Akaisha- A Plainswoman and Elder of the Ochre, mother of Fern and Ravan

Amethus - A Lord from the third lineage of House Suth

Aurum - A Lord of the Great who comes across the sea to summon Suth Sardian back from exile

Azurea - Carnelian's mother who died giving him birth

Berillus - A Lord from the third lineage of House Suth

Bluedancing - a Plainsman tribe and neighbours to the Ochre

Blur - a female aquar

Brin - Suth Sardian's marumaga half-sister and thus Carnelian's aunt

Brotherhood of the Wheel - A criminal organization native to the City at the Gates and named after the great marketplace at the entrance to Osrakum

Carnelian - the son of Suth Sardian

Carnie - a familiar nickname for Carnelian

Cloud - a Plainsman of the Twostone tribe, though orginally from the Ochre

Crail - A marumaga half-brother of Suth Sardian and thus Carnelian's uncle

Crowrane - A Plainsman and Elder of the Ochre, husband to Harth and father of Ranegale and Loskai

Cumulus - A Lord of the Great