Uryan: sharp-faced, high-ranking Guardian of the Secret Keepers, has a link to the spirit of Thimara (Chapter 3)
Ennolar: high-ranked Secret Keeper, member of the Venerated, lover of banquet delicacies, provides Kodyn and Aisha a map of the Serenii tunnels, set to replace Suroth as Arch-Guardian (Chapter 3)
Thevoris: tall, dark-bearded Secret Keeper, administers “torture” potion to captive Hallar’s Warrior (Chapter 6)
Angrak: high-ranked Dhukari and Necroseti, pawn of the Keeper’s Council, elected to Councilor upon Suroth’s death, secretly skimming shalanite and selling it in the Council’s name, slain by an assassin in Crucible of Fortune (Chapter 6)
Handsome: assassin, responsible for murdering Councilor Angrak, bad-ass, slain by Kodyn in Storm of Chaos (Chapter 6)
Bryden: Master of House Hawk in the Night Guild, Kodyn’s House Master, petty bureaucrat, vengeful, hates Kodyn’s mother (Chapter 6—see the Queen of Thieves series)
Groebus: nom-de-guerre “Dayblood”, hunchback, priest of the Long Keeper, mastermind orchestrating the chaos (Chapter 7)
Madani: high-ranked priest of the Necroseti, most powerful member of the Keeper’s Council, cunning and deceitful, smug bastard (Chapter 7)
The Black Widow: one part spymistress of Shalandra, one part information broker, and four parts deadly when crossed (Chapter 7)
Hykos: veteran Archateros of the Keeper’s Blades of Shalandra, Issa’s trainer, friendly and welcoming, two years older than Issa, handsome (Chapter 8)
Desenne: Secret Keeper, accompanied Kodyn and Aisha to the Palace with their prisoner in Storm of Chaos (Chapter 10)
Nysin, Enyera, Rilith, and Viddan: Indomitable trainees assigned to patrol the Slave’s Tier with Issa, all from low castes, valiant despite impossible odds (Chapter 13)
Nessa: Steward in Arch-Guardian Suroth’s household, Intaji caste, elderly, slain by Gatherers in Crucible of Fortune (Chapter 15)
Rothin: the captain of Suroth’s household guards, slain by Gatherers in Crucible of Fortune (Chapter 15)
Tannard: commanding Invictus of the Keeper’s Blades of Shalandra, commandeered Issa’s training, cruel, ruthless, callous (Chapter 17)
Chirak: veteran Archateros of the Keeper’s Blades of Shalandra, Etai’s trainer, woman of few words, inhumanly strong (Chapter 17)
Dyrkton: Invictus, Elder of the Blade (Chapter 17)
Mosai: tall, rail-thin Executor of the Indomitables, dour (Chapter 17)
Ormroth: high-ranked Ypertatos of the Keeper’s Blades of Shalandra, experienced warrior, saved Kodyn, Aisha, and Briana from bandits, escorted them to Shalandra in Trial of Stone (Chapter 17)
Taghban, Drull, Vorbus, Houl: Syndicate thugs, not too bright (Chapter 18)
Shishak: Queenslayer, Keeper’s Blade fallen in battle, helps Aisha fight Hallar’s Warriors (Chapter 23)
The Iron Warlord: Groebus’ master, true power behind the attacks and chaos in Shalandra, covers his face with an iron mask (Chapter 24)
Etai: Issa’s fellow Blade-in-training, born of the lowest-ranked Mahjuri caste, a proud warrior (Chapter 27)
Imbuka: Ghandian shaman, Umoyahlebe, Spirit Whisperer, provides Aisha information about her gifts, secretly working with the Iron Warlord (Chapter 27)
Tinush: High Divinity, oldest member of the Keeper’s Council, a priest of the Necroseti, servant to the god of death (Chapter 29)
Serias: one of Killian’s Mumblers, clever and street-savvy (Chapter 36)
Military Ranks
Indomitables:
The ranks in the Indomitables are similar to the martial ranks of Praamis and Voramis:
Executors: Commanders
Sentinels: Captains
Protectors: Lieutenants
Dictators: Sergeants
Neophytes: Privates
Keeper’s Blades:
Prototopoi: trainees new to the Keeper’s Blades
Defteteros: Blades serving for fewer than six months after the Anointing of the Blades
Katoteros: two-year veterans of the Keeper’s Blades.
Archateros: four-year veterans of the Keeper’s Blades.
Ypertatos: ten-year veterans of the Keeper’s Blades.
Invictus: twenty-year veterans of the Keeper’s Blades. All of the Elders of the Blades are Invictus.
Proxenos: a rank reserved only for the Lord or Lady of Blades, equivalent to High Commander
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