Secha

Sharp Edge

Skull Earrings

White Feather

Zuangua (twin of Eldest Uncle)

warriors
:

Buzzard Mask

Cat Mask

Falcon Mask

Fox Mask

Lizard Mask

The Eika
:

the WiseMothers (the most ancient ones)

OldMother (the one who leads each tribe)

YoungMother (the next OldMother)

SwiftDaughters (those females who will not breed)

Rikin Fjord
:

Stronghand

Bloodheart (Stronghand’s father)

Rikin slaves
:

Otto

Ursuline (a deacon)

other chiefs and individuals
:

Dogkiller (Vitningsey’s chief)

Flint (Hakonin’s chief)

Grimstroke

Ironclaw (Isa’s chief)

Nokvi (Moerin’s chief)

Stronghand’s army
:

Aestan (an Alba soldier)

Eagor (aka Tiderunner)

Far-runner (friend of Yeshu)

Fellstroke

Last Son

Longnose

Quickdeath (of Hakonin)

Sharpspear

Tiderunner (friend to Aestan, aka Eagor)

Trueheart

Walker

Will

Yeshu (a Hessi interpreter)

Albans
:

Eadig (earl of the Middle Country)

Ediki (of Weorod)

Elafi of the Isle (a sorcerer)

Erling (earl of the Middle Country)

Ki of the Isle

Manda of the Isle (Eel Tribe)

the Horse People
:

Li’at’dano (a shaman, the Holy One)

Capi’ra (a warrior)

Sorgatani (a Kerayit shaman)

Berda (a Kerayit healer)

the Quman
:

Bulkezu (a chief)

Cherbu (brother of Bulkezu, a shaman)

Gyasi (a shaman)

Odei (nephew of Gyasi)

Agnetha (a prisoner)

Boso (an interpreter)

the skrolin
:

Gold-skin

Pale-skin

Pewter-skin

The Seven Sleepers
:

Clothilde (founder)

Anne

Bernard (a frater)

Liathano (called Liath) (his daughter)

Hiltrudis (deceased)

Marcus

Meriam (mother of Conrad the Black)

Rothaide (deceased)

Severus

Theoderada (deceased)

Venia (replaced by Reginar)

Wolfhere (replaced by Abelia)

Zoe (replaced by Hugh)

In The Past
:

Abidi (Urtan’s mate)

Adica (a shaman at Queen’s Grave)

Agalleos (of the Copper people, uncle to Maklos and Shevros)

Agda (the healer at Queen’s Grave)

Beor (war captain at Queen’s Grave)

Dorren (a Walking One—a messenger)

Etora (Beor’s sister)

Getsi (a granddaughter of Orla)

Hani (a young man of Kartia)

Hehoyanah (a young woman of Kartia)

Kel (a young man at Queen’s Grave)

Kerayi (Weiwara’s infant, aka Blue-bud)

Laoina (Walking One of the Akka people)

Maklos (of the Copper people, twin to Shevros)

Nahumia (leader at Old Fort)

Ni’at (of the Horse people)

Orla (leader of Queen’s Grave)

Oshidos (of the Copper people)

Pur (a stone knapper at Queen’s Grave)

Shevros (of the Copper people, twin to Maklos)

Sos’ka (of the Horse people)

Tosti (a young man at Queen’s Grave)

Ulfrega (war captain at Four Houses)

Urta (child of Urtan)

Urtan (Adica’s cousin)

Useti (Weiwara’s older child)

Weiwara (a woman at Queen’s Grave)

Wren (mate of Dorren)

Wrinkled-old-man (the younger twin born to Weiwara)

the weavers
:

Adica (Queen’s Grave)

Brightness-Hears-Me (the tribe of Essit)

Falling-down (the fens)

Hehoyanah (apprentice to Two Fingers)

Horn (dying)(replaced by Two Fingers)

Shuashaana (Shu-sha, of the Copper people)

Spits-last (Tanioinin of the Akka people)

Two Fingers (of Kartia)

the Three Queens
:

Arrow Bright

Golden Sow

Toothless