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Central Aboyinzu is the vast interior of the continent—a general term encompassing the savanna heartlands, the Deadloop inner sea, and the territories between the major…

Queen of Istora and first woman to claim the Winter Elf throne; daughter of the murdered Istor XXVI, certain past all argument that Taoinor, her father's uncle, killed him.

Aging prince of Klevnaf and uncle of the murdered Istor XXVI; blamed for a regicide he did not commit, guilty of the half-kingdom he seized once it was done.

King of Tangiern, sixth of his line: a jarl among jarls who upholds the faith of the ebb and keeps one private heresy of his own.

The Grand Imperial Ecclesiarch of Avalon, an immortal timemaster who has read the nation's futures from a throne of slowed time for generations.

Emperor of Gorath: sixty-three, elected from its own generals, kept on the throne only by new victories. The Moon Wilds defeat is unmaking him.

Pixie cut, tan robes, strawberry hair.