Character Names
[Note: These names are Japanese. The family name comes first, followed by the personal name. The old Imperial line does not have a family name, though the current emperor does. Mages have a middle name (Hi, Ka, Ki, Tsuchi, or Mizu) which indicates what type of mage they are.) All vowels are pronounced, as in Spanish: 'Aoe' is Ah-oh-eh, and 'Kiyoie' is 'Kee-yo-ee-eh'.]
From the Imperial Capital
Imperial Prince Ki no Inabikari, Life Prince and High Priest of the Shrine of Evening Shadows, known as the Twilight Prince
Noble Lord Miyabe (Kawachi) no Tsuchi no Kagemitsu, the Prince's attendant
(Kazumoto no) Tsuchi no Toyomoto, the currently reigning emperor
Hatoriko no Hi no Hikagami, Kagemitsu's father and the Prince's grand-uncle, born Kawachi Mitsuhiro, but legally dead since being sacrificed
The Late Retired Fire Emperor, Imperial Lord Hi no Hiramitsu, great grandfather of the Prince, raised the Prince after the Prince's parents died
Tsuchi no Tamae, Kagemitsu's mother, daughter of a merchant, the Prince's wetnurse
Princess Funaga no Ki no Asami, the Prince's cousin
Princess Kawachi no Ki no Yugao, Priestess of the Midnight Shrine, the Prince's Aunt, Asami's mother
Jewel Princess Momiji no Ka no Tojime The Prince's late wife
The High Priestess of the Great Shrine
Ghosts from the Twilight Shrine:
The 2nd Fire Emperor Hodemi
The 2nd Water Emperor Takerukawa, his father
The 3rd Earth Emperor Inogori
The 1st Air Empress Soratsuhime (6th Air Monarch)
The Prince's Fencing Master Matsukawa Sukena
Samurai and others in Hinamachi
Chancellor Tajima no Masahide, leader of the conservative faction of the 'mundane' government
Senior Commander Tajima Kanehide, of the Regional Army of Higashikita, the chancellor's younger brother, lost in a battle with the invaders
Warlord Isanari no Moritake, head of the 'mundane' government
Senior Commander Mikawa Yoshihisa, regional commander of the Army of the Home Provinces (not head of House)
Minister Yoshiatsu no Masahiro, Minister of Weights and Measures, Mikawa's brother-in-law
Minister Suewari no Tadamochi, Chief Magistrate of the 'mundane' capital of Hinamachi
Senior Commander Uefusa no Sakahito of the Sekihigashi Regional army, a recently promoted moderate
Senior Commander Koshinaka no Matsunae of the Nakakuni Regional Army
Commander Dekumo no Michisato, a recently promoted young officer with liberal tendencies
Lord Katafuse no Asakira, a bigoted old man
Lord Tobida no kami, the 'Wolf of Tobida', an eccentric lord fighting the enemy in the mountains
Archivist Yamashiro no Mizu no Matsuyama, a competent mage who is in the liberal party
Lord Ninori no Kiyomori, Minister of Finance, a liberal
Lord Hanemae no Saneharu, an impoverished lord who seldom attends the council
General Hanenori no Yoshinaga, field commander of the forces of Ashihara, liberal
Commander Yanagi Mizu no Izumi of the Nakakuni Regional Army, a former cult priestess reputed to be the wife of a Dragon
Senior Captain Tahata, a peasant who rose through the ranks of the resistance
Captain Taka, Irregular Foot scouts, daughter of Tahata
Captain Moeri, Irregular Cavalry scouts, son of Tahata and twin of Taka
Commander Kashimori Yoshimasa, one of Kanehide's vassals serving as field commander of the troops of the House of Tajima
Ninori Kiyoie, son and assistant to Minister of Finance Ninori
Lady Takekura no Ayaka, supposed wife of Kanehide, heir to her house when the marriage is annulled
Lady Saneatsu no Orie, second supposed wife of Kanehide, also heir to her House
Lady Hanemae Haruko, another of Kanehide's wives, sister to the Lord of that House
Kawachi no Tsuchi no Yasuhiro, the Wizard of Kawachi, a famous ancestor of the Prince's mother
Captain Yokobashi Akira, an officer captured along with the Prince
HorseMaster Aoshiba Noboru, a non-commissioned officer captured along with the Prince
"Shiro", a warrior captured along with the Prince
Two drunks in Yoshiatsu uniforms, and an innkeeper
Shirokura Tadaharu and Shirokura Motoharu, 2 ronin hired by Kagemitsu for the Prince's household
Kanehide's steward and gatekeeper
Fujikawa Kakemono, a woman Kanehide won gambling, along with the house that had been her family's home
A Captain from Tominari, a twit, killed when the Prince was captured
A Captain from Toshikawa, a second twit, survived
A Senior Captain from Yorihata, sensible and destined for greater things
Takagi Ki Yoshimasa, a Healer from Tominari, lost when the Prince was captured
Lord Yorihata no Nagahito, a very old lord whose council proxy has been voted by Yanagi Izumi
Lord Toshikawa no Nobuakira, a very young lord, just barely of age
Lord Shimoya no Sukekatsu, whose council proxy has been voted by Tahata
Lord Tominari no Tsunahito, cousin of Chancellor Tajima
Shirokura clan (besides the brothers)
three old men, seven women, ten children, including:
Nobuharu - a renowned artist
Haruhisa - 'Grandfather' official head of the family
'Hato', a boy of about 10 who acts as gatekeeper
'Niwa', a girl of about 5 who acts as the Prince's handmaid and messenger
The last lord of Isashige, Kazuo, his wife Morie, son Kazumori and daughter Kazuko, ghosts that have become guardian spirits of the Isashige estate
Fujikawa 'Shiro', ghost of Kakemono's older brother, who died in childhood
Yamakado Masachika, The Chancellor's new field commander
Matsumae Haruki, The Chancellor's chief of security
Shimazuki Okikata, A new vassal of Tajima
Takemura Kin, A new vassal of Kawachi, an engineer and ex-gold- miner
Captain Iwase, a vassal of Kawachi
Captain Higuchi, another vassal of Kawachi
TroopMaster Kusano Shigeru, one of the Prince's new vassals, (non- commissioned)
Isaminato no Nagasachi, a Sea-dragon
Dragon Princess Aoe, Nagasachi's niece
Captain Nishiyama, a Vassal of Tajima
Bannerman Ashiya a Kawachi vassal in charge of the Prince's banner
Masamichi and Kuromaru, Two of Yoshiatsu's sons
'Kikuchiyo' A geisha
Ki no Ayame, her half-sister, a Healer
'Kitsunebi', a famous writer and performer of Noh plays
Yonsen Dorubaru a foreign merchant stranded by the invasion, now serving in Ninori's artillery company (Thorvardr Jonsen)
Among the Enemy
Kurowa no Motoe An enemy officer in black armor and mask with a jim-baori the color of freshly spilled blood
The 'Master', chief of the Demons at the Great Shrine
Hisakatsu, The Serpent Lord
Neko no Ki no Mayonaka, a supernatural cat with Manifest Prince power levels, a Life Mage