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.
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