Dramatis Personae of The Gift of the Guardians

Below is a list of characters that appear throughout the novel.

The Nation of Andoch and the Order of the Guardians

High King Kredor Drude, lord of Titanis, protector of Andoch
Rordan Baird, the Chancellor
- His followers in order of rank: commissioners, constables, counselors, courtiers, pages
- William Harlow, chief constable, anointed “The Hammer”
Hagan Shawn, the Grand Hierophant
- His followers in order of rank: hierophants (provincial), prelates, ministers, celebrants, acolytes
Dandon Rood, the Warlord
- His followers in order of rank: justiciars, cavaliers, gallants, partisans, cadets
- Sir Marcus Harding, cavalier, anointed “The Tower”
- Marcel Pryce the Younger, “first” cadet
Rastis Glendaro, the Loremaster
- His followers in order of rank: sage, seer, scholar, scribe, apprentice
- Hobart Brindlebairne, scribe, steward to the Loremaster, anointed “The Ox”
- Lughus of the Order, apprentice
- Royne of the Order, apprentice
- Thom of the Order, apprentice

Nobles of Andoch
- Lord Natharis Tainne, boyhood companion to King Kredor, Keeper of the Lighthouse of Castone, first degree
- Lord Marcel Pryce, the elder
Other assorted nobles Other folk
- Walter, Proprietor of The Book & The Barrel Public House
- Crodane, a wandering swordsman and guide
- Stokes, a mercenary

Archduke Danford Beinn (deceased)
- His wife, Archduchess Josephine Beinn
- Her maid, Livonia
- His daughter, Brigid Beinn
Duke Darren Beinn, the Sheriff
- His son, Alan Beinn, called the Young Sheriff
Duke Waylon Beinn, the master of the mines
Duke Graham Beinn, the admiral of the fleet
Duke Nealen Beinn, the grand castellan
Lord Padraig Reid
- His son, Young Reid, a friend of Alan, suitor to Brigid
Wilfred Barrow, captain of Lord Reid’s scouts
Assorted members of the Court in Blackstone
The Prisoner

The Southern Kingdom of Valendia

King Cedric Tremont, called the Laughing King
- His wife, Queen Eloise (deceased)
- Prince Larius Tremont (deceased)
- Prince Dermont Tremont, lord-general of the Armies of Valendia
- Prince Beledain Tremont called the Silent Prince or the Prince of Bells, captain of Prince Dermont’s light cavalry
- His Seneschal, Sir Emory
Lord Leon Tremont, Cedric’s younger brother, called the Black Lion
- His daughter, Lady Valerie Tremont, called the Iron Fist, second-in-command of Prince Dermont’s light cavalry
Lord Talvert Tremont, Cedric’s youngest brother called the Summer Storm
Men and Women of the Light Cavalry under the command of Beledain Tremont
- Lilia
- Jarvy
- Horn
- Briden, Beledain’s standard-bearer
- Wendell
- Rallo
Other assorted nobles of Valendia
Canton, Prince Dermont’s chief spy in Gasparn

The Northern Kingdom of Gasparn

King Marius Tremont
- His wife, Queen Annalisa (deceased)
- Prince Gislain Tremont called the Snow Prince (deceased)
- Princess Marina Tremont called the Winter Rose
Other assorted nobles of Gasparn
- Lord Giles Pronet
- Sir Raylon Jace called the Snow Bear
- Lord Talondaire called the Young Talon
- Sir Linton Traver
- Sir Gurney called the Knight of the Rooster
- Sir Trenton called the Knight of Lilies
- Sir Welmsey
- Sir Cardolan
- Sir Galen Helm

Lord-Baron Perin Glendaro, son of Harlon Glendaro and nephew to Loremaster Rastis Glendaro
Baron Arcis Galadin
- Sir Wolfram of Parth, Seneschal to Arcis Galadin
Baron Roland Marthaine
Baron Leoric Nordren
- Sir Theobold Nordren, his son

Magnus Bloodbeard, a Wrathorn Blackguard
Lord Mathon, captain of the Red Boar Brigade
- Karston, Lord Mathon’s second-in-command