After working through a wonderful copyedit by Dominick Montalto, I got to work on something I’ve been waiting a long time to do: create a cast of characters for the book. And by “create,” I mean sort and revise the list of characters Dominick put together, which makes the book sound like something from Shakespeare.

Dramatis Personae

Comber

• Jeryon, the captain
• Livion, the first mate
• Solet, the second mate, an Ynessi
• Tuse, the third mate and oarmaster
• Everlyn, the apothecary, an Aydeni
• Hume, a guilded rower
• Bearclaw, a contract rower
• Beale, an harpooner
• Topp, a sailor

Hopper

• Press, the first mate
• Edral, the second mate
• Igen, an harpooner
• Rowan, the ship’s boy

The Wolf Pack

• Jos, the first mate
• Mylla and Barad, lamps
• Bodger and Gibbery, harpooners
• Mulcent and Sumpt, owners
• Kley, an oarmaster
• Blass, a shoveler

Hanosh

• Chelson, an owner
• Tristaban, his daughter
• Holestar, Skite and Derc, his guards
• Felic, his office boy
• Sivarts, one of his captains
• Kathi, one of his remora
• Ophardt, his footman
• Asper, “the White Widow,” a fellow owner
• Omer, a trade rider

• Herse, the army’s general
• Rego, his adjutant
• Birming and Pashing, sergeants

• Ject, the city guard’s general
• Ravis, his first guard
• Oftly, new guard of his retinue
• Husting, a sergeant of the city guard
• Chevron, sergeant of the Tower Guards
• Isco and Bern, guards

• Eles, an owner and leader of the City Council
• Prieve, the sea general
• Almond, a proprietor
• Strig, a tanner
• Fakkin Tawmy, a fixer
• Mags, a customs official

Assorted sailors and rowers, prisoners and proprietors, traders and whores, workers and servants, guards, soldiers and citizens.

And several dragons.