Mari - a woman of the household of House Suth on the island

Marula - a black-skinned coming from the far south

Moal - a man of the Suth household on the island

Molochite - son of Ykoriana and brother to Nephron who contends with him to be elected to succeed their father Kumatuya as God Emperor

Morunasa - a Maruli and Oracle of the Darkness-under-the-Trees

Mossie - Plainswoman of the Ochre

Naith - a guardsman from House Suth on the island

Nale - a guardsman from House Suth on the island

Nar - a member of the Brotherhood of the Wheel

Nayakarade - an Empress, mother of Ykoriana

Nephron - son of Ykoriana and brother to Molochite who contends with him to be elected to succeed their father Kumatuya as God Emperor

Nuhuqanuya - a God Emperor from antiquity

Nuhuron - a God Emperor and father of Kumatuya and Ykoriana

Nurpayahras - a consort of the God Emperor Nuhuron and mother to Kumatuya

Ochre - a Plainsman tribe

Onyxor - a Lord from the third lineage of House Suth

Opalid - a Lord of the second lineage of House Suth and on to Spinel

Osidian - a boy in the Hall of Thunder