Ancestors of Avalon

Bennurajos – of Cosarrath, a singer from the Temple of Light on Ahtarrath, expert on plants and animals

Chaithala – Princess of Alkonath, wife of Tjalan

Cleta – of Tarisseda Ruta; an acolyte, herbalist, betrothed to Vialmar, fifteen years old at the time of the Sinking

Cyrena – Princess of Tarisseda, betrothed to Baradel, nine years old at the time of the Sinking

Dan – one of the three swordsmen known as Prince Tjalan’s Companions

Dantu – captain of the Royal Emerald, Tjalan’s flagship

Delengirol – of Tarisseda; a singer from the Temple in Ahtarra

Domazo – keeper of the inn in Belsairath, heir to the local chieftain

Droshrad – shaman of the Red Bulls

ELARA [Temple name, ‘Larrnebiru’] – of Ahtarrath; second eldest of the acolytes, also an initiate of Caratra, betrothed to Lanath

Galara – half-sister to Tiriki, daughter of Deoris and Reio-ta, a junior scribe

Greha – Ai-Zir warrior, bodyguard to Heshoth

Haladris – of Atalan; First Vested Guardian in the Temple of Light on Alkonath, formerly an archpriest in the Ancient Land

Heshoth – a native trader

Jiritaren – of Tapallan; priest of Light, astronomer

Karagon – of Mormallor; a chela to Valadur

Khattar – chief of the Red Bulls, high king of the Ai-Zir

Khayan-e-Durr – sister of Khattar, queen of the Red Bull tribe

Khensu – Khattar’s nephew and heir

Kyrrdis – of Ahtarrath; singer and priestess of Light

Lanath – of Tarisseda Ruta; an acolyte, former apprentice to Kanar, betrothed to Elara

Li’ija – of Alkonath; a chela, Ocathrel’s eldest daughter, nineteen years old at the time of the Sinking

Lirini – of Alkonath; a chela in the Scribes’ School, middle daughter of Ocathrel, seventeen years old at the time of the Sinking

Lodreimi – of Alkonath; a Blue Robe priestess in Timul’s Temple

Mahadalku – of Tarisseda Ruta; First Vested Guardian of the Tarissedan Temple of Light

Marona – of Ahtarrath; a Blue Robe priestess and healer

Metanor – of Ahtarrath; Fifth Vested Guardian in the Temple of Light

MICAIL – Prince of Ahtarrath; First Vested Guardian in the Temple of Light

Naranshada [Temple name, ‘Ansha’] – of Ahtarrath; Fourth Vested Guardian in the Temple of Light, an engineer

Ocathrel – of Alkonath; Fifth Vested Guardian in the Temple of Light

Osinarmen – Micail’s Temple name

Ot – one of the three swordsmen known as Prince Tjalan’s Companions

Reualen – of Alkonath; Priest of Light, husband of Sahurusartha

Sadhisebo and Saiyano – saji priestesses in Timul’s Temple, skilled in herblore

Sahurusartha – of Alkonath; priestess of Light, singer, wife of Reualen

Stathalkha – of Tarisseda Ruta; Third Guardian of the Tarissedan Temple, a powerful sensitive

Timul – of Alkonath; second to the high priestess of the Temple of Ni-Terat in Alkonath, head of the Blue Robes in Belsairath

TJALAN – Prince of Alkonath; leader of the colony in Belsairath, cousin of Micail

Valadur – of Mormallor; a Grey Adept

Valorin – of Tapallan; priest of Light in the Temple at Alkonath, a naturalist

Vialmar – of Arhurabath; an acolyte, betrothed to Cleta

HEAVENLY POWERS

Banur – the four-faced god, destroyer-preserver; ruler of winter

The Blood Star – Mars

Caratra – daughter or nurturing aspect of Ni-Terat, the Great Mother; Venus is her star

Dyaus – the Sleeper, also known as the ‘Man with Crossed Hands,’ the force of chaos that brings change; sometimes referred to as ‘That One’

Manoah – the Great Maker, Lord of the Day, identified with the sun; ruler of Summer, and with Orion (‘The Hunter of Destiny’)

Nar-Inabi – ‘Star Shaper,’ god of the night, the stars, and the sea; ruler of harvest time

[A note on Atlantean astrology: Four millennia ago, the sky was different in many ways. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, for instance, the solstices fell in early January and July, and the equinoxes in early April and October. The signs of the zodiac were also different, so that the winter solstice occurred when the sun entered Aquarius, and the spring equinox when it entered Taurus. The constellation names, in the Sea Kingdoms and the ancient civilizations around them, were different as well.]

Ni-Terat – Dark Mother of All, Veiled aspect of the Great Mother, goddess of the Earth; ruler of planting time